Moin Khan Completes 100 Victims (22 Jan 1997)

22 January 1997

Moin Khan completes 100 victims

KARACHI, Jan 21: Wicketkeeper Moin Khan, third in cricket ratings, is the quickest Pakistan player with the gloves to complete 100 victims behind the wickets.

Moin touched the 100-mark in his 71st match against the West Indies during the first match of the best-of-three finals at Sydney on Saturday. He added three more scalps on Monday to finish the tour with 103 victims that include 76 catches and 27 stumpings.

Moin eclipsed the record of Rashid Latif, his main rival for the lone place in the team who is presently out of selectors favours. Rashid had reached the magical three figures from 81 matches. Rashid has so far accounted for 103 batsmen behind the wickets in 83 matches.

Rashid had overhauled the record of Salim Yousuf who had reached 100 victims in 83 matches. The `Tiger`, who later managed the Pakistan team with Intikhab Alam, ended his career with 102 victims (80 catches and 22 stumpings) in 86 matches.

Interestingly, none of the Pakistan wicket-keepers have so far completed a double in one-day internationals. Moin Khan is closed to that landmark with 854 runs at 20.11. Rashid Latif scored 633 runs at 15.43 with one 50 while Salim Yousuf scored 768 runs at 17.86 with four half centuries.

Source :: Dawn (https://xiber.com/dawn)