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Mohammad Javed Miandad Khan (Urdu: محمد جاوید میانداد ) (born June 12, 1957), popularly known as Javed Miandad (Urdu: جاوید میانداد) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played between 1975-1996. After his playing career, he has at various times been a coach, as well as held positions in the Pakistan Cricket Board. He also had three coaching stints with the Pakistan national team.

Early life

Javed Miandad's parents migrated from Ahmedabad (Gujarat), India in 1947 and Miandad was born in Karachi. He is a Tyagi (Muslim).

Career

Miandad made his Test debut against New Zealand at Lahore on October 9, 1976. He scored a century in this match, to become the youngest player at the time to do so at an age of 19 years and 119 days.^[1] In the same series he scored a double century, and on his way broke George Headley's 47 year record, to become the youngest player to achieve the feat.^[2] Miandad made his One Day International debut against the West Indies at Edgbaston, Birmingham in the Cricket World Cup 1975.

Javed Miandad played 124 Test matches, batting in 189 innings. His aggregate of 8,832 Test runs is a Pakistani record. Even though his test career spanned 17 years, he failed to make it into the top-most category of batsmen with test aggregates of over 10,000 runs.^[3] Miandad's 23 centuries and 43 fifties were Pakistani national records, until they were broken by Inzamam-ul-Haq. Miandad's Test career batting average of 52.57 is among the highest for Pakistani batsmen. He scored six double centuries which is the most by a Pakistani and 6th overall.^[4] He made his highest score of 280 not out against India.

Javed Miandad is the only player to have played in six World Cups, the first six, from 1975 to 1996.

Coaching and commentary

As a coach, Javed Miandad guided Pakistan to test victories in the Asia Cup and in India during 1998-99 season, when Wasim Akram was captain. Miandad also later assisted with coaching Pakistani batsmen.^{[citation needed]}

Following this he was offered broadcasting and coaching positions in India.^[5]

Personal life

Javed Miandad married Tahira Saigol in 1980. He has two sons and a daughter.^{[citation needed]} He had three brothers play first-class cricket in Pakistan: Anwar, Sohail and Bashir. His son, Junaid, is married to Dawood Ibrahim's daughter, Mahrukh. ^[6]

Records & achievements

Javed Miandad's career performance graph.

With an ODI career spanning from 11 June 1975 to 9 March 1996 (20 years and 272 days), Miandad holds the world record for the longest ODI career.^[7]

Miandad was amongst the three Pakistani players to have his name in the Hall of Fame at Lords.

Miandad is the only cricketer to appear in six World Cup competitions.^[8]

In 1982, Wisden named him as one of the cricketers of the year. ^[9]

Javed Miandad scored 1000 runs in 33 matches and 6 World Cup tournaments..^[8]

He was also declared the 44th best Cricketer of all time in ESPN Legend Of Cricket.

Miandad holds the world record for the maximum number of consecutive half centuries in One Day Internationals- 9 ^[10]

References

External links

• Player Profile: Javed Miandad from Cricinfo

Javed Miandad in the Cricket World Cup Pakistan squad – 1975 Cricket World Cup 1 Asif Iqbal (c) • 2 Asif Masood • 3 Imran Khan • 4 Javed Miandad • 5 Majid Khan • 6 Mushtaq Mohammad • 7 Naseer Malik • 8 Pervez Mir • 9 Sadiq Mohammad • 10 Sarfraz Nawaz • 11 Wasim Bari (wk) • 12 Wasim Raja • 13 Zaheer Abbas Pakistan squad – 1979 Cricket World Cup Semi-Finalists 1 Asif Iqbal (c) • 2 Haroon Rashid • 3 Imran Khan • 4 Javed Miandad • 5 Majid Khan • 6 Mudassar Nazar • 7 Sadiq Mohammad • 8 Sarfraz Nawaz • 9 Sikander Bakht • 10 Wasim Bari (wk) • 11 Wasim Raja • 12 Zaheer Abbas Pakistan squad – 1983 Cricket World Cup Semi-Finalists 1 Imran Khan (c) • 2 Abdul Qadir • 3 Ijaz Faqih • 4 Javed Miandad • 5 Mansoor Akhtar • 6 Mohsin Khan • 7 Mudassar Nazar • 8 Rashid Khan • 9 Sarfraz Nawaz • 10 Shahid Mahboob • 11 Tahir Naqqash • 12 Wasim Bari (wk) • 13 Wasim Raja • 14 Zaheer Abbas Pakistan squad – 1987 Cricket World Cup Semi-Finalists 1 Imran Khan (c) • 2 Abdul Qadir • 3 Ijaz Ahmed • 4 Javed Miandad • 5 Mansoor Akhtar • 6 Manzoor Elahi • 7 Mudassar Nazar • 8 Rameez Raja • 9 Saleem Jaffar • 10 Saleem Malik • 11 Saleem Yousuf (wk) • 12 Shoaib Mohammad • 13 Tauseef Ahmed • 14 Wasim Akram Pakistan squad – 1992 Cricket World Cup (1st title) 1 Imran Khan (c) • 2 Aamer Sohail • 3 Aaqib Javed • 4 Ijaz Ahmed • 5 Inzamam-ul-Haq • 6 Iqbal Sikander • 7 Javed Miandad • 8 Moin Khan (wk) • 9 Mushtaq Ahmed • 10 Rameez Raja • 11 Saleem Malik • 12 Wasim Akram • 13 Wasim Haider • 14 Zahid Fazal Pakistan squad – 1996 Cricket World Cup 1 Wasim Akram (c) • 2 Aamer Sohail • 3 Aaqib Javed • 4 Ata-ur-Rehman • 5 Ijaz Ahmed • 6 Inzamam-ul-Haq • 7 Javed Miandad • 8 Mushtaq Ahmed • 9 Rameez Raja • 10 Rashid Latif (wk) • 11 Saeed Anwar • 12 Saleem Malik • 13 Saqlain Mushtaq • 14 Waqar Younis

squad – World Series Cricket 1 Greig (c) • 2 Amiss • 3 Asif Iqbal • 4 Barlow • 5 Hadlee • 6 Imran Khan • 7 Javed Miandad • 8 Knott (wk) • 9 Le Roux • 10 Haroon Rashid • 11 Majid Khan • 12 Mushtaq Mohammed • 13 Procter • 14 Rice • 15 Richards • 16 Sarfraz Nawaz • 17 John Snow • 18 Taslim Arif (wk) • 19 Underwood • 20 Woolmer • 21 Zaheer Abbas