Majid Khan interviewed by Peter Oborne and Richard Heller

Reference

MCC/AAL/3/233/7

Level of description

item

Extent

5 hours 42 minutes 46 seconds

Part of

Peter Oborne and Richard Heller Wounded Tiger Interviews (MCC/AAL/3/233)

Scope and Content

Majid Khan, cricketer and administrator, interviewed by Peter Oborne and Richard Heller. The recording consists of 3 tracks.

Track 1: [0:00-0:17] Indecipherable talking, [0:18-4:33] Oborne and Khan talk about cricket first being played in Pakistan, [4:34-14:24] Khan talks about the Burki family and how they had representatives on the first three India tours of England, [14:25-18:32] Khan talks about the Burki clan and his ancestral heritage, [18:33-19:33] drinks are offered, [19:34-25:37] Khan brings out a trade book that has been in his family decades and talks about his ancestral family, [25:37-26:30] Oborne peaks to Majid's grandson, [26:31-32:50] Khan talks about his Afghan relatives who moved to Pakistan, [32:51-35:44] Khan talks about his cricketing relatives, [35:45-42:42] Khan talks about his father, Jahangir Khan, and his move to Pakistan at time of partition, [35:46-47:08] Oborne and Heller go through Khan's book on his family as Khan speaks to another man, [47:09-49:24] Khan talks about the Burki clan and how his family stayed safe, [49:25-51:23] drinks are served, [51:24-58:03] Khan talks about clan disputes on religious grounds and how his family weren't persecuted, [58:04-59:41] Khan talks about never getting grief from Bishan Bedi, [59:42-1:13:12] Khan talks about his near relatives who moved to Lahore area and his close family tree, [1:13:13-1:18:05] Khan talks about how his family no longer has influence in Pakistan cricket and wont play for Pakistan again and recites family members who played international cricket, [1:18:06-1:26:14] Khan talks about how sport became so much important for his extended family, [1:26:15-1:31:34] Khan and Oborne and talk about Pathan players for Pakistan and those with overseas backgrounds.

[1:31:15-1:37:36] Khan talks about how to achieve reverse swing and how Randolph Ramnarance and Bob Massie were early exponents of late swing, [1:37:37-1:39:55] Khan talks about Imran Khan using a bottletop to scuff a ball and how technology allows a ball to keep its shine for longer, [1:39:56-1:41:04] Khan denies filling Abdul Hafeez Kardar's shoes with water on 1974 tour of England, [1:41:05-1:46:08] Khan talks about Kardar inadvertently giving Pakistan internationals too much power and their arrangements with County Cricket, [1:46:09-1:54:50] Khan talks about a pay dispute between Kardar and Pakistani internationals during the 1976 New Zealand Tour of Pakistan, leading Kardar to bring in replacements, [1:54:51-2:02:11] Khan talks about leading negotiations with Asif Iqbal, reaching a temporary truce and then refusing to sign official contracts at end of series with Khan carrying the blame, [2:02:12-2:07:17] Khan talks about Asif Iqbal's uncle helping negotiations, Kardar arranging another team with Intikhab Alam as captain and Kardar getting replaced and Mushtaq Mohammad leading a "rebel" team.

[2:07:18-2:13:09] Khan talks about having bad relationship with Kardar as he was selected and then dropped as captain for Intikhab in 1973 and how Kardar was a no-show for a dinner, [2:13:10-2:17:19] Khan talks about the 1972-1973 England tour of Pakistan where England didn't attend a reception held by a Chief Minister and Pakistan didnt attend a reception held by British Ambassador, [2:18:20-2:20:56] Khan talks about the relationship between Jahangir Khan and Kardar and formation of the Pakistan Cricket Board, [2:21:57-2:35:41] Khan talks about Jahangir Khan leading his university side, how Jahangir should have been Pakistan captain instead of Mian Saeed and Saeed getting sacked, [2:35:41-2:36:48] Oborne and Khan talk plays to meet again, [2:36:49-2:41:44] Khan talks about losing to the West Indies by a wicket in the 1975 Cricket World Cup and Kardar making captain decisions from the dressing room, [2:41:45-2:44:04] Khan talks about Kardar being an off-field captain and changing captains regularly.

[2:44:05-2:47:59] Khan talks criticises Intikhab's captaincy, talks about the 1972-1973 Pakistan tour of Australia and Kardar not wanting a successful captain, [2:48:00-2:50:14] Oborne leaves for the bathroom, Heller and Khan talk (sometimes indecipherbaly) about pay, [2:50:15-2:55:36] Khan talks about the sacking of Mohammad Ilyas and Saeed Ahmed from the 1972-1973 tour of Australia, [2:55:37-3:02:10] Oborne and Heller discuss bringing a team over to Pakistan to play some matches.

