Pakistan
| Captain: | Shahid Afridi |  |
| Coach: | Waqar Younis | |
| Team Manager: | Intikhab Alam | |
| ODI/Test ranking: | 6th (ODI), 5th (Test) | |
| First Test match: | vs India at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi India, 16-18 Oct 1952. | |
| Last Test match: | vs Australia at Bellerive Oval, Australia, 14-18 Jan 2010 |
Pakistan Squad
| Player Name | Age | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Shirt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Shahid Afridi (Captain) | 30 | Right-Handed Bat | Right-Arm Leg Spin | -- |
| Abdul Razzaq | 31 | Right-Handed Bat | Right-Arm Fast-medium | -- |
| Abdur Rehman | 30 | Left-Handed Bat | Left-Arm Orthodox | -- |
| Ahmed Shehzad | 19 | Right-Handed Bat | Legbreak | -- |
| Asad Shafiq | 24 | Right-Handed Bat | Right-Arm Leg Spin | -- |
| Junaid Khan | 19 | Right-Handed Bat | Left-Arm Medium-Fast | -- |
| Kamran Akmal | 29 | Right-Handed Bat | -- | |
| Misbah-ul-Haq | 36 | Right-Handed Bat | Right-Arm Leg spin | -- |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 30 | Right-Handed Bat | Right-Arm Off Spin | -- |
| Saeed Ajmal | 33 | Right-Handed Bat | Right-Arm Off Spin | -- |
| Shoaib Akhtar | 35 | Right-Handed Bat | Right-Arm Fast | -- |
| Umar Akmal | 20 | Right-Handed Bat | Right-Arm Off Spin | -- |
| Umar Gul | 26 | Right-Handed Bat | Right-Arm Fast-Medium | -- |
| Wahab Riaz | 25 | Right-Handed Bat | Right-Arm Fast | -- |
| Younus Khan | 33 | Right-Handed Bat | Right-Arm Leg Spin/Medium | -- |
Player details
| Full name: | Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi |
| Nickname: | None |
| Born: | March 1, 1980, Khyber Agency |
| Current age: | 30 years of age |
| Height: | 0 m |
| Team role: | Allrounder |
| Batting style: | Right-hand bat |
| Bowling style: | Legbreak googly |
| Played for: | Pakistan, Asia XI, Deccan Chargers, Fly Emirates XI, Griqualand West, Habib Bank Limited, ICC World XI, Karachi, Leicestershire, South Australia |
Player profile
Of Shahid Afridi it can safely be said that cricket never has and never will see another like him. To say he is an allrounder is to say Albert Einstein was a scientist; it tells a criminally bare story. For a start, the slant of his all-round skills only became clear ten years into his career; he is a leg-spinning allrounder. Variety is his calling and as well as a traditional leg-break, he has two googlies, a conventional offie and a lethal faster one, though this is increasingly rare. All come with the threat of considerable, late drift. He fairly ...
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Player details
| Full name: | Abdul Razzaq |
| Nickname: | Abdur |
| Born: | December 2, 1979, Lahore, Punjab |
| Current age: | 31 years of age |
| Height: | 0 m |
| Team role: | Allrounder |
| Batting style: | Right-hand bat |
| Bowling style: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Played for: | Pakistan, Asia XI, Hampshire, Hampshire 2nd XI, Hyderabad Heroes, ICL Pakistan XI, Khan Research Labs, Lahore, Lahore Lions, Middlesex, Pakistan International Airlines, Surrey, Worcestershire |
Player profile
Abdul Razzaq was once rapid enough to open the bowling and remains composed enough to bat anywhere, though he is discovering that the lower-order suits him nicely. His bowling - the reason he was first noticed - is characterised by a galloping approach, accuracy, and reverse-swing. But it is his batting that is more likely to win matches. He boasts a prodigious array of strokes and is particularly strong driving through cover and mid-off off both front and back foot. He has two gears: block or blast. Cut off the big shots and Razzaq ...
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Player details
| Full name: | Abdur Rehman |
| Nickname: | None |
| Born: | March 1, 1980, Sialkot, Punjab |
| Current age: | 30 years of age |
| Height: | 0 m |
| Team role: | Bowler |
| Batting style: | Left-hand bat |
| Bowling style: | Slow left-arm orthodox |
| Played for: | Pakistan, Gujranwala Cricket Association, Habib Bank Limited, Sialkot, Sialkot Stallions |
Player profile
Abdur Rehman made his debut for Pakistan during the homes series against West Indies at the ripe old age of 26 (old considering the subcontinent's trait of ruthlessly exposing youth to the world's best). Not a huge turner of the cricket ball, his accuracy and consistency, as well as exploiting the rough marks, does it for him not only at the elite level but on the domestic circuit as well. Rehman's rise to fame goes way back to 1999 when he grabbed a five-for and a six-wicket haul in successive matches while representing Pakistan Under-19 against ...
