Zakir Khan

Zakir Khan

Pakistani Bat

Personal Information

Full Name Zakirullah Khan
Date of Birth April 3, 1963
Nationality Pakistani
Role All rounder / Right hand bat & Right arm fast medium
Past Team(s)

Most Recent Matches

Match R BF 4s 6s S/R O R W E/R
BBS vs GNB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DB vs GNB 0 3 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
BYB vs GNB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DB vs GNB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GNB vs RRS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Zakir Khan: A Brief Biography

Zakir Khan Biography


Zakirullah Khan or popularly known as Zakir Khan is a former Pakistani cricketer who was born on April 3, 1963 in Bannu (North- West Frontier Province), Pakistan. He was a tall right arm fast- medium bowler and a right handed lower order batsman.

Debut

Zakir Khan made a magnificent international debut against New Zealand on November 12, 1984 in Peshawar where he took match figures of 4/19 and was adjudged as the ‘Man of the Match’.

After waiting for a year and half, he earned a surprise call in Test cricket when he made his debut against Sri Lanka on March 22, 1986 in Colombo.

He justified his selection where he took three wickets in the first innings, including the major wicket of Arjuna Ranatunga. In the second innings, he went wicketless and ultimately the match was drawn.

International career

Like his first, his second Test call-up was also surprising, coming in a test match against India at Sialkot in 1989-90.

After that he was not able to play any other test match in his entire career.

Low points:

Zakir’s best performances in both tests and ODIs came in his debut matches after which he earned a bit of repute, but after that he was not selected in the team on a regular basis. He only played two Test matches and 17 ODIs, in which he took five and 16 wickets respectively.

Retirement

Zakir Khan’s international career didn't last too long and he retired from international cricket in 1992. Post retirment, he worked for the Pakistan board as a media manager and then secretary.