Intikhab Alam

Intikhab Alam Khan (Urdu:انتخاب عالم خان; born 28 December 1941) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who played in 47 Test matches and four One Day Internationals from 1959 to 1977. He captained Pakistan in 17 Tests between 1969 and 1975. He also played in English county cricket for Surrey between 1969 and 1981. Prior to this Intikhab was professional for several years at West of Scotland Cricket Club in Glasgow and also coached at The Glasgow Academy. In August 1967, at the Oval, he joined Asif Iqbal for a ninth wicket stand of 190 runs. This remained a World record for around 30 years.[1]

Intikhab Alam
Personal information
Born (1942-11-06) 6 November 1942
Hoshiarpur, Punjab, British India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm leg break
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 34)4 December 1959 v Australia
Last Test4 March 1977 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 3)11 February 1973 v New Zealand
Last ODI16 October 1976 v New Zealand
Career statistics
Competition Test ODIs FC
Matches 47 4 489
Runs scored 1,493 17 14,331
Batting average 22.28 8.50 22.14
100s/50s 1/8 0/0 9/67
Top score 138 10 182
Balls bowled 10,474 158 91,735
Wickets 125 4 1,571
Bowling average 35.95 29.50 27.67
5 wickets in innings 5 0 85
10 wickets in match 2 0 13
Best bowling 7/52 2/36 8/54
Catches/stumpings 20/– 0/– 228/–
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 11 June 2013

Intikhab was Pakistan's first One Day International cricket captain. He played 3 matches as captain, winning two and losing one. He was the manager of the team in the 1992 Cricket World Cup winning Pakistani team, along with the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 team.

In 2004, he was appointed the first foreigner to coach a domestic Indian cricket team, coaching Punjab in the Ranji Trophy.

On 25 October 2008, he was once again named manager of the Pakistan cricket team by PCB, a day after Australian Geoff Lawson was sacked as the national coach of Pakistan.[2]

In 2009, Intikhab was the manager of the team when Pakistan had their first Twenty20 World Cup title by defeating Sri Lanka in the final.

References
  1. "Intikhab Alam's record 9th wicket partnership". ESPNcricinfo. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  2. "Intikhab Alam offered coach's role". ESPNcricinfo. 25 October 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2010.


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