Profile
Learnt his cricket from his father, who played in the Bolton league, he played for Smithill School where Ronnie Irani was a student before him.
Spotted by Lancashire in a local league match in 2002 where he took four wickets and made 20 runs. Lancashire offered him a contract the following season.
Cousin of the British boxer Amir Khan and known by his team-mates as "King".
Statistics
Show:
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Runs |
NO |
Avg. |
SR |
100's |
50's |
HS |
| Test |
8 |
11 |
81 |
1 |
8.1 |
50.31 |
0 |
0 |
34 |
| ODI |
26 |
15 |
85 |
4 |
7.72 |
84.15 |
0 |
0 |
22* |
| T20 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
- |
25 |
0 |
0 |
1* |
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Balls |
Runs |
Wickets |
BBI |
BBM |
Avg. |
Econ. |
4w |
5w |
10w |
Extras |
| Test |
8 |
14 |
1130 |
762 |
20 |
4/22 |
/ |
38.1 |
4.04 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
| ODI |
26 |
25 |
1197 |
1169 |
30 |
4/50 |
/ |
38.96 |
5.85 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
89 |
| T20 |
4 |
4 |
84 |
155 |
3 |
1/31 |
/ |
51.66 |
11.07 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
| |
Catches |
Stumpings |
Runouts |
| Test |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| ODI |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| T20 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Career
Span:
- Test:
- 2006-2007
- ODI:
- 2004-2009
- T20:
- 2006-2009
- Test
-
- Debut:
- England Vs Sri Lanka at Lord's, London - May 11, 2006
- Last played:
- England Vs Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), Sydney - Jan 02, 2007
- ODI
-
- Debut:
- England Vs New Zealand at County Ground, Nevil Road, Bristol - Jul 04, 2004
- Last played:
- England Vs South Africa at SuperSport Park, Centurion - Nov 22, 2009
- T20
-
- Debut:
- England Vs Sri Lanka at The Rose Bowl, Southampton - Jun 15, 2006
- Last played:
- England Vs South Africa at SuperSport Park, Centurion - Nov 15, 2009