Inayat Khan
Personal information
Full name
Malik Inayat Khan
Born(1922-10-19)19 October 1922
Lahore, British India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1943-44 to 1945-46Muslims
1943-44Northern India
1944-45 to 1948-49Sind
1947-48Punjab
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 18
Runs scored 734
Batting average 29.36
100s/50s 1/5
Top score 100
Balls bowled 2382
Wickets 19
Bowling average 34.89
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/59
Catches/stumpings 8/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 27 January 2022

Inayat Khan (born 19 October 1922) was a Pakistani cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1941 to 1950, and played for Pakistan in the years before Pakistan played Test cricket.

Cricket career

Khan was born in Lahore. His father Saleh Mohammad played first-class cricket as an all-rounder for Muslims in the Bombay Quadrangular and the Lahore Tournament between 1912 and 1930.[1]

Khan was a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler. He scored his only first-class century, 100 retired out, for North Zone in the Zonal Quadrangular Tournament in February 1946. His captain, the Nawab of Pataudi, declared when Khan reached his hundred, but when both teams had returned to the dressing rooms the umpires pointed out that under the Laws at the time no team could declare on the first day of a three-day game. North Zone had to return to the wicket but Khan and Pataudi, the two not out batsmen, chose to retire.[2] An economical bowler, Khan took figures of 55–29–59–3 for Sind against Bombay in the Ranji Trophy in November 1944.[3]

Khan was selected to play for Pakistan in the first of two matches against Ceylon in March 1950. He scored a duck in the first match, which Pakistan won by an innings, and was not selected for the second.[4] He played no further first-class cricket.

References

  1. ↑ "Saleh Mohammad". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "East Zone v North Zone 1945-46". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Sind v Bombay 1944-45". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Pakistan v Ceylon 1949-50". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
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