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Imran Khan
Imran Khan Niazi (Urdu/Punjabi: عمران خان نیازی) (born November 25, 1952) is a Pakistani cricketer and politician. Khan played for the Pakistani cricket team from 1971 to 1992, and led them as captain to his country's first and only World Cup victory in 1992. With a record of 3807 runs and 362 wickets in Test cricket, Khan is known as one of the finest all-rounders in the modern history of the game.[1] In April 1996, he founded the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice), a small and marginal political party, of which he is chairman as well as sole ever-elected member of Parliament.[2] He represented Mianwali as a member of the National Assembly from October 2002 to October 2007.[3]
Imran Khan
Pakistan
Personal information
Full name Imran Khan Niazi
Born 25 November 1952 (1952-11-25) (age 55)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Role All-rounder
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast
International information
Test debut (cap 65) 3 June 1971: v England
Last Test 7 January 1992: v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 12) 31 August 1974: v England
Last ODI 25 March 1992: v England
Domestic team information
Years Team
1977 – 1988 Sus***
1984/85 New South Wales
1975 – 1981 PIA
1971 – 1976 Worcestershire
1973 – 1975 Oxford University
1969 – 1971 Lahore
Career statistics
Tests ODI FC LA
Matches 88 175 382 425
Runs scored 3807 3709 17771 10100
Batting average 37.69 33.41 36.79 33.22
100s/50s 6/18 1/19 30/93 5/66
Top score 136 102* 170 114*
Balls bowled 19458 7461 65224 19122
Wickets 362 182 1287 507
Bowling average 22.81 26.61 22.32 22.31
5 wickets in innings 23 1 70 6
10 wickets in match 6 n/a 13 n/a
Best bowling 8/58 6/14 8/34 6/14
Catches/stumpings 28/– 36/– 117/– 84/–
As of 26 October 2007
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