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Player details
| Full name: | Ahmed Shehzad |
| Nickname: | None |
| Born: | November 23, 1991, Lahore, Punjab |
| Current age: | 19 years of age |
| Height: | 0 m |
| Team role: | Opening batsman |
| Batting style: | Right-hand bat |
| Bowling style: | Legbreak |
| Played for: | Pakistan, Habib Bank Limited, Lahore Eagles, Lahore Ravi, Lahore Shalimar, Pakistan Under-19s |
Player profile
Ahmed Shehzad aims to be an aggressive batsman like Ricky Ponting, and he is well on his way if his top-order performances for Pakistan Under-19s are any indication. Shehzad made his first-class debut in January 2007, just two months after his 15th birthday, and has since established himself as an opening batsman for the U-19 team. His 167 in the same year helped Pakistan chase down a stiff 342 in the first Youth Test against England in Derby. He backed that up with impressive performances at home, scoring 315 runs - with a highest of 105 - as Australia ...
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Player details
| Full name: | Asad Shafiq |
| Nickname: | None |
| Born: | January 28, 1986, Karachi, Sind |
| Current age: | 25 years of age |
| Height: | 0 m |
| Team role: | Wicketkeeper batsman |
| Batting style: | Right-hand bat |
| Bowling style: | Legbreak |
| Played for: | Pakistan, Karachi Blues, Karachi Dolphins, Karachi Whites, Karachi Whites, Karachi Zebras, North West Frontier Province, North West Frontier Province Panthers, Pakistan A, Pakistan Cricket Academy, Sind, Sind Dolphins |
Player profile
A right-hand top order batsman, Asad Shafiq is a product of the Karachi tape ball circuit. He stormed the first-class scene in his debut season in 2007-08, scoring a double-hundred. He fell short of thousand runs that season, but attained the milestone two seasons later, when he scored 1244 runs in 12 games at 49.76. He made an impact as a limited-overs player in 2008-09, when he scored 379 runs in seven games at 54.14. The national selectors had earmarked him as one for the future in meetings and he was rewarded him with a call-up for the Asia ...
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Player details
| Full name: | Mohammad Junaid Khan |
| Nickname: | None |
| Born: | December 24, 1989, Matra, North-West Frontier Province |
| Current age: | 21 years of age |
| Height: | 0 m |
| Team role: | Bowler |
| Batting style: | Right-hand bat |
| Bowling style: | Left-arm medium-fast |
| Played for: | Abbottabad, Abbottabad Rhinos, Pakistan Under-19s |
Player profile
At U-19 level Junaid Khan was among of a crop of the most promising young fast bowlers in recent years, alongside Mohammad Amir. Good pace and better stamina and an ability to move the ball around if the conditions are right, Khan finally made it to national contention when he was called up for Pakistan's 2011 World Cup squad as a late replacement for Sohail Tanvir. Khan is from the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province and has built up an impressive domestic career with Abbottabad, for whom he debuted in January 2007. The record acquires greater ...
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Player details
| Full name: | Kamran Akmal |
| Nickname: | None |
| Born: | January 13, 1982, Lahore, Punjab |
| Current age: | 29 years of age |
| Height: | 0 m |
| Team role: | Wicketkeeper batsman |
| Batting style: | Right-hand bat |
| Bowling style: | Does not bowl |
| Played for: | Pakistan, Asia XI, Lahore, Lahore Blues, Lahore City, Lahore Eagles, Lahore Lions, National Bank of Pakistan, Punjab Stallions, Rajasthan Royals |
Player profile
Kamran Akmal may well be the most emphatic proof of cricket's changed priorities post Adam Gilchrist. Sides now search for an explosive batsman who can change a day, an innings, a phase with the bat and so long as you can identify right wicketkeeping glove from left, the place is yours. There has been little doubt about Akmal's batting. The purity of his drives and the strength of his cutting and pulling, particularly on slower subcontinent surfaces, has always held a strong allure. And when it comes together as it did one January morning in ...
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Player details
| Full name: | Misbah-ul-Haq Khan Niazi |
| Nickname: | None |
| Born: | May 28, 1974, Mianwali, Punjab |
| Current age: | 36 years of age |
| Height: | 0 m |
| Team role: | Middle-order batsman |
| Batting style: | Right-hand bat |
| Bowling style: | Legbreak |
| Played for: | Pakistan, Khan Research Labs, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sargodha |
Player profile
An orthodox batsman with reasonable technique, Misbah-ul-Haq caught the eye with his unflappable temperament in the tri-nation one-day tournament in Nairobi in 2002, scoring two fifties in three innings, including one in the final against Australia. But before Pakistan could hail him as a possible middle-order mainstay, Misbah's form slumped - he didn't manage a single 20-plus score in three Tests against Australia and was duly dumped. Pakistan's abysmal World Cup campaign - and the wholesale changes to the team in its aftermath - gave Misbah another ...
