Coordinates	38°54′8″N77°1′43″N
Team name	Pakistan
Colour	Green
Test status year	1952
First test match	v India at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi in India, 16–18 October 1952.
Current captain	& : Misbah-ul-HaqT20I: Vacant
Current official rank	5th in Test cricket, 6th in One Day International
Number of tests	358
Most recent test match	v West Indies at Basseterre, Saint Kitts, Warner Park in West Indies. From 20–24 May 2011,
Current coach	VACANT
Win/loss record	108/100
Test matches this year	4
Win/loss record this year	2/1
below	As of 10 August 2011 }}

The Pakistan cricket team is the national cricket team of Pakistan. It is administrated by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Pakistan is a full member of the International Cricket Council, and thus participates in , and cricket matches.

Pakistan have played 358 Test matches, with winning 108, losing 100 and drawing 150. The team has the 3rd-best win/loss ratio in Test cricket of 1.08, and the 4th-best overall win percentage of 30.16%. Pakistan was given Test status on 28 July 1952, following a recommendation by India, and made its Test debut against India at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, in October 1952, with India winning by an innings and 70 runs. Previously, Pakistani cricketers had competed as a part of the Indian national team before the partition of India.

Pakistan have played 749 s, winning 401, losing 326, tying 6 and with 16 ending in no-result. Pakistan were the 1992 World Cup champions, and also came runners-up in the 1999 tournament. Pakistan, in conjunction with other countries on the Subcontinent, have hosted the 1987 & 1996, with the 1996 final being hosted at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. The team has also played 46 s, the most of any team, winning 27, losing 18 and tying 1. Pakistan won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 and came runners-up in the inaugural tournament in 2007.

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 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. India batted first and set a target of 245 runs, leaving Pakistan with a required run rate of 4.92 runs per over. Javed Miandad came in to bat at number 3 and Pakistan lost wickets at regular intervals. Later recalling the match, Miandad stated that his main focus was to lose with dignity. With 31 runs needed in the last three overs, Miandad hit a string of boundaries while batting with his team's lower order, until four runs were required from the last delivery of the match. Miandad received a leg side full toss from Chetan Sharma, which he hit for six over the midwicket boundary.

1992 Cricket World Cup

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.

2007 Cricket World Cup

The 2007 Cricket World Cup was one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history when Pakistan was knocked out of the competition in a shock defeat to Ireland, who were playing in their first competition. Pakistan, needing to win to qualify for the next stage after losing to the West Indies in their opening match, were put into bat by Ireland. They lost wickets regularly and only 4 batsmen scored double figures. In the end they were bowled out by the Irish for 132 runs. The Irish went on to win the match, after Niall O'Brien scored 72 runs. This meant that Pakistan had been knocked out during the first round for the second consecutive World Cup. Tragedy struck the team when coach Bob Woolmer died one day later on 18 March 2007 in a hospital in Kingston, Jamaica. Jamaican police spokesman, Karl Angell, reported on 23 March 2007 that, "Mr Woolmer's death was due to asphyxiation as a result of manual strangulation" and that, "Mr Woolmer's death is now being treated by the Jamaica police as a case of murder." Assistant coach Mushtaq Ahmed acted as temporary coach for the team's final group game of the tournament. Subsequent to his team's defeat and the death of Woolmer, Inzamam-ul-Haq announced his resignation as captain of the team and his retirement from one-day cricket, stating that he would continue to take part in Test cricket but not as captain. Shoaib Malik was announced as his successor. Following his return to the squad, Salman Butt was appointed as vice-captain until December 2007.

