Published: Aug 31, 2015, 07:57 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2015, 07:57 PM (IST)
Arshad Khan, the Pakistan off-spinner, is seen here foxing two top-order batsmen of England in Pakistan in 2005. The wickets, however, arrived in two different matches, both at Rawalpindi. Khan only played two more international matches after this, against India early next year. He was once chosen regularly as a spinner for his country, especially in the ODIs in the period between 1998 and 2000. His best figures of 4 for 33 arrived against India in Kochi, in the first ODI of Pakistan’s tour of India that year. After two losses, Pakistan came back to win four on a trot. READ: Arshad Khan, former Pakistan cricketer, driving Uber taxi in Sydney
Khan has played 58 ODIs but only nine Tests, the last one in Bangalore against India in 2005. He bowled slow through the air off an interesting action, although a conventional one.
It is learnt, however, that Khan has now become a taxi driver in Sydney. This makes his poignant story similar to that of Matthew Sinclair and Ewen Chatfield. While Sinclair struggled to find employment in New Zealand after his cricket career, and had him calling former teammate Mark Richardson on a radio show to suggest options of work, Chatfield took to driving taxi in Wellington. READ:
Khan was overshadowed by fellow off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq, the more distinguished off-spinner of the two. He also played in the now defunct Indian Cricket League (ICL). He is employed by Uber in Sydney, an information brought to light only by an Indian customer, who wrote about meeting him in a Facebook post.