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Player details
| Full name: | Mohammad Hafeez |
| Nickname: | None |
| Born: | October 17, 1980, Sargodha, Punjab |
| Current age: | 30 years of age |
| Height: | 0 m |
| Team role: | Allrounder |
| Batting style: | Right-hand bat |
| Bowling style: | Right-arm offbreak |
| Played for: | Pakistan, Faisalabad, Faisalabad Wolves, Kolkata Knight Riders, Sargodha, Sui Gas Corporation of Pakistan |
Player profile
An opening batsman and a handy offspin bowler, Hafeez was one of the young players that the Pakistan selectors turned to after the team's abysmal display in the 2003 World Cup. His performances in Sharjah and in the NatWest Challenge in England indicated that Hafeez could well be a long-term prospect - he showed good technique and temperament at the top of the order and bowled his offspinners tidily, but most impressive was his performance in the field. Patrolling the point and covers region with feverish alertness, he saved plenty of runs and ...
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Player details
| Full name: | Saeed Ajmal |
| Nickname: | None |
| Born: | October 14, 1977, Faisalabad, Punjab |
| Current age: | 33 years of age |
| Height: | 0 m |
| Team role: | Bowler |
| Batting style: | Right-hand bat |
| Bowling style: | Right-arm offbreak |
| Played for: | Pakistan, Faisalabad, Islamabad Cricket Association, Khan Research Labs, Water and Power Development Authority |
Player profile
Saeed Ajmal, an offspinner, received a call-up to the Pakistan squad for the Asia Cup at the age of 30 after an impressive domestic season with Khan Research Labs in 2007-08, during which he took 38 wickets in 12 first-class matches at an average of 29 apiece, and 12 wickets in nine list A games. He made an immediate impression with his subtle variations, unafraid to use the doosra. But his career took off with a series of ODI performances that bewildered Australia in Dubai and Abu Dhabi; he gave away few runs and his doosra was nigh-on unreadable ...
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Player details
| Full name: | Shoaib Akhtar |
| Nickname: | None |
| Born: | August 13, 1975, Rawalpindi, Punjab |
| Current age: | 35 years of age |
| Height: | 0 m |
| Team role: | Bowler |
| Batting style: | Right-hand bat |
| Bowling style: | Right-arm fast |
| Played for: | Pakistan, Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan, Asia XI, Chittagong Division, Durham, ICC World XI, Islamabad Leopards, Khan Research Labs, Kolkata Knight Riders, Pakistan International Airlines, Rawalpindi, Somerset, Surrey, Worcestershire |
Player profile
About the worst way to assess Shoaib Akhtar would be to do so through his numbers; they aren't unimpressive but rarely have they revealed so little. From the moment Shoaib emerged on the scene in the late 90s, the world knew it was in for some career. First there was the extreme pace and there was also the attitude; Shoaib was the fastest bowler in the world, he knew it, he made sure others knew it. He was a natural successor to the legacy of Imran, Wasim and Waqar. But that he will end his career an 'if only' or ...
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Player details
| Full name: | Umar Akmal |
| Nickname: | None |
| Born: | May 26, 1990, Lahore, Punjab |
| Current age: | 20 years of age |
| Height: | 0 m |
| Team role: | Middle-order batsman |
| Batting style: | Right-hand bat |
| Bowling style: | Not recorded |
| Played for: | Pakistan, Lahore Lions, Pakistan Under-19s, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited |
Player profile
The runs didn't cease to flow for Umar Akmal, the younger brother of Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran and Adnan, in his maiden first-class season. In a triumphant 2007-08 for Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited, Umar failed to score in his first outing but then went on to amass 855 runs from nine matches in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, at an average of 77.72 and an impressive strike-rate of 90.18. He showed a penchant for both brisk and big scoring, with knocks of 248 off 225 balls and 186 off 170. In January 2008, he was picked in Pakistan's Under-19 ...
