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{{short description|Pakistani cricketer}}
{{tone|date=January 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Majid Khan ماجدخان
| fullname = Majid Jahangir Khan
| image = Majid Khan Cricket Legend.png
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|9|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Ludhiana]], [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]
| family = [[Jahangir Khan (cricketer)|Jahangir Khan]] (father) [[Asad Jahangir Khan]] (brother) [[Javed Burki]] (cousin) [[Imran Khan]] (cousin) [[Bazid Khan]] (son) [[Ahmed Raza (cricketer, born 1910)|Ahmed Raza]] (uncle)
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] Right-arm [[off break]]
| country = Pakistan
| international = true
| internationalspan = 1964–1983

| testdebutdate = 24 October
| testdebutyear = 1964
| testdebutagainst = Australia
| testcap = 44
| lasttestdate = 23 January
| lasttestyear = 1983
| lasttestagainst = India

| odidebutdate = 11 February
| odidebutyear = 1973
| odidebutagainst = New Zealand
| odicap = 4
| lastodidate = 19 July
| lastodiyear = 1982
| lastodiagainst = England

| columns = 4
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 63
| runs1 = 3,931
| bat avg1 = 38.92
| 100s/50s1 = 8/19
| top score1 = 167
| deliveries1 = 3,584
| wickets1 = 27
| bowl avg1 = 53.92
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 4/45
| catches/stumpings1 = 70/–
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches2 = 23
| runs2 = 786
| bat avg2 = 37.42
| 100s/50s2 = 1/7
| top score2 = 109
| deliveries2 = 658
| wickets2 = 13
| bowl avg2 = 28.76
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 3/27
| catches/stumpings2 = 3/–
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches3 = 410
| runs3 = 27,444
| bat avg3 = 43.01
| 100s/50s3 = 73/128
| top score3 = 241
| deliveries3 = 7,168
| wickets3 = 223
| bowl avg3 = 32.14
| fivefor3 = 4
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 6/67
| catches/stumpings3 = 410/–
| column4 = [[List-A cricket|LA]]
| matches4 = 168
| runs4 = 4,441
| bat avg4 = 28.28
| 100s/50s4 = 2/31
| top score4 = 115
| deliveries4 = 2,817
| wickets4 = 71
| bowl avg4 = 22.67
| fivefor4 = 1
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 5/24
| catches/stumpings4 = 43/–
| date = 4 February
| year = 2006
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/41919.html ESPNCricinfo
}}
'''Majid Jahangir Khan''' ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], {{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|ماجد جہانگیر خان}}}}), nicknamed "Majestic Khan" by the British press, is a former [[cricket]]er, batsman and captain of the [[Pakistan national cricket team]]. In his heydays, he was considered to be one of the best batsmen in the world. In his first class cricket career spanning 18 years, from 1961 to 1985, Majid Khan played in 63 [[Test (cricket)|Test matches]] for [[Pakistan]], scoring 3,931 runs with 8 centuries, scored over 27,000 first-class runs and made 73 first-class centuries, with 128 fifties.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/41919.html|title=Majid Khan|work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref> Majid played his last [[Test (cricket)|Test]] for [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] in January 1983 against [[India national cricket team|India]] at [[Gaddafi Stadium]], [[Lahore]]<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63333.html|title=India in Pakistan Test Series – 5th Test|work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|date=23 January 1983|access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref> and his last [[One Day International]] (ODI) was in July 1982 against [[England national cricket team|England]] at [[Old Trafford Cricket Ground|Old Trafford]], [[Manchester]].<ref name=Prudential>{{citation|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64975.html|title=Prudential Trophy – 2nd ODI|work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|date=19 July 1982|access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Born on 28 September 1946 in [[Ludhiana]], [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]] to a [[Burki]] [[Pashtuns|Pashtun]] family, Khan grew up in [[Lahore]], the capital of the [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] province of [[Pakistan]]. His father, [[Jahangir Khan (cricketer)|Jahangir Khan]], had played Test cricket for [[British India|India]] before the [[Partition of India]] in 1947. Majid Khan started his career as a pace bowler, but a back injury and doubts over his technique converted him into an off-spin bowler and batsman.<ref>Omar Noman, ''Pride and Passion: An Exhilarating Half Century of Cricket in Pakistan'', OUP, Karachi, 1998, p. 120.</ref> He also played for [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]] and [[Cambridge University]] in [[United Kingdom|Britain]], for [[Queensland cricket team|Queensland]] in [[Australia]], and in Pakistan for [[Pakistan International Airlines cricket team|Pakistan International Airlines]], [[Rawalpindi]], Lahore and the province of [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]].

