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Main page For other people named Imran Khan, see Imran Khan (disambiguation). Imran Khan (ﻋﻤﺮان ﺧﺎن ﻧﻴﺎﺯی :Contents Imran Khan Niazi (Punjabi, Urdu Featured content (born 25 November 1952) is a retired Pakistani cricketer Current events who played international cricket for two decades in the Random article late twentieth century and has been a politician since the Donate to Wikipedia mid-1990s. Currently, besides his political activism, Khan is also a charity worker and cricket commentator. Interaction Help Khan played for the Pakistani cricket team from 1971 to About Wikipedia 1992 and served as its captain intermittently throughout Community portal 1982-1992. After retiring from cricket at the end of the Recent changes 1987 World Cup, he was called back to join the team in Personal information Contact Wikipedia 1988. At 39, Khan led his teammates to Pakistan's first and only World Cup victory in 1992. He has a record of Full name Imran Khan Niazi Toolbox 3807 runs and 362 wickets in Test cricket, making him Born 25 November 1952 (age 58) Print/export one of eight world cricketers to have achieved an 'All- Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan rounder's Triple' in Test matches.[1] On 14 July 2010, Batting style Right-handed Languages Khan was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[2] Bow ling style Right-arm fast اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ Role All-rounder In April 1996, Khan founded and became the chairman of বাংলা International information Deutsch Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice), a small National side Pakistan open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com National side Pakistan Español and marginal political party, of which he is the only [3] Test debut (cap 65) 3 June 1971 v England Français member ever elected to Parliament. He represented Last Test 7 January 1992 v Sri Lanka ગુજરાતી Mianwali as a member of the National Assembly from [4] ODI debut (cap 12) 31 August 1974 v England हद November 2002 to October 2007. Khan, through Last ODI 25 March 1992 v England Bahasa Indonesia worldwide fundraising, helped establish the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre in Domestic team information ಕನಡ 1996 and Mianwali's Namal College in 2008. Years Team ქართული 1977 – 1988 Sussex मराठ Contents [hide] 1984/85 New South Wales Bahasa Melayu Nederlands 1 Family, education, and personal life 1975 – 1981 PIA 日本語 2 Cricket career 1971 – 1976 Worcestershire 2.1 Captaincy Oxford University 1975 – 1973 ﭘﺘﻮ 2.2 Post-retirement Simple English 1969 – 1971 Lahore 3 Social work Svenska Career statistics 4 Political work த Competition Test ODI FC LA 4.1 Ideology Matches 88 175 382 425 లుగు 4.2 Criticism Runs scored 3807 3709 17771 10100 ارﺩﻭ 5 Awards and honours 中文 Batting average 37.69 33.41 36.79 33.22 6 Writings by Khan 100s/50s 6/18 1/19 30/93 5/66 7 References Top score 136 102* 170 114* 8 Further reading 9 External links Balls bowled 19458 7461 65224 19122 Wickets 362 182 1287 507 Family, education, and personal life Bowling average 22.81 26.61 22.32 22.31 5 wickets in innings 23 1 70 6 Imran Khan was born to Shaukat Khanum (Burki)[5] and 10 wickets in match 6 n/a 13 n/a Ikramullah Khan Niazi, a civil engineer, in Lahore. A quiet Best bowling 8/58 6/14 8/34 6/14 and shy boy in his youth, Khan grew up in a middle- Catches/stumpings 28/– 36/– 117/– 84/– [6] class Niazi Pathan family with four sisters. Settled in Source: CricketArchiv e , 26 June 2008 Punjab, Khan's father descended from the Pashtun open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com (Pathan) Niazi Shermankhel tribe of Mianwali in Punjab .[7] Imran's Mother Shaukat Khanam (Burki's) family includes successful hockey players[5] and cricketers such as Javed Burki and Majid Khan.[7] Khan was educated at Aitchison College, the Cathedral School in Lahore, and the Royal Grammar School Worcester in England, where he excelled at cricket. In 1972, he enrolled to study Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Keble College, Oxford, where he graduated with a second-class degree in Politics and a third in Economics.[8] On 16 May 1995, Khan married English socialite Jemima Goldsmith, a convert to Islam, in a two-minute Islamic ceremony in Paris. A month later, on 21 June, they were married again in a civil ceremony at the Richmond register office in England, followed by a reception at the Goldsmiths' house in Surrey.[9] The marriage, described as "tough" by Khan,[7] produced two sons, Sulaiman Isa (born 18 November 1996) and Kasim (born 10 April 1999).[10] As an agreement of his marriage, Khan spent four months a year in England. On 22 June 2004, it was announced that the Khans had divorced because it was "difficult for Jemima to adapt to life in Pakistan".[11] Khan now resides in Bani Gala, Islamabad, where he built a farmhouse with the money he gained from selling his London flat. He grows fruit trees, wheat, and keeps cows, while also maintaining a cricket ground for his two sons, who visit during their holidays.[7] Cricket career

Khan made a lacklustre first-class cricket debut at the age of sixteen in Lahore. By the start of the 1970s, he was playing for his home teams of Lahore A (1969–70), Lahore B (1969–70), Lahore Greens (1970–71) and, eventually, Lahore (1970–71).[12] Khan was part of Oxford University's Blues Cricket team during the 1973-75 seasons.[8] At Worcestershire, where he played county cricket from 1971 to 1976, he was regarded as only an average medium pace bowler. During this decade, other teams represented by Khan include Dawood Industries (1975–76) and Pakistan International Airlines (1975–76 to 1980-81). From 1983 to 1988, he played for Sussex.[1] In 1971, Khan made his Test cricket debut against England at Birmingham. Three years later, he debuted in the One Day International (ODI) match, once again playing against England at Nottingham for the Prudential Trophy. After graduating from Oxford and finishing his tenure at Worcestershire, he returned to Pakistan in open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com 1976 and secured a permanent place on his native national team starting from the 1976-77 season, during which they faced New Zealand and Australia.[12] Following the Australian series, he toured the West Indies, where he met Tony Greig, who signed him up for Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket.[1] His credentials as one of the fastest bowlers of the world started to establish when he finished third at 139.7 km/h in a fast bowling contest at Perth in 1978, behind Jeff Thomson and Michael Holding, but ahead of Dennis Lillee, Garth Le Roux and Andy Roberts.[1] Khan also achieved a Test Cricket Bowling rating of 922 points against India on 30 January 1983. Highest at the time, the performance ranks third on ICC's All Time Test Bowling Rating.[13] Khan achieved the all-rounder's triple (securing 3000 runs and 300 wickets) in 75 Tests, the second fastest record behind Ian Botham's 72. He is also established as having the second highest all-time batting average of 61.86 for a Test batsman playing at position 6 of the batting order.[14] He played his last Test match for Pakistan in January 1992, against Sri Lanka at Faisalabad. Khan retired permanently from cricket six months after his last ODI, the historic 1992 World Cup final against England at Melbourne, Australia.[15] He ended his career with 88 Test matches, 126 innings and scored 3807 runs at an average of 37.69, including six centuries and 18 fifties. His highest score was 136 runs. As a bowler, he took 362 wickets in Test cricket, which made him the first Pakistani and world's fourth bowler to do so.[1] In ODIs, he played 175 matches and scored 3709 runs at an average of 33.41. His highest score remains 102 not out. His best ODI bowling is documented at 6 wickets for 14 runs.

Captaincy At the height of his career, in 1982, the thirty-year old Khan took over the captaincy of the Pakistani cricket team from Javed Miandad. Recalling his initial discomfort with this new role, he later said, "When I became the cricket captain, I couldn’t speak to the team directly I was so shy. I had to tell the manager, I said listen can you talk to them, this is what I want to convey to the team. I mean early team meetings I use to be so shy and embarrassed I couldn’t talk to the team."[16] As a captain, Khan played 48 Test matches, out of which 14 were won by Pakistan, 8 lost and the rest of 26 were drawn. He also played 139 ODIs, winning 77, losing 57 and ending one in a tie.[1] In the team's second match under his leadership, Khan led them to their first Test win on English soil for 28 years at Lord's.[17] Khan's first year as captain was the peak of his legacy as a fast bowler as well as an all- open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com rounder. He recorded the best Test bowling of his career while taking 8 wickets for 58 runs against Sri Lanka at Lahore in 1981-82.[1] He also topped both the bowling and batting averages against England in three Test series in 1982, taking 21 wickets and averaging 56 with the bat. Later the same year, he put up a highly acknowledged performance in a home series against the formidable Indian team by taking 40 wickets in six Tests at an average of 13.95. By the end of this series in 1982-83, Khan had taken 88 wickets in 13 Test matches over a period of one year as captain.[12] This same Test series against India, however, also resulted in a stress fracture in his shin that kept him out of cricket for more than two years. An experimental treatment funded by the Pakistani government helped him recover by the end of 1984 and he made a successful comeback to international cricket in the latter part of the 1984-85 season.[1] In 1987, Khan led Pakistan to its first Test series A graph show ing Imran Khan's test career bow ling win in India, which was followed by Pakistan's first statistics and how they have varied over time. series victory in England the same year.[17] During the 1980s, his team also recorded three creditable draws against the West Indies. India and Pakistan co-hosted the 1987 World Cup, but neither ventured beyond the semi-finals. Khan retired from international cricket at the end of the World Cup. In 1988, he was asked to return to the captaincy by the President Of Pakistan, General Zia-Ul-Haq, and on 18 January, he announced his decision to rejoin the team.[1] Soon after returning to the captaincy, Khan led Pakistan to another winning tour in the West Indies, which he has recounted as "the last time I really bowled well".[7] He was declared Man of the Series against West Indies in 1988 when he took 23 wickets in 3 tests.[1] Khan's career-high as a captain and cricketer

open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Khan's career-high as a captain and cricketer came when he led Pakistan to victory in the 1992 Cricket World Cup. Playing with a brittle batting lineup, Khan promoted himself as a batsman to play in the top order along with Javed Miandad, but his contribution as a bowler was minimal. At the age of 39, Khan scored the highest runs of all the Pakistani batsmen and took the winning last wicket himself.[12]

Post-retirement In 1994, Khan had admitted that, during Test matches, he "occasionally scratched the side of the ball and lifted the seam." He had also added, Imran Khan Lifting the 1992 w orld cup for Pakistan. "Only once did I use an object. When Sussex were playing Hampshire in 1981 the ball was not deviating at all. I got the 12th man to bring out a bottle top and it started to move around a lot."[18] In 1996, Khan successfully defended himself in a libel action brought forth by former English captain and all-rounder Ian Botham and batsman Allan Lamb over comments they alleged were made by Khan in two articles about the above-mentioned ball-tampering and another article published in an Indian magazine, India Today. They claimed that, in the latter publication, Khan had called the two cricketers "racist, ill-educated and lacking in class." Khan protested that he had been misquoted, saying that he was defending himself after having admitted that he tampered with a ball in a county match 18 years ago.[19] Khan won the libel case, which the judge labeled a "complete exercise in futility", with a 10-2 majority decision by the jury.[19] Since retiring, Khan has written opinion pieces on cricket for various British and Asian newspapers, especially regarding the Pakistani national team. His contributions have been published in India's Outlook magazine,[20] the Guardian,[21] the Independent, and the Telegraph. Khan also sometimes appears as a cricket commentator on Asian and British sports networks, including BBC Urdu[22] and the Star TV network.[23] In 2004, when the Indian cricket team toured Pakistan after 14 years, he was a commentator on TEN Sports' special live show, Straight Drive,[24] while he was also a columnist for sify.com for the 2005 open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com India-Pakistan Test series.[25] He has provided analysis for every cricket World Cup since 1992, which includes providing match summaries for BBC during the 1999 World Cup.[25] In November 2009 Khan underwent emergency surgery at Lahore's Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital to remove an obstruction in his small intestine.[26] Social work

For more than four years after retiring from cricket in 1992, Khan focused his efforts solely on social work. By 1991, he had founded the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust, a charity organization bearing the name of his mother, Mrs. Shaukat Khanum. As the Trust's maiden endeavor, Khan established Pakistan's first and only cancer hospital, constructed using donations and funds exceeding $25 million, raised by Khan from all over the world.[3] Inspired by the memory of his mother, who died of cancer, the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, a charitable cancer hospital with 75 percent free care, opened in Lahore on 29 December 1994.[7] Khan currently serves as the chairman of the hospital and continues to raise funds through charity and public donations.[27] Princess of Wales [Lady Diana] also visited Lahore in 1996 in order to raise funds for the Cancer hospital. During the 1990s, Khan also served as UNICEF's Special Representative for Sports[28] and promoted health and immunization programmes in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand.[29] On 27 April 2008, Khan's brainchild, a technical college in the Mianwali District called Namal College, was inaugurated. Namal College was built by the Mianwali Development Trust (MDT), as chaired by Khan, and was made an associate college of the University of Bradford in December 2005.[30] Currently, Khan is building another cancer hospital in Karachi, using his successful Lahore institution as a model. While in London, he also works with the Lord’s Taverners, a cricket charity.[3] Political work

A few years after the end of his professional career as a Imran Khan Niazi cricketer, Khan entered electoral politics while admitting that [31] he had never voted in an election before. Since then, his Born November 25, 1952 (age 58) open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com most significant political work has been to protest against Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan ruling politicians such as Pervez Musharraf and Asif Ali Political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Zardari and his opposition to the US and UK foreign policy. Spouse(s) Jemima Khan (1995 - 2004) Khan's "politics are not taken seriously in Pakistan and at best rated as single column news items in most Children 2 newspapers."[32] As reported and by his own admission, Residence Lahore Khan's most prominent political supporters are women and Occupation Political activist / social [6] the youth. His political foray was influenced by Lieutenant worker General Hamid Gul, the former Pakistani intelligence chief Religion Islam famous for fueling the Taliban's rise in Afghanistan and for his anti-West viewpoint.[33] In Pakistan, the reaction to his Website http://www.insaf.pk/ political work has been reported to be such that, "Mention his name at dinner tables and the reaction is the same: people roll their eyes, chuckle lightly, then exhale a sad sigh."[34] On 25 April 1996, Khan founded his own political party called the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) with a proposed slogan of "Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem."[7] Khan, who contested from 7 districts, and members of his party were universally defeated at the polls in the 1997 general elections. Khan supported General Pervez Musharraf's military coup in 1999, but denounced his presidency a few months before the 2002 general elections. Many political commentators and his opponents termed Khan's change in opinion an opportunistic move. "I regret supporting the referendum. I was made to understand that when he won, the general would begin a clean-up of the corrupt in the system. But really it wasn't the case," he later explained.[35] During the 2002 election season, he also voiced his opposition to Pakistan's logistical support of US troops in Afghanistan by claiming that their country had become a "servant of America."[35] PTI won 0.8% of the popular vote and one out of 272 open seats on the 20 October 2002 legislative elections. Khan, who was elected from the NA-71 constituency of Mianwali, was sworn in as an MP on 16 November.[36] Once in office, Khan voted in favor of the pro-Taliban Islamist candidate for prime minister in 2002, bypassing Musharraf's choice.[33] As an MP, he was part of the Standing Committees on Kashmir and Public Accounts, and expressed legislative interest in Foreign Affairs, Education and Justice.[37] On 6 May 2005, Khan became one of the first Muslim figures to criticize a 300-word Newsweek story about open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com the alleged desecration of the Qur'an in a U.S. military prison at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Khan held a press conference to denounce the article and demanded that Gen. Pervez Musharraf secure an apology from American president George W. Bush for the incident.[33] In 2006, he exclaimed, "Musharraf is sitting here, and he licks George Bush’s shoes!" Criticizing Muslim leaders supportive of the Bush administration, he added, "They are the puppets sitting on the Muslim world. We want a sovereign Pakistan. We do not want a president to be a poodle of George Bush."[16] During George W. Bush's visit to Pakistan in March 2006, Khan was placed under house arrest in Islamabad after his threats of organizing a protest.[7] In June 2007, the federal Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr. Sher Afghan Khan Niazi and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) party filed separate ineligibility references against Khan, asking for his disqualification as member of the National Assembly on grounds of immorality. Both references, filed on the basis of articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution of Pakistan, were rejected on 5 September.[38] On 2 October 2007, as part of the All Parties Democratic Movement, Khan joined 85 other MPs to resign from Parliament in protest of the Presidential election scheduled for 6 October, which General Musharraf was contesting without resigning as army chief.[4] On 3 November 2007, Khan was put under house arrest at his father's home hours after President Musharraf declared a state of emergency in Pakistan. Khan had demanded the death penalty for Musharraf after the imposition of emergency rule, which he equated to "committing treason". The next day, on 4 November, Khan escaped and went into peripatetic hiding.[39] He eventually came out of hiding on 14 November to join a student protest at the University of the Punjab.[40] At the rally, Khan was captured by students from the Jamaat-i-Islami political party, who claimed that Khan was an uninvited nuisance at the rally, and they handed him over to the police, who charged him under the Anti-terrorism act for allegedly inciting people to pick up arms, calling for civil disobedience, and for spreading hatred.[41] Incarcerated in the Dera Ghazi Khan Jail, Khan's relatives had access to him and were able to meet him to deliver goods during his week-long stay in jail. On 19 November, Khan let out the word through PTI members and his family that he had begun a hunger strike but the Deputy Superintendent of Dera Ghazi Khan Jail denied this news, saying that Khan had bread, eggs and fruit for breakfast.[42] Khan was one of the 3,000 political prisoners released from imprisonment on 21 November 2007.[43] His party boycotted the national elections on 18 February 2008 and hence, no member of PTI has served in Parliament since Khan's resignation in 2007. Despite no longer being a member of Parliament, Khan was placed under house arrest in the crackdown by Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari of anti-government open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com protests on 15 March 2009.