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Player details
| Full name: | Umar Gul |
| Nickname: | None |
| Born: | April 14, 1984, Peshawar, North-Western Frontier Province |
| Current age: | 26 years of age |
| Height: | 0 m |
| Team role: | Bowler |
| Batting style: | Right-hand bat |
| Bowling style: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Played for: | Pakistan, Gloucestershire, Habib Bank Limited, Kolkata Knight Riders, North West Frontier Province, North West Frontier Province Panthers, Pakistan A, Pakistan International Airlines, Peshawar, Peshawar Panthers, Western Australia |
Player profile
The least-hyped but most successful and assured Pakistan pace product of the last few years, Umar Gul is the latest in Pakistan's assembly-line of pace-bowling talent. He had played just nine first-class matches when called up for national duty in the wake of Pakistan's poor 2003 World Cup. On the flat tracks of Sharjah, Gul performed admirably, maintaining excellent discipline and getting appreciable outswing with the new ball. He isn't express but bowls a very quick heavy ball and his exceptional control and ability to extract seam ...
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Player details
| Full name: | Wahab Riaz |
| Nickname: | Vicky |
| Born: | June 28, 1985, Lahore, Punjab |
| Current age: | 25 years of age |
| Height: | 0 m |
| Team role: | Bowler |
| Batting style: | Right-hand bat |
| Bowling style: | Left-arm fast-medium |
| Played for: | Pakistan, Hyderabad (Pakistan), Hyderabad Hawks, Lahore, Lahore Lions, Lahore Ravi, National Bank of Pakistan, Pakistan A, Punjab (Pakistan) |
Player profile
Wahab Riaz's left-arm fast medium has benefited from Pakistan's chronic poor luck with fast bowlers. With Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif missing more than they play and Umar Gul injury-prone, Riaz came into national reckoning earlier than he might have reasonably expected. His early start was promising though it came in ODIs against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh early in 2008. His first real test came against India in Bangladesh, where after 9.2 expensive overs, he was taken out of the attack for bowling two beamers. But as Pakistan misses its ...
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Player details
| Full name: | Mohammad Younis Khan |
| Nickname: | Younus Khan |
| Born: | November 29, 1977, Mardan, North-West Frontier Province |
| Current age: | 33 years of age |
| Height: | 0 m |
| Team role: | Middle-order batsman |
| Batting style: | Right-hand bat |
| Bowling style: | Right-arm medium, Legbreak |
| Played for: | Pakistan, Habib Bank Limited, Nottinghamshire, Peshawar Cricket Association, Rajasthan Royals, South Australia, Surrey, Warwickshire, Yorkshire |
Player profile
Younis Khan is fearless, as befits his Pathan ancestry and will forever be remembered as the second Khan to bring home a world title for Pakistan: Younis was Pakistan's captain in the 2009 World Twenty20, leading a successful campaign with stark similarities to the one Imran Khan had led 17 years earlier. Younis retired from the format straight after, a graceful and dignified gesture from a complex but honest man. It is as a batsman, and a fearless one, that he made his name first, playing with a flourish. He is especially strong in ...
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Match records and statistics
| Test Records | |
| Highest total: | 765/6 dec against Sri Lanka Karachi Feb 19, 2009 |
| Lowest total: | 53 (24.5 overs) against Australia Sharjah Oct 11, 2002 |
| Largest victory: | inns & 324 runs against New Zealand in Lahore May 1, 2002 |
| ICC Test Wins: | ICC Test Championships won - no wins recorded |
| ODI Records | |
| Highest total: | 385/7 scored off 50 overs against Bangladesh at Dambulla Jun 21, 2010 |
| Lowest total: | 43 against West Indies in Cape Town Feb 25, 1993 |
| Largest victory: | 233 runs against Bangladesh in Dhaka Jun 2, 2000 |
| ICC ODI Wins: | 1 ICC ODI Championship won - 1992 |
Team profile
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 U-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 U-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.
After gaining independence from the British Empire in 1947, Pakistan cricket was played before the first Pakistan national team was granted test match playing status. Documentation and archives show that during the 18th century, cricket was played on the western part of India and many successful Indian cricketers played for the English cricket team. It was not until 28 July 1952 that Pakistan started playing test match cricket. Their first match took place in Delhi against India on October of the same year. Their first international tour was to England during 1954. Over the half century, Pakistan has become one of the most challenging and unpredictable teams in the world, the team won the 1992 Cricket World Cup and were runners up in the 1999 Cricket World Cup.
The country has produced several world-class players such as Fazal Mahmood, Hanif Mohammad, Sarfaraz Nawaz, Mushtaq Mohammad, Imran Khan, Javed Miandad, Abdul Qadir, Wasim Akram, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Saeed Anwar, Waqar Younis, Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan. As of October 2007, the Pakistani team has played 332 Test matches, winning 30.29%, losing 26.76% and drawing 42.94% of its games. The team is ranked sixth in the ICC Test Championship and fourth place in the ICC ODI Championship. On 28 August 2006, Pakistan won its debut Twenty20 International match in England and were runners up in the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 in September 2007. They won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, beating Sri Lanka by eight wickets.
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