On 23 March 2007, Pakistan players and officials were questioned by Jamaican police and submitted DNA samples along with fingerprints, as part of the routine enquiries in the investigation into Woolmer's murder. Three days after leaving the West Indies for Pakistan, via London, the Pakistan team were ruled out as suspects. The deputy commissioner of Jamaican police. Mark Shields, the detective in charge of the investigation, announced, "It's fair to say they are now being treated as witnesses." "I have got no evidence to suggest it was anybody in the squad." A memorial service was held in Sacred Heart Church, Lahore, for Bob Woolmer on 1 April 2007. Among the attendees were Pakistan players and dignitaries, including Inzamam-ul-Haq, who was quoted as saying, "After Woolmer's family, the Pakistan team was the most aggrieved by his death." After the World Cup ended, serious doubts were raised about the investigation, with increasing speculation that Woolmer died of natural causes. This has now been accepted as fact, and the case has been closed. Pakistan Qualified for Final Of T20 2009 beating SouthAfrica by 7 runs in 1st semifinal.

On 20 April 2007, a PCB official announced that former Test cricketer Talat Ali would act as interim coach, in addition to his role as team manager, until a new coach had been appointed. On 16 July 2007, Geoff Lawson, previously head coach of New South Wales, was appointed coach of the Pakistan for two years, becoming the third foreigner to take on the role. In the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, Pakistan exceeded expectations to reach the final but ended as runners-up, after losing the final to India in a nail-biting finish. On 25 October 2008, Intikhab Alam was named as a national coach of the team by the PCB.

2009 ICC World T20

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.

2011 Cricket World Cup

Pakistan started well in the ICC Cricket World up, which was held in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, after beating Kenya, Sri Lanka(one of the tournament favourites) and narrowly beating Canada. After a huge loss against New Zealand, Pakistan defeated Zimbabwe by 7 wickets.'. One of the highlights of the tournament for Pakistan was when they beat Australia, who were led by 3 brilliant pace bowlers, Brett Lee, Shaun Tait and Mitchell Johnson. However Pakistan defied the odds and defeated Australia, courtesy of a brilliant bowling display. In the Quarter-Finals they played West Indies. Pakistan were ruthless, as they emphatically beat the West Indies by 10 wickets,due to another brilliant bowling display. In the Semi-Finals on 30 March, Pakistan had a match with its fiercest rival, India. India, due to Tendulkar who was dropped several times, managed 260 after they batted first. Due to a slow chase, Pakistan were 29 runs short as India reached the final(India went on to win the final).

Governing body

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is responsible for all first class and Test cricket played in Pakistan and by the Pakistan cricket team. It was admitted to the International Cricket Council in July 1953. The corporation has been run by former cricketers, professional administrators and trustees, who are often respected businessmen. The Board governs a network of teams sponsored by corporations and banks, city associations and clubs including advertising, broadcasting rights and internet partners.

. The PCB's experiment with the Twenty20 cricket model has also proven popular and hopes to similarly revive popular interest in domestic games,which it did. The PCB also set up major domestic competitions such as the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and the ANZ Trophy.

Tournament history

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1975: First Round

1979: Semi Finals

1983: Semi Finals

1987: Semi Finals

1992: Champions

1996: Quarter Finals

1999: Runners Up

2003: First round

2007: First round

2011: Semi Finals (3rd Place)

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2007: Runners Up

2009: Champions

2010: Semi Finals

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1998: Quarter Finals

2000: Semi Finals

2002: First round

2004: Semi Finals

2006: First round

2009: Semi Finals

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1984: Third Place

1986: Runners Up

1988: Third Place

1990–91: Did not participate

1995: Third Place

1997: Third Place

2000: Champions

2004: Third Place

2008: Third Place

2010: Third Place

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1986: Champions

1990: Champions

1994: Champions

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1998–99: Champions

2001–02: Runners Up

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1998: First Round

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List of International grounds

