Cricket In Pakistan

The Pakistan National Cricket Team is an International cricket team representing Pakistan. It is administrated by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Pakistan is a member of the International Cricket Council and has professional teams representing in Test cricket, One Day International and Twenty20 matches.


Pakistan are the ICC Cricket World Cup 1992 champions, ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup champions twice in 2004 and in 2006 making them the first and the only team to become back to back champions in the Under 19 Cricket World Cup tournaments and they are also the ICC World Twenty20 2009 champions. Pakistan have been semi finalist 3 times in the ICC Champions Trophy in 2000, 2004 and 2009.


History:
Following the Partition of India in 1947 and the establishment of the separate province of Pakistan, cricket in the country developed steadily and Pakistan was given Test match status at a meeting of the Imperial Cricket Conference at Lord's Cricket Ground in England on 28 July 1952 following recommendation by India,which, being the successor state of the British Raj, did not have to go through such a process. The first captain of the Pakistan national cricket team was Abdul Kardar.


Pakistan’s first Test match was played in Delhi in October 1952 as part of a five Test series which India won 2-1. Pakistan made their first tour of England in 1954 and drew the series 1-1 after a memorable victory at The Oval in which fast bowler Fazal Mahmood took 12 wickets. Pakistan’s first home Test match was in Dacca in January 1955 against India, after which four more Test matches were played in Bahawalpur, Lahore, Peshawar and Karachi (all five matches in the series were drawn, the first such occurrence in test history.
The team is considered a strong but unpredictable team. Traditionally Pakistani cricket has been filled with players of great talent but limited discipline, making them a team which could play inspirational cricket one day and then perform less than ordinarily another day. Over the years, competitions between India and Pakistan have always been emotionally charged and provide for intriguing contests, as talented teams and players from both sides of the border elevate their game to new levels to produce high-quality cricket. Pakistani contest with India in the Cricket World Cup have seen packed stadiums and elevated atmospheres no matter where the World Cup has been held.


1986 Australasia Cup:

THE LAST OVER OF 1986 AUSTRALASIA CUP FINAL

The 1986 Australasia Cup, played in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, is remembered as a famous last-ball victory for Pakistan against arch-rivals India, with Javed Miandad emerging as a national hero.

1992 Cricket World Cup:

LITTLE REVIEW OF 1992 WORLD CUP FINAL

At the 1992 World Cup Semi Final, having won the toss, New Zealand chose to bat first and ended with a total of 262 runs. Pakistan batted conservatively yet lost wickets at regular intervals. With the departure of Imran Khan and Saleem Malik shortly thereafter, Pakistan still required 115 runs at a rate of 7.67 runs per over with veteran Javed Miandad being the only known batsman remaining at the crease. A young Inzamam-ul-Haq, who had just turned 22 and was not a well-known player at the time, burst onto the international stage with a match-winning 60 off 37 balls. Once Inzamam got out, Pakistan required 36 runs from 30 balls, which wicketkeeper Moin Khan ended with a towering six over long off, followed by the winning boundary to midwicket. The match is seen as the emergence of Inzamam onto the international stage

The 1992 Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand marked Pakistan's first World Cup victory. It is remembered for the comeback Pakistan made after losing key players such as Waqar Younis and Saeed Anwar and being led by an injured captain in Imran Khan. Pakistan lost 4 of their first 5 matches and were nearly eliminated in the first round of the tournament after being bowled out for 74 runs against England, until the match was declared as a "no result" due to rain. Imran Khan famously told the team to play as "cornered tigers", after which Pakistan won five successive matches, including, most famously, the semi-final against hosts New Zealand and the final against England.

2009 ICC World T20:

THIS IS THE MOMENT AFTER 17 YEARS PAKISTANI ARE BACK

AGIAN THE CHAMPION IS PAKISTAN

On 21 June 2009 Pakistan won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, beating Sri Lanka in the final by eight wickets. Pakistan had begun the tournament slowly losing two of their first three matches but after dismissing New Zealand for 99 runs in the Super 8 stage they had a run of four consecutive wins including beating previously unbeaten South Africa, in the semi-final and Sri Lanka.

Pakistani Cricket:

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Domestic team	C/G	Forms	S/N
Opening batsmen
Ahmed Shehzad	18	Right-hand bat	Right arm leg spin	HBL		ODI, T20I	93
Imran Nazir	28	Right-hand bat	Right arm off spin			ODI, T20I	17
Khalid Latif	24	Right-hand bat	Right arm off spin	Karachi Zebras		ODI, T20I	35
Khurram Manzoor	24	Right-hand bat	Right arm off spin	PIA		Test	42
Nasir Jamshed	20	Left-hand bat	–	NBP		ODI	53
Salman Butt	25	Left-hand bat	Right arm off spin	NBP	A	Test, ODI, T20I	1
Shahzaib Hasan	20	Right-hand bat	Right arm off spin	Karachi Zebras		T20I	94
Middle-order batsmen
Imran Farhat	28	Left-hand bat	Right arm leg spin	Lahore Lions	B	Test, Twenty20	5
Faisal Iqbal	28	Right-hand bat	Right arm medium	PIA	B	Test	15
Misbah Ul-Haq	36	Right-hand bat	Right arm leg spin	KRL	B	Test, ODI, T20I	22
Umar Akmal	20	Right-hand bat	Right arm off spin		B	Test, ODI, T20I	96
Wicket-keepers
Kamran Akmal	28	Right-hand bat	–	Lahore Lions	A	Test, ODI, T20I	23
Sarfraz Ahmed	23	Right-hand bat	–	Karachi Dolphins		Test	54
Zulqarnain Haider	24	Right-hand bat	–	Lahore City Blues cricket team		Test, T20I
All-rounders
Abdul Razzaq	30	Right hand bat	Right arm fast-medium		A	ODI, T20I	12
Fawad Alam	24	Left-hand bat	Slow left arm orthodox spin	NBP	C	Test, ODI, T20I	25
Shahid Afridi	30	Right-hand bat	Right arm leg spin	HBL	A	ODI, T20I	10
Sohail Tanvir	25	Left-hand bat	Left arm medium-fast, Slow left arm orthodox spin	Rawalpindi		ODI, T20I	33
Fast bowlers
Abdur Rauf	31	Right-hand bat	Right arm fast-medium	SSGC		Test	34
Iftikhar Anjum	29	Right-hand bat	Right arm medium	ZTBL		ODI, T20I	21
Mohammad Aamer	18	Left-hand bat	Left arm fast	NBP	B	Test, ODI, T20I	90
Mohammad Asif	27	Left-hand bat	Right arm medium-fast	NBP	A	Test, ODI, T20I	26
Mohammad Sami	29	Right-hand bat	Right arm fast			Test
Shoaib Akhtar	35	Right-hand bat	Right arm fast	Rawalpindi		ODI, T20I	14
Umar Gul	26	Right-hand bat	Right arm fast-medium	HBL	A	Test, ODI, T20I	55
Yasir Arafat	28	Right hand bat	Right arm fast-medium	Sussex	C	ODI, T20I	27
Spin bowlers
Danish Kaneria	29	Right-hand bat	Right arm leg spin	Essex	A	Test	99
Saeed Ajmal	32	Right-hand bat	Right arm off spin	KRL	B	Test, ODI, T20I	50