Track 2: [0:00-3:47] Khan talks about missing 2 Tests on the 1971 tour of England to captain Cambridge vs Oxford, [3:48-6:27] Khan talks about the 1975 World Cup match against West Indies and Kandar trying to make fielding and bolwing changes from off the field, [6:28-9:15] Heller and Khan recap dates from track 1 and Khan talks about the 1972-1973 MCC tour of Pakistan, [9:16-12:36] Khan talks about Kardar arriving for the Sydney Test on 1972-1973 tour and leaving a note ordering a curfew, [12:36-24:23] Khan talks about Tony Greig approaching him and other Pakistani players to play in World Series Cricket, how negotiations went and the dispute getting resolved, [24:24-29:24] Khan talks about the 1978-1979 India of Pakistan, regrets a series was not played often, the series being contested in good spirits and not meeting General Zia.

[29:25-34:51] Khan talks about the 1979-1980 Pakistan tour of India, Asif Iqbal as captain and him not showing up to play games in Bangladesh, [34:52-42:34] Khan talks about a mini-tour of Bangladesh, facing protesters against them in Chittagong and Asif Iqbal reluctantly returning to the team, [42:35-44:40] Khan talks about Bangladeshi fans in Calcutta telling him that the protests were aimed at Zia al Rahman by going through the Pakistani team and receiving a great reception in Dhaka, [44:41-45:38] Khan talks about only meeting one fromer Pakistani player who lived in Bangladesh and fails to remember his name.

[45:39-48:14] Khan talks about Javed Miandad reporting lots of money exchanging hands for the last Test Match in Calcutta and Gundappa Vishwanath commenting on wrongdoing on the toss with Asif Iqbal, [48:15-50:09] Khan talks about protesting against Asif Iqbal being friendly with a bookmaker and allowing him on the team bus, [50:10-54:12] Khan talks about meeting one known booker in 1978 in Delhi and then seeing him again in 1979 and hangers-on around the team, [54:13-1:00:51] Khan talks about believing it was Asif Iqbal who started relationships with bookmakers, the state of legalised gambling in India and the industry in general. [1:00:52-1:04:33] Khan talks about how legalising gambling on sub-continent would give more faith in performances and increase revenues, [1:04:34-1:09:09] Khan talks about Javed Miandad's captaincy and falling out with senior players including row with Zaheer Abbas, [1:09:10-1:11:34] Khan talks about an argument with Zaheer Abbas over where to bat in the order, [1:11:35-1:21:18] Khan talks about continuing arguements between Miandad and Abbas which reached a high point in a tour match against Victoria, [1:21:19-1:26:16] Khan talks about the final Test selection game against Perth and Miandad asking whole team to fill the No. 3 slot which is eventually done by Khan reluctantly, [1:126:17-1:34:35] Khan talks about a senior player revolt against Miandad led by Imran Khan, he wanting nothing to do with it and Miandad ultimately being dropped as captain and to be replaced by Imran Khan, [1:34:36-1:40:36] Khan talks about being dropped from the Pakistan team by Imran Khan.

Track 3: [0:00-(12:44] Khan talks about the Aamer Sohail match-fixing scandal and Pakistani politicians getting involved, [12:45-18:00] Khan talks about wanting to avoid the formation of women's cricket in Pakistan as he was having such a hard time dealing with the men, [18:01-18:25] closing remarks.

Associations

Peter Oborne
Richard Heller
Majid Jahangir Khan
Javed Burki
Maharaja Sir Bhupinder Singh
Salahuddin Khan
Jahangir Khan
Bishan Singh Bedi
Ahmed Raza Khan
Imran Khan
Abdul Hafeez Kardar
Asif Iqbal Razvi
Intikhab Alam
Mushtaq Mohammad
Mian Mohammad Saeed
Saeed Ahmed
Mohammad Ilyas
Cambridge University Cricket Club
Javed Miandad
Syed Zaheer Abbas
Mohammed Aamer Sohail Ali

Subject

All India in England 1911, All India in England 1932, cricket in Pakistan, cricketing families, bowling: swing, ball-tampering, Pakistan in England 1974, overseas players, New Zealand in Pakistan 1976-1977, Cricket World Cup 1975, captains, captaincy, Pakistan in Australia 1972-1973, Pakistan in England 1971, Oxford vs. Cambridge, World Series Cricket, MCC in Pakistan 1972-1973, India in Pakistan 1978-1979, Pakistan in India 1979-1980, Pakistan in Bangladesh, Pakistan in Australia 1981-1982

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5 hours 42 minutes 46 seconds

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