!Stadium	!City	!Test matches	!ODI matches
	Karachi	40	44
Gaddafi Stadium	Lahore	39	57
Iqbal Stadium	Faisalabad	24	16
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	Rawalpindi	8	21
Arbab Niaz Stadium	Peshawar	6	15
Multan Cricket Stadium	Multan	5	7
Niaz Stadium		5	7
Jinnah Stadium (Sialkot)	Sialkot	4	9
Bagh-e-Jinnah (Lahore)	Lahore	3	0
Sheikhupura Stadium	Sheikhupura	2	2
	Gujranwala	1	11
Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium	Multan	1	6
Pindi Club Ground	Rawalpindi	1	2
Defence Housing Authority Stadium	Karachi	1	0
Bahawal Stadium	Bahawalpur	1	0
Zafar Ali Stadium	Sahiwal	0	2
Ayub National Stadium	Quetta	0	2
Sargodha Stadium	Sargodha	0	1
Bugti Stadium	Quetta	0	1
Zahoor Elahi Stadium	Gujrat	0	0

Pakistan women's cricket team

The Pakistan women's cricket team has a much lower profile than the men's team. For all national women's cricket teams, the female players are paid much less their male counterparts and the women's teams do not receive as much popular support or recognition as the men's team. The women's teams also have a less packed schedule compared to men's teams and play fewer matches. The team played it first match during 1997, when it was on tour of New Zealand and Australia and were invited to the World Cup later that year and in the Women's Asia Cup during 2005 the team came third place. During 2007, the team with face South Africa and later in the year travel to Ireland to play in the Women's World Cup Qualifier. The team also played at the T20 England World Cup, the team finished 6th place, beating Sri Lanka and South Africa in 2009.

Team Colours

In Test matches, the team wears cricket whites, with an optional sweater or sweater-vest with a green and gold V-neck for use in cold weather. The team's official sponsor's have been Pepsi since the 1990s with their logo displayed on the right side of the chest and sleeve with the Pakistan Cricket star deployed on the left. Boom Boom Cricket signed a deal with Pakistan Cricket Board in April 2010 and are the current manufactures of their test and One Day clothing.

Pakistan's One Day and Twenty 20 kits vary from year to year with the team wearing it's famous green color in various shades from kit to kit. For official ICC Tournament's 'Pakistan' is written on the front of the jersey in place of the sponsor logo, with the sponsor logo being placed on the sleeve. However for non ICC tournaments and matches the 'Pepsi' logo feature prominently on the front of the shirt. As always the Pakistan logo is placed on the left chest. An example of the different shades of green Pakistan wears from kit to kit can be seen in the example of the 2010–11 kit which was in the famous lime green color. However for the World Cup a new jersey with a dark green to light green fade was introduced in February 2011. Minor changes were made to the kit after the World Cup, 'Pakistan' across the shirt was replaced with the 'Pepsi' logo, whilst the World Cup logo was replaced by the 'Boom Boom' logo.

Logo

Pakistan's Cricket Team's Logo is a star, usually in the color Gold or Green, with the word "Pakistan" (پاکِستان) written inside in Urdu, Pakistan's national language.

Personnel

Current squad

This is a list of all the players who have played for Pakistan in the 12 months and the forms in which they have participated. On 19 March 2010 the PCB issued its central contracts for the year. They are graded A, B, C, according to pay and also included a list of players who received a one-off stipend for good performance in the domestic leagues, or in the 2010 U-19 Cricket World Cup.

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Domestic team – First-class team the player represents in the current or preceding season. If n/a, then Limited overs team is displayed.

C/G – The contract grade awarded by the PCB.

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	Central Contract
	Stipend Contract
	Suspended Contract
	No Contract

Statistics

Test – Test matches played in the last year.

ODI – One Day International matches played in the last year.

T20I – Twenty20 International matches played in the last year.

General

♠ – Player was captain of the Test team in the past year.

* – Player was captain of the ODI team in the past year.

♦ – Player was captain of the T20I team in the past year.