Ideology Khan's proclaimed political platform and declarations include: Islamic values, to which he rededicated himself in the 1990s; liberal economics, with the promise of deregulating the economy and creating a welfare state; decreased bureaucracy and anti-corruption laws, to create and ensure a clean government; the establishment of an independent judiciary; overhaul of the country's police system; and an anti-militant vision for a democratic Pakistan.[15][23][44] Khan has credited his decision to enter politics with a spiritual awakening, influenced by his conversations with a mystic from the Sufi sect of Islam that began in the last years of his cricket career. "I never drank or smoked, but I used to do my share of partying. In my spiritual evolution there was a block," he explained to the American Washington Post. As an MP, Khan sometimes voted with a bloc of hard-line religious parties such as the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, whose leader, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, he supported for prime minister over Musharraf's candidate in 2002. Rehman is a pro-Taliban cleric who has called for holy war against the United States.[23] On religion in Pakistan, Khan has said that, "As time passes by, religious thought has to evolve, but it is not evolving, it is reacting against Western culture and often has nothing to do with faith or religion." Khan told Britain's Daily Telegraph, "I want Pakistan to be a welfare state and a genuine democracy with a rule of law and an independent judiciary."[15] Other ideas he has presented include a requirement of all students to spend a year after graduation teaching in the countryside and cutting down the over-staffed bureaucracy in order to send them to teach too.[35] "We need decentralisation, empowering people at the grass roots," he has said.[45] In June 2007, Khan publicly deplored Britain for knighting Indian-born author Salman Rushdie. He said, "Western civilisation should have been mindful of the injury the writer had caused to the Muslim community by writing his highly controversial book, The Satanic Verses."[46]

Criticism During the 1970s and 1980s, Khan became known as a socialite due to his "non-stop partying" at London nightclubs such as Annabel's and Tramp. though he claims to have hated English pubs and never drank alcohol.[3][7][23][33] He also gained notoriety in London gossip columns for romancing young debutantes open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com such as Susannah Constantine, Lady Liza Campbell and the artist Emma Sergeant.[7] In 1995, despite a marriage to British socialite Jemima Goldsmith, he denounced the west with "its fat women in miniskirts," and called for Pakistanis to seek home-grown political solutions.[47] Khan is often dismissed as a political lightweight[40] and a celebrity outsider in Pakistan,[16] where national newspapers also refer to him as a "spoiler politician".[48] Muttahida Qaumi Movement, a political party, has asserted that Khan is "a sick person who has been a total failure in politics and is alive just because of the media coverage".[49] The Political observers say the crowds he draws are attracted by his cricketing celebrity, and the public has been reported to view him as a figure of entertainment rather than a serious political authority.[35] His failure to gain political power or build a national support base is ascribed, by commentators and observers, to Khan's lack of political maturity and naivete.[23] Newspaper columnist Ayaz Amir told the American Washington Post: "[Khan] doesn't have that political thing which sets bellies on fire." The Guardian newspaper in England described Khan as a "miserable politician," observing that, "Khan's ideas and affiliations since entering politics in 1996 have swerved and skidded like a rickshaw in a rainshower... He preaches democracy one day but gives a vote to reactionary mullahs the next."[34] The charge constantly raised against Khan is that of hypocrisy and opportunism, including what has been called his life's "playboy to puritan U-turn."[16] One of Pakistan's most respected political commentators, Najam Sethi, stated that, "A lot of the Imran Khan story is about backtracking on a lot of things he said earlier, which is why this doesn’t inspire people."[16] Khan's political flip-flops consist of his vocal criticism of President Musharraf after having supported his military takeover in 1999. Similarly, Khan was a critic of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif when Sharif was in power, having said at the time: "Our current prime minister has a fascist mind-set, and members of parliament cannot go against the ruling party. We think that every day he stays in power, the country is sinking more into anarchy."[50] Yet, he joined forces with Sharif in 2008 against Musharraf. In a column entitled "Will the Real Imran Please Stand Up," Pakistani columnist Amir Zia quoted one of PTI's Karachi-based leaders as saying, "Even we are finding it difficult to figure out the real Imran. He dons the shalwar-kameez and preaches desi and religious values while in Pakistan, but transforms himself completely while rubbing shoulders with the elite in Britain and elsewhere in the west."[51] In 2008, as part of the Hall of Shame awards for 2007, Pakistan's Newsline magazine gave Khan the "Paris open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Hilton award for being the most undeserving media darling." The 'citation' for Khan read: "He is the leader of a party that is the proud holder of one National Assembly seat (and) gets media coverage inversely proportional to his political influence." The Guardian has described the coverage garnered by Khan's post- retirement activities in England, where he made his name as a cricket star and a night-club regular, as "terrible tosh, with danger attached. It turns a great (and greatly miserable) Third World nation into a gossip- column annex. We may all choke on such frivolity."[52] After the 2008 general elections, political columnist Azam Khalil addressed Khan, who remains respected as a cricket legend, as one of the "utter failures in Pakistani politics".[53] Writing in the Frontier Post, Khalil added: "Imran Khan has time and again changed his political course and at present has no political ideology and therefore was not taken seriously by a vast majority of the people." Awards and honours

In 1992, Khan was given Pakistan's civil award, the Hilal-i-Imtiaz. He had received the President’s Pride of Performance Award in 1983. Khan is featured in the University of Oxford's Hall of Fame and has been an honorary fellow of Oxford's Keble College.[28] On 7 December 2005, Khan was appointed the fifth Chancellor of the University of Bradford, where he is also a patron of the Born in Bradford research project. In 1976 as well as 1980, Khan was awarded The Cricket Society Wetherall Award for being the leading all- rounder in English first-class cricket. He was also named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1983, Sussex Cricket Society Player of the Year in 1985, and the Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year in 1990.[12] Khan is currently placed at Number 8 on the all-time list of the ESPN Legends of Cricket. On 5 July 2008, he was one of several veteran Asian cricketers presented special silver jubilee awards at the inaugural Asian cricket Council (ACC) award ceremony in Karachi.[54] On 8 July 2004, Khan was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2004 Asian Jewel Awards in London, for "acting as a figurehead for many international charities and working passionately and extensively in fund-raising activities.[55] On 13 December 2007, Khan received the Humanitarian Award at the Asian Sports Awards in Kuala Lumpur for his efforts in setting up the first cancer hospital in Pakistan.[56] In 2009, at International Cricket Council's centennial year celebration, Khan was one of fifty-five cricketers inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.[57] open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Writings by Khan

Khan occasionally contributes opinion editorials on cricket and Pakistani politics to British newspapers. He has also published five works of non-fiction, including an autobiography co-written with Patrick Murphy. It was disclosed in 2008 that Khan did not write his second book, Indus Journey: A Personal View of Pakistan. Instead, his the book's publisher Jeremy Lewis revealed in a memoir that he had to write the book for Khan. Lewis recalls that when he asked Khan to show his writing for publication, "he handed me a leatherbound notebook or diary containing a few jottings and autobiographical snippets. It took me, at most, five minutes to read them; and that, it soon became apparent, was all we had to go on."[58] Books Khan, Imran (1989). Imran Khan's cricket skills. London : Golden Press in association with Hamlyn. ISBN 0600563499. Khan, Imran & Murphy, Patrick (1983). Imran: The autobiography of Imran Khan. Pelham Books. ISBN 0720714893. Khan, Imran (1991). Indus Journey: A Personal View of Pakistan. Chatto & Windus. ISBN 0701135271. Khan, Imran (1992). All Round View. Mandarin. ISBN 0749314990. Khan, Imran (1993). Warrior Race: A Journey Through the Land of the Tribal Pathans. Chatto Windus. ISBN 0701138904. Articles Guardian comments , political and cricket commentary by Khan Telegraph columns , sports articles penned by Khan from 2000 to present We must address the root causes of this terror , Khan's editorial in the Independent following the 11 September attacks Benazir Bhutto has only herself to blame , Khan's 2007 editorial on Bhutto's return to Pakistan References

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Wasim Akram From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia born 3 June 1966 is a Wasim Akram (ﻭﺳﻴﻢ اﮐﺮم :Main page Wasim Akram (Urdu ﻭﺳﻴﻢ ﺍﮐﺮم Contents former Pakistani left arm fast bowler and left-handed Featured content batsman in cricket, who represented the Pakistan Current events national cricket team in Test cricket and One Day Random article International matches. Donate to Wikipedia Akram is regarded as one of the best fast bowlers in cricket. He holds the world record for most wickets in Interaction List A cricket with 881 and is second only to Sri Lankan Help off-spin bowler, Muttiah Muralitharan in terms of One Day About Wikipedia International wickets with 502. He is considered to be Community portal one of the founders and perhaps the finest exponent of Recent changes reverse swing bowling.[1][2][3] The revolutionary nature of Contact Wikipedia reverse swing initially resulted in accusations of ball Toolbox tampering by cricket critics, although the skill of the

Print/export reverse swing delivery has now been accepted as a legitimate features of ability in cricket. Akram's later Languages career was also tarnished with accusations of match বাংলা fixing by critics, although these remain unproven. Deutsch On 30 September 2009, Akram was one of five new Personal information Français [4] members inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. Full name Wasim Akram open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com members inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. Full name Wasim Akram ಕನಡ Born 3 June 1966 (age 44) മലയാളം Contents [hide] Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan मराठ 1 Early and personal life Nickname Sultan of Sw ing, The Tw o W's (w ith ﭘﻨﺠﺎﺑﯽ 2 International career Waqar Younis), King Of Sw ing த 2.1 First-class cricket Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Test cricket 2.2 ارﺩﻭ Batting style Left hand bat 2.3 One Day International Bow ling style Left arm fast 2.4 Retirement Role (All-rounder) bow ler and batsman 3 Post retirement International information 3.1 Media career National side Pakistan 3.2 Coaching career Test debut 25 January 1985 v New Zealand 4 Skills in cricket (cap 102) 5 Award and records Last Test 9 January 2002 v Bangladesh 6 Cricket controversies ODI debut 23 November 1984 v New Zealand 7 References (cap 53) 8 External links Last ODI 4 March 2003 v Zimbabw e ODI shirt no. 3 [edit] Early and personal life Domestic team information Years Team Akram was born in 1966, in Lahore, Pakistan.[5] 2003 Hampshire He was educated in Islamia College in Lahore, where he 2000-2001 Lahore [5] played as an opening bowler and batsman. Like 1997-1998 Lahore several other Pakistani cricketers during the 1980s, his 1992-2002 Pakistan International Airlines inclusion into the national side was at the behest of a 1988-1998 Lancashire senior player in the team, which in Akram's case, was 1986-1987 Lahore Javed Miandad.[6] 1985-1986 Lahore Akram was diagnosed with diabetes at the peak of his 1984-1986 Pakistan Automobiles career, but despite the initial psychological blow, he Corporation managed to regain his form and went on to produce fine Career statistics open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com cricketing performances. Since then he has actively Competition Test ODI FC LA

sought to be involved in various awareness-raising Matches 104 356 257 594 [7] campaigns for diabetes. Runs scored 2898 3717 7161 6993 He was married to Huma Mufti, in 1995. They had two Batting average 22.64 16.52 22.73 18.90 [8] sons Taimur and Akbar, from their marriage of fifteen 100s/50s 3/7 0/6 7/24 0/17

years. Huma died of multiple organ failure at Apollo Top score 257* 86 257* 89* [9] Hospital in Chennai, India, on 25 October 2009. Balls bowled 22627 18186 50278 29719

Wickets 414 502 1042 881 [edit] International career Bowling average 23.62 23.52 21.64 21.91

5 wickets in 25 6 70 12 Firstclass cricket [edit] innings In 1988 he signed for Lancashire County Cricket Club in 10 wickets in 5 0 16 0 England and went on to become their most successful match overseas players. From 1988 to 1998, he opened their Best bowling 7/119 5/15 8/30 5/10 bowling attack in their ECB Trophy, Benson & Hedges Catches/stumpings 44/0 88/0 97/0 147/0 Cup and National League tournaments. He was a Source: CricketArchiv e , 11 January 2008 favourite of the local British fans who used to sing a song called "Wasim for England" at Lancashire's matches. In 1998, with Akram as captain, Lancashire won the ECB Trophy and Axa League and finished second in the championship tournament despite losing only five matches in all competitions throughout the season. Apart from the National League second division title in 2003, this was the last time Lancashire won a trophy.[10]

Test cricket [edit] Akram made his Test cricket debut for Pakistan against New Zealand in 1985 and in only his second Test match, he achieved 10 wickets in the match. A few weeks prior to his selection into the Pakistan team, he was an unknown club cricketer who had failed to even make it to his college team. He came to the trials at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore in Pakistan, but for the first two days he did not get a chance to bowl. On the third day he got a chance; his performance convincing Javed Miandad to insist upon his inclusion in the national team. Akram was hence given an opportunity to play for Pakistan, without any significant domestic open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com experience. Later that season he opened the bowling attack with Imran Khan, who became his mentor at and after the World Championship of Cricket in Australia. In the 1987 Cricket World Cup, when Pakistan played against the West Indies, Akram bowled to Viv Richards in the late overs of the innings but Richards, who is regarded as the best batsman during that period, struggled against Akram's bowling performances. Akram's rise in international cricket was rapid during the late 1980s. When Pakistan toured the West Indies in 1988, he looked to be the fastest bowler between the two sides. However, a groin injury impeded his career in the late 1980s. Following two surgeries, he re-emerged in the 1990s as a fast bowler who focused more on swing and accurate bowling.

One Day International [edit] Akram was a significant figure in the 1992 Cricket World Cup held in Australia, when Pakistan won the tournament. In the final against England, his batting performance during his innings of 33 runs off 19 balls, pushed Pakistan to a respectable score of 249 runs for 6 wickets. Akram then took the important wicket of Ian Botham early on the English batting innings and when brought back into the bowling attack later on, with the ball reverse swinging, he produced a devastating spell of bowling which led to Allan Lamb and Chris Lewis being bowled in successive deliveries in one over. His excellent performances earned him the Man of the Match award for the final.[11][12] He also captained Pakistan with some success. The high points of his captaincy was the 1996-1997 victory in the World Series Cricket in Australia, two Test match wins in India in 1998-1999 and in 1999, when Pakistan reached the 1999 Cricket World Cup final. The low point was the 1996 Cricket World Cup in Pakistan and India, when he had to pull out of the quarter final match against India, citing injury. After Pakistan's defeat, there were angry protests outside his home and riots across the country from angry fans who accused the team of throwing the match and a government inquiry was launched into the failure. In 1999, he led Pakistan to the brink of victory in the World Cup before they capitulated and was defeated by Australia in the final, by eight wickets with almost 30 overs to spare. This was the start of the match fixing controversies, as critics believed Akram had set up the match for Australia. However, none of the allegations could be proved. open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com He was Pakistan's best bowler in the 2003 Cricket World Cup taking 19 wickets in 7 matches. However, Pakistan failed to reach the "Super Six" phase of the tournament and Akram was one of the eight players to be sacked by the Pakistan Cricket Board as a result.

Retirement [edit] On May 18, 2003, at the age of 36, Akram abruptly announced his retirement from international cricket, ending a career which spanned 19 years. He had suggested that he was ready to quit several times towards the end of his career, but Pakistan's sub-par performance in the World Cup proved to be the deciding factor. Prior to his retirement, he was one of eight senior players dropped for the Sharjah Cup in April 2003, and was then omitted from the Pakistan squad for the subsequent Bank Alfalah Cup triangular series.[13] Due to his omission from the team, he did not participate in a farewell match. Akram fulfilled his contract play for Hampshire until the end of the English season.

Post retirement [edit]

Media career [edit] Since retiring from cricket, Akram has worked and taken up commentary for television networks and can currently be seen as a sports commentator for ESPN Star Sports, ARY Digital and among others. He did commentary on a variety of sporting tournaments including the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup match between Australia v India in a Super Six Match held in Australia, the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 in England, the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa and among others.

Coaching career [edit] In 2010, Akram was appointed the bowling coach consultant of Kolkata Knight Riders, the Indian Premier League team for Kolkata. Sourav Ganguly was always keen to have Akram as the bowling coach for India, during the former's stint as Indian captain. Although this never happened, his dreams were realised to some extent, when Akram was appointed as the bowling coach for the franchise.[14] While working for the Kolkata Knight Riders, he was also responsible for the signing of Pakistani domestic left-arm fast-bowler Mohammad Irfan.[15] Akram has also been coaching in Pakistan fast bowling camps; his most notable open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Mohammad Irfan. Akram has also been coaching in Pakistan fast bowling camps; his most notable discovery being the teenage Pakistani international, Mohammad Aamer.

Skills in cricket [edit]

Over my 15 or 16 years During his professional career he bowled with genuine speed and “ of playing international hostility. Akram was a man possessed of accurate control of line and cricket in Tests and length, accompanied by seam and swing bowling skills, extended to One Day both inswingers and outswingers. With a very quick bowling action, Internationals, Wasim he could bowl equally well from both sides of the wicket. His mastery Akram is definitely the of reverse swing with the cricket ball meant he was at his most most outstanding dangerous towards a bowling innings, and earned him the nickname bowler I've ever faced. ” of the "Sultan of Swing". As well as often being able to find the edge of the bat, Akram would — Former West Indies batsman Brian Lara.[16] also focus his bowling attack on the stumps and had a particularly lethal inswinging yorker. Of his 414 Test wickets, 193 were taken caught, 119 were taken leg before wicket and 102 were bowled.[17][18][19] In partnership with Waqar Younis, he intimidated international batsmen in the 1990s. Together Wasim and Waqar, known as "the two Ws" of the Pakistani team, were one of the most successful bowling partnerships in cricket.[20] Akram was also skilled with the bat and was regarded as a bowling all-rounder. He was especially effective against spin bowlers. However, he liked to slog and was criticised for his lack of high scores and giving away his wicket too cheaply for a player of his talent. He did silence his critics and the media in October 1996 when he scored 257 runs not out, of the team's total of 553 against Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura. He also achieved good scores for the Pakistan team such as his scores of 123 and 45* against Australia to take Pakistan to victory in a low scoring match. His batting was also valuable to the Pakistan ODI side, such as his match winning performance in the Nehru Cup, when needing six runs and two balls to win the match; he hit the first delivery he faced for six runs and secured the cup.

