Aaqib Javed

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Aaqib Javed
Personal information
Full name Aaqib Javed
Born (1972-08-05) 5 August 1972 (age 51)
Sheikhupura, Punjab, Pakistan
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 109) 10 February 1989 v New Zealand
Last Test 27 November 1998 v Zimbabwe
ODI debut (cap 67) 10 December 1988 v West Indies
Last ODI 24 November 1998 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
Years Team
2000/01 Sheikhupura
1994/95–2002/03 Allied Bank Limited
1993/94–1996/97 Islamabad
1991 Hampshire
1989/90–1991/92 Pakistan Automobiles Corporation
1984/85–1986/87 Lahore Division
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 22 163 121 250
Runs scored 101 267 819 469
Batting average 5.05 10.68 9.41 9.97
100s/50s –/– –/– –/1 –/–
Top score 28* 45* 65 45*
Balls bowled 3,918 8,012 19,267 12,212
Wickets 54 182 358 289
Bowling average 34.70 31.43 26.66 30.14
5 wickets in innings 1 4 19 5
10 wickets in match 5
Best bowling 5/84 7/37 9/51 7/37
Catches/stumpings 2/– 24/– 19/– 43/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 May 2010

Aaqib Javed (Urdu: عاقب جاوید) (born 5 August 1972) is a Pakistani cricketer and coach. He was a right-handed medium-fast pace bowler with the ability to swing the ball both ways. He played 22 Tests and 163 One Day Internationals for Pakistan between 1988 and 1998.He was educated at Islamia College Lahore.

Aaqib's best performances in internationals came against India. He took 54 wickets in his 39 ODIs against India at an average of 24.64 – 6.79 runs lower than his career ODI average. Four of his six ODI Man of the Match awards were against India.

Aaqib took a hat-trick in an ODI against India in October 1991, aged only 19 years and 81 days. He remains the youngest player to have taken an ODI hat-trick. He was a key member of the Pakistan team that won the 1992 Cricket World Cup. He coached Pakistan's U-19 team to victory in the 2004 U-19 Cricket World Cup. Aaqib is married to Farzana Burkey, sister of singer Adeel Burkey, and has one daughter named Uqba.

Previously, Aaqib was the chief coach of the National Cricket Academy in Pakistan. He is also associated with The Computer House, a Pakistani computer hardware company. Aaqib has, in the past, also helped with the development of the Afghanistan national cricket team. He was also the bowling coach of the Pakistan cricket team. With Waqar Younis the head coach and Intikhab Alam the manager, but on 10 February 2012 he resigned from being the bowling coach of Pakistan and shifted to becoming the bowling and head coach of the United Arab Emirates national cricket team.

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