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BatsmanFast bowlingBatsmanLeg spinBatsmanBatsmanBatsmanBatsman

Name			! Batting style	! Bowling style	! Domestic team	! C/G	! Test	! ODI	! T20I
Opening batsmen
Salman Butt ♠		Left-hand bat ||	Off-spin>Right arm off spin	National Bank of Pakistan cricket team>NBP		8	7	8
Imran Farhat	|	Batsman>Left-hand bat	Leg spin>Right arm leg spin	Habib Bank Limited cricket team>HBL		8	4	5
Shahzaib Hasan	|	Batsman>Right-hand bat	Off-spin>Right arm off spin	Karachi Blues cricket team>Karachi Blues			3	6
Asad Shafiq	|	Batsman>Right-hand bat	Leg Spin>Right arm leg spin	Karachi Blues cricket team>Karachi Blues		5	21	3
Taufeeq Umar	|	Batsman>Left-hand bat	Off-spin>Right arm off spin	Habib Bank Limited cricket team>HBL		6	3
Yasir Hameed	|	Batsman>Right-hand bat	Right arm medium, Right arm off spin ||	Zarai Taraqiati Bank Ltd Cricket Team>ZTBL		2
Ahmed Shehzad	|	Batsman>Right-hand bat	Leg-Spin>Right arm leg spin	Habib Bank Limited cricket team>HBL			15	4
colspan="9">Middle-order batsmen
Misbah Ul-Haq ♠	<		Right-hand bat ||	Leg spin>Right arm leg spin	Khan Research Laboratories>KRL		7	22	9
Umar Akmal	|	Batsman>Right-hand bat	Off-spin>Right arm off spin	Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited>SNGPL		11	33	19
Azhar Ali	|	Batsman>Right-hand bat	Leg spin>Right arm leg spin	Khan Research Laboratories>KRL		12	1
Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer)	Mohammad Yousuf ♠*	|	Batsman>Right-hand bat	Off-spin>Right arm off spin	Mohammedan Sporting Club (Dhaka)>MSC		4	10	2
Younis Khan	|	Batsman>Right-hand bat	Right arm leg spin, Right arm medium ||	Surrey County Cricket Club>Surrey		4	26	3
Umar Amin	|	Batsman>Left-hand bat	Fast bowling>Right arm medium	National Bank of Pakistan cricket team>NBP		4	3
colspan="9">Wicket-keepers
Kamran Akmal	<		Right-hand bat ||	–	National Bank of Pakistan cricket team>NBP		6	26	11
Zulqarnain Haider	|	Batsman>Right-hand bat	–	Lahore City Blues cricket team>Lahore Blues		1	4	2
Adnan Akmal	|	Batsman>Right-hand bat	–	Zarai Taraqiati Bank Ltd Cricket Team>ZTBL		2
Mohammad Salman	|	Batsman>Right-hand bat	–	Allied Bank Limited cricket team>Alied Bank		2	6	1
colspan="9">All-rounders
Shahid Afridi ♠*♦	<		Right-hand bat ||	Leg Spin>Right arm leg spin	Habib Bank Limited cricket team>HBL		1	37	17
Abdul Razzaq (Pakistani cricket player)	Abdul Razzaq	|	Batsman>Right hand bat	Fast bowling>Right arm fast-medium	Hampshire County Cricket Club>Hampshire			25	17
Mohammad Hafeez	|	Batsman>Right-hand bat	Off-spin>Right arm off spin	Habib Bank Limited cricket team>HBL		6	31	13
Fawad Alam	|	Batsman>Left-hand bat	Left-arm orthodox spin>Left-arm orthodox	National Bank of Pakistan cricket team>NBP			13	8
Shoaib Malik	|	Batsman>Right-hand bat	Off-spin>Right arm off spin	Pakistan International Airlines cricket team>PIA		4	5	5
colspan="9">Fast bowlers
Umar Gul	<		Right-hand bat ||	Fast bowling>Right arm fast-medium	Sussex		11	23	11
Mohammad Amir	|	Batsman>Left-hand bat	Fast bowling>Left arm fast	Kent		7	4	8
Wahab Riaz	|	Batsman>Right-hand bat	Fast bowling>Left arm fast-medium	National Bank of Pakistan cricket team>NBP		7	22	6
Mohammad Sami	|	Batsman>Right-hand bat	Fast bowling>Right arm fast			2		3
Tanvir Ahmed	|	Batsman>Right-hand bat	Fast bowling>Right arm fast-medium			4	2	1
Junaid Khan	|	Batsman>Right-hand bat	Fast bowling>Left arm medium-fast	Abbottabad>Lancashire			7	1
Sohail Tanvir	|	Batsman>Left-hand bat	Fast bowling>Left arm medium-fast	Khan Research Laboratories>KRL			5
Sohail Khan (cricketer)	Sohail Khan	|	Batsman>Right-hand bat	Fast bowling>Right arm medium-fast	Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited>SNGPL
colspan="9">Spin bowlers
Danish Kaneria		Right-hand bat ||	Leg Spin>Right arm leg spin	Essex CCC>Essex		5
Saeed Ajmal	|	Batsman>Right-hand bat	Off spin>Right arm off spin	Khan Research Laboratories>KRL		6	23	19
Abdur Rehman (cricketer, born 1980)	Abdur Rehman	|	Batsman>Left-hand bat	Left-arm orthodox spin>Left-arm orthodox	Habib Bank Limited cricket team>HBL		6	9	5

