Asad Jahangir Khan (born 25 December 1945) is a former first-class cricketer and senior police officer in Pakistan. He specialised in traffic policing, and became Inspector-General of Police in

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Province. He is now retired.

Cricket career

The son of Jahangir Khan and the elder brother of Majid Khan, Asad Jahangir Khan made his first-class debut in the 1964–65 season while studying at the University of the Punjab. He went to

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in 1966, and played for the university team from 1967 to 1969. His best season was 1968, when he took 41 wickets with his off-spin in 14 matches, at an average of 28.80. Playing for an Oxford and Cambridge XI against the touring Australians in May 1968, he took 7 for 84, including the wickets of Bill Lawry, Ian Chappell and Bob Cowper. Earlier that month he had taken 5 for 44 against Warwickshire, including the wickets of

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and John Jameson. In the next match, opening the batting with

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against Somerset, he made 50 not out in an unbroken partnership of 148. In 1969 his bowling fell away (three wickets in six matches) but he made 280 runs at 31.11, including his highest score of 92 against D.H. Robins' XI. A week earlier he had made 81 not out against Kent to take Oxford to a one-wicket victory with a ball to spare. Khan returned to Pakistan and played a few matches for Lahore cricket teams in 1969–70 and 1970–71. His last first-class match was a semi-final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in February 1971, when, playing for Lahore Greens, he took 3 for 157 off 52 overs against Karachi Blues.Karachi Blues v Lahore Greens 1970–71
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Asad Jahangir Asad Jahangir Khan (born 25 December 1945) is a former first-class cricketer and senior police officer in Pakistan. He specialised in traffic policing, and became Inspector-general of police, Inspector-General of Police in Sindh Province. He is ...

Pashtun people Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricketers