Mohammad Kabir Khan (), born April 12, 1974 in
Peshawar, is a
Pakistani cricketer. He was a right-handed
batsman and a left-arm
medium-fast bowler who played for the
Pakistan national cricket team. He was the coach of the
Afghanistan national cricket team, before resiging his post citing interference with the Afghanistan board management.
Playing career
A seam bowler with considerable pace, Khan first played on the
Sri Lankan tour of 1994-95, and made sporadic one-day appearances for the next six years. However, he never established a long-term role in the side, having only participated in ten
One Day International, finding it tough to break into a Pakistan side sporting both
Wasim Akram and
Waqar Younis. This was despite a respectable
bowling average of just over 25. Khan ended up playing 5
Test matches and 10
One Day Internationals for Pakistan.
He still plays league cricket in the
United Kingdom, currently for
Stirling County Cricket Club in
Scotland as the club's professional.
Coaching career
After retiring from
first-class cricket last in 2005, Kabir became the
coach of the
Habib Bank Limited cricket team side and after gaining experience there, he coached the
United Arab Emirates national cricket team. Khan is a highly qualifed
ECB Level 3 coach.
Khan was the coach of
Afghanistan national cricket team and guided them from the
2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Five, thorough
Division Four and
Division Three to
One Day International status during the
2009 ICC......
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