Correct as of 3 August 2011

Coaching Staff

Head Coach & Bowling Coach: Waqar Younis

Assistant Coach & Bowling Coach: vacant

Team Manager: Intikhab Alam

Batting Coach & Fielding Coach: Mohammad Bilal

Records

Batting

Test Batting Records

1955 1952–69 1964–83 1969–85 1976–89 1976–93 1980 1983–95 1991–2007 1998–2010 1998–2010 2000–10

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Name

Intl. Career span

Year set

Record description

Record

Notes

1952–62

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4rd highest test match innings by a wicketkeeper

209

Hanif Mohammad

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1958

*8th highest Test match innings

*Slowest Test triple century

*Highest Test innings on foreign soil

*4th highest Test innings by an opener

337 runs

970min

West Indian cricket team>West Indies in 1958, which was also the first triple century by an Asian cricketer, and at the time the longest innings by any batsman in terms of time spent at the wicket.

Majid Khan (cricketer)

Majid Khan

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1976–77

Joint 7th fastest Test match century

74 balls

Zaheer Abbas

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1971

5th highest Test match maiden century

274

Mudassar Nazar

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1977–78

Slowest Test century

557 min

Javed Miandad

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1976

*Youngest player to score a double century.

*Only teenager to score a double century.

19y 140d

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Career

12th most Test runs.

8,832

Miandad's record is also the most Test runs by a Pakistani.

Taslim Arif

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1980

3rd highest Test match innings by a wicketkeeper

210*

Shoaib Mohammad

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1990–91

9th Slowest Test match double century

411 balls

Inzamam-ul-Haq

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Career

10th most fifties in Test cricket

71

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Career

10th most fours in Test cricket

1112

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Career

Joint 4th most sixes in an innings

9

Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer)

Mohammad Yousuf

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2006

Most Test match runs in a calendar year

1,788

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2006

Most Test centuries in a calendar year

9

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2006

Most centuries in successive Tests

6 centuries/5 tests

Shahid Afridi

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1999

7th youngest player to score a test century

18y 333d

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2004–05

Joint 2nd fastest Test fifty

26 balls

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2006

2nd most runs off one over

27

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2006

Joint most sixes off consecutive deliveries

4

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2010

9th highest strike rate in an innings

206.66

Younis Khan

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2009

5th highest individual innings by a captain

313

Sri Lanka national cricket team>Sri Lanka in 2009, becoming the third Pakistani to reach a triple century, and also attaining the third highest Test Innings by a Pakistani.

