In 1971, Khan made his Test cricket debut against England at Birmingham. Three years later, he debuted in the One Day International (ODI) match, once again playing against England at Nottingham for the Prudential Trophy. After graduating from Oxford and finishing his tenure at Worcestershire, he returned to Pakistan in 1976 and secured a permanent place on his native national team starting from the 1976-77 season, during which they faced New Zealand and Australia. Following the Australian series, he toured the West Indies, where he met Tony Greig, who signed him up for Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket. His credentials as one of the fastest bowlers of the world started to establish when he finished third at 139.7 km/h in a fast bowling contest at Perth in 1978, behind Jeff Thomson and Michael Holding
Personal information
Full name | Imran Khan Niazi |
Born | 25 November 1952 |
Batting style | Right-handed |
Bowling style | Right-arm fast |
Role | All-rounder |
International information
| National side | Pakistan |
| Test debut | 3 June 1971 v England |
| Last Test | 7 January 1992 v Sri Lanka |
| ODI debut | 31 August 1974 v England |
| Last ODI | 25 March 1992 v England |
Career statistics
| Competition | Test | ODI |
| Matches | 88 | 175 |
| Runs scored | 3807 | 3709 |
| Batting average | 37.69 | 33.41 |
| 100s/50s | 6/18 | 1/19 |
| Top score | 136 | 102* |
| Balls bowled | 19458 | 7461 |
| Wickets | 362 | 182 |
| Bowling average | 22.81 | 26.61 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 23 | 1 |
| 10 wickets in match | 6 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 8/58 | 6/14 |
| Catches/stumpings | 28/– | 36/– |
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