Moin Khan

Moin Khan
معین خان

Personal information
Full name	Moin Khan
Born	(1971-09-23) 23 September 1971 Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Batting	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling	N/A
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs Matches 69 219 Runs scored 2741 3266 Batting average 28.55 23.00 100s/50s 4/15 -/12 Top score 137 72* Balls bowled – – Wickets – – Bowling average – – 5 wickets in innings – – 10 wickets in match – n/a Best bowling – – Catches/stumpings 128/20 214/73
Source: Cricinfo, 7 August 2005

Mohammad Moin Khan (Urdu: محمد معین خان; born 23 September 1971), popularly known as Moin Khan (Urdu: معین خان), is a former Pakistani cricketer, primarily a wicketkeeper-batsman, who remained a member of the Pakistani national cricket team from 1990 to 2004. He is the current head coach of the national team. He has also captained the Pakistani side. He made his international debut against the West Indies at Multan. He took over 100 catches in Test cricket. He has scored over 3,000 ODI runs and taken over 200 catches in ODI cricket. He is credited with coining the name of Saqlain Mushtaq's mystery delivery that goes from leg to off, as the doosra. It means the "other one" in Urdu. In July 2013, he replaced Iqbal Qasim as the chief selector of the Pakistan cricket team. Moin was appointed the head coach of the national team on February 11, 2014.

Career

Throughout his international career, Moin had to compete with another wicket-keeper, Rashid Latif. Moin kept wickets in the 1992 Cricket World Cup which Pakistan won and the 1999 Cricket World Cup where Pakistan finished runners up. Latif kept wickets in the 1996 Cricket World Cup and the 2003 Cricket World Cup. Despite close rivalries, Moin is mostly remembered as the better player as their performance after the glove-work came onto how they batted. Despite having a significantly similar Test batting average, Moin had a higher ODI average than Latif and scored more runs than Latif in international cricket.

During the 1992 Cricket World Cup Semi-final against New Zealand, Pakistan needed 9 runs for 8 balls before Moin Khan hit a six to make it 3 runs off 7 balls. Then, Javed Miandad scored the winning boundary and Pakistan setup a clash in the world cup final with England. In the world cup final, Pakistan were 249 from 50 overs with Moin Khan not getting a chance to bat. However, he took three catches in the match including one of Ian Botham who went for a duck against an inswinger bowled by Wasim Akram.

In 2005, Moin scored the first century in Pakistan domestic Twenty20 cricket when he smashed 112 off 59 balls for Karachi Dolphins against Lahore Lions in the ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup. At the end of the season, he retired from cricket finishing with 200 not out against Hyderabad, his highest first class score.

In 2007, Moin signed with the unofficial Indian Cricket League and coached the Hyderabad Heroes. In the 2008 edition of the competition, he coached the expansion team, the Lahore Badshahs.

Coaching Career

Moin was appointed the manager of the team in August 2013. He was appointed as the new head coach of the national team on February 11, 2014, replacing Dav Whatmore.

Centuries by Moin Khan

Test Cricket centuries

• In the column Runs, * indicates being not out
• The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

Test Cricket centuries of Moin Khan

	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year
[1]	115*	12	Australia	Lahore, Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	1994
[2]	117*	16	Sri Lanka	Sialkot, Pakistan	Jinnah Stadium	1995
[3]	105	19	England	Leeds, United Kingdom	Headingley	1996
[4]	137	64	New Zealand	Hamilton, New Zealand	Westpac Park	2004

External links

• Moin Khan at ESPNcricinfo
• ICL Profile