Amjad Khan (cricketer, born 1980)

Amjad Khan

Personal information
Full name	Amjad Khan
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National sides	England Denmark
Only Test (cap 642)	6 March 2009  England v West Indies
ODI shirt no.	30
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2001–present	Kent (squad no. 10)
1999–2000	Denmark
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20 Matches 1 64 54 18 Runs scored 0 870 269 32 Batting average – 18.12 11.69 5.33 100s/50s 0/0 0/3 0/1 0/0 Top score 0 78 65* 15 Balls bowled 174 10,383 2,201 337 Wickets 1 212 60 24 Bowling average 122.00 31.82 31.65 20.83 5 wickets in innings 0 6 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 n/a n/a Best bowling 1/111 6/52 4/26 3/11 Catches/stumpings 0/– 10/– 13/– 1/–
Source: CricketArchive, 21 March 2009

Amjad Khan (born October 14, 1980 in Copenhagen) is an English Test cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He plays for Kent.

Career

At the age of 17, he became the youngest person ever to ever play for Denmark, the country of his birth. In his first full season at Kent, in 2002, he claimed 63 wickets. He failed to regain his form for the next two seasons, taking a combined total of 31 wickets.

Khan bowling for Kent, alongside Lancashire's Mark Chilton.

In the seasons that followed, Khan performed better, taking 55 wickets in 2005 before recording 34 the season after, despite missing almost half of it through injury. In December 2006, Khan was awarded British citizenship, which made him eligible to be selected for England. It only took one month for the English selectors to recognise him, when they named him as part of a 14-man England 'A' squad to tour Bangladesh. Subsequently, he was named in the 30-man World Cup squad, although he was not selected in the final squad when it is halved to 15.

At the end of February 2007, it was revealed that Khan had been ruled out for the entire 2007 season, after having surgery on his cruciate ligaments. However, following the 2008 season, Khan was named as one of the members of the "Development squad" of fringe players, to be sent to India as back-ups to the main England squad, because he had "impressed with his pace and swing".

International recognition

In November 2008, Khan was called up (along with Sajid Mahmood) to act as cover for Stuart Broad and Andrew Flintoff during the One Day International series in India. He never actually joined up with the one-day squad due to the Mumbai terrorist attacks, which forced the cancellation of the rest of the series. However, he was subsequently called up to the Test squad in place of the injured Ryan Sidebottom for the two-match series that followed.

On 18 February 2009, Khan, along with Ravi Bopara, was invited to join the England Test squad on their tour of the West Indies as cover for Andrew Flintoff who was struggling with a hip injury.

Khan made his Test début in the 5th Test against the West Indies on 6 March 2009. His first over consisted of 9 balls, which included 3 no-balls, costing 7 runs. Khan got his test first wicket early on the third day of the 5th Test, trapping in-form batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan LBW. He was reprimanded by the match referee for excessive appealing. When it was announced that fast-bowler Ryan Sidebottom would be unable to play in the ODIs or T20s following the Test series because of a recurring injury, Khan was named as his replacement.

External links

• Amjad Khan at ESPNcricinfo
• Amjad Khan at CricketArchive (subscription required)