Award and records [edit]

See also: List of international cricket fivewicket hauls by Wasim Akram open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Akram was awarded Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1993 for his sporting achievements. In his Test career, Akram took 414 wickets in 104 matches, a Pakistani record, at an average of 23.62 and scored 2,898 runs, at an average of 22.64.[21] In One Day Internationals, Akram took 502 wickets in 356 appearances, at an average of 23.52 and scored 3,717 runs, at an average of 16.52.[2] Akram was the first bowler in international cricket to take more than 400 wickets in both forms of the game and only Muttiah Muralitharan has since achieved this.[2][21] Akram also held the record for the most wickets in Cricket World Cups, a total of 55 in 38 matches. Australia's Glenn McGrath broke the record during the 2007 Cricket World Cup, ending with a final tally of 71 from 39 matches.[22] On passing Wasim's record, McGrath said, "Wasim Akram, to me, is one of the greatest bowlers of all time. Left-armer, swung it both ways with the new ball and he was so dangerous with the old ball. To go past him is something I will always remember. Probably the other side of the coin is that if you play long enough, you're going to break records here and there."[23] Akram took four hat-tricks in international cricket, two each in Tests matches and One Day Internationals. He is the only bowler in cricket to have achieved four hat-tricks. He is also one of only three bowlers to have taken two Test cricket hat-tricks, the others being Hugh Trumble and Jimmy Matthews. Akram is also one of only three bowlers to have taken two One Day International cricket hat- tricks, the others being Pakistan offspin bowler, Saqlain Mushtaq and Sri Lankan fast bowler Chaminda Vaas. Akram's Test hat-tricks are significant, since they were taken in consecutive Test matches in the same series, a game played against Sri Lanka in the 1998-99 Asian Test Championship. Akram is also one of only two bowlers to have taken both a Test match and One Day International hat-trick, the other being Pakistan fast bowler, Mohammad Sami.[24][25] Playing in a Test series against the West Indies at Lahore in 1990-1991, he became one of only six players to have taken four wickets in an over during a Test match. In Akram's case, these achievement was not part of a hat-trick, the third ball he delivered to the batting opposition was a dropped catch, which allowed a single run.[26][27] Akram has also achieved the highest score by a number eight batsman in Test cricket when he scored open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com 257 runs not out from 363 balls against Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura. The innings contained 12 sixes which is also a world record for Test cricket.[28][29] He also has the third highest number of Man of the Match awards in Test cricket, with seventeen.[30] He has scored the record number of runs in One Day International matches by a player who has never scored a One Day International hundred. His highest score was 86 runs.[31]

Cricket controversies [edit]

In 1992, after he had been successful against the English batsmen, accusations of ball tampering began to appear in the English media, though no video evidence of foul play was ever found. Akram and Younis had been able to obtain prodigious amounts of movement from both new and old cricket balls. The skill of the reverse swing delivery was relatively unknown in England and around the cricketing world during that period. A far larger controversy was created when critics alleged that he was involved in match fixing. An inquiry commission was set up by the Pakistan Cricket Board headed by a Pakistan high court judge, Malik Mohammad Qayyum. The judge wrote in his report that:[32] This commission feels that all is not well here and that Wasim Akram is not above board. He has not cooperated with this Commission. It is only by giving Wasim Akram the benefit of the doubt after AtaurRehman changed his testimony in suspicious circumstances that he has not been found guilty of matchfixing. He cannot be said to be above suspicion.

References [edit]

1. ^ Wasim Akram . Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 30 April 2007. 2. ^ a b c ODI Career Bowling - Most Wickets . Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 30 April 2007. 3. ^ List A Limited-Overs Most Wickets in Career . Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 30 April 2007. 4. ^ "Wasim Akram, Steve Waugh inducted into ICC Hall of Fame" . MSN Sports. Retrieved 2010-08-06. 5. ^ a b "Akram biography" . Retrieved 2 August 2010. 6. ^ "Wasim Akram; talkcricket Legend" . Retrieved 2 August 2010. 7. ^ Dealing With Diabetes . Newsline. Retrieved on 30 April 2007. open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com 8. ^ The Sultan swings by . Toronto Star. Retrieved on 30 April 2007. 9. ^ "Pakistan / News - Akram's wife dies at the age of 42" . ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 October 2009. 10. ^ Cricinfo staff (18 September 2007). "Lancashire on the brink of history" . Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 11 October 2008. 11. ^ Double jeopardy . Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 30 April 2007. 12. ^ Benson & Hedges World Cup - Final, England v Pakistan . Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 30 April 2007. 13. ^ "Akram announces retirement" . Cricinfo. 2003-05-18. Retrieved 2010-08-02. 14. ^ "KKR can win IPL’s 3rd edition: Wasim Akram" . The News International. 11 January 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2010.[dead link] 15. ^ "Pakistan's Mohammad Irfan in line for IPL contract" . Cricinfo. 2010-08-10. Retrieved 2010-08-11. 16. ^ Lara rates Akram better than McGrath . The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved on 30 April 2007. 17. ^ Tests - Most Wickets Taken Caught . Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 30 April 2007. 18. ^ Tests - Most Wickets Taken LBW . Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 30 April 2007. 19. ^ Tests - Most Wickets Taken Bowled . Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 30 April 2007. 20. ^ Home truths, and the greatest fast-bowling pairs . Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 30 April 2007. 21. ^ a b Test Career Bowling - Most Wickets . Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 30 April 2007. 22. ^ World Cup Bowling - Most Wickets . Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 1 May 2007. 23. ^ Pigeon v Wasim - who's the best? . The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved on 30 April 2007. 24. ^ Hat Tricks in Test Matches . Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 1 May 2007. 25. ^ One Day Internationals - Hat Tricks . Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 1 May 2007. 26. ^ Four wickets in an over, and who's the Cockroach? . Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 1 May 2007. 27. ^ Pakistan v West Indies, 1990/91, 3rd Test . Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 1 May 2007. 28. ^ Tests - Highest Score at Each Batting Position . Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 1 May 2007. 29. ^ Tests - Most Sixes in an Innings . Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 1 May 2007. 30. ^ Tests - Most Man of the Match Awards . Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 1 May 2007. 31. ^ "Records / One Day Internationals / Batting records / Most runs in a career without a hundred" . ESPN cricinfo. 32. ^ Justice Qayyum's Report . Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 1 May 2007.

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Main page For other people named Mohammad Yousuf, see Mohammad Yousuf (disambiguation). Mohammad Yousuf ; ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻳﻮﺳﻒ :Contents Mohammad Yousuf (Punjabi, Urdu born 27 August ;ﻳﻮﺳﻒ ﻳﻮﺣﻨﺎ ,Featured content formerly Yousuf Youhana Current events 1974, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan) is a Pakistani right- Random article handed batsman. He is best known in cricket for his Donate to Wikipedia achievement in 2006 when he broke the world record for [2] Interaction most Test runs in a single calendar year. Prior to his conversion to Islam in 2005, Yousuf was one of only a Help few Christians to play for the Pakistan cricket team. About Wikipedia Community portal Yousuf was effectively banned from playing international Recent changes cricket for Pakistan, for an indefinite period by the Contact Wikipedia Pakistan Cricket Board on 10 March 2010, following an inquiry into the team's defeat during the tour of Toolbox Australia.[3] An official statement was released by the Print/export Pakistan Cricket Board, saying that he would not be selected again on the grounds of inciting infighting within Languages the team.[3] বাংলা Personal information Français On 29 March 2010, Yousuf announced his retirement Full name Mohammad Yousuf [4] मराठ from all forms of international cricket, a direct reaction Born 27 August 1974 (age 36) open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Born 27 August 1974 (age 36) of the indefinite ban handed out to him by PCB. However Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan اﺭﺩو following Pakistan's disastrous first Test against England Nickname MoYo [1] in July/August 2010, PCB decided to ask Yousuf to Batting style Right handed batsman come out of retirement.[5] Bow ling style Right-arm off break Role Batsman Contents [hide] International information 1 Career National side Pakistan 1.1 Retirement and subsequent return (2010) 2 Statistics Test debut (cap 122) 26 February 1998 v South Africa 2.1 Career highlights Last Test 29 August 2010 v England 2.2 Test match centuries ODI debut (cap 152) 28 March 1998 v Zimbabw e 2.3 One Day International centuries Last ODI 22 September 2010 v England 2.4 Career Best Performances ODI shirt no. 13 3 Records Domestic team information 3.1 Test match records in 2006 Years Team 4 Awards 2010– Lahore Lions 5 Early years 2010 Islamabad Leopards 6 Conversion to Islam 2008 Lancashire 7 Cricket controversy 2004–2008 Lahore Lions 7.1 Indian Cricket League 2003–2004 Lahore 8 References 2002–2003 ZTBL 9 External links 2000–2001 Lahore Blues 1999–2002 PIA Career [edit] 1997–1998 Lahore City 1997–2008 WAPDA He made his Test debut against South Africa at Durban 1996–1997 Bahaw alpur and One Day International debut against Zimbabwe at Career statistics Harare. He has scored over 9,000 One Day International Competition Test ODI FC LA runs at an average above 40 (2nd highest batting average among Pakistani batsmen after Zaheer Abbas) and over Matches 90 287 134 325 Runs scored 7,530 9,717 10,152 10,510 open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com 7,000 Test runs at an average above 50 (highest batting Runs scored 7,530 9,717 10,152 10,510 average amongst all Pakistani batsmen) with 24 Test Batting average 52.29 41.88 49.28 39.81 centuries. He has the record of scoring the most runs 100s/50s 24/33 15/64 29/49 15/68 without being dismissed in the One Day International Top score 223 141* 223 141* match, with a total of 405 runs against Zimbabwe in Balls bowled 6 2 18 8 Zimbabwe in 2002-2003. He has also scored a 23-ball Wickets 0 1 0 1 fifty and a 68-ball hundred in One Day International. In Bowling average – 1.00 – 13.00

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against the Australians in the Boxing Day Test. In Source: Cricinf o , 10 October 2010 December 2005, he scored 223 runs against England at Lahore, also earning him the man of the match award. Seven months later in July 2006, when Pakistan toured England, he scored 202 runs and 48 in the first Test, again earning himself the man of the match award. He followed up with 192 in the third Test at Headingley and 128 in the final Test at The Oval. Yousuf was named CNN-IBN’s Cricketer of the Year for 2006, ahead of the likes of Australian captain Ricky Ponting, West Indies Brian Lara, Australian spinner Shane Warne, South Africa’s bowling spearhead Makhaya Ntini and Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan. He was selected as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in the 2007 edition.[6] Yousuf became the fourth recipient of the ICC 'Test Cricketer of the Year' award for 2007, he scored 944 runs at an average of 94.40 including seven centuries and two fifties in just 10 innings and that was enough to be awarded the honour ahead of English batsman Kevin Pietersen and Australian batsman Ricky Ponting. Yousuf was also named in the 2007 Test team of the Year alongside Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Asif.[7] A year that started on a promising note, Yousuf carried it forward to break two world records both held earlier by former West Indian batsman Viv Richards. The 32-year-old, Pakistani batsman achieved an unparalleled 1788 runs in just 10 Test matches with the help of twelve centuries which became his second world record. Yousuf is known for his ability to score runs at exceptional rate through his great technique and composed strokeplay. Although capable of hitting the ball hard, Yousuf is quick between the wickets, open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com although he is prone to being run out.[2] Yousuf is a skillful infielder, with a report prepared by Cricinfo in late 2005 showing that since the 1999 Cricket World Cup, he had effected the ninth highest number of run-outs in ODI cricket of any fieldsman.[8] He is also distinguished by his characteristic celebration after hitting one hundred runs for his country, where he prostrates in thankfulness to Allah in the direction of Mecca. He has observed this act (known as the Sajdah) recently since his conversion to Islam.[9][10] On 11 August 2007 it was reported by The Dawn that Yousuf may join the Indian Cricket League and by joining the league he wouldn't be able to play many matches for the Pakistan team.[11] However on September 27, he changed his mind and signed a contract with the PCB, but nonetheless he missed the series against South Africa. He has been selected for the India tour in November 2007. In October 2007, Yousuf joined the Indian Premier League just few days after cancelling his contract with Indian Cricket League[12] He was not signed by any IPL franchise as a result of his on-going court case with the ICL. Yousuf informed the Pakistan Cricket Board that he would not be taking part in the Champions Trophy 2008 because it would coincide with the holy month of Ramadan.[13] Yousuf re-signed with the Indian Cricket League in November 2008. He was banned by the Pakistan Cricket Board on 5 November 2008 for joining the Indian Cricket League. Yousuf ended his association with the unsanctioned Indian Cricket League (ICL) in early May, in the hope of earning a recall for his country. Pakistan recalled Yousuf to the squad for their 2009 Test series in Sri Lanka.[14] He along with another former Indian Cricket League player Abdul Razzaq were awarded ‘A’ category mid- term central contracts by Pakistan Cricket Board after they left Indian Cricket League.[15] A little over one year after being welcomed back by the PCB, Yousuf was made captain of the Test team for the tour of New Zealand after Younus Khan was allowed to take a break.[16] The Pakistan Cricket Board, on 10 March 2010, banned Yousuf and former captain, Younis Khan from playing for the national team indefinitely and imposed one-year bans on Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved-ul- Hasan.[3] Despite receiving the ban Yousuf said that the series against South Africa in late 2010 could be a possibility.[17] Pakistan then toured England in July 2010 and after losing the first test by 354 runs due to a open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com weak batting line-up, the second innings total of 80 being the lowest total by Pakistan against England. Yousuf announced his return to International Cricket and was placed on the squad.[18] He then required a visa which was granted but there was a concern that Yousuf couldn't come to England in time for that tour.[19] Despite the fact that Yousuf isn't a bowler he has the distincation of a 100% wicket rate as he has only bowled one ball in his ODI career against Zimbabwe which was to the last-batsmen in the order during the 2007 cricket World Cup. Fittingly the catch was taken by Inzamam-ul-Haq in his last over as captain of Pakistan.

Retirement and subsequent return (2010) [edit] On 29 March 2010, Yousuf announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket,[4] just days after the Pakistan Cricket Board imposed an indefinite ban on him. "I received a letter from the PCB that my staying in the team is harmful for the team, so I announce my retirement from international cricket," he said at a press conference in Karachi.[4] On 27 March, Yousuf said that he had decided to retire from international cricket.[20] "Yes, I have decided to retire as Pakistan player and my decision is not an emotional one", Yousuf told press agency AFP, "It's of no use playing if my playing is harmful to the team".[20] He was handed over an indefinite ban by the Pakistan Cricket Board for his disciplinary problems on Pakistan's tour of Australia 2009-2010. On 1 August 2010, after Pakistan lost the first Test match against England at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, Yousuf was called back in the squad for the rest of the series.[5] He decided not to play the second test because of tiredness.[21] Shortly after the completion of the second test, Pakistani captain, Salman Butt announced that he expected Yousuf to return for the third test.[22] The selectors decided to play Yousuf in a Tour match against Worcestershire just before the third test so that his form and fitness could be checked [23] Yousuf's form check was positive because on a day inflicted by rain he managed to score 40* [24] Yousuf then scored 56 against England in the 3rd Test before being caught and bowled by Graeme Swann in the process Yousuf became Swann's 100 casualty in Test cricket the day saw a much improved performance by Pakistan as they were eventually bowled out for 308 [25] In the same tour of England that summer he participated in the Twenty20 series as well. Despite being considered an "old boys cricketer" and having participated in only a sole T20I in 2006 and considered one open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com who doesn't slog as often (notable by the low amount of sixes he has scored) Yousuf participated and score 26 of 21 deliveries. His return continued well when he scored 46 in the second ODI against England. He consistently scored during the five-match England series as Pakistan lost 3-2. Yousuf was subsequently selected to play for Pakistan in all three-formats against South Africa in October 2010 [26] he was considered as an option for becoming captain but the captaincy was given Misbah-ul-Haq Yousuf's batting partner Younis Khan however still wasn't selected.[27] Mohammad Yousuf captained his domestic team the Lahore Lions to victory in the 2010-11 Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup the team defeated the Karachi Dolphins comfortably in the final. This was also the first time in five-years that the trophy had gone to someone besides the Sialkot Stallions.[28] Despite his poor fielding skills Yousuf was given the award of fielder of the series. He did however injure is hamstring in training for the series against South Africa in October 2010. Chief Selector Mohsin Khan elected to withdraw Yousuf from the ODI and Twenty-20 squads but said that he should be ready to lay in the Test match series.[29] Yousuf's replacement in the limited-overs squad was Younus Khan who had successfully reconciled with the Pakistan Cricket Board. He managed to regain his fitness and participated in the two-match test series against South Africa [30] Also he managed to regain his fitness quick enough to participate in the final ODI of the five-match series. Yousuf wore a shirt which had his name written on in ink which was against regulations. The match-referee called him and Yousuf stated that because he came for the test series he didn't bring coloured clothing because he didn't think that he would play. Subsequently the ICC cleared him of any wrongdoing [31] Minutes before the toss in the first Test match Yousuf picked up a groin injury. The injury took two weeks to heal and subsequently Yousuf missed the two-match test series [32] Amid his recent spat of injuries former pakistan captain Moin Khan suggested that Yousuf should retire from ODI's and T20's and focus on Tests only due to age and consistent injuries [33]

Statistics [edit]