Career 2006–10 2009–10

+ T20 International Records
scope="col" style="width:100px;"	Name	Intl. Career span	Year set	Record description	Record	Notes
Kamran Akmal	2006–10	|	7th most runs in career	704
	|	2010	2nd highest innings by a wicketkeeper	73
Shahid Afridi	|	Career	8th most runs in career	650
	|	2010	3rd highest innings strike rate	357.14
	|	2006	5th highest innings strike rate	280.00
	|	2007	7th highest innings strike rate	260.00
Umar Akmal	|	2010	4th most runs in a calendar year	385

One Day International Batting Records

1997 1969–85 1991–2007 1996–present

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scope="col" style="width:100px;"	Name	Intl. Career span	Year set	Record description	Record	Notes
Saeed Anwar	1989–2003	|	Joint 2nd highest ODI innings.	194
Zaheer Abbas	|	Career	6th highest batting average in ODI	47.62
Inzamam-Ul-Haq	|	Career	4th highest career ODI runs	11,739
Shahid Afridi	|	1996	Fastest ODI century	37 balls		Afridi scored his maiden century in his maiden innings in 1996, against Kenya. He was originally in the team as a bowling replacement for Mushtaq Ahmed, and walked out as a pinch-hitter up the order wielding Waqar Younis' bat.
	|	Career	Most Sixes in ODI	289 Sixes

Bowling

Career 1989–2003

+ Test Bowling Records
scope="col" style="width:100px;"	Name	Intl. Career span	Year set	Record description	Record	Notes
Wasim Akram	1984–2003	|	9th most Test wickets	414	Akram also holds the record of most Test wickets by a Pakistani bowler.
Waqar Younis	|	Career	Best strike rate with +200 Test wickets	43.4
	|	Career	14th highest Test wickets	373	Waqar also holds the record of second most Test wickets by a Pakistani bowler.

Career 1989–2003 1995–2004 1996 – present

+ One Day International Bowling Records
scope="col" style="width:100px;"	Name	Intl. Career span	Year set	Record description	Record	Notes
Wasim Akram	1984–2003	|	2nd most ODI wickets	502		Akram's record was surpassed by Muttiah Muralitharan. Akram still holds the record of most ODI wickets by a Pakistani bowler.
	|	Career	One of three bowlers to take 2 ODI hat-tricks		The other bowlers were Saqlain Mustaq and Chaminda Vaas
Waqar Younis	|	Career	3rd most ODI wickets	416	Waqar also holds the record of second most ODI wickets by a Pakistani bowler.
Saqlain Mushtaq	|	Career	Fastest to reach 100, 150, 200 and 250 wickets
	|	Career	Only spinner to take a hat-trick in an ODI
Shahid Afridi	|	Career	most wickets in single world cup as Captain	21	Shahid Afridi also holds the record.

2009 2006–10 2009–10

+ T20 International Records
scope="col" style="width:100px;"	Name	Intl. Career span	Year set	Record description	Record	Notes
Umar Gul	2007–10	|	Best bowling figures in a Twenty20 International	5 wickets / 6 runs
	|	Career	2nd most wickets in career	47
	|	2009	Joint 3rd most wickets in a calendar year	19
	|	Career	Most 4 wicket hauls in career	4
Shahid Afridi	|	Career	Most wickets in career	48
	|	2009	7th most wickets in a calendar year	18
	|	Career	Joint 2nd most 4 wicket hauls	2
Saeed Ajmal	|	Career	3rd most wickets in career	38
	|	2009 and 2010	Joint 3rd most wickets in a calendar year	19
	|	Career	Joint 2nd most 4 wicket hauls in career	2