Majid's father, Dr. Jahangir Khan, famously killed a bird in flight while bowling during an MCC vs. Cambridge University match in 1936.<ref>{{citation|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/funny_old_game/2076631.stm|title=Funny Old Game / An uneven contest|work=BBC Sport |publisher=[[BBC]]|date=30 June 2002|access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://greatwen.com/2011/03/07/five-weird-london-museum-exhibits/|title=Five weird London museum exhibits|publisher=GreatWen|access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref> This bird is now part of the permanent MCC museum exhibit at Lord's Cricket ground.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/155555.html?years=1937|title=Wisden Almanack – 1937 |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref> Dr. Jahangir Khan was the Chief Selector of [[Pakistan Cricket Board|then Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan]] (BCCP) when Majid Khan was close to national selection. Dr. Jahangir Khan resigned from his post to maintain the impartiality of the Cricket Board during selection.


== International career ==
In 1964, Majid's Test career started against [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] at [[National Stadium, Karachi|National Stadium]], [[Karachi]].<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62955.html|title=Australia in Pakistan Test Match|work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|date=24 October 1964|access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref> Majid Khan is one of only six batsmen (the other five are [[Victor Trumper|Trumper]], [[Charlie Macartney|Macartney]], [[Don Bradman|Bradman]], [[David Warner (cricketer)|Warner]] and [[Shikhar Dhawan]]), to have scored a century before lunch on the first day of a test match, scoring 108 not-out off 112 balls against [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]] in Karachi during the 1976–77 test series.<ref>{{cite web|first=Bharath|last=Seervi|title=Warner only fifth to score century before lunch on first day|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-pakistan-2016-17/content/story/1075223.html|work=ESPNcricinfo|date=3 January 2017|access-date=3 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283003.html|title=Records / Test matches / Batting records / Hundred runs before lunch|work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|date=30 October 1976|access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/63170.html|title=New Zealand in Pakistan Test Series – 3rd Test|work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|date=30 October 1976|access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref> Khan made his ODI debut against New Zealand in 1973 at [[Lancaster Park]], New Zealand.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64149.html|title=Pakistan in New Zealand ODI Match|work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|date=11 February 1973|access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref> He also holds the unique honour of scoring the first one-day [[century (cricket)|century]] for [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]], in an ODI against [[England national cricket team|England]] at [[Trent Bridge]] on 31 August 1974.<ref name=ESPNCricinfo>{{citation|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64953.html|title=Prudential Trophy – 1st ODI|work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|date=31 August 1974|access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref><ref name=CricketArchive>{{citation|url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/34/34672.html|title=England v Pakistan – Prudential Trophy 1974 (1st ODI)|publisher=CricketArchive|date=31 August 1974|access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.itsonlycricket.com/cricket/answers/question.php?qid=704|title=Who made the 1st century for Pakistan?|publisher=ItsOnlyCricket|date=27 December 2010|access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref> Khan scored 109 from 93 balls with 16 fours and a six, leading Pakistan to victory.<ref name=ESPNCricinfo/><ref name=CricketArchive/>