Career highlights [edit] In November 2006, Yousuf achieved open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com In November 2006, Yousuf achieved the 10th highest ever figure in ICC's test batting rating. His rating of 933 gave him a personal best of 2nd place in the rankings behind Ricky Ponting and was the 3rd highest ranking of any current player as well as the highest for any batsmen from Asia.[34][35][36] Yousuf is the third Pakistani batsmen to surpass 6000 runs in Test cricket, the others being Javed Miandad and [37] Inzamam-ul-Haq. An innings-by-innings breakdow n of Yousuf's Test match batting career, show ing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten He has the second highest Test Match innings (blue line). centuries amongst Pakistani batsmen, currently on 24 and only 1 behind Inzamam-ul-Haq.[38] With his twin hundreds in the Karachi test against West Indies 2006, Mohammad Yousuf became the sixth Pakistani and 30th cricketer in Test cricket to hit a century in each innings of a Test match.[39] He is the third highest run scorer in One-Day Internationals amongst Pakistani batsmen. His average of 44.50 places second out of all Pakistani batsmen, following only Zaheer Abbas (47.62).[40][41] His Test average of 54.86 currently puts him in 10th spot for Test batting averages for players with more than 50 appearances.[42] He has scored a century at International level against all Test playing nations, and also on the shores of all test nations.[43][44] The following tables illustrate a summary of the Test and ODI centuries scored by Mohammad Yousuf.[45][46] In the column Runs, * indicates being not out. The column title Match refers to the Match Number of his career. open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Test match centuries [edit]

Test Centuries of Mohammad Yousuf # Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year [1] 120* 7 Zimbabwe Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 1998 West [2] 115 20 Bridgetown, Barbados Kensington Oval 2000 Indies West [3] 103* 21 St John's, Antigua Antigua Recreation Ground 2000 Indies [4] 124 25 England Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 2000 [5] 117 27 England Karachi, Pakistan National Stadium 2000 New Christchurch, New [6] 203 29 Jade Stadium 2001 Zealand Zealand

[7] 102* 33 Multan, Pakistan Multan Cricket Stadium 2001 Bangladesh Chittagong, [8] 204* 35 Chittagong Stadium 2002 Bangladesh Bangladesh West Sharjah, United Arab [9] 146 36 Sharjah Stadium 2002 Indies Emirates [10] 159 41 Zimbabwe Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Queens Sports Club 2002 [11] 112 49 India Multan, Pakistan Multan Cricket Stadium 2004 [12] 111 55 Australia Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground 2004 [13] 104 58 India Kolkata, India Eden Gardens 2005 [14] 223 62 England Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 2005 [15] 173 63 India Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 2006 open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com [16] 126 64 India Faislabad, Pakistan Iqbal Stadium 2006 [17] 202 67 England London, England Lord's Cricket Ground 2006 Headingley Carnegie [18] 192 69 England Leeds, England 2006 Stadium The BRIT Oval Cricket [19] 128 70 England London, England 2006 Ground West [20] 192 71 Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 2006 Indies West [21] 191 72 Multan, Pakistan Multan Cricket Stadium 2006 Indies

[22] 102 West 73 Karachi, Pakistan National Stadium 2006 [23] 124 Indies [24] 112 80 Sri Lanka Galle, Sri Lanka Galle 2009

One Day International centuries [edit]

ODI Centuries of Mohammad Yousuf # Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year [1] 100 10 Australia Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 1998 West Toronto Cricket, Skating and [2] 104* 26 Toronto, Canada 1999 Indies Curling Club [3] 100* 59 India Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangabandhu Stadium 2000

[4] 112* 91 Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangabandhu Stadium 2002 Bangladesh Sharjah, United Arab [5] 129 100 Sri Lanka Sharjah Stadium 2002 Emirates open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com New [6] 125 101 Karachi, Pakistan National Stadium 2002 Zealand [7] 141* 112 Zimbabwe Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Queens Sports Club 2002 [8] 100* 114 Zimbabwe Harare, Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club 2002

[9] 106 141 Faislabad, Pakistan Iqbal Cricket Stadium 2003 Bangladesh [10] 107* 178 Sri Lanka Karachi, Pakistan National Stadium 2004 West [11] 105 188 Perth, Australia WACA Ground (The WACA) 2005 Indies South [12] 101* 230 Durban, South Africa Sahara Stadium Kingsmead 2007 Africa South [13] 117 244 Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 2007 Africa [14] 108* 256 Zimbabwe Faisalabad, Pakistan Iqbal Stadium 2008

[15] 108* 258 Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 2008 Bangladesh

Career Best Performances [edit] as of 10 October 2010

Batting Bowling Score Fixture Venue Season Score Fixture Venue Season Tests 223 Pakistan v England Lahore 2005 n/a

Pakistan v ODI 141* Pakistan v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 2002 1-0 Kingston 2007 Zimbabwe

T20I 26 Pakistan v England Cardiff 2010 n/a open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com FC 223 Pakistan v England Lahore 2005 n/a Pakistan v LA 141* Pakistan v Zimbabwe Bulawayo 2002 1-0 Kingston 2007 Zimbabwe Lahore Lions v Faisalabad T20 30 Karachi 2006 n/a Wolves

Records [edit]

Test match records in 2006 [edit] Statistically, the year 2006 is said to be the year of Australia, Muttiah Muralitharan and Yousuf. Yousuf scored 1788 runs at an average of 99.88 in 2006 and broke two of Viv Richards's world records.[47]

On 30 November 2006, during the third innings of the final Test It's excellent and between Pakistan and West Indies at Karachi, he surpassed Viv “ slightly unbelievable Richards's thirty year old record and became the highest scorer in what he has achieved. [48] Test matches during a single calendar year. He also broke Nine hundreds in a Zaheer Abbas's record for the most runs made by a Pakistani year and that many batsman in a three-Test series. Abbas made 583 runs against the runs is just [49] visiting Indians in 1978/79. magnificent. He is a Yousuf hit nine test centuries in 2006, which is a world record for very committed player most centuries in a calendar year.[47] and an excellent role Yousuf also equalled the record held by former Australian model, not just for batsman Donald Bradman, by scoring six centuries in successive Pakistan but for young Tests - although it took him only four matches compared with cricketers everywhere. ” [50] Bradman's six. — Former West Indies batsman Brian Lara on Yousuf's achievements.[48] After his 191 at Multan he became the first player in Test history to have been dismissed 3 times in the 190s, with all three innings coming in 2006.[51][52]

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Yousuf was named the Test player of the year at the ICC Awards in 2007.[53]

Early years [edit]

Yousuf hailed from a poor background and was plucked from the obscurity of a tailor's shop in the slums of the eastern city of Lahore to play a local match in the 1990s. His well-crafted shots attracted attention and he rose through the ranks to become one of Pakistan's best batsman.

Conversion to Islam [edit]

Until his conversion to Islam in 2005, Yousuf was the fourth Christian (and fifth Non-Muslim overall) to play for the Pakistan cricket team, following in the footsteps of Wallis Mathias, Antao D'Souza and the Anglo- Pakistani Duncan Sharpe.[2] He also has the distinction of being the first and so far only Non-Muslim to captain the country, leading the team in the 2004-05 tour of Australia where he scored a century in the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He had embraced Islam after attending regular preaching sessions of the Tablighi Jamaat, Pakistan's largest non-political religious grouping, whose preachers include Yousuf's former team-mate Saeed Anwar and his brother. His wife Tania converted along with him and adopted the Islamic name Fatima. However the news was kept private for three months due to family reasons, before his announcement of their conversion publicly in September 2005.[54] [1] "I don't want to give Yousuf my name after what he has done," his mother was quoted as saying by the Daily Times newspaper. "We came to know about his decision when he offered Friday Prayers at a local mosque. It was a shock," his mother was reported as saying. However, Yousuf told the BBC that "I cannot tell you what a great feeling it is."[55] As part of his conversion, Yousuf officially changed his name from Yousuf Youhana to Mohammad Yousuf. Former Pakistan cricketer and sports commentator Rameez Raja, who himself is Muslim, acknowledged the significance of Yousuf's new faith, "Religion has played an integral part in his growth not just as a cricketer but as a person."[48]

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Indian Cricket League [edit] In 2007, after initially signing a contract to join the Indian Cricket League, Yousuf later refused due to pressure from the Pakistan Cricket Board as he would later face a ban by the board. In return the PCB promised to get him into the Indian premier league, however, no team bid for him as he faced litigation from the ICL.[56] In 2008, he once again threatened to join the ICL after the PCB dropped him from their squad. A PCB official was quoted as saying, "We have banned all our cricketers who joined the ICL and if Yousuf also plays for the unauthorised league then he will have to face the same punishment. Yousuf is still our best Test batsman and has a future with the Pakistan team, but not if he joins the ICL. It will be game over for him if he joined the rebel league."[57] Yousuf decided to join the ICL again to play mid-way though the second season.[58] The Pakistan Cricket Board reacted to the news by banning Mohammad Yousuf from the national team after he rejoined the ICL.[59] Yousaf's chances to return to Pakistani cricket improved on February 2, 2009 when a Pakistani court suspended the ban on ICL players.[60] Pakistan Cricket Board recalled batsman Mohammad Yousuf to the squad for their July 2009 Test series in Sri Lanka. Yousuf ended his association with the unsanctioned Indian Cricket League (ICL) in early May, in the hope of earning a recall for his country. His decision to join the ICL was made because of differences with former captain Shoaib Malik, who has since been replaced by Younus Khan.[14] In July 2009, on his first match after returning to Test Cricket since 2007, Yousuf scored a century to announce his return to cricket.

References [edit]

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Saqlain Mushtaq From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia born December 29, Saqlain Mushtaq) (ﺛﻘﻠﻴﻦ ﻣﺸﺘﺎﻕ :Main page Saqlain Mushtaq (Urdu Contents 1976 in Lahore, Punjab) is a Pakistani cricketer, Featured content regarded as one of the finest off spin bowlers of all [1] Current events time. He is best known for pioneering the "doosra", Random article which he employed to great effect during his career. Donate to Wikipedia Saqlain has not been active in international cricket since 2004. Interaction Help Contents [hide] About Wikipedia 1 Career Community portal 1.1 Domestic career Recent changes 2 Playing style Contact Wikipedia 3 The Teesra (or Jalebi) 4 Records and achievements Toolbox 5 Personal life Print/export 6 References

Languages 7 External links বাংলা Personal information Career [edit] Full name Saqlain Mushtaq Born 29 December 1976 (age 34) Saqlain made his international debut in September 1995 open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Saqlain made his international debut in September 1995 Lahore, Pakistan [2] playing against Sri Lanka at Peshawar. He picked up Nickname Saqi four wickets at an average of 26.75 in the first test of the Batting style Right-handed series.[3] The highlight of his Test career came in the Bow ling style Right arm off break away series against India in January/February 1999, International information where he achieved his first ten wicket haul in a test National side Pakistan match.[4] In the first test, with India needing only 17 runs Test debut (cap 134) 8 September 1995 v Sri Lanka to win, Saqlain effectively sealed Pakistan's win by Last Test 1 April 2004 v India taking the wicket of Sachin Tendulkar who had scored 136.[5] He ended the series with excellent figures, taking ODI debut (cap 103) 29 September 1995 v Sri Lanka twenty wickets at an average of 20.15, which earned him Last ODI 7 October 2003 v South Africa the Man of the Series award.[6][7] Domestic team information Years Team Domestic career [edit] 1994–2004 Pakistan Intl. Airlines 1994–1998 Islamabad Saqlain represented Surrey for eight successive seasons, from 1997 to 2004. However, his time there 1997–2008 Surrey was interrupted and his international career with Pakistan 2003–2004 Lahore effectively ended when he suffered a serious knee injury 2007 Sussex in 2004.[8] Career statistics Competition Test ODI FC LA In August 2005, he played his first match after recovering Matches 49 169 194 323 from injury against Bangladesh A, and took 4-87 from 35 overs bowled over two innings.[9] However that same Runs scored 927 711 3,405 1,339 week, in his return to the County Championship, he Batting average 14.48 11.85 16.69 11.64 conceded 110 off 28 overs against Gloucestershire, 100s/50s 1/2 0/0 1/14 0/0 taking just one wicket.[10] Top score 101* 37* 101* 38* Balls bowled 14,070 8,770 44,634 16,062 In February 2006, he signed for Ireland for the C&G Wickets 208 288 833 478 Trophy, along with fellow team mate Abdul Razzaq.[8][11] Bowling average 29.83 21.78 23.56 23.55 Later in February 2007, Sussex announced that Saqlain 5 wickets in innings 13 6 60 7 had signed a two-year contract with them. His initial 10 wickets in match 3 n/a 15 n/a open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com 10 wickets in match 3 n/a 15 n/a requirement was to cover for fellow Pakistanis, Mushtaq Best bowling 8/164 5/20 8/65 5/20 Ahmed and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan who were part of Catches/stumpings 15/– 40/– 67/– 80/– Pakistan's World Cup campaign.[12] On 26 September Source: Cricinf o , 8 December 2009 2007, Saqlain was released by the county on his request. On 8 October 2007 Saqlain was re-signed by Surrey.[13] On 28 October, according to Cricinfo, he was released by Surrey. In April 2009 he joined Old Whigiftians CC[14] to play in the Surrey Championship. He took 64 wickets in a very destructive first season, including five 5WH to earn Whits promotion to the first division. He was also heavily involved in the youth setup. In 2010, after relocating to Leicestershire, he joined Syston Town Cricket Club, playing in the Everards County League.[15] In late 2010, he was training in Taunton at the facilities of Somerset County Cricket Club, whom he has now joined as a temporary spin-bowling coach for the 2011 Caribbean Twenty20 competition.[16]

Playing style [edit]

Saqlain is credited with the invention of the "doosra", an off-spinner's delivery which is bowled with an action very similar to that of an off-break.[8] However, it spins in the opposite direction (i.e. from the leg side to the off side), easily confusing batsmen, making it a very effective weapon.[17] Saqlain became well-known for this variation ball, which was integral to his success, although he received criticism for overusing it.[2] His other variation was the arm-ball, which again uses a similar action to the off-break, but causes the ball to go straight on without turning.[citation needed] During his time at Surrey, Saqlain worked on developing new deliveries which he calls the "teesra" and the "chotha".[18] However little else is known about these deliveries.

The Teesra (or Jalebi) [edit]

Saqlain signed up to play for Lahore Badshahs in the Indian Cricket League during which in a match against the Chennai Superstars he introduced what is known in South Asia as 'jalebi' and in the rest of the world as open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com the 'teesra'. The delivery in when and off-spinner grips the bowl like he normally does, he bowls the deliver and it looks like it's going to spin a mile but it doesn't spin at all. This makes the batsman more confused as they will become puzzled in which to think will the ball spin or not. It is just like a leg-spinner when they bowl a Flipper. The name teesra came because Saqlain had already invented the doosra which means the other one and that the teesra means the third one. The name Jalebi was used initially by commentators during the ICL and know it has became widespread [19]

Records and achievements [edit]

Saqlain was selected as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 2000.[2] A statistcal analysis conducted by Wisden in 2003 revealed Saqlain as the all-time greatest ODI spinner, and sixth greatest of all ODI bowlers.[1] Was the fastest to reach the milestones of 100, 150, 200 and 250 wickets in ODIs.[20] He is the only spinner to have taken a hat-trick in an ODI, and one of only three bowlers to have taken two ODI hat tricks (Wasim Akram and Chaminda Vaas being the others),[21] the second of which was only the second hat-trick in a World Cup match.[22][23]

Personal life [edit]

Saqlain spent almost three years out of cricket,[12] actively promoting the religion of Islam in local communities. After marrying a British citizen, Saqlain gained a British passport, which made him eligible to play for England after a four-year qualification period that ended in April 2008.[24]

References [edit]

1. ^ a b All-time W100 ODI Top 10s : Cricinfo.com Retrieved 26 April 2007. 2. ^ a b c Saqlain Mustaq - Player Profile : Cricinfo.com Retrieved 25 February 2007. 3. ^ Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 1995/96, 1st Test : Cricinfo.com Retrieved 27 April 2007. 4. ^ Statsguru - Saqlain Mushtaq - Test Bowling - Series averages : Cricinfo.com Retrieved 27 April 2007. open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com 5. ^ Pakistan in India, 1998/99, 1st Test : Cricinfo.com Retrieved 27 April 2007 6. ^ Test Series 1998/99 Averages, India v Pakistan : Cricinfo.com Retrieved 27 April 2007. 7. ^ Pakistan in India, 1998/99, 2nd Test : Cricinfo.com Retrieved 27 April 2007. 8. ^ a b c Saqlain signs for Ireland : Cricinfo.com Retrieved 26 February 2007. 9. ^ Surrey v Bangladesh A scorecard : Cricinfo.com Retrieved 26 February 2007. 10. ^ Surrey v Gloucestershire scorecard : BBC Sport Retrieved 26 February 2007. 11. ^ Abdul Razzaq signs for Ireland : Cricinfo.com Retrieved 26 February 2007. 12. ^ a b Sussex swoop for spinner Saqlain : BBC Sport Retrieved 26 February 2007. 13. ^ Saqlain returns to Surrey , Cricinfo.com, Retrieved 8 October 2007 14. ^ Old Whitgiftians CC 29 April 2009 15. ^ "Cricket: Test star Saqlain Mushtaq joins Syston Town ", Leicester Mercury, 23 April 2010, retrieved 2010-04-25 16. ^ http://www.somersetcountycc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/Newsdetail/0,,11333~2259695,00.html 17. ^ What is a doosra? : BBC Sport Retrieved 25 February 2007. 18. ^ What is the 'doosra'? : BBC Sport Retrieved 25 February 2007. 19. ^ The world discovers the teesra/jalebi 20. ^ ODIs: Fastest to reach multiples of 50 ODI Wickets : Cricinfo.com Retrieved 25 February 2007. 21. ^ One Day Internationals - Hat Tricks : Cricinfo.com Retrieved 25 February 2007. 22. ^ ICC World Cup - 37th match, Super Sixes, Pakistan v Zimbabwe . Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 19 June 2008. 23. ^ June 11 down the years . Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 19 June 2008. 24. ^ Saqlain considers England option . Cricinfo Retrieved on 16 July 2007.