Career 1997–2011 2001–present

+ Miscellaneous Records
scope="col" style="width:100px;"	Name	Intl. Career span	Year set	Record description	Record	Notes
Wasim Akram	1984–2003	|	One of 2 bowlers to achieve a hat-trick in both Test and ODI
	|	Career	Only bowler to achieve four hat-tricks
	|	Career	1st bowler to achieve +400 wickets in both Test and ODI		Muttiah Muralitharan has since achieved this.
Shoaib Akhtar	|	Career	Official fastest delivery in cricket
Mohammad Sami	|	Career	Unofficial fastest delivery in cricket			The record was revoked by cricket officials after they found faulty speed measurements on the speed radar.
	|	Career	One of 2 bowlers to achieve a hat-trick in both Test and ODI

Controversies

Ball Tampering

Reverse swing

Reverse swing was first discovered by Sarfraz Nawaz in the 1970s, who then passed it on to another Pakistani bowler, Imran Khan. Khan mastered reverse swing and the evidence of reverse swing by him was seen in 1983 in a Test match against India at Karachi, where he took 5 wickets in 25 balls. Imran Khan subsequently passed this skill on to Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram who are considered to have been the finest exponents of the delivery.

On Pakistan's 1992 tour of England, England had no answer to the reverse swing, a new phenomenon to them. Pakistan won the series 2–1. The series was controversial one as the Pakistani team were accused of ball tampering, particularly being discriminated against by the English media.

However, it was later proved that the Pakistani bowlers were simply ahead of their time. Following this episode, reverse swing expanded around the cricket world and more bowlers, including those from England, mastered the technique.

2006 incident

During the fourth Test against England at the Oval on 20 August 2006, ball tampering accusations were made against the Pakistani team, which resulted in the team forfeiting the match. On the fourth day of the Test, during England's second innings, the ball began to late reverse swing for Umar Gul in particular, resulting in him dismissing Alastair Cook LBW to an inswinging yorker. Four overs later, on examining the ball, umpire Darrell Hair decided there was evidence that the ball had been tampered with. He consulted with the other umpire, Billy Doctrove and penalised the Pakistani team for interfering with the condition of the ball, awarding five runs to England. Following the playing conditions for that Test, the England batsmen were allowed to choose a replacement ball from a selection of six provided. Although play continued until the end of the afternoon session, the Pakistani team decided in principle, not to reappear at the start of the third session. This decision was made in protest of what they believed to be an unjust and insensitive decision. Pakistan's claim was that the ball had been damaged by being hit to the boundary. As a result of the Pakistani team's failure to appear at the field, the umpires awarded the test to England, cricket's first and only forfeiture till July 2008 when the cricket's international governing body International Cricket Council (ICC) changed the result of the test from an English win to a draw (it was then restored to an England win in February 2009).

The Pakistani team was cleared of any wrongdoing and Darrell Hair was banned when further proceedings saw captain Inzamam-ul-Haq found not guilty of ball tampering. However, the team's protest led to him being banned for four games on the charge of bringing the game of cricket into disrepute.

Match fixing

2010 spot-fixing allegations

During Pakistan Tour of England In 2010 British tabloid newspaper News of the World alleged spot-fixing had been taking place involving 7 of the Pakistani test players.

Doping

Immediately following the 2006 ball tampering controversy was the news that front line fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif had both tested positive for Nandrolone, a banned anabolic steroid. Though both denied any substance abuse, on 1 November 2006 both Akhtar and Asif were banned for a period of 2 years and 1 year respectively. However, both fast bowlers were successful in their appeals with the earlier bans being revoked. The World Anti-Doping Agency made an appeal in the Court of Arbitration for Sport over the revoking of this ban. However, the Court of Arbitration for Sport later dropped the case, ruling it had no jurisdiction to challenge the decision made by PCB.

See also

Cricket in Pakistan

Pakistan U-19 cricket team

Pakistani national cricket captains

Pakistan national women's cricket team

India versus Pakistan cricket rivalry

Pakistan Cricket Team Records

Politics and sports

References

External links

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)

ESPN Cricinfo's List of Pakistani Grounds

ESPN Cricinfo Pakistan

BBC Sport: Pakistan cricket team news and fixtures

Urdu Daily News – International

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