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Moin
Khan
Born:23
September 1971, Rawalpindi
Pakistan's
wicketkeeper captain and one of the finest batsmen in the world coming
down the order in One-Day Internationals, Moin Khan has come a long way
from the reticent 19-year-old who made his international debut against
the West Indies, during their 1990-91 tour of Pakistan. In fact, one
look at him on the field, and shy is the last word that comes to mind --
boisterous, excitable and energetic seem far more apt.
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Moin Khan is a
good wicket keeper and a reliable batsman lower down the order
thus strengthening the batting line up of Pakistan. Unpredictablity --
in the positive sense -- is what Pakistan are all about, and Moin
Khan personifies that. He may not be as good as Pakistan's former
wicket-keeping aces Wasim Bari and Salim Yousuf when he is behind
the wickets, but his exuberance and his utility with the bat more
than make up for that. For he is dangerous; Moin is a cricketer
who is almost synonymous with grit. |
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have been so many occasions on which he has dug his side out of a
hole with a scintillating innings, coming in at No 6 or 7. Each
one of his three hundreds and 25 fifties in international cricket
have come at a time Pakistan needed them desperately. As captain,
he is having a great run. The Cola Cola Cup at Sharjah and the
triangular series in West Indies -- also involving Zimbabwe and
the hosts -- are already under his belt.
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Moin
has been on a roll since the 1999 World Cup, where his heroics
with the bat were largely responsible for Pakistan making the
final. A member of the Asia XI team during the ICC Cricket Week at
Dhaka in April, he is right up there with the most volatile
wicketkeeper-batsmen in the world. In fact Pakistan, without Moin
egging them on from behind the stumps, could be quite different
from their regular world-beating selves.
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Career:
| TESTS |
| Debut |
Pakistan v West Indies at Faisalabad, 2nd Test, 90/91
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| Latest |
Pakistan
v West Indies at Antigua, 3rd Test, 1999/00
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| Batting: |
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
55 86 6 2248 117* 28.10 3 14 100 17
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| Bowling: |
O M R W Ave Best 5 10 SR Econ
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| One
Day International |
| Debut |
Pakistan
v West Indies at Multan, 3rd ODI, 1990/91
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| Latest |
Pakistan
v Sri Lanka at Dhaka, Asia Cup, 1999/00
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| Batting |
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
176 149 35 2689 69* 23.58 - 8 174 60
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| Bowling |
O M R W Ave Best 4w 5w SR Econ
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