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Saeed Anwar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia born September 6, 1968 Saeed Anwar ,ﺳﻌﻴﺪ اﻧﻮﺭ :Main page Saeed Anwar (Urdu Contents in Karachi, Pakistan) is a former Pakistani opening [[Image: |230px|]] Featured content batsman. A left-hander, Anwar is most notable for Current events scoring 194 runs against India in Chennai in 1997, the Random article previous highest and now the second highest joint Donate to Wikipedia individual score in a One Day International. India's Sachin Tendulkar overtook Anwar's record, when he scored 200* Interaction against South Africa on February 24, 2010.[1][2] Help About Wikipedia Contents [hide] Community portal 1 Personal life Recent changes 2 Career Contact Wikipedia 3 Records 4 Centuries scored by Saeed Anwar Toolbox 4.1 One Day International centuries Print/export 4.2 Test Cricket centuries

Languages 5 See also 6 References हद 7 External links ﭘﻨﺠﺎﺑﯽ த Saeed Anwar open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com த Personal life [edit] లుగు Personal information اﺭدو Saeed Anwar graduated from NED University, Karachi in Full name Saeed Anw ar 1989 and is an engineer by profession. He was planning Born 6 September 1968 (age 42) to go to the United States for his Master's studies before Karachi, Sind, Pakistan becoming a professional test Cricketer. Batting style Left-handed He faced a personal tragedy in 2001, when his daughter Bow ling style Slow left arm orthodox died after a prolonged illness.[3] As a result he turned to International information religion and was seen as the turning point to the National side Pakistan Pakistani cricket team's Islamisation that was eventually Test debut (cap 120) 23 November 1990 v West Indies criticised for Pakistan's failure to live up to its high Last Test 31 August 2001 v Bangladesh expectations.[4] He made his return to Cricket after a ODI debut (cap 68) 1 January 1989 v West Indies long hiatus and was one of the most consistent Last ODI 4 March 2003 v Zimbabw e Pakistani batsmen in the 2003 World Cup. Career statistics On August 15, 2003, he announced his retirement from Competition Test ODI FC LA Cricket after he was dropped from the squad for the Matches 55 247 146 325 upcoming One-Day International tournament in Runs scored 4,052 8,824 10,169 11,223 Sharjah.[5] He devoted his life to preaching Islam across Batting average 45.52 39.21 45.19 37.91 Pakistan with the Tablighi Jamaat. He led the funeral 100s/50s 11/25 20/43 30/51 26/54 prayers for his ex team mate Wasim Akram's spouse, Top score 188* 194 221 194 [6] Huma Akram, in Lahore. Balls bowled 48 242 653 858

Wickets 0 6 9 31 [edit] Career Bowling average – 31.83 45.77 20.80

An opening 5 wickets in innings – 0 0 0 [Anw ar] used an eclectic approach to batsman 10 wickets in match – n/a – n/a batting – classical betrothed to capable of Best bowling – 2/9 3/83 4/39 unorthodox, footw ork against spin as Catches/stumpings 18/– 42/– 65/– 64/– quick as a hiccup, and w rists supple yet annihilating any pow erful to brush the field like a Picasso. bowling attack Source: Cricinf o , 31 January 2010 on his day, open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Ramiz Raja, 2010.[7] on his day, Anwar was an attacking batsman in one-day matches and once settled in Test matches, scored quickly and all over the field. His success came from good timing and wrist flicks rather than physical power, and Anwar became famous for his trademark flick. He was able to lift a ball that had pitched outside off stump for six over midwicket. Anwar's timing and ability to score quick runs made him a crowd favourite. He was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1997. Anwar was the first Pakistani batsman to score a century against India on Indian soil in a one-day match. He has the highest Test batting average (59.06) of any Pakistani against Australia, and once scored three consecutive centuries against them. He scored a classic century against South Africa in Durban, which allowed Pakistan to win a Test match for the first time in South Africa. On May 21, 1997 in Chennai, Anwar scored 194 against India in an ODI match.[8] Charles Coventry equalled the feat on August 16, 2009, against Bangladesh.[9] This was the highest individual score by any batsman in the world till Sachin Tendulkar scored an unbeaten 200 against South Africa on February 24, 2010. Anwar is a member of the exclusive club of batsmen who have scored three successive hundreds in ODIs, with hundreds against Sri Lanka, West Indies and Sri Lanka during the 1993–94 Champions Trophy in Sharjah. He scored two successive hundreds on three other occasions in his career, and was the first batsman to complete this feat in ODIs.[10]

Records [edit]

Anwar (194) and Charles Coventry (194*) shared the record for highest individual score in an ODI match until it was overtaken by India's Sachin Tendulkar (200*) against South Africa on February 24, 2010. Anwar has scored two or more successive hundreds on four occasions. He holds the highest Test batting average (59.06) of any Pakistani against Australia in Test matches, and open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com made 20 hundreds in One Day Internationals as a Pakistan opening batsman. Saeed Anw ar's career performance graph.

Centuries scored by Saeed [edit] Anwar

One Day International centuries [edit] In the column Runs, * indicates being not out The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

One Day International centuries of Saeed Anwar Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year [1] 126 12 Sri Lanka Adelaide, Australia Adelaide Oval 1990 [2] 126 20 New Zealand Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 1990 Sharjah Cricket Association [3] 110 34 Sri Lanka Sharjah, UAE 1993 Stadium Sharjah Cricket Association [4] 107 39 Sri Lanka Sharjah, UAE 1993 Stadium Sharjah Cricket Association [5] 131 40 West Indies Sharjah, UAE 1993 Stadium Sharjah Cricket Association [6] 111 41 Sri Lanka Sharjah, UAE 1993 Stadium [7] 104* 65 Australia Rawalpindi, Pakistan Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium 1994 [8] 103* 76 Zimbabwe Harare, Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club 1995 Sharjah Cricket Association [9] 104* 92 New Zealand Sharjah, UAE 1996 Stadium Sharjah Cricket Association [10] 112 93 Sri Lanka Sharjah, UAE 1996 open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com [10] 112 93 Sri Lanka Sharjah, UAE 1996 Stadium [11] 194 101 India Chennai, India MA Chidambaram Stadium 1997 [12] 108* 116 West Indies Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 1997 Sharjah Cricket Association [13] 104 119 India Sharjah, UAE 1997 Stadium Bangabandhu National [14] 140 125 India Dhaka, Bangladesh 1998 Stadium [15] 103 158 Zimbabwe London, United Kingdom Kennington Oval 1999 Manchester, United [16] 113* 159 New Zealand Old Trafford Cricket Ground 1999 Kingdom [17] 105* 190 Sri Lanka Nairobi, Kenya Gymkhana Club Ground 2000 [18] 104 191 New Zealand Nairobi, Kenya Gymkhana Club Ground 2000 [19] 101 246 India Centurion, South Africa Centurion Park 2003

Test Cricket centuries [edit] In the column Runs, * indicates being not out The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

Test Cricket centuries of Saeed Anwar Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year [1] 169 3 New Zealand Wellington, New Zealand Basin Reserve 1994 [2] 136 5 Sri Lanka Colombo, Sri Lanka P Saravanamuttu Stadium 1994 [3] 176 17 England London, United Kingdom The Oval 1996 Rawalpindi Cricket [4] 107 21 New Zealand Rawalpindi, Pakistan 1996 Stadium [5] 118 28 South Africa Durban, South Africa Kingsmead 1998 open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com [5] 118 28 South Africa Durban, South Africa Kingsmead 1998 Rawalpindi Cricket [6] 145 32 Australia Rawalpindi, Pakistan 1998 Stadium [7] 126 33 Australia Peshawar, Pakistan Arbab Niaz Stadium 1998 [8] 188* 38 India Kolkata, India Eden Gardens 1999 [9] 119 41 Australia Brisbane, Australia Brisbane Cricket Ground 1999 Galle International [10] 123 47 Sri Lanka Galle, Sri Lanka 2000 Stadium [11] 101 55 Bangladesh Multan, Pakistan Multan Cricket Stadium 2001

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Inzamam-ul-Haq — Story of Arrival to International Cricket Guardian Interview with Inzamam - Ball Tampering Scandal Retirement Announcement open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Farewell and Tribute to Inzamam-ul-Haq Dazzling, delicate; a reassuring presence - Cricinfo

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Javed Miandad ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺟﺎﻭﯾﺪ :Main page Mohammad Javed Miandad Khan (Urdu born June 12, 1957), popularly known as Javed Personal information) ( ﻣﻴﺎﻧﺪاد Contents is a former Pakistani Full name Mohammad Javed Miandad Khan (ﺟﺎﻭﯾﺪ ﻣﻴﺎﻧﺪاد :Featured content Miandad (Urdu Current events cricketer who played between 1975-1996. He is the Born 12 June 1957 (age 53) Random article Pakistan's leading run scorer in Test cricket. He has Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan Donate to Wikipedia served as a captain of the Pakistan national cricket Batting style Right-handed team. He is widely known for his big Six against India in Bow ling style Right arm leg-break Interaction [1] 1986 where 4 runs were required out of 1 ball. After his Role Batsman Help playing career, he has remained the coach of Pakistan International information About Wikipedia cricket team at various occasions, as well as held Community portal National side Pakistan positions in the Pakistan Cricket Board. He had three Recent changes Test debut 9 October 1976 v New Zealand coaching stints with the Pakistan national team. Contact Wikipedia Last Test 16 December 1993 v Zimbabw e Contents [hide] ODI debut 11 June 1975 v West Indies Toolbox Last ODI 9 March 1996 v India 1 Early life Print/export 2 Career Domestic team information Years Team Languages 2.1 Last ball six 1975-1991 Habib Bank Limited 2.2 Coaching and commentary বাংলা 1980-1985 Glamorgan Deutsch 3 Personal life 1976-1979 Sussex मराठ 4 Records & achievements Career statistics open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Career statistics Centuries by Javed Miandad 5 اﺭدﻭ 5.1 One Day International Centuries Competition Test ODI FC LA 5.2 Test Cricket International Centuries Matches 124 233 402 439 6 References Runs scored 8,832 7,381 28,663 13,973

6.1 External links Batting average 52.57 41.70 53.37 42.60

100s/50s 23/43 8/50 80/139 13/101 Early life [edit] Top score 280* 117* 311 152* Balls bowled 1,470 297 12,690 830

Javed Miandad was born in Karachi, Sindh in 1957. Javed Wickets 17 7 191 18 Miandad attended schools and college in Karachi. His Bowling average 40.11 42.42 34.06 34.05 parents escaped from Ahmedabad (Gujarat), India from 5 wickets in innings – – 6 – Hindu-Muslim riots in 1947 after the independence of 10 wickets in match – n/a n/a n/a India.[citation needed] Javed Miandad is a Tyagi Best bowling 3/74 2/22 7/39 3/20 (Muslim).[citation needed] Catches/stumpings 93/1 71/2 341/3 142/2 Career [edit] Source: CricketArchiv e , 10 March 2009

Miandad made his Test debut against New Zealand at Lahore on October 9, 1976. He scored 163 in this match, to become the youngest player at the time to do so at an age of 19 years and 119 days.[2] In the same series he scored a double century, and on his way broke George Headley's 47 year record, to become the youngest player to achieve the feat.[3] Miandad made his One Day International debut against the West Indies at Edgbaston, Birmingham in the Cricket World Cup 1975. Miandad's inclusion in the Pakistan team was itself an achievement. A formidable batting line-up of Majid Khan, Sadiq Muhammad, Zaheer Abbas, Asif Iqbal, Mushtaq Muhammad and Wasim Raja was hard to create any replacements, but Miandad's raw talent made it possible and he becoem an integral part of Pakistan's strong batting line. Javed Miandad played 124 Test matches, batting in 189 innings. His aggregate of 8,832 Test runs is a Pakistani record. Even though his test career spanned 17 years, he failed to make it into the top-most category of batsmen with test aggregates of over 10,000 runs.[4] Miandad's 23 centuries and 43 fifties were Pakistani national records, until they were broken by Inzamam-ul-Haq. Miandad's Test career batting open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com average of 52.57 is among the highest for Pakistani batsmen. He scored six double centuries which is the most by a Pakistani and 6th overall.[5] He made his highest score of 280 not out against India. Javed Miandad is the only player to have played in six World Cups, the first six, from 1975 to 1996.

Last ball six [edit] In 1986 Austral-Asia Cup Final, Pakistan needed four runs from last ball to win from India. Javed Miandad was on the strike, he received a leg side full toss which he hit for a six to win the Cup for Pakistan. India by virtue of splendid half centuries of Sunil Gavaskar, Srikant and Dilip Vengsarkar posted 245. Imran Khan took 3 and Wasim Akram took 2 wickets. Pakistan's start was not good with only Mohsin Khan managed 36. When Saleem Malikwas dismissed fourth at 110, Imran Khan promoted Abdul Qadirin the batting order ahead of himself and the decision paid off with a partnership of 71. In last 10 overs Pakistan required 81 runs. Imran Khan, Manzoor Elahi and Wasim Akram were dismissed cheaply. Miandad at the other end kept his cool with controled hitting. Last over was bowled by Chetan Sharma. On the penultimate ball Miandad was and Tauseef scampered through for single to get Miandad back on strike. Chetan Sharma bowled an unexpected full-toss which was hoisted over Mid-wicket fence for six to get Pakistan through.

Coaching and commentary [edit] As a coach, Javed Miandad guided Pakistan to test victories in the Asia Cup and in India during 1998-99 season, when Wasim Akram was captain. Miandad also later assisted with coaching Pakistani batsmen.[citation needed] Following this he was offered broadcasting and coaching positions in India.[6] Also in November 2010 it was being planned to give Miandad a role as a batting coach. [7]

Personal life [edit]

Javed Miandad married Tahira Saigol in 1980. He has two sons and a daughter.[citation needed] He had three brothers play first-class cricket in Pakistan: Anwar, Sohail and Bashir. His son, Junaid, is married to Interpol-wanted terrorist and gangster Dawood Ibrahim's daughter, Mahrukh.[8][9][10]

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With an ODI career spanning from 11 June 1975 to 9 March 1996 (20 years and 272 days), Miandad holds the world record for the longest ODI career.[11] Miandad was amongst the three Pakistani players to have his name in the Hall of Fame at Lords. Miandad is the only cricketer to appear in six World Cup competitions.[12]

In 1982, Wisden named him as one of the Javed Miandad's career performance graph. cricketers of the year.[13] Javed Miandad scored 1083 runs in 33 matches and 6 World Cup tournaments.[12] He was also declared the 44th best Cricketer of all time in ESPN Legend Of Cricket. Miandad holds the world record for the maximum number of consecutive half centuries in One Day Internationals- 9 [14]

Centuries by Javed Miandad [edit]

One Day International Centuries [edit] In the column Runs, * indicates being not out The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

One Day International Centuries of Javed Miandad Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year [1] 106* 36 India Gujranwala, Pakistan Municipal Stadium 1982 open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com [2] 119* 38 India Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 1982 Sharjah Cricket [3] 116* 95 India Sharjah, UAE 1986 Association Stadium [4] 113 117 England London, United Kingdom The Oval 1987 [5] 103 120 Sri Lanka Hyderabad, Pakistan Niaz Stadium 1987 [6] 100* 131 West Indies Georgetown, Guyana Bourda 1988 [7] 115* 182 Sri Lanka Hyderabad, Pakistan Niaz Stadium 1992 [8] 107 204 South Africa East London, South Africa Buffalo Park 1993

Test Cricket International Centuries [edit] In the column Runs, * indicates being not out The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

Test Centuries of Javed Miandad Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year [1] 163 1 New Zealand Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 1976 [2] 154* 13 India Faisalabad, Pakistan Iqbal Stadium 1978 [3] 100 16 India Lahore, Pakistan National Stadium 1978 Christchurch, New [4] 160* 17 New Zealand Lancaster Park 1979 Zealand [5] 129* 21 Australia Perth, Australia WACA Ground 1979 [6] 106* 28 Australia Faisalabad, Pakistan Iqbal Stadium 1980 [7] 138 45 Australia Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 1982 [8] 126 48 India Faisalabad, Pakistan Iqbal Stadium 1983 [9] 280* 49 India Hyderabad, Pakistan Niaz Stadium 1983 open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com [10] 131 57 Australia Adelaide, Australia Adelaide Oval 1983 [11] 104 63 New Zealand Hyderabad, Pakistan Niaz Stadium 1984 [12] 103* [13] 203* 68 Sri Lanka Faisalabad, Pakistan Iqbal Stadium 1985

References [edit]

1. ^ http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4559245691155972882# 2. ^ Cricinfo - Youngest players to score a hundred 3. ^ Cricinfo - Youngest players to score a double hundred 4. ^ Cricinfo - Most runs in a Test career 5. ^ Cricinfo - Most double hundreds in a Test career 6. ^ Pakistan Times - News coverage - July 16, 2004 7. ^ http://www.thenews.com.pk/27-11-2010/Sports/17467.htm 8. ^ Profile: INTERPOL Wanted page for Dawood Ibrahim 9. ^ Profile: India's fugitive gangster 10. ^ Profile: US-Dawood Ibrahim is a global terrorist 11. ^ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Individual records (captains, players, umpires) / Longest careers" . cricinfo. Retrieved 2009-11-10. 12. ^ a b Cricinfo Worldcup Records - Most Runs 13. ^ http://content.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/209422.html 14. ^ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Fifties in consecutive innings" . cricinfo. Retrieved 2009-11-10.

