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Moin Khan: Mushkil waqt ka wicketkeeper batsman

Atemad E-Magazine 20 October 2026 · 5 minute ka mutalia

1990 ki dahai mein jab Pakistan ki batting larkharati to aksar satwen number par aane wala ek khilari innings ko sambhal leta. Yeh wicketkeeper Moin Khan (Moin Khan) the. ESPNcricinfo ke mutabiq woh mushkil ghari se lutf uthate the aur unhon ne baar baar Pakistan ki nichli batting ko sahara diya². 219 ODI matchon mein unhon ne wicketon ke peechhe 287 shikar kiye, aur 69 Test matchon mein 2741 runs aur 4 centuries banayin¹.

Ibtidai zindagi aur Cricket ka aaghaz

Moin Khan, jin ka poora naam Muhammad Moin Khan hai, 23 September 1971 ko Rawalpindi mein paida hue. Woh dayen hath ke batsman aur wicketkeeper the, aur domestic Cricket mein Karachi aur PIA ki numainda gi ki². Nadeem Khan unke bhai aur Azam Khan unke bete hain³.

Unka International safar 1990 mein shuru hua: 13 November 1990 ko Multan mein West Indies ke khilaf pehla ODI, aur 23 November 1990 ko Faisalabad mein West Indies hi ke khilaf pehla Test. Is pehle Test mein unhon ne 24 aur 32 runs banaye¹.

Wicketon ke peechhe

ESPNcricinfo ke mutabiq Moin Khan ka career zyada tar Rashid Latif ke sath wicketkeeping ke dastanon ke muqable mein guzra, aur unki batting ki salahiyat umuman unhen aage rakhti thi. Isi profile ke mutabiq woh wicketon ke peechhe sab se zyada bolne wale keepers mein se the, aur stump mic ke zariye duniya ne unki awazen sunin, jin mein "well bowled" aur "shabash" sab se mashhoor thin².

Test Cricket mein unhon ne 148 shikar kiye, jin mein 128 catches aur 20 stumpings shamil hain. ODI Cricket mein 214 catches aur 73 stumpings ke sath unke shikar 287 hain. Donon tarz ki Cricket mein ek innings mein unke sab se zyada shikar 5 rahe¹.

Nichle numbron ka sahara

Moin Khan ki Test centuries aksar us waqt ayin jab team mushkil mein hoti. Yakum November 1994 ko Lahore mein Australia ke khilaf satwen number par unhon ne 115 runs not out banaye. September 1995 mein Sri Lanka ke khilaf home series mein unhon ne Peshawar mein 51, Faisalabad mein 50 aur 22 September ko Sialkot mein chauthi innings mein 117 runs not out banaye. 8 August 1996 ko Leeds mein England ke khilaf athwen number par batting karte hue unhon ne 105 runs banaye¹.

Kai baar woh century ke qareeb pahunch kar reh gaye: 26 April 1997 ko Colombo mein Sri Lanka ke khilaf 109 gendon par 98 aur 14 March 1998 ko Bulawayo mein Zimbabwe ke khilaf 97 runs. 1999 ke daura-e-Bharat mein Chennai mein 60 aur Kolkata (Eden Gardens) mein 271 minute ki innings mein 70 runs banaye. Unka sab se bara Test score 19 December 2003 ko Hamilton mein New Zealand ke khilaf aaya, jab unhon ne 174 gendon par 20 chaukon aur 2 chhakkon ki madad se 137 runs banaye¹.

ODI Cricket ki raftar

ESPNcricinfo ke mutabiq unke tez qadam aur naye shots ijad karne ki salahiyat ODI Cricket mein aur bhi kargar thi, jahan woh tezi se runs banate the². ODI mein unka strike rate 81.3 raha. 5 June 1999 ko Nottingham mein South Africa ke khilaf unhon ne 56 gendon par 63 runs banaye, aur 7 June 2000 ko Dhaka mein Sri Lanka ke khilaf sirf 31 gendon par 4 chhakkon ki madad se 56 runs not out banaye. 3 January 2004 ko Auckland mein New Zealand ke khilaf 68 gendon par 72 runs not out unka sab se bara ODI score hai¹.

1995 se 2001 ke douran unhon ne 13 Test aur 34 ODI matchon mein Pakistan ki captaincy ki. ESPNcricinfo ke mutabiq 2004 mein Kamran Akmal ke ubharne ke baad unka International career ikhtitam ko pahuncha². Unka akhri ODI 16 October 2004 ko Lahore mein aur akhri Test 20 October 2004 ko Faisalabad mein, donon Sri Lanka ke khilaf the¹.

Aadad o shumar

	Test	ODI
Match	69	219
Runs	2741	3266
Behtareen score	137	72 not out
Average (batting)	28.55	23
Centuries / nisf centuries	4 / 15	0 / 12
Strike rate	51.11	81.3
Catch / stumping	128 / 20	214 / 73
Batore captain match	13	34

Makhaz: ESPNcricinfo Statsguru¹, aadad International career ke hain.

Asar aur yaadgar

Moin Khan ke 219 ODI matchon mein se 118 mein Pakistan ko jeet mili, aur in jeete hue matchon mein unhon ne 87.74 ke strike rate se 1553 runs banaye. New Zealand ke khilaf 6 Test matchon mein unki average 47.14 aur Sri Lanka ke khilaf 16 Test matchon mein 35.55 rahi¹.

Khel chhorne ke baad woh coaching se wabasta hue, August 2013 mein Pakistan team ke manager aur February 2014 mein Asia Cup aur World T20 ke liye abori head coach muqarrar hue².

Wicketon ke peechhe unki awaz aur samne unka balla, donon team ka hausla barhate the. Moin Khan ki pehchan ek aise khilari ki hai jo mushkil waqt mein peechhe hatne ke bajaye aage barh kar khelta tha.

Makhaz

ESPNcricinfo Statsguru, Moin Khan, Test and ODI batting and fielding career summaries and innings lists: https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/41306.html?class=1;template=results;type=batting , https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/41306.html?class=1;template=results;type=batting;view=innings , https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/41306.html?class=1;template=results;type=fielding , https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/41306.html?class=2;template=results;type=batting , https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/41306.html?class=2;template=results;type=batting;view=innings , https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/41306.html?class=2;template=results;type=fielding
ESPNcricinfo player profile, Moin Khan (archived copy; profile essay by Kamran Abbasi and ESPNcricinfo staff): https://web.archive.org/web/2016/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/41306.html
ESPNcricinfo player profile, Moin Khan (archived 2024 copy): https://web.archive.org/web/20241226074735/https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/moin-khan-41306

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