00:00Nadeem Khan made his best debut for Pakistan in the third test against the West Indies
00:04at St. John's in May 1993.
00:07The 23-year-old left-arm spinner was thrown into the action immediately.
00:12In the first innings, Nadeem Khan bowled 38 overs, including five mid-ins, and conceded
00:17147 runs, highlighting a long spell under the Caribbean sun.
00:22During his marathon spell, he secured the key wickets of Desmond Haynes and Brian Lara.
00:27Although, the test match was ended in a draw, but his performance was noted as he dismissed
00:32two key wickets of the West Indies batting line-up, so let's watch his boring spell.
00:57Now, whether the umpire would have given him out had he not walked is a matter of conjecture.
01:08the ball, this time it's through, Lara back to his best.
01:28There again you see his placing has been excellent.
01:34Not a lot of spin for Nadeem Khan.
01:37And that is Gravy, there are two very famous people here.
01:52Oh, it's a good attempt, he's out, he's gone.
01:55Lara is stumped, umpire Buckner took a long time, but what a good piece of work by, by um,
02:01the UE keeper, because Shahid Rafi had took that ball very wide, and, uh, well, he dived
02:09at the stumps and did wonderfully well.
02:27Nadeem Khan had a brief international career, appearing in just two test matches and two
02:32one-day international.
02:33In test cricket, he batted in three innings with one remain undefeated, scoring a total
02:39of 34 runs with a high score of 25 and a batting average of 17.
02:43As a bowler in test cricket, he took two wickets across four innings, conceding 230 runs from
02:49432 balls, with the best bowling in an innings of two for 147, resulting in a bowling average
02:56of 115 and an economy rate of 3.19.
03:00His ODI appearance were limited, he batted once to score two runs and bowled 96 balls
03:06across two innings without taking a wicket, maintaining an economy rate of 5.06.
03:11The bulk of his cricketing career was built in domestic cricket, where he played 153 first-class
03:17and 143 list-day matches.
03:19In first-class cricket, he scored 2,223 runs across 185 innings, with a top score of 90, hitting
03:27six half-centuries and anchoring his role as a prominent bowler by claiming 534 wickets.
03:34This impressive domestic haul included 32 five-wicket hauls and four ten-wicket hauls, alongside
03:40a career-best innings performance of 7 per 84.
03:43In listed cricket, he scored 498 runs, with one half-centuries and a top score of 53, while
03:51taking 199 wickets with an economy rate of 3.81.
03:56His best listed bowling figure stands at 6 for 28, a match format in which he also claimed
04:02four four-wicket hauls and three five-wicket hauls.
04:05On the fielding front, he proved reliable by grabbing 80 catches in first-class cricket
04:10and 37 catches in listed matches.
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