External links [edit] Player Profile: Javed Miandad from Cricinfo

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Abdul Qadir (cricketer) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Main page Not to be confused with Abdul Kadir (cricketer). born Abdul Qadir) (ﻋﺒﺪ اﻟﻘﺎدﺭ ﺧﺎﻥ :Contents Abdul Qadir Khan (Urdu Featured content September 15, 1955 in Lahore, Punjab) is a former Personal information Current events Pakistani international cricketer, later commentator and Full name Abdul Qadir Khan Random article was recently the Chief Selector of Pakistan Cricket Born 15 September 1955 (age 55) Donate to Wikipedia Board. He resigned from the post because of his Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan differences with the top brass of Pakistan cricket board. Interaction Batting style Right-handed batsman (RHB) His main role was as a leg spin bowler. Help Bow ling style Right-arm Leg spin (RLS) About Wikipedia Role Bow ler Contents [hide] Community portal Career statistics 1 Playing career Recent changes Competition Tests ODIs 2 Teams Contact Wikipedia Matches 67 104 2.1 International Toolbox 2.2 Pakistani first-class Runs scored 1029 641 3 Career highlights Batting average 15.59 15.26 Print/export 3.1 Tests 100s/50s 0/3 0/0 Languages 3.2 One-day internationals Top score 61 41* मराठ 3.3 First-class Balls bowled 2854.2 850 List A Limited Overs Wickets 236 132 3.4 اﺭدﻭ 4 External links and references Bowling average 32.80 26.16 open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com 5 wickets in innings 15 2 Playing career [edit] 10 wickets in match 5 n/a Best bowling 9/56 5/44

Abdul Qadir made his first-class debut in the Pakistan Catches/stumpings 15c 21c

local competition during the 1975/76 season and, within Source: Cricinf o , Nov ember 2 1993 two years, his Test debut on his home ground in Lahore against England in December 1977. Natural talent combined with aggression and passion made Qadir one of the most successful spinners of his era. He had a distinct run-up, bounding in to the crease, and a great variety of deliveries: there was the orthodox leg-break, the topspinner, two googlies and the flipper. He was unique for bowling leg spin at a time when it was not only rare but considered obsolete, and he kept the torch alight for a generation of leg spinners. His fervent appeals made him a great favourite with the spectators but sometimes got him into trouble with umpires. Qadir's second Test series, in England in 1978, was an injury-plagued let-down, but he was a strong and established force by his return in 1982, when his six wickets in the Lord's Test played a major role in a historic Pakistani victory. In 1982/83, Qadir picked up 22 wickets in just three Tests as Pakistan made a clean sweep of its home rubber against Australia. Qadir became the first bowler to take 100 wickets in a Pakistani season. He was enormously popular with Australian crowds. Qadir took nineteen wickets in three Tests the following season as Pakistan cruised to its first-ever series triumph over England. At the Kennington Oval in 1987, his ten-wicket haul ensured another series win, this time in England. Three months later, Qadir brought his art to an all new level, taking nine for 56 (an innings record for a Pakistani bowler in Test cricket) and four for 45 in a Test against England at Lahore. During this crusade, he moved past the 200-wicket mark, becoming the first man from his country ever to do so. Qadir played first-class cricket for twenty years, finishing with 960 wickets at the bowling average of 23.24. He was not shy of authority and frequently rebelled against it. His bowling and character are among the most zealous ever known in Test cricket. open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Teams [edit]

International [edit] Pakistan

Pakistani first-class [edit] Habib Bank Limited Lahore Punjab

Career highlights [edit]

Tests [edit] Test Debut: vs England, Lahore, 1977/78 Last Test: vs West Indies, Lahore, 1990/91 Qadir's best Test batting score of 61 was made against England, Karachi, 1987/88 His best Test bowling figures of 9 for 56 came against England, Lahore, 1987/88

One-day internationals [edit] ODI Debut: vs New Zealand, Birmingham, 1983 World Cup Last ODI: vs Sri Lanka, Sharjah, 1993/94 Qadir's best ODI batting score of 41 not out was made against New Zealand, Birmingham, 1983 World Cup His best ODI bowling figures of 5 for 44 came against Sri Lanka, Leeds, 1983 World Cup His ODI captaincy record: 5 matches, 1 win, 4 losses

First-class [edit] open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Qadir's best first-class batting score was 112 His best first-class bowling figures were 9 for 49

List A Limited Overs [edit] Qadir's best List A batting score was 41 not out His best List A bowling figures were 5 for 31

External links and references [edit]

Cricinfo player profile of Abdul Qadir HowSTAT! statistical profile of Abdul Qadir Fan site on Abdul Qadir

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Zaheer Abbas From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Zaheer Abbas ﺳﻴﺪ ﻇﻴﺮ ﻋﺒﺎﺱ :Main page Syed Zaheer Abbas Kirmani (Urdu born 24 July 1947, Sialkot), popularly known as),(ﮐﺮﻣﺎﻧﯽ Contents Personal information Featured content Zaheer Abbas is a former Pakistani cricketer, regarded Full name Syed Zaheer Abbas Kirmani Current events as one of the finest batsman produced by that country. He is widely known as the "Asian Bradman",[1][2][3] a Born 24 July 1947 (age 63) Random article Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan Donate to Wikipedia reference to former Australian great Sir Donald Bradman. He is among few professional cricketers who used to Batting style Right-handed batsman Interaction wear spectacles. Bow ling style Right-arm offbreak Help Test debut (cap 63) October 24 1969 v New Zealand About Wikipedia Contents [hide] ODI debut (cap 13) August 31 1974 v England Community portal 1 Career Career statistics Recent changes 2 Career highlights Competition Test ODI FC

Contact Wikipedia 2.1 Test centuries Matches 78 62 459 2.2 One Day International centuries Toolbox Runs scored 5062 2572 34843 3 References Batting average 44.79 47.62 51.54 Print/export 4 External links 100s/50s 12/20 7/13 108/158

Languages Top score 274 123 274 ગુજરાતી Career [edit] Balls bowled 370 280 2582 मराठ Wickets 3 7 30 Abbas made his Test match debut in 1969, and in his Bowling average 44.00 31.85 38.20 second Test he scored 274 against England, still the open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com second Test he scored 274 against England, still the 5 wickets in innings - - 1 fourth ever highest score by a Pakistani batsman. This 10 wickets in match - - - was the first of four double-centuries Abbas made; only Best bowling 2/21 2/26 5/15 ten men have scored more.[4] The last of his four Test double-centuries was an innings of 215 against India in Catches/stumpings 34/- 16/- 278/- 1983, the first of three centuries in consecutive Tests, Source: CricketArchiv e , 6 Nov ember 2005 and his hundredth first-class century; Abbas and Geoffrey Boycott are the only two batsmen to have scored their hundredth first-class century in a Test match.[5] Abbas, fondly called the 'Run Machine', also had great success in first-class cricket, and is the only Asian batsman to have scored one hundred first class centuries.[6] He had a long stint with Gloucestershire county club; joining the county in 1972, he remained there for thirteen years. During Zaheer Abbas's career performance graph. that time he scored over a thousand runs in the majority of his thirteen seasons. He also made over two thousand runs in a single season on two occasions for the club (1976 and 1981). During those thirteen years at Gloucestershire, he played 206 First Class games, scoring over 16,000 runs. He averaged 49.79, hitting 49 hundreds and 76 fifties. Sunil Gavaskar, the former Indian Test captain, once said while commentating that the Indian players would often say to Zaheer, "Zaheer Abbas karo", which means "Zaheer, stop it now" in Urdu and Hindi, referring to Abbas' free scoring. He remains second on the list of all-time ICC ODI batting rankings.[7] Abbas had two stints as captain of the national team in 1981 and 1984. He retired from international cricket in 1985, and has officiated as a match referee in one Test and three ODI matches. He has also worked as the manager of the national team

Career highlights [edit]

open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Test centuries [edit]

Zaheer Abbas's Test Centuries Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year [1] 274 2 England Birmingham, England Edgbaston Cricket Ground 1971 [2] 240 15 England London, England The Oval 1974 [3] 101 21 Australia Adelaide, Australia Adelaide Oval 1976 [4] 176 27 India Faislabad, Pakistan Iqbal Stadium 1978 [5] 235* 28 India Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 1978 [6] 135 31 New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand Eden Park 1979 [7] 134 46 Sri Lanka Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 1982 [8] 126 51 Australia Faislabad, Pakistan Iqbal Stadium 1982 [9] 215 53 India Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 1982 [10] 186 54 India Karachi, Pakistan National Stadium 1982 [11] 168 55 India Faislabad, Pakistan Iqbal Stadium 1983 [12] 168* 70 India Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 1984

One Day International centuries [edit]

Zaheer Abbas's One Day International Centuries Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year [1] 108 20 Australia Sydney, Australia Sydney Cricket Ground 1981 [2] 123 26 Sri Lanka Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 1982 [3] 109 31 Australia Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 1982 [4] 118 34 India Multan, Pakistan Multan Cricket Stadium 1982 open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com [5] 105 35 India Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 1982 [6] 113 36 India Karachi, Pakistan National Stadium 1983 [7] 103* 42 New Zealand Nottingham, England Trent Bridge 1983

References [edit]

1. ^ "Zaheer Abbas Profile" . Yahoo! Cricket. Retrieved 2010-08-12. 2. ^ "And the man played on... And on" . Cricket365. Retrieved 2010-08-12. 3. ^ "Zaheer Abbas: The Asian Bradman" . Cricinfo. March 6, 2001. Retrieved 2010-08-12. 4. ^ Test Records - Most double hundreds in a career 5. ^ Pakistan v India at Lahore, 1982 6. ^ Most centuries in First Class cricket 7. ^ LG ICC Cricket Rankings

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Player Profile: Zaheer Abbas from Cricinfo

Sporting positions Preceded by Pakistan Cricket Captain Succeeded by Javed Miandad 1981-1982 Imran Khan

Preceded by Pakistan Cricket Captain Succeeded by Sarfraz Nawaz 1984-1985 Imran Khan Awards and achievements

Preceded by PCA Player of the Year Succeeded by Barry Stead 1975 Peter Lee

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v ∙ d ∙ e squad – World Series Cricket [show ]

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Sarfraz Nawaz (ﺳﺮﻓﺮﺍﺯ ﻧﻮﺍﺯ ﻣﻠﮏ :Main page Sarfraz Nawaz Malik (Punjabi, Urdu Contents (born December 1, 1948, Lahore, Punjab) is a former Featured content Pakistani Test cricketer and politician who discovered Current events reverse swing and was instrumental in Pakistan's first [1] Random article Test series victories over India and England. Between Donate to Wikipedia 1969 and 1984 he played 55 Tests and 45 One Day Internationals and was Imran Khan's regular new ball Interaction partner. In 1978-79 he famously took 9/86 against Help Australia at Melbourne, including a spell of 7/1 off 33 About Wikipedia balls when they were 77 runs short of victory, but in the Community portal next Test at Perth Sarfraz controversially dismissed the Recent changes Australian batsman Andrew Hilditch for handling the ball. Contact Wikipedia Personal information Contents [hide] Full name Sarfraz Naw az Malik Toolbox 1 Early career Born 1 December 1948 (age 62) Print/export 2 Australia 1978-79 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan Batting style Right-handed Languages 3 Later career 4 Style Bow ling style Right-arm fast-medium മലയാളം Role Bow ler मराठ 5 Personal life Battle against match fixing International information 6 ﺍﺭﺩو 7 Bowling averages National side Pakistan open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com 7 Bowling averages National side Pakistan 8 References Test debut 6 March 1969 v England 9 External links (cap 59) Last Test 19 March 1984 v England Early career [edit] ODI debut (cap 9) 11 February 1973 v New Zealand Last ODI 12 November 1984 v New Zealand In his first Test - against England at Karachi - the twenty Domestic team information year old Sarfraz took no wickets or catches, did not bat Years Team and was dropped for four years. He made his name in 1980–1984 Lahore 1972-73 by taking 4/53 and 4/56 against Australia a the 1969–1982 Northamptonshire SCG, accounting for Ian and Greg Chappell, Keith 1976–1977 United Bank Limited Stackpole and Ian Redpath, but this did not stop the 1975–1976 Pakistan Railw ays [2] hosts winning by 56 runs. At Headingley in 1974 1975 Punjab A Sarfraz hit 53 off 74 balls to convert 209/8 into 285 all 1968–1972 Punjab University out, driving the ball fiercely off Geoff Arnold, Chris Old, 1967–1968 Lahore Mike Hendrick, Tony Greig and Derek Underwood in a Career statistics low scoring match.[3] Against Clive Lloyd's West Indians Competition Test ODI FC LA in 1974-75 he took 6/89 at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore Matches 55 45 299 228 to dismiss them for 214, but the Test and the series were Runs scored 1,045 221 5,709 1,721 both drawn. Sarfraz was made vice-captain to Wasim Batting average 17.71 9.60 19.35 15.36 Bari, but disappeared before the Second Test against 100s/50s 0/4 0/0 0/17 0/3 England in 1977-78. He was found in London where he had gone to see Christmas even though he was a Top score 90 34* 90 92 Muslim and returned to Pakistan in time for the Third Balls bowled 13,951 2,412 55,692 11,537 Test. As World Series Cricket was operating at time it Wickets 177 63 1,005 319 was speculated that he was negotiating with Kerry Bowling average 32.75 23.22 24.62 20.88 Packer. At Lords in 1978 he took 5/39 to reduce England 5 wickets in innings 4 0 46 3 to 119/7, dismissing Mike Brearley, Graham Gooch, 10 wickets in match 1 0 4 0 David Gower, Ian Botham and Bob Taylor, but rain ruined Best bowling 9/86 4/27 9/86 5/15 [4] play and the match was drawn. More decisively in Catches/stumpings 26/– 8/– 163/– 43/– open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com 1978-79 Sarfraz's haul of 4/89 and 5/70 against India at Source: CricketArchiv e , 10 May 2009 Karachi gave Pakistan victory in the third and final Test by eight wickets. He took 17 wickets (25.00) in the series, the most by any player and Pakistan won their first Test series against their rivals despite having played them since 1952.[5]

Australia 1978-79 [edit]

Sarfraz's greatest bowling performance took place in the First Test at Melbourne Test in 1978-79 when Australia were 305/3 with Allan Border (105) and Kim Hughes (84) at the crease needing only 77 runs to win. Sarfraz took 7/1 in 33 balls, dismissed Australia for 310 and gave Pakistan a 71 run victory.[3] At the time his 9/86 in an innings was the best Test match analysis in Australia, the best by a Pakistani bowler and the fifth best in Test cricket.[6] Sarfraz had also made 35 coming in a 99/6 in the first innings and had taken 2/39 - 11/125 in the match. He was also involved in the controversial dismissal of Andrew Hilditch for handling the ball in the Second Test at the WACA in Perth. The batsman was at the non-striker's end when the ball was returned to the crease by the wayward throw of a fielder. Hilditch picked up the ball and politely gave it to Sarfraz, Sarfraz appealed (supported by his captain Javed Miandad) and Hilditch was given out. It was only the second time in a hundred years of Test cricket that a batsman had been given out in this fashion and though strictly correct it was considered to be against the spirit of the game. Earlier in the match the Australian tailender Rodney Hogg had been run out while 'gardening' and Alan Hurst ran out Sikander Bakht when backing up, two pieces of gamesmanship which caused bad feeling between the teams.[7][8][9] Australia made 236/3 to win the Test and even the series, the other two batsmen being run out and no bowler taking a wicket.

Later career [edit]

Sarfraz played for Northamptonshire in two separate spells and in the 1980 Benson and Hedges Cup he took 3/23 off 11 overs to restrict Essex to 203/8 in Northant's six run win. In 1983-84 he took 4/42 and 2/27 in the First Test against England at Karachi and hit the winning runs when Pakistan made 66/7 to win.[10] After several 'retirements' the Third Test at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore proved to be his last and in the first innings his 4/49 helped dismiss England for 241. When Pakistan were reduced to 181/8 Sarfraz made 90, his highest Test and First Class score, adding 161 for the ninth wicket with his captain Zaheer Abbas open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com (82 not out) to give his team a 102 run lead. Unfortunately, David Gower made 173 not out and Safraz was hit for 1/112 in the second innings, but came in at 199/5 and saw out the match with 10 not out. This ensured that Pakistan kept their 1-0 lead to win their first Test series against England.[11]

Style [edit]

From the boundary Sarfraz looked like a medium paced trundler, but he was "as strong as a cart-horse" and his powerful upper body and good action allowed him to bowl at a fast-medium pace. He could seam the ball in either direction and despite the convention he repeatedly bounced other fast bowlers such as Jeff Thomson and Joel Garner.[3] The flat wickets found in Pakistan were not ideal for a bowler of his pace, but could sometimes surprise batsmen with his ability to make to ball seam, swing or bounce awkwardly.[3] More importantly with Sikander Bakht Sarfraz developed reverse swing, though this was not recognised at the time despite his unusual ability to move the old ball in the air. He passed on his knowledge to Imran Khan, Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis who made this new type of bowling famous in the late 1980s and 1990s.[3][12] As a batsman he was a good lower-order striker of the ball particularly when driving and averaged over 40 in a series three times.

Personal life [edit]

In the 1980s, Sarfraz married Pakistani Film actress Rani. In 1985, he contested successfully for membership of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab and remained a member (MPA) for 3 years.[1]

Battle against match fixing [edit]

When Bob Woolmer was found dead in Jamaica, Sarfaraz Nawaz was quick to suggest that he was murdered, even before the postmortem, linking it to corruption in cricket. He subsequently raised concerns about the safety of Pakistani Cricketers in West Indies, claiming Woolmer and Inzamam were getting threats from the bookies without naming his sources. He requested the involvement of Scotland Yard in the investigations, questioning the credibility of Jamaican police. He also alleged that the match Pakistan lost against West Indies in the World Cup 2007 was fixed. open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Later Sarfraz insisted that Woolmer's death in a Kingston hotel on March 18 was linked to match fixing and extended his help to track the gang of bookies. "I know five bookies made their way to the West Indies. I can help trace them. Perhaps we can even get some clues from the players", Sarfraz told The Sun, adding "Woolmers death is connected with the match-fixing mafia.".[13] "I believe the Pakistan World Cup games were fixed. There is a dark side to cricket. The game got on top of it for a while but it has never really been stamped out," he said.[13] Scotland Yard, later, declared that no foul play was involved in Woolmer's death, rejecting Sarfraz's allegations and vindicating the Pakistani team.

