When, in February 2000, a young, lanky debutant made a fighting century in the third innings of the Test match at Rawalpindi against Sri Lanka, few would have thought the 22-year-old would one day become the highest run scorer for Pakistan.
The Test was lost, but an impression had been made and over the next 15 years Younis Khan became the mainstay of the Pakistan batting line up.
One of few modern day Pakistan cricketers to have played international cricket in his home country, Khan has been through good and bad times in his side’s middle-order but always remained Pakistan’s most reliable man both on and off the pitch.
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Here, we look at Khan’s Test career that has span 102 Test matches.
YOUNIS KHAN | |
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Full Name | Mohammed Younis Khan |
Born | November 29, 1977 in Mardan, NWFP, Pakistan |
Age | 37 |
Role | Right hand middle-order batsman |
Test debut | vs Sri Lanka at Rawalpindi, February 26, 2000 |
Highest Test score | 313 vs Sri Lanka at Karachi, February 2009 |
Opponents | Mts | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sri Lanka | 29 | 48 | 4 | 2286 | 313 | 51.95 | 50.85 | 8 | 6 |
India | 9 | 17 | 2 | 1321 | 267 | 88.06 | 58.78 | 5 | 4 |
South Africa | 14 | 28 | 3 | 990 | 131* | 39.60 | 48.22 | 4 | 2 |
Australia | 8 | 16 | 1 | 850 | 213 | 56.66 | 53.02 | 3 | 3 |
England | 11 | 19 | 0 | 822 | 173 | 43.26 | 55.05 | 2 | 3 |
New Zealand | 9 | 15 | 2 | 733 | 149* | 56.38 | 59.69 | 2 | 4 |
West Indies | 10 | 19 | 1 | 701 | 153 | 38.94 | 48.74 | 2 | 4 |
Bangladesh | 7 | 10 | 2 | 638 | 200* | 79.75 | 62.85 | 3 | 0 |
Zimbabwe | 5 | 9 | 2 | 511 | 200* | 73.00 | 41.41 | 1 | 3 |
Total | 102 | 181 | 17 | 8852 | 313 | 53.97 | 52.67 | 30 | 29 |
Countries | Mts | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
in UAE | 23 | 42 | 5 | 2013 | 213 | 54.40 | 51.56 | 9 | 5 |
in Pakistan | 19 | 33 | 1 | 1898 | 313 | 59.31 | 55.17 | 7 | 5 |
in Sri Lanka | 17 | 29 | 3 | 1172 | 177 | 45.07 | 50.25 | 3 | 5 |
in India | 6 | 12 | 2 | 768 | 267 | 76.80 | 56.55 | 3 | 2 |
in Bangladesh | 6 | 8 | 2 | 604 | 200* | 100.66 | 62.59 | 3 | 0 |
in Zimbabwe | 5 | 9 | 2 | 511 | 200* | 73.00 | 41.41 | 1 | 3 |
in South Africa | 8 | 16 | 1 | 489 | 111 | 32.60 | 44.57 | 1 | 2 |
in England | 5 | 9 | 0 | 470 | 173 | 52.22 | 57.38 | 1 | 3 |
in New Zealand | 5 | 8 | 1 | 457 | 149* | 65.28 | 61.50 | 1 | 3 |
in Australia | 3 | 6 | 0 | 259 | 87 | 43.16 | 50.48 | 0 | 1 |
in West Indies | 5 | 9 | 0 | 211 | 106 | 23.44 | 52.61 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 102 | 181 | 17 | 8852 | 313 | 53.97 | 52.67 | 30 | 29 |
Home/Away | Mts | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
away | 59 | 104 | 11 | 4832 | 267 | 51.95 | 52.12 | 14 | 17 |
neutral | 24 | 44 | 5 | 2122 | 213 | 54.41 | 51.80 | 9 | 7 |
home | 19 | 33 | 1 | 1898 | 313 | 59.31 | 55.17 | 7 | 5 |
Total | 102 | 181 | 17 | 8852 | 313 | 53.97 | 52.67 | 30 | 29 |
Runs by innings | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st innings | 48 | 1 | 2579 | 267 | 54.87 | 54.65 | 10 | 7 |
