Asad Jahangir

Asad Jahangir Khan (born 25 December 1945 in Campbellpur, Punjab) is a former first-class cricketer and senior police officer in Pakistan.

Asad Jahangir Khan
Personal information
Full nameAsad Jahangir Khan
Born(1945-12-25)25 December 1945
Campbellpur, Punjab
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-spin
RelationsJahangir Khan (father)
Majid Khan (brother)
Imran Khan (cousin)
Humayun Zaman (cousin)
Ahmed Raza (uncle)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1964–65 to 1970–71Lahore
1965–66Punjab University
1967 to 1969Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 40
Runs scored 1154
Batting average 19.55
100s/50s 0/4
Top score 92
Balls bowled 3847
Wickets 53
Bowling average 38.30
5 wickets in innings 2
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 7/84
Catches/stumpings 43/–
Source: Cricinfo, 14 April 2014

Cricket career

The son of Jahangir Khan and the elder brother of Majid Khan, Asad Jahangir Khan made his first-class debut in the 1964–65 season while studying at the University of the Punjab. He went to Keble College, Oxford in 1966, and played for the university team from 1967 to 1969. His best season was 1968, when he took 41 wickets with his off-spin in 14 matches, at an average of 28.80.[1]

Playing for an Oxford and Cambridge XI against the touring Australians in May 1968, he took 7 for 84, including the wickets of Bill Lawry, Ian Chappell and Bob Cowper.[2] Earlier that month he had taken 5 for 44 against Warwickshire, including the wickets of Rohan Kanhai and John Jameson.[3] In the next match, opening the batting with Fred Goldstein against Somerset, he made 50 not out in an unbroken partnership of 148.[4]

In 1969 his bowling fell away (three wickets in six matches) but he made 280 runs at 31.11, including his highest score of 92 against D.H. Robins' XI.[5] A week earlier he had made 81 not out against Kent to take Oxford to a one-wicket victory with a ball to spare.[6]

He returned to Pakistan and played a few matches for Lahore cricket teams in 1969–70 and 1970–71. His last first-class match was a semi-final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in February 1971, when, playing for Lahore Greens, he took 3 for 157 off 52 overs against Karachi Blues.[7]

Police career

He worked as a police officer, specialising in traffic policing, and became Inspector-General of Police in Sindh Province. He is now retired.[8]

References
  1. Asad Jahangir bowling by season
  2. "Oxford and Cambridge Universities v Australians 1968". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  3. Oxford University v Warwickshire 1968
  4. Oxford University v Somerset 1968
  5. D.H. Robins' XI v Oxford University 1969
  6. Wisden 1970, p. 744-45.
  7. Karachi Blues v Lahore Greens 1970–71
  8. "Road Safety Karachi 2012". Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
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