Bowling averages [edit]

Sarfraz Nawaz's Test Bowling Averages by series (Source) Home Best 5 10 Season Opposition Tests Balls Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average Country Bowling Wt Wt

1968-69 1 204 34 6 78 0 0/78 Pakistan England 84.5 (8 16 (8 1972-73 2 677 308 12 4/53 25.66 Australia Australia Ball) Ball) New New 1972-73 3 504 84 7 275 5 4/126 55.00 Zealand Zealand

1972-73 2 444 73 25 156 1 1/51 156.00 Pakistan England

1974 3 726 121 34 259 9 4/56 28.77 England England West 1974-75 2 544 90.4 5 266 8 6/89 33.25 1 Pakistan Indies New 1976-77 3 635 105.5 13 284 13 3/53 21.84 Pakistan Zealand 63 (8 11 (8 1976-77 2 504 218 8 3/42 27.25 open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com 1976-77 2 504 218 8 3/42 27.25 Australia Australia ball) ball)

West 1976-77 West 4 1,185 197.3 54 579 16 4/79 36.18 Indies Indies

1977-78 2 616 102.4 24 152 5 4/68 30.40 Pakistan England

1978 2 156 26 7 51 5 5/39 10.20 1 England England

1978-79 India 3 890 148.2 27 425 17 5/70 25.00 1 Pakistan New New 1978-79 3 810 135 27 296 8 4/61 37.00 Zealand Zealand 111.3 21 (8 1978-79 2 891 322 13 9/86 24.76 1 1 Australia Australia (8 ball) ball)

1979-80 3 666 111 30 255 2 2/119 127.50 Pakistan Australia West 1980-81 2 200 33.2 10 79 2 1/24 39.50 Pakistan Indies

1981-82 3 708 168 22 306 9 3/11 34.00 Australia Australia

1982 1 222 35.2 9 78 3 3/56 26.00 England England

1982-83 India 6 1,447 241.1 61 633 19 4/63 33.31 Pakistan

1983-84 3 1,074 179 41 419 8 3/105 52.37 Australia Australia

1983-84 3 848 141.2 26 359 14 4/42 25.64 Pakistan England open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com 1979.5 438 1968-84 Total 55 13,951 259.2 48 (8 5,798 177 9/86 32.75 4 1 (8 ball) ball)

References [edit]

1. ^ a b "Sarfraz Nawaz Biography" . Yahoo! Cricket. Retrieved 25 April 2010. 2. ^ "Australia v Pakistan in 1972/73" . Cricket Archive. Retrieved 25 April 2010. 3. ^ a b c d e p78, Christopher Martin-Jenkins, Cricket Characters, Stanley Paul & Co Ltd, 1987 4. ^ p132, Peter Arnold, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Cricket, W.H. Smith, 1986 5. ^ p171, Peter Arnold, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Cricket, W.H. Smith, 1986 6. ^ "Eight or More Wickets in an Innings in Test Cricket" . Cricket Archive. Retrieved 25 April 2010. 7. ^ p156, Peter Arnold, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Cricket, W.H. Smith, 1986 8. ^ "50 years of Pakistan cricket- Part IX (Oct 20 1997)" . Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2010. 9. ^ "2nd Test: Australia v Pakistan at Perth, Mar 24-29, 1979" . Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2010. 10. ^ p134, Peter Arnold, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Cricket, W.H. Smith, 1986 11. ^ pp170-171, Peter Arnold, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Cricket, W.H. Smith, 1986 12. ^ "Swing and seam bowling: Reverse Swing" . BBC Sport. 19 August 2005. Retrieved 25 April 2010. 13. ^ a b Harvey, Oliver (6 April 2007). "Woolmer: Hunt for 5 bookies" . The Sun. Retrieved 25 April 2010.

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Player Profile: Sarfraz Nawaz from Cricket Archive Player Profile: Sarfraz Nawaz from Cricinfo

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Abdul Razzaq (cricketer) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia born 2 December 1979) Abdul Razzaq ,ﻋﺒﺪ ﺍﻟﺮﺯﺍﻕ :Main page Abdul Razzaq (Urdu Contents is a Pakistani right arm fast-medium bowler and a right- Personal information handed batsman, who is currently representing the Featured content Full name Abdul Razzaq Pakistan cricket team. He emerged in international Current events Born 2 December 1979 (age 31) Random article cricket in 1996, when he made his One Day International Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan Donate to Wikipedia debut against Zimbabwe at his home ground in Gaddafi Batting style Right hand bat Stadium in Pakistan, a month before his seventeenth Bow ling style Right arm fast-medium Interaction birthday. He has played over 200 ODIs and nearly 50 Role All-rounder (bow ler and Help Tests for Pakistan. batsman) About Wikipedia International information Community portal Contents [hide] National side Pakistan Recent changes 1 Skills in cricket Test debut (cap 158) 5 November 1999 v Australia Contact Wikipedia 2 Career Last Test 1 December 2006 v West Indies 2.1 Early career Toolbox ODI debut (cap 111) 1 November 1996 v Zimbabw e 2.2 1999 Cricket World Cup Print/export 2.3 2000 Cartlon & United Series Last ODI 31 October 2010 v South Africa Domestic team information Languages 2.4 Temporary retirement and years in the wilderness: (2007-2009) Years Team मराठ 2.5 Return to the team: 2009 World Twenty20 2010 Hampshire த Championship 2008 Surrey ﺍﺭﺩﻭ 2.6 ODI return: against New Zealand 2007 Worcestershire open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com 2.7 Hand injury: No participation against Australia 1996/97– Lahore 2.8 Top all-round form (2010) 2006/07 2.9 Series against New Zealand, World Cup 2003/04 Zarai Taraqiati Bank Preparation (2011) Limited 3 Domestic career 2002–2003 Middlesex 3.1 Indian Cricket League 2001/02 PIA 3.2 England County Cricket 1997/98 – Khan Research 4 Career highlights 1998/99 Laboratories 5 International Centuries Career statistics 5.1 Test Cricket Centuries Competition Test ODI T20I 5.2 One-day International centuries Matches 46 245 23 5.3 Test cricket Runs scored 1,946 4,837 297

5.4 One Day International Batting average 28.61 30.61 22.84

5.5 Achievements 100s/50s 3/7 3/22 0/0

6 References Top score 134 112 46*

7 External links Balls bowled 7,008 10,383 273

Wickets 100 259 14 Skills in cricket [edit] Bowling average 36.94 31.40 22.85 5 wickets in innings 1 3 0 Originally a fast bowler, Razzaq's batting has improved 10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a throughout the years and he has been recognized as an Best bowling 5/35 6/35 3/20 all-rounder.[1] He is best known in cricket as an Catches/stumpings 15/– 33/– 2/– aggressive batsman and has the ability to score quick Source: Cricinf o , 31 October 2010 runs.[2] This versatility has given him the talent of batting and bowling at every position on the team. He is also one of Pakistan's most effective hitters of the cricket ball.[3] Despite his qualities, he has been criticized by some, for his batting techniques in Test matches.[who?] Another being that he averages almost 37 with the ball. However he has excelled in the One Day International arena, with several excellent performances. He is also an accurate fast bowler who has been open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com successful against the batting opposition. Razzaq claims to have learned many things while playing under former captain Wasim Akram during the 1990s and early 2000.[4] One of the things that he learned, was his quick-arm bowling action, which makes it hard for the batsman to predict at what speed the ball is going to be delivered.

Career [edit]

Early career [edit] Razzaq made his One Day International debut in November 1996, against Zimbabwe, but had to wait just over three years to make his Test cricket debut for Pakistan, eventually doing so against Australia in Brisbane on November 1999. In the 1999-2000 Carlton and United Series, he rose to fame and was named man of the series for his all round performance. During a match in Hobart against India, Razzaq scored a half century and took five wickets. In the same tournament, he hit former Australian fast bowler, Glenn McGrath for 5 fours, which totaled to 20 runs in one over.

1999 Cricket World Cup [edit] Razzaq became a regular member of his national side during the 1999 world cup held in England. During the event, he got the attention of selectors as he performed well both with the ball and bat. His brilliant performance with the bat came in the group match against Australia, where he went on to score his first half century making 60 runs in a long and stable partnership with Inzamam-ul-Haq, which helped Pakistan reach a defendable target of 275.[5] Pakistan went on to win the match by ten runs and as a result qualified for the Super Six stage.[5] With the ball, he made a brilliant performance against the tough West Indian cricket team by taking three wickets for 32 runs having three maiden overs, which proved decisive for Pakistan at Bristol.[6]

2000 Cartlon & United Series [edit] Razzaq's other impressive performances came during the Cartlon & United Series at Australia in a tri-nation tournament involving Pakistan, Australia and India in 2000. Razzaq achieved the man of the series award for his best all round performances, especially in a pre-finals match against India, where he scored 70 not out open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com with the bat and took 5 wickets for 43 runs, thus becoming the fifth all-rounder to have scored a half century and take five wickets in a match; the other four players being Sachin Tendulkar, Kapil Dev, Ian Botham and Sourav Ganguly; Shahid Afridi subsequently achieved the feat. In the first match of the series against Australia, he took 4 wickets and played an important role for Pakistan helping them to successfully defend a very low target of just 187 runs at Brisbane. In the third match of the series, Razzaq came into prominence after hitting five consecutive boundaries in the fifth over of Australian pacer Glenn McGrath. Eventually Pakistan was defeated in the finals by Australia but Razzaq was named player of the series for his all-round performance.[7] In 2000, Razzaq became the youngest cricketer in the world to take a Test cricket hat trick in a match against Sri Lanka. He has scored three centuries and twenty two fifties in One Day International matches. His highest score was 112 runs, against South Africa in 2002, where he shared a partnership of 257 runs with Pakistani batsman Saleem Elahi. His second century was scoring 107 runs not out in a match against Zimbabwe in 2004. During this match, he saved Pakistan from a disastrous start and eventually won them the match. His first fifty came in 90 deliveries, before accelerating in the second fifty runs, which was scored in just 21 balls. Also in 2003-2004, he scored 89 runs from 40 balls against New Zealand, whose captain Stephen Fleming called him the "best hitter" in the world.[8] In January 2005, He was involved in the ACC Asian XI that took on the ICC World XI in the World Cricket Tsunami Appeal charity match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia. As a fast bowler, Razzaq experienced a steady decline in speed and performance during the 2003 cricket World Cup and 2004. In this period he was used as a supporting bowler. However, from 2005 to the end of 2006, he regained his speed and he has won many matches for Pakistan with his bowling. His best bowling figures in a One Day International match is 6 wickets for 35 runs. His other excellent performance arrived against Sri Lanka at Sharjah in 1999, where Pakistan were all out for 196 runs and he took 5 wickets for 31 runs to draw the match. During the 2005-2006 Test match series against India, Razzaq took 9 wickets and scored 205 runs in two Test matches he played, which resulted in an improvement of his performance. His batting remained generally consistent from 2000 to 2006, although his place on the Test team was never secure. Razzaq's place in the Pakistan national team has been marred by injuries and absences. In 2005 it was open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com revealed that he was suffering from an addiction to spinach, which was causing him to suffer from nausea and sickness while playing. This led to him being known as 'Popeye' by his team mates.[9] In 2007, a poor performance in a series with both the bat and ball, in a match against South Africa, accompanied with an injury that forced him out of the 2007 cricket World Cup, saw him dropped from the 2007 World Twenty20, a decision that received widespread criticism from cricket individuals.

Temporary retirement and years in the wilderness: (2007-2009) [edit] On 20 August 2007, Razzaq announced his retirement from International Cricket as a protest against his omission from the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 squad.[10] However, on 27 October 2007 Razzaq revoked his decision following discussions with his local cricket club and coach, saying, "Maybe I made that (decision to retire) in the heat of the moment."[11]

He signed up for the Indian Cricket League and played for the "By my making an Hyderabad Heroes as one of their star players. He eventually severed “ announcement saying ties with the league in September 2008 and by June 2009 he that I've retired, it returned to the Pakistan fold along with Mohammad Yousuf. doesn't mean that it's a permanent thing,". Return to the team: 2009 World Twenty20 [edit] ” Championship — Abdul Razzaq on his decision to retire from the Pakistan national team .[12] In 2009, he was selected into Pakistan's squad for the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 in England as a replacement for injured fast bowler Yasir Arafat, marking his return to International cricket and becoming the first Indian Cricket League player, whose ban was lifted by the Pakistan Cricket Board.[12] He played an important role in Pakistan's victory in the tournament, taking 5 wickets at an average of 14.80 and an economy rate of 5.92. His figures of 3 wickets for 20 runs, played a significant role in Pakistan's victory against Sri Lanka in the final. As a result, he along with another former Indian Cricket League player Mohammad Yousuf were awarded ‘A’ category mid-term central contracts by the Pakistan Cricket Board.[13] In the 2009-2010 season, Razzaq missed out on the tours of New Zealand and Australia, due to injury, however he was selected in the two match Twenty20 International series against England in February 2010. His innings of 46 runs not out from 18 deliveries in the second match of the series, cemented Pakistan a open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com victory which became their first in eleven internationals outings.[14]

ODI return: against New Zealand [edit] In the first ODI he played a fine little cameo for Pakistan with the bat scoring 23 runs of 20 deliveries and pushed the score to 287, New Zealand needed 288 to win and Razzaq took the key wicktes of Scott Styris and Jacob Oram to ensure that Pakistan thrash New Zealand by 141 runs. In the second ODI he took the wickets of Martin Guptill (62) and Daniel Vettori on (30). Despite this New Zealand ended the innings at 303/8. Pakistan collapsed to 239 all out, with Razzaq scoring 35 runs. With the series levelled 1-1 Pakistan went into the third ODI and bowled New Zealand out for 211. Despite this Pakistan suffered a top order collapse at 79/7 with Younis Khan, Salman Butt, Khalid Latif, Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal and Shahid Afridi falling cheaply. The Razzaq came in and registered a duck as he was run out by Vettori. Gul fell cheaply as well but Pakistan still got agonisingly close to victory, when Mohammad Amir and Saeed Ajmal were engaged in a 103 run partnership before Ajmal top edged a pull on the first ball of the last over as Pakistan were seven runs short of victory.

Hand injury: No participation against Australia [edit] Razzaq picked up a hand injury just before the first ODI against Australia and missed the whole five match series and the only Twenty20 match. He was hit on the hand while batting during the practice sessions[15] The series turned out to be a forgettable one of Pakistan as Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan received life bans (overturned 2 months later) for inflicting fighting in the team. Also Rana Naved-ul-Hasan was given a one year ban along with Shoaib Malik being banned for a year all were overturned on appeal. Amid the fighting Pakistan lost the five match series 5-0 and the only Twenty20 match as well.

Top all-round form (2010) [edit] With players like Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf and Shoaib Malik suffering from selection issues, it was Razzaq who took up the role of a senior player in the Pakistan cricket team. He was selected in the squad for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 and performed admirably with the bat scoring five sixes during the tournament. Pakistan crashed out of the tournament after losing to Australia in the semi-final. Razzaq then took part in the 2010 Asia Cup.[16] open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com In July 2010, Razzaq played in the two T20Is against Australia as Pakistan won both matches comfortably. He wasn't selected for the Test series against Australia and England and next played in the September 2010 Twenty20 and ODI series against England. The Pakistan team had been surrounded by Spot-fixing allegations as the team lost both Twenty20 matches due to low morale. Razzaq missed the first two ODI's against England because of a back-strain as Pakistan lost both matches. He returned to the third ODI and scored 31 runs in a fruitful partnership with Shahid Afridi before Afridi was run out and Razzaq was subsequently caught in the deep square leg as Pakistan were bowled out for 241. England opened the innings strongly before Umar Gul removed six batsmen and Razzaq took two wickets to seal a 23-run victory for Pakistan.[17] Razzaq's lower order destruction also became helpful for his domestic team the Lahore Lions as he scored 138 runs from his four innings including a superb 73* in the final to help guide his team to victory in the 2010-11 Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup.[18] On 31 October 2010, in the second One Day International against South Africa, Razzaq played a matchwinning innings of 109* off 72 balls at a strike rate of 151.38, his third One Day International century. The innings which contained seven fours and ten sixes saw Pakistan to a one-wicket win with one ball remaining and level the 5-match series 1-1.[19]

Series against New Zealand, World Cup Preparation (2011) [edit] Razzaq struggled with the bat in the first two Twenty20's against New Zealand but he did perform admirably with the ball taking out Jesse Ryder for a golden duck in the second Twenty20. During the third match Razzaq blased 34 of just 11 balls in an innings that included 3 fours and 3 sixes. This innings helped Pakistan push their total onto 184. Razzaq then did the damage with the ball taking the leading run scorer of the series Martin Guptill out for a duck and then took two more top order wickets of Ross Taylor (Leg- before) and clean bowled James Franklin. For this superb all round perform coupled with a 103 run victory for Pakistan Razzaq won man of the match. However two early losses in the series meant New Zealand won the series 2-1.[20]

Domestic career [edit] open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Indian Cricket League [edit] In 2007-2008, he played in the Indian Cricket League, playing for Hyderabad Heroes. His excellent performance in the last over during the Indian Cricket League final, allowed his team to take a 1-0 lead in the best of three finals. The finals were eventually won by Hyderabad Heroes, 2-0. During this time, his international career remained in doubt, as the Pakistan Cricket Board had banned players who participated in the unofficial league.[21] After playing for two seasons, he departed from the Indian Cricket League in order to be selected and play for the Pakistan national team, saying that he hoped the Pakistan Cricket Boards's ban on Indian Cricket League players would soon be revoked and that he has a desire to play for Pakistan national team once again, affirming that his retirement was not necessarily a permanent decision.