Majid had played for Lahore since 1961–62 and had made his Test debut against Australia in 1964–65 and toured England and Wales with the 1967 Pakistanis. During a match with Glamorgan, Majid blasted a rapid 147 in 89 minutes, hitting [[Roger Davis (cricketer)|Roger Davis]] for five sixes in one over. [[Wilf Wooller]], the club secretary, had been a close friend of Majid's father when Dr Jahangir Khan had been up at Cambridge, and the influential Glamorgan secretary persuaded [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan county]] to sign him as the overseas player from 1968.<ref>{{citation|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/0/989.html|title=Brief profile of Majid Khan|publisher=CricketArchive|date=December 2003|access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/154535.html|title=Wisden – Majid Khan – CRICKETER OF THE YEAR 1970|work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/221391.html|title=My Favourite Cricketer – The eternal idol|work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|date=12 June 2005|access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref> In 1972 he won the [[Walter Lawrence Trophy]] for the season's fastest century which he scored in 70 minutes for Glamorgan against Warwickshire. He captained the Welsh county between 1973 and 1976, scored over 9000 runs punctuated with 21 first-class centuries for them. [[Imran Khan]],<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/40560.html|title=Imran Khan|work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref> the legendary Pakistani ex-captain and fast bowler, and [[Javed Burki]]<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/40877.html|title=Javed Burki|work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref> are his cousins.<ref name=BBC>{{citation|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/other_international/4566793.stm|title=Bazid keeps it in the family |publisher=[[BBC]]|date=21 May 2005|access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref> [[Bazid Khan]],<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/39956.html|title=Bazid Khan|work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref> Majid's son, has also played for Pakistan, making the family the second, after the [[George Headley|Headleys]], to have three consecutive generations of Test cricketers.<ref name=BBC/><ref name=Lords>{{citation|url=http://www.lords.org/mcc/mcc-world-cricket-committee/profile-majid-khan,936,AR.html|title=Profile: Majid Khan|publisher=Lords|access-date=19 April 2012|archive-date=20 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320044707/http://www.lords.org/mcc/mcc-world-cricket-committee/profile-majid-khan,936,AR.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Initially, Majid Khan continued to boost Pakistan's middle order, until he was promoted to fill the opener's slot with [[Sadiq Mohammad]] in 1974.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/502404.html |title=Self-belief was my best attribute |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |date=22 February 2011 |access-date=19 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628072228/http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/502404.html |archive-date=28 June 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283663.html|title=Records / Test matches / Partnership records / Highest overall partnership runs by openers|work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref> He was the first century scorer for Pakistan in One Day International Cricket, scoring 109 runs against England at [[Trent Bridge]], [[Nottingham]] in the same season.<ref name="ESPNCricinfo" /><ref name="CricketArchive" /> Majid Khan was also a specialist slip fielder and made most catches look easy. Khan was also well known as a "walker", maintaining the standards of the game in an era when professionalism was straining at the game's traditional etiquette.

The 1976–77 tour of West Indies was the most remarkable period for Majid Khan, where he scored 530 Test runs against one of the most powerful bowling attacks in the history of the game. His best innings was perhaps the 167 in Pakistan's second innings at Georgetown that saved Pakistan from likely defeat. Pakistan lost that series 2–1.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63186.html|title=Pakistan tour of West Indies, 1976/77 / Scorecard – Pakistan in West Indies Test Series – 3rd Test
|work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref>

After retirement from International Cricket, Khan became an administrator with the [[Pakistan Cricket Board]], becoming the CEO of the board in mid-1990s.<ref name=Lords/> He was the Chief Selector for Pakistan in 1993. He officiated the Australia and West Indies Test series in 1995 as a match-referee. He was the Chief Executive of the Pakistan Board but resigned after leveling match fixing allegations against Pakistan team in the 1999 World Cup. His claims were backed by Sarfraz Nawaz at the time but led to no prosecutions. He now lives in Islamabad.

== Bibliography ==
*Zahid Zia Cheema, ''Mighty Khan : a tribute to Majid Khan'' (1996, 2008)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links ==
* {{ESPNcricinfo|id= 41919}}
* {{Yahoo! Cricket|id= majid-khan_1896}}

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| before = [[Asif Iqbal (cricketer, born 1943)|Asif Iqbal]]
| title = [[Pakistani national cricket captains|Pakistan Cricket Captain]]
| years = 1975
| after = [[Asif Iqbal (cricketer, born 1943)|Asif Iqbal]]
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