2nd innings | 52 | 1 | 2797 | 313 | 54.84 | 49.81 | 9 | 9 |
3rd innings | 48 | 4 | 2143 | 200* | 48.7 | 53.03 | 6 | 8 |
4th innings | 33 | 11 | 1333 | 171* | 60.59 | 54.83 | 5 | 5 |
Total | 181 | 17 | 8852 | 313 | 53.97 | 52.67 | 30 | 29 |
Runs by position | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | SR | 100 | 50 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3rd | 83 | 4 | 4055 | 313 | 51.32 | 54.01 | 13 | 12 |
4th | 78 | 11 | 3980 | 213 | 59.40 | 51.34 | 14 | 13 |
5th | 5 | 0 | 146 | 91 | 29.20 | 59.59 | 0 | 1 |
6th | 12 | 1 | 471 | 149* | 42.81 | 52.27 | 2 | 2 |
7th | 3 | 1 | 200 | 107 | 100.00 | 49.87 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 181 | 17 | 8852 | 313 | 53.97 | 52.67 | 30 | 29 |
Leading Test run-getters for Pakistan | |||||||||
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Batsman | Period | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 |
Younis Khan | 2000-2015+ | 102 | 181 | 17 | 8852 | 313 | 53.97 | 30 | 29 |
Javed Miandad | 1976-1993 | 124 | 189 | 21 | 8832 | 280* | 52.57 | 23 | 43 |
Inzamam-ul-Haq# | 1992-2007 | 119 | 198 | 22 | 8829 | 329 | 50.16 | 25 | 46 |
Mohd Yousuf | 1998-2010 | 90 | 156 | 12 | 7530 | 223 | 52.29 | 24 | 33 |
Salim Malik | 1982-1999 | 103 | 154 | 22 | 5768 | 237 | 43.69 | 15 | 29 |
Zaheer Abbas | 1969-1985 | 78 | 124 | 11 | 5062 | 274 | 44.79 | 12 | 20 |
Mudassar Nazar | 1976-1989 | 76 | 116 | 8 | 4114 | 231 | 38.09 | 10 | 17 |
Saeed Anwar | 1990-2001 | 55 | 91 | 2 | 4052 | 188* | 45.52 | 11 | 25 |
Misbah-ul-Haq | 2001-2015+ | 59 | 101 | 17 | 4003 | 161* | 47.65 | 8 | 29 |
Majid Khan | 1964-1983 | 63 | 106 | 5 | 3931 | 167 | 38.92 | 8 | 19 |
+ still playing
# also appeared in one Test for World XI in 2005 (made 1 and 0)
How the record changed hands for Pakistan
Runs | Batsman | Date | Final run tally | Opponent | Venue |
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433 | Waqar Hassan | 5 July 1954 | v England | at Nottingham | |
468 | Hanif Mohd | 17 Aug 1954 | v England | at The Oval | |
563 | Waqar Hassan | 4 Jan 1955 | v India | at Dacca | |
665 | Hanif Mohd | 18 Jan 1955 | v India | at Bahawalpur | |
927 | Waqar Hassan | 31 Oct 1955 | 1071 | v New Zealand | at Lahore |
1251 | Hanif Mohd | 23 Jan 1958 | 3915 | v West Indies | at Bridgetown |
3931 | Majid Khan | 31 Aug 1982 | 3931 | v England | at Leeds |
3992 | Zaheer Abbas | 8 Jan 1983 | v India | at Faisalabad | |
4157 | Javed Miandad | 29 Sept 1983 | v India | at Jalandhar | |
4229 | Zaheer Abbas | 10 Oct 1983 | v India | at Nagpur | |
4263 | Javed Miandad | 14 Nov 1983 | v Australia | at Perth | |
4318 | Zaheer Abbas | 29 Nov 1983 | v Australia | at Brisbane | |
4405 | Javed Miandad | 13 Dec 1983 | v Australia | at Adelaide | |
4458 | Zaheer Abbas | 30 Dec 1983 | 5062 | v Australia | at Melbourne |
5247 | Javed Miandad | 21 Oct 1985 | 8832 | v Sri Lanka | at Faisalabad |
8852 | Younus Khan | 13 Oct 2015 | 8852* | v England | at Abu Dhabi |
** Javed Miandad had held the record previously since 20 October 1985 ie for 29 years, 11 months, 23 days!
** All runs given in the first column is updated to the end of the particular Test match