Intikhab Alam

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Intikhab Alam

Personal information
Born	(1941-12-28) 28 December 1941 (age 83) Hoshiarpur, Punjab, British India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm leg break
International information
National side	Pakistan (1959–1977)
Test debut (cap 34)	4 December 1959 v Australia
Last Test	4 March 1977 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 3)	11 February 1973 v New Zealand
Last ODI	16 October 1976 v New Zealand
Career statistics
Competition Test ODIs FC Matches 47 4 489 Runs scored 1,493 17 14,331 Batting average 22.28 8.50 22.14 100s/50s 1/8 0/0 9/67 Top score 138 10 182 Balls bowled 10,474 158 91,735 Wickets 125 4 1,571 Bowling average 35.95 29.50 27.67 5 wickets in innings 5 0 85 10 wickets in match 2 0 13 Best bowling 7/52 2/36 8/54 Catches/stumpings 20/– 0/– 228/–
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing  Pakistan as Coach ICC Cricket World Cup Winner 1992 Australia and New Zealand ICC T20 World Cup Winner 2009 England
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 11 June 2013

Intikhab Alam Khan (Urdu:انتخاب عالم خان; born 28 December 1941) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who played in 47 Test matches and four One Day Internationals from 1959 to 1977. He captained Pakistan in 17 Tests between 1969 and 1975. He also played in English county cricket for Surrey between 1969 and 1981. Prior to this, Intikhab was professional for several years at West of Scotland Cricket Club in Glasgow and also coached at The Glasgow Academy. In August 1967, at the Oval, he joined Asif Iqbal for a ninth-wicket stand of 190 runs. This remained a world record for around 30 years.^[1]

Intikhab was Pakistan's first One Day International cricket captain. He played 3 matches as captain, winning two and losing one. He was the manager of the Pakistan teams that won the 1992 Cricket World Cup and the 2009 ICC World Twenty20.

In 2004, he was appointed the first foreigner to coach a domestic Indian cricket team, coaching Punjab in the Ranji Trophy.

On 25 October 2008, he was once again named manager of the Pakistan cricket team by PCB, a day after Australian Geoff Lawson was sacked as the national coach of Pakistan.^[2]

In 2009, Intikhab was the manager of the team when Pakistan had their first Twenty20 World Cup title by defeating Sri Lanka in the final.

• Intikhab Alam at ESPNcricinfo