Wrong Khan wrote
For the last few weeks cricket administrators have been chasing a ghost. Northern Districts, Wellington and Canterbury were all interested in an offer from M. J. Khan (Pakistan) to play in New Zealand in the coming season. But the M. J. Khan who wrote to the Cricket Council was not the famous test player, Majid Khan. The applicant is Mohammed Khan, who is not a qualified coach but a partlyqualified accountant. He said in a letter to the Northern Districts association that he was to have played first-class cricket for Leicestershire this season, but negotiations had broken down. The comedy of errors began with a council circular which received the original offer in a letter headed “M. J. Khan,” and signed “M. J. Khan.” Much interest was expressed in the possibility of the talented test all-rounder i being in New Zealand. I The interest, now, has: waned to the point of extinction.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33654, 2 October 1974, Page 36
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