Rawait Khan
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Rawait Mahmood Khan is a former English
cricket
er who played for Derbyshire
, Derbyshire CB, and Pakistan Customs in a four-year first-class career which saw him bowl mostly in Second XI Championship matches.
Khan, who, with the struggling Derbyshire team often played at number nine in order to gain some bowling experience for the team, made a big impact in only his second appearance with a skilful knock of 91. He thereafter kept out of the limelight in terms of spectacular batting, though held his own as a skilful, uncontroversial opener. He finished his cricket with the major counties in 2004, instead transferring to Minor County outfit Shropshire
. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.
He recently moved to become fielding coach and first team player at Old Hill Cricket Club
Khan's brother, Zubair
, also played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 2000.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played for Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
, Derbyshire CB, and Pakistan Customs in a four-year first-class career which saw him bowl mostly in Second XI Championship matches.
Khan, who, with the struggling Derbyshire team often played at number nine in order to gain some bowling experience for the team, made a big impact in only his second appearance with a skilful knock of 91. He thereafter kept out of the limelight in terms of spectacular batting, though held his own as a skilful, uncontroversial opener. He finished his cricket with the major counties in 2004, instead transferring to Minor County outfit Shropshire
Shropshire County Cricket Club
Shropshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Shropshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.
He recently moved to become fielding coach and first team player at Old Hill Cricket Club
Old Hill Cricket Club
Old Hill Cricket Club is an amateur cricket club in Cradley Heath, West Midlands, England.Founded in 1884 as Haden Hill Victoria, the club has played on Haden Hill ground in Cradley Heath since founding, having purchased it in 1934, with the ground placed owned by a Trust and shared with Old Hill...
Khan's brother, Zubair
Zubair Khan
Zubair Khan is CEO at Tranchulas, a multinational information security company having its offices in UK, USA and Pakistan. He has been researching mainly on cyber warfare and on various other facets of information security for the past eight years. He has given information security consultancy to...
, also played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 2000.
External links
- Rawait Khan at Cricket Archive