Bazid Khan
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Born | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan | 25 March 1981|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-hand batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Jahangir Khan (grandfather) Majid Khan (father) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test (cap 185) | 25 May 2005 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 151) | 30 September 2004 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 16 April 2008 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bazid Khan (born 25 March 1981) is a Pakistani cricket commentator and former cricketer.
In the 2021 edition of Wisden Cricketer's Almanack, he was named as the Schools Cricketer of the Year for his performances between 1998 and 2000.[2]
Early life and family[]
Hailing from Burki tribe of Pashtuns, Khan belongs to a famous cricketing family, with his grandfather Jahangir Khan having represented India before the independence of Pakistan in 1947 and his father Majid (both of whom were Cambridge Blues), and uncles Imran Khan (the current Prime Minister of Pakistan) and Javed Burki having all captained Pakistan.
Khan received his education from the Brighton College.[3]
Career[]
With a combination of an orthodox technique in batting and a reliably calm temperament, Khan began playing for the Pakistani Under-19s at the age of just 15, and moved to England to finish his cricketing and academic education. He played in the same Brighton College (where he studied between 1998 and 2000[4]) team as Matt Prior when they won 20 matches in 1999,[4] and also later played at the Marylebone Cricket Club.
Having enjoyed an excellent 2003–04 season, having averaged over 70, Khan was finally given his chance to shine for Pakistan in a triangular tournament early the following season. He has played seven youth Test matches, as well as a single senior Test, and made his Test debut in the 2nd Test against the West Indies, making the family the second, after the Headleys, to have grandfather, father and son as Test cricketers.
References[]
- ^ "Bazid Khan". Cricinfo.
- ^ "Brighton College scores four Wisden Cricketers of the Year". Old Brightonians - The Alumni of Brighton College.
- ^ "Brighton College are the pride of Sussex". The Argus. Melbourne.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "OBA Cricket". Archived from the original on 10 December 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
External links[]
- Bazid Khan at ESPNcricinfo
- Bazid Khan at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Pakistan One Day International cricketers
- Pakistan Test cricketers
- Cricketers from Lahore
- People educated at Brighton College
- Pashtun people
- Pakistani cricketers
- Pakistani cricket commentators
- Rawalpindi cricketers
- Khan Research Laboratories cricketers
- Federal Areas cricketers
- Redco Pakistan Limited cricketers
- Public Works Department cricketers
- Islamabad cricketers
- Lahore City cricketers
- Lahore Blues cricketers
- Pakistan International Airlines cricketers
- Islamabad Leopards cricketers
- Rawalpindi Rams cricketers
- Burki family
- Aitchison College alumni