Intikhab Alam

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Intikhab Alam

| image = Cricket_no_pic.png

| country = Pakistan

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1941|12|28|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Hoshiarpur, Punjab, British India

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right arm leg break

| international = true

| internationalspan = 1959–1977

| testdebutdate = 4 December

| testdebutyear = 1959

| testdebutagainst = Australia

| testcap = 34

| lasttestdate = 4 March

| lasttestyear = 1977

| lasttestagainst = West Indies

| odidebutdate = 11 February

| odidebutyear = 1973

| odidebutagainst = New Zealand

| odicap = 3

| lastodidate = 16 October

| lastodiyear = 1976

| lastodiagainst = New Zealand

| columns = 3

| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 47

| runs1 = 1,493

| bat avg1 = 22.28

| 100s/50s1 = 1/8

| top score1 = 138

| deliveries1 = 10,474

| wickets1 = 125

| bowl avg1 = 35.95

| fivefor1 = 5

| tenfor1 = 2

| best bowling1 = 7/52

| catches/stumpings1 = 20/–

| column2 = ODIs

| matches2 = 4

| runs2 = 17

| bat avg2 = 8.50

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 10

| deliveries2 = 158

| wickets2 = 4

| bowl avg2 = 29.50

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 2/36

| catches/stumpings2 = 0/–

| column3 = FC

| matches3 = 489

| runs3 = 14,331

| bat avg3 = 22.14

| 100s/50s3 = 9/67

| top score3 = 182

| deliveries3 = 91,735

| wickets3 = 1,571

| bowl avg3 = 27.67

| fivefor3 = 85

| tenfor3 = 13

| best bowling3 = 8/54

| catches/stumpings3 = 228/–

|medaltemplates=

{{MedalCountry|{{PAK}}}} as Coach

| date = 11 June

| year = 2013

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/40567.html ESPNcricinfo

}}

Intikhab Alam Khan (Urdu:{{Nastaliq|انتخاب عالم خان}}; born 28 December 1941) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who played in 47 Test matches and four One Day Internationals from 1959 to 1977. He captained Pakistan in 17 Tests between 1969 and 1975. He also played in English county cricket for Surrey between 1969 and 1981. Prior to this, Intikhab was professional for several years at West of Scotland Cricket Club in Glasgow and also coached at The Glasgow Academy. In August 1967, at the Oval, he joined Asif Iqbal for a ninth-wicket stand of 190 runs. This remained a world record for around 30 years.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149909.html|title=Intikhab Alam's record 9th wicket partnership|date=28 August 2016|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=28 August 2016}}

Intikhab was Pakistan's first One Day International cricket captain. He played 3 matches as captain, winning two and losing one. He was the manager of the Pakistan teams that won the 1992 Cricket World Cup and the 2009 ICC World Twenty20.

In 2004, he was appointed the first foreigner to coach a domestic Indian cricket team, coaching Punjab in the Ranji Trophy.

On 25 October 2008, he was once again named manager of the Pakistan cricket team by PCB, a day after Australian Geoff Lawson was sacked as the national coach of Pakistan.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/375301.html|title=Intikhab Alam offered coach's role|date=25 October 2008|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=27 April 2010}}

In 2009, Intikhab was the manager of the team when Pakistan had their first Twenty20 World Cup title by defeating Sri Lanka in the final.