Sikander Bakht (cricketer)

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Sikander Bakht
Personal information
Born (1957-08-25)25 August 1957
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Role Bowler
International information
National side
  • Pakistani
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs Tests LA
Matches 26 27 186 100
Runs scored 146 31 1,944 187
Batting average 6.34 7.75 14.18 8.90
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/3 0/0
Top score 22* 16* 67 28
Balls bowled 4870 1277 25,305 4,490
Wickets 67 33 553 119
Bowling average 36.00 26.06 25.61 22.74
5 wickets in innings 3 – 29 –
10 wickets in match 1 – 3 –
Best bowling 8/69 4/34 8/69 4/15
Catches/stumpings 7/– 4/– 82/– 23/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 January 2013

Sikander Bakht (born August 25, 1957, Karachi, Sindh) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 26 Tests and 27 ODIs from 1976 to 1989.[1] He is remembered for demolishing the Indian team for just 126 runs taking 8 wickets in the innings in the second Test match of the 1979 tour of Pakistan to India.[2] He was included in the team in place of Ehteshamuddin and ended up taking 11 wickets in that Test.

Sikander is currently doing a current sports magazine show named Sikander Sports on Express News.[3] He also worked with Indus and Samaa Television as a sports analyst.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sikander Bakht". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 January 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Pakistan tour of India, 1979/80 – 2nd Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 January 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Sikander Sports". FaceBook. Retrieved 5 January 2013. 

External links

Pakistan squad – 1979 Cricket World Cup Semi-Finalists
Pakistan


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