Javed Burki
Javed Burki after receiving his early education from Rawalpindi’s St. Mary’s Academy went to Oxford to receive his formal education and went on to become Pakistan’s fourth Test captain.
Burki, whose family would produce two more future captains, with one ending up to become one of Cricket’s most prominent led Pakistan in five Tests, out of which one was drawn while the rest were lost.
With a career-best score of 140, Javed Burki went on to score 1,341 runs in 25 Tests. After retirement he joined Pakistan’s civil service and went on to serve as Secretary to the Government of Pakistan’s Ministry of Commerce and Secretary to WAPDA (Ministry of Water and Power). He also served as the CEO of PACO under which the country’s first automobile assembly, Pak Suzuki Motors, was launched.
| Tests | First-Class | |
| Matches | 25 | 177 |
| Runs | 1,341 | 9,421 |
| Batting Avg. | 30.47 | 36.37 |
| 50s/100s | 4/3 | 31/22 |
| Top Score | 140 | 227 |
| Balls Bowled | 42 | 3,394 |
| Wickets | – | 35 |
| Bowling Avg. | – | 44.57 |
| Five-wicket hauls | – | – |
| 10 wickets in a Match | – | – |
| Best Bowling | – | 4/13 |
| Catches | 7 | 101 |
Burki’s career as captain is said to be marred with controversy and with the politics of grouping that has forever remained a part of Pakistan cricket. Some suggest the grouping to be behind the embarrassing defeats under him even though he was a fine middle-order batsman.
The older Hanif Mohammad, Pakistan’s first wicketkeeper, is said to have been taken aback by the young middle-order batsman’s appointment as captain over him.
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