Aaqib Javed

Aaqib Javed (Urdu: عاقِب جاوید) (born 5 August 1972) is a former Pakistani cricketer and coach. He was a right-handed fast-medium pace bowler with the ability to swing the ball both ways. He played 22 Tests and 163 One Day Internationals for Pakistan between 1988 and 1998.

Personal life

Javed comes from a Sandhu Jatt family in Sheikhpura. He played cricket for the first time in Bhamba kalan village near Raiwind. He completed Primary to matric education in Govt High School bhamba kalan Disst Kasur. His cousins live in bhamba kalan. He was educated at Islamia College Lahore.

International career

Aaqib's best performances in internationals came against India. He took 54 wickets in his 39 ODIs against India at an average of 24.64 – 6.79 runs lower than his career ODI average. Four of his six ODI Man of the Match awards were against India.

Aaqib took a hat-trick in an ODI against India on 25 October 1991, aged only 19 years and 81 days. He remains the youngest player to have taken an ODI hat-trick. He was a key member of the Pakistan team that won the 1992 Cricket World Cup.

After cricket

Previously, Aaqib was the chief coach of the National Cricket Academy in Pakistan. He is also associated with The Computer House, a Pakistani computer hardware company. Aaqib has, in the past, also helped with the development of the Afghanistan national cricket team. He also served as the bowling coach of the Pakistan cricket team. With Waqar Younis the head coach and Intikhab Alam the manager, but on 10 February 2012 he resigned from being the bowling coach of Pakistan and shifted to becoming the bowling and head coach of the United Arab Emirates national cricket team, a position he held until 2016.

Currently, he is appointed as Director Cricket Operations and bowling consultant for Lahore Qalandars franchise cricket team in Pakistan Super League. He coached Pakistan's U-19 team to victory in the 2004 U-19 Cricket World Cup. Aaqib is married to Farzana Burkey, sister of singer Adeel Burkey, and has one daughter named Uqba Aqib.

International record

Test 5 Wicket hauls

#	Figures	Match	Opponent	Venue	City	Country	Year
1	5/84	20	Sri Lanka	Iqbal Stadium	Faisalabad	Pakistan	1995

ODI 5 Wicket hauls

#	Figures	Match	Opponent	Venue	City	Country	Year
1	7/37	40	India	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	Sharjah	UAE	1991
2	5/19	109	India	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	Sharjah	UAE	1995
3	5/35	136	Sri Lanka	Captain Roop Singh Stadium	Gwalior	India	1997
4	5/61	137	India	MA Chidambaram Stadium	Madras	India	1997

International awards

One-Day International Cricket

Man of the Match awards

S No	Opponent	Venue	Date	Match Performance	Result
1	India	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	22 December 1989	DNB ; 8–1–28–3	Pakistan won by 38 runs.[1]
2	India	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	25 October 1991	DNB ; 10–1–37–7	Pakistan won by 72 runs.[2]
3	New Zealand	St George's Park, Port Elizabeth	13 December 1994	9.4–1–25–3 ; DNB	Pakistan won by 5 wickets.[3]
4	India	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	7 April 1995	DNB ; 9–1–19–5	Pakistan won by 97 runs.[4]
5	Sri Lanka	Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior	12 May 1997	DNB ; 10–1–35–5	Pakistan won by 30 runs.[5]
6	India	Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad, Sindh	28 September 1997	8–0–29–4 ; DNB	Pakistan won by 5 wickets.[6]

References

External links

• Aaqib Javed at Cricinfo
• Aaqib Javed at CricketArchive
• PEMRA WARNS DUNYA TV FOR AQIB JAVED’S DEROGATORY REMARKS ^[1]
• Indecent Words against Pushtoons on Dunya TV ^[2]