Akram Khan (cricketer)

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Akram Khan
Akram Khan in 2018
Personal information
Full name
Mohammad Akram Hussain Khan
Born (1968-11-01) 1 November 1968 (age 55)
Chittagong, East Pakistan
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleBatsman
Relations
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 1)10 November 2000 v India
Last Test1 May 2003 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 18)29 October 1988 v Pakistan
Last ODI17 April 2003 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.6 (previously 1, 2)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI
FC
 LA
Matches 8 44 43 94
Runs scored 259 976 2,117 2,192
Batting average 16.18 23.23 29.00 27.74
100s/50s 0/0 0/5 2/10 0/12
Top score 44 65 129* 82
Balls bowled 0 117 51 202
Wickets 0 0 1 0
Bowling average – – 23.00 –
5 wickets in innings – – 0 –
10 wickets in match – – 0 –
Best bowling – – 1/7 –
Catches/stumpings 3/– 8/– 24/– 18/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 July 2021

Mohammad Akram Hussain Khan (

Bangladeshi cricketer. A hard hitting middle order batsman, Akram played first-class cricket for Chittagong Division. As captain, he led Bangladesh to being the winners of the 1997 ICC Trophy. He was the chief selector of the BCB, along with Habibul Bashar and Minhajul Abedin.[1]

Akram Khan was part of Bangladesh's inaugural Test match, in 2000–01 against India. He had been playing One Day International cricket since 1988. He developed as an international player under the able guidance of Gazi Ashraf Lipu. [2]

Early life

Akram Khan was born in the port city of Chittagong. His paternal Khan family is a prestigious family in the city, migrated from Bihar.[3][4] His brother is reputed footballer Iqbal Khan, making Akram the uncle of Bangladeshi cricketers Nafees and Tamim Iqbal.[5]

International career

He was already well into his 30s when he played in

Zimbabwe cricket team at Harare
in 2001.

He made his

Kenya in 1999. He followed this with 50* against Zimbabwe. He played in two WCs, in 1999 & in 2003. He played a large part in Bangladesh's upset win in 1999 World Cup over Pakistan with an innings of 42.[6]

His most memorable moment came in the 1997

Fiji
with a knock of 42*. Overall, in 24 matches in 3 ICC Trophy tournaments, he scored 476 runs at an average of 36.61. Also, bowling his gentle medium pacers, he took 10 wickets with an impressive average of 18.7.

International captaincy

He took the captaincy of the national side at a difficult time during the 1994–95 season. Following the disappointment of the 1994

ICC Trophy in Kenya, there was dissatisfaction and disunity among the players. Akram, who was an established member of the side was selected to lead the side. This seemed slightly risky, as the Chittagong
batsman had little previous experience as captain. But, he performed admirably, leading his side to some memorable successes.

In December, 1994, he led his side to the final of

Kenya.[8]
He is the first ODI win captain in Bangladesh.

Relatives

His family has produced a number of other cricketers. In recent times, his nephews Nafees Iqbal and Tamim Iqbal have worn national colors. Both of them are opening bats. While right-handed Nafees Iqbal has lost his form after some initial successes, his younger brother, left-handed Tamim, became the most successful run-scorer for Bangladesh.

References

  1. ^ "Akram Khan named Bangladesh chief selector".
  2. ^ "Looking Back: Bangladesh Cricket in the 80's". Star Weekend. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012. Rafiqul Ameer: Looking back: Bangladesh cricket in the 80's (Retrieved on 2008-07-28)
  3. ^ Koshie, Nihal (22 March 2012). "A people's opener: Tamim gifts iPhones, bikes". The Indian Express. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  4. ISSN 0971-751X
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  5. ^ Isam, Mohammad. "The Khans of Chittagong". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  6. ^ [1] Cricinfo Akram Khan One Day Internationals-All Round Analysis (Retrieved on 2008-07-27)
  7. ^ INDIAN CRICKET 1995 (Compiled by P.V. Vaidyanathan), (Kasturi & Sons Limited, Madras, India)
  8. ^ [2]: Cricinfo scorecard: Bangladesh v Kenya 17 May 1998 (Retrieved on 2008-07-27)

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