England County Cricket [edit] He has also played at the English county level for Middlesex County Cricket Club, Worcestershire County Cricket Club and Surrey County Cricket Club. He joined Surrey in June 2008 on a short term contract to play in the Twenty20 Cup. He helped Surrey win against Sussex County Cricket Club by scoring 39 runs from 19 balls. Despite his short period at the Oval, Razzaq became a favorite player amongst Surrey supporters. In March 2010 Razzaq signed for Hampshire County Cricket Club as one of their four overseas players for the English domestic Twenty20 competition.[22]

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International Centuries [edit]

Test Cricket Centuries [edit] In the column Runs, * indicates being not out open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

Test Cricket Centuries of Abdul Razzaq Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year [1] 100* 11 England Faisalabad, Pakistan Iqbal Stadium 2000 [2] 110* 15 Bangladesh Multan, Pakistan Multan Cricket Stadium 2001 Bangabandhu National [3] 134 16 Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh 2002 Stadium

One-day International centuries [edit] In the column Runs, * indicates being not out The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

One-day International Centuries of Abdul Razzaq Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year Port Elizabeth, South [1] 112 119 South Africa St George's Park 2002 Africa [2] 107 170 Zimbabwe Multan, Pakistan Multan Cricket Stadium 2004 Sheikh Zayed Cricket [3] 109* 245 South Africa Abu Dhabi, UAE 2010 Stadium

Test cricket [edit] Test Debut vs Australia in Brisbane on 1999-2000. Best Test batting score of 134 runs was made against Bangladesh in Dhaka on 2001-2002. Best Test bowling figures of 5 wickets for 35 runs came against Sri Lanka in Karachi on 2004-2005.

One Day International [edit] open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com One Day International debut vs Zimbabwe in Lahore on 1996-1997. Best One Day Interantional batting score of 112 runs was made against South Africa in Port Elizabeth on 2002-2003. Best One Day International bowling figures of 6 wickets for 35 runs came against Bangladesh in Dhaka on 2001-2002. Best 7th wicket score (109 from 72 balls) against South Africa in Abu-Dhabi on October 2010

Achievements [edit] He is one of 53 players, including 8 who have represented Pakistan, who have achieved the double of 1,000 Test runs and 100 Test wickets.[23] He is the youngest bowler to take a hat-trick, against Sri Lanka in 2000, at the age of 20. Has Batted at every position from an opener to No.11

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Main page Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi (Urdu: Shahid Khan Afridi born 1 March 1980 in) (ﺻﺎﺣﺒﺰاد ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺷﺎﺪ ﺧﺎﻥ ﺁﻓﺮﻳﺪﯼ Contents ﺷﺎﺪ ﺧﺎﻥ ﺁﻓﺮﻳﺪﯼ Featured content Khyber Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal [1] Current events Areas ), popularly known as Shahid Afridi (Pashto: is a Pakistani cricketer and current ODI and (ﺷﺎﻫﺪ اﻓﺮﻳﺪی Random article Donate to Wikipedia Twenty20 captain of the Pakistani national team in the international circuit. He made his ODI debut on 2 Interaction October 1996 against Kenya in Nairobi[2] and his Test Help debut on 22 October 1998 against Australia at Karachi.[3] About Wikipedia He is known for his aggressive batting style, and Community portal currently holds the highest career strike rate in the Recent changes history of international cricket. He also holds the record Contact Wikipedia for the fastest one day century which he made in his Toolbox debut innings in his second one day international,[4][5] as

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3.1 Batting Matches 27 306 39

3.2 Bowling Runs scored 1,716 6,431 630

4 Records and Achievements Batting average 37.40 23.81 18.80 4.1 Career highlights 100s/50s 5/8 6/30 0/3 4.2 Test Centuries Top score 156 124 54* 4.3 One Day International Centuries open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com 4.3 One Day International Centuries Balls bowled 3,194 13,110 894 4.4 One Day International five-wicket hauls Wickets 48 288 51 5 Cricket controversies Bowling average 35.60 34.88 18.80 5.1 Pitch-tampering 5 wickets in 1 3 0 5.2 Spectator incident innings 5.3 Ball tampering 10 wickets in 0 n/a n/a 6 References match 7 Notes Best bowling 5/52 6/38 4/11 8 External links Catches/stumpings 10/– 101/– 11/–

Source: Cricinf o , 31 October 2010 Personal life [edit]

Afridi is from the Afridi tribe of the Khyber Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas near the Afghan Border and hails from a Pashtun family.[1] He is married to his maternal cousin, Nadia, with whom he has two daughters, Aqsa and Ansha.[9]

International career [edit]

In October 1996 at the age of sixteen he was brought into the ODI team as a leg spinner as a replacement for the injured Mushtaq Ahmed. He then gained notability as a pinch-hitter and began opening with Saeed Anwar. He holds the record for scoring the fastest century in One Day Internationals (off 37 balls),[10] scored in only his second match and his first ODI innings. He also shares with Brian Lara the record for the third-fastest century in ODIs (off 45 balls).He also An innings-by-innings breakdow n of Afridi's Test match batting career, show ing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten holds the record for the sixth fastest open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com career, show ing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line). century which he made on 53 balls against Bangladesh One of Pakistan's most useful all-rounders, he has an extremely aggressive batting style, which has garnered him over 6,000 ODI runs (including a world record of 280 sixes), as well as taking over 270 wickets in ODI's and over 40 in Tests. For various reasons, including a perception that he lacks patience in his batting, Afridi had limited opportunity in Test matches, although he currently averages in the high thirties and mid-thirties with bat and ball respectively. As it is, Afridi has featured in less than one third of the Test Matches played by Pakistan over the course of his career.[11] However, he made his presence felt in the third Test against India in March 2005, scoring a quick-fire second-innings half-century and taking five wickets in the match (including Tendulkar twice) to help Pakistan to win the game and register a series draw.[12] It is perceived that his batting struggles on bouncy pitches. He has had success as an opener on sub- continent pitches, Afridi is often moved into the lower order as well. Afridi was more consistent with his batting and bowling throughout 2005, starting with the tours of India and West Indies and through to the England tour. The Pakistani coach Bob Woolmer helped Afridi to reach a fuller potential by improving his shot selection and giving him free rein over his batting attitude. In the 2007 World Twenty20, he performed poorly with the bat but brilliantly with the ball, earning the Man of the Series award, though he failed to take a wicket in the final and was out for a golden duck.But in the next ICC Twenty20 World Cup, held in 2009 Afridi performed brilliantly in the series scoring 50 runs in the semi- final and 54 in the final and leading his team to victory. On the 30 December, Afridi claimed 4-14 in a Twenty20 International game against New Zealand resulting in him taking his 50th wicket in all Twenty20 Internationals, being the first man to do so, he ended the match with 53 wickets.

Ascending to the Captaincy (20092010) [edit] Shortly after Pakistan won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 the captain Younis Khan announced his retirement from Twenty20 cricket the Pakistan Cricket Board subsequently announced that Shahid Afridi had taken over the Twenty20 captaincy. Shahid Afridi is Pakistan's second most successful captain in open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Twenty20 cricket. In March 2010 the board announced that Shahid Afridi had been appointed ODI captain in place of the sacked Mohammad Yousuf he led Pakistan in the 2010 Asia Cup and during his first three matches as ODI captain he scored two centuries against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh he finished as the tournaments highest runscorer with 384 runs from 3 matches. On 25 May 2010, Afridi was appointed captain of the national team in all three formats, after he announced his return to Test cricket.[13] After leading Pakistan in the Lords Test against Australia in July 2010, Afridi announced that the second Test at Headingley would be his last. Afridi has shown his disapproval of selection matters with the board as for the tour of South Africa in October 2010 as he had not been consulted for the selection of the players nor did the team managament Waqar Younis, Aaqib Javed and Intikhab Alam Afridi released a statement to inform the media about these incidents and the board sent Afridi a notice telling him to "keep his mouth closed" [14] Chief selector of the Pakistan team Mohsin Khan defended his decision and told to the media Afridi and the team management did not need to be consulted on the selection process.[15] However former Pakistan fast- bowling great and former captain Wasim Akram stated that not consulting the captain and coach on the selection is a joke in international cricket .[16] Due to the pressure that the Selectors and the Pakistan Cricket Board had to face they decided to add two more players (Shahzaib Hasan and Wahab Riaz) to the team as per the request of Shahid Afridi, Aaqib Javed, Waqar Younis and Intikhab Alam [17] Mohsin then denied allegations that he was a 'dummy' selector and said that Shahzaib and Wahab were added to the squad on Afridi's request and that Younis Khan was also a request and he was added after he successfully reconciled with the Pakistan Cricket Board.[18] The squad did however suffer a major setback as Mohammad Yousuf one of the key senior batsman suffered a hamstring injury and missed 2–3 weeks this meant that he missed the limited overs matches [19] After playing 4 matches against South Africa the series was drawn at 2-2 however the team suffered a major setback when Zulqarnain Haider went missing and this deflated team morale and eventually Pakistan lost the match and the series 3-2. After the series Shahid Afridi and Waqar Younis were consulted on selection of the team for the series against New Zealand and the 30-man proviisonal squad for the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. Despite this positive for Afridi negative continued to surround the rest of the team. When Mazhar Majeed (involved in spot-fixing with Amir, Asif and Butt) revealed that 4 more cricketers Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal, Wahab Riaz and Imran Farhat were associated with him in fixing. Of the 4 two cricketers (Kamran Akmal and Imran Farhat were not open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com selected for the NZ ODI series and Umar Akmal and Wahab Riaz were named in the original squad.) Majeed also confrimed that he approched Afridi, Abdul Razzaq, Younis Khan and Saeed Ajmal but all off them refused to be affiliated with him of his fixing menace. Worth mentioning is that the four names given above were not associated in the original scandal and that no disciplinary action have been taken against them by the sports governing body the International Cricket Council.[20] He also stated just before the New Zealand series that he had been working on honing his batting technique and that to address Pakistan opening troubles he will open in Twenty20 Internationals in the future [21] and that he will also consider opening in ODI's as well with Umar Akmal also being considered a possibility to open with Umar Akmal [22] Afridi also had a big say in convincing the Pakistan Cricket Board to have Javed Miandad as the national team's batting and fielding consultant. This being because of Pakistan's recent batting and fielding woes. In the first Twenty20 against New Zealand in December 2010 Afridi opened the innings with Mohammad Hafeez and he scored a quick fire 20 of 12 balls in an innings that included 1 four and two sixes. Despite this solid start Pakistan failed to build on it as Tim Southee took a five-wicket haul including a hat trick that saw Ahmed Shehzad, Younis Khan, Umar Akmal, Mohammad Hafeez and Abdul Razzaq fall for the addition of only five runs. This left Pakistan reeling at 64/7 before Umar Gul and Wahab Riaz scored 30 each and along with a six whacked by Shoaib Akhtar the team pushed the total to 142/9. Shoaib Akhtar took three wickets but proved expensive and Martin Guptill scored a half-cenutry to seal a five-wicket win for New Zealand.[23] Currently Afridi is the leading wicket taker in the Twenty20 format taking 53 wickets from 41 matches. He also became the first Twenty20 cricketer to reach 50 wickets when he had figures of 4/14 and wiped out the New Zealand tail. Afridi reached his 50th wicket on 30 December 2010 when he had Nathan McCullum trapped leg-before. Pakistan also won that match by 103 runs the biggest margin of victory between two test-playing nations.

Sporadic appearances in test cricket [edit] On April 12, 2006 Afridi announced a temporary retirement from Test cricket until after the 2007 World Cup so that he could concentrate on ODIs. Even then his performance in county cricket for Ireland recently had declined and he bowled better than he batted. He also claimed that the workload was too much to cope with. open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com However, on April 27, 2006 after much discussion with Shaharyar Khan, the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman, Afridi reversed his decision. Despite this, Afridi was later dropped from the Test team in early August 2006 after three quick-fire innings against England. He was placed well down the batting order, away from his more usual spot in the middle-order, and displayed flamboyantly reckless strokeplay on the English pitches, leading to short but entertaining innings. In July 2010, Afridi captained Pakistan in the first Test of the home series in Lords against Australia. He scored 31 off 15 deliveries in the first innings and 2 in the second but was dismissed succumbing to rash strokes in both the innings. After the match, he announced retirement from Test cricket again citing lack of temperament for Test cricket as the reason.[24] On 16 July 2010, after Pakistan's loss to Australia in the Lords Test on the fourth day, Afridi spoke to BBC Radio and informed them that he would retire from Test cricket after the second Test at Headingley. The Pakistan Cricket Board was not informed prior to his interview.[25] While speculation arose and suspicions were cast over the timing of the unexpected announcement mid-series during an overseas tour, it appears there was no correlation of his decision with the spot-fixing controversy that engulfed the team during later stages of the tour.[26][27] Afridi was officially removed from the Test squad on the England tour, but after the spot-fixing scandal saw Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir and Test captain Salman Butt temporarily suspended by the International Cricket Council, he stated that he might return to Test Cricket if "the team needs it".[28]

Playing style [edit]

Batting [edit] His general style of batting is very aggressive and attack oriented and has earned him the nickname "Boom Boom Afridi" for his fastest One Day International century just in 37 balls.[29] Moreover, out of the six fastest ODI centuries of all time, Afridi has produced three of them. As of 21 February 2010, he has an ODI strike rate of 111.65 runs per 100 balls, the highest in the game's history. This attitude has been transferred to Test cricket as well, with Afridi scoring at a relatively high strike rate of 86.13 in Tests. He has an approach to batting that can change the tempo of a game and inspire the mood open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com of an audience, as shown when a mass exodus of spectators occurred in Pakistan in late 2005 following his dismissal from the crease. He hits many sixes long and high, favouring straight down the ground or over midwicket and hit the longest ever six in the history of one day internationals against Australia. His trademark shot is a cross-batted flick to the leg-side to a ball outside off stump.[30] This explosive style has led to memorable shots, most notably the first ever 12 in power cricket in 2002, where Afridi successfully hit the roof.[31] However, his aggressive style increases his risk of getting out and he is one of the most inconsistent batsmen in cricket. This is reflected by the fact that he is the only player to score more than 6000 ODI runs at an average under 25.[32]

Bowling [edit] While he is renowned for his aggressive batsmanship, he is also a handy leg-spinner capable of producing a good mix of wicket taking balls.[33] He has over 300 International wickets, most of which are from the ODI format. While his stock ball is the leg break, his armory also includes the conventional off break and a 'quicker one' which he can deliver at nearly 80 mph in the style of a medium-pacer. He bowls at a high speed for a spinner, resulting in lesser turn, and relying more on variations in speed. He occasionally sends down a bouncer to a batsman, which is very rare for a spin bowler. He has, on occasion, played in the team primarily as a bowling all-rounder as well, coming much lower down the batting order.[34]

Records and Achievements [edit]

Career highlights [edit] On 4 October 1996, playing his maiden international innings, Afridi bow ling his stock leg-spin delivery Afridi hit the fastest One-Day century off 37 balls against Sri Lanka in Nairobi. His innings included 28 runs off one of open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Sanath Jayasuriya's overs, whose record he broke.[10] Youngest player in history to make an ODI century at just 16 years and 217 days with his 37 ball ton against Sri Lanka. It included 11 sixes and 6 fours.[35] Made a half-century from 26 balls and took 3 second-innings wickets in Pakistan's series-drawing Test victory against India in March 2005.[12] Holds the joint record with Brian Lara for the third fastest ODI century off 45 balls in April 2005 against India.[10] This actually was the first match that witnessed the Indian cricketer-turned-commentator Ravi Shastri giving him the nickname Boom Boom Afridi.[36] Highest aggregate sixes scored in the 50-over game, and he the most sixes per innings record.[37] Scored four consecutive sixes off a Harbhajan Singh over in a Test match against India in January 2006, matching a feat that Kapil Dev achieved in 1990.[38] Was the first player to score 12 runs off one ball, by hitting the roof of the Millennium Stadium. This took place in a game of Power Cricket.[31] Holds four of the top ten fastest ODI half centuries, twice completed in 18 balls and twice in 20 balls. He has also scored a half century off just 21 balls.[39] Made 32 runs off a Malinga Bandara over in an ODI game at Abu Dhabi in 2007. He struck four consecutive sixes and it was the 2nd most expensive over in ODI history. Is only the third player in ODI history to achieve the combination of 6000 runs, 100 catches and 250 wickets. The other players being Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya and South Africa's Jacques Kallis. On 21 June 2010, batting in the fifth match of the Asia Cup against Bangladesh in Dambulla, he achieved the world record of hitting the most number of sixes in an ODI career, which was previously owned by Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka. In the same match, he scored his sixth ODI century, also the sixth fastest century in ODI Cricket coming off 53 balls. He ended at 124 off 60 balls, which became his highest ODI score. This was also his second century in the 2010 Asia Cup.[40] On 2 November 2010, in the UAE neutral series against South Africa, in the third ODI, Afridi broke the record for most sixes hit in all formats of the game. He beat Sanath Jayasuriya to the top spot with 353 sixes. He scored more sixes than Jayasuriya but also took less than 200 matches to equal Jayasuriya's record.[41] On 30 December 2010, against New Zealand in New Zealand Afridi became the first bowler to take 50 open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com international Twenty20 wickets. He finished the match with 53 Twenty20 wickets to his name from 41 matches.

Test Centuries [edit] In the column Runs, * indicates being not out The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

Test Centuries of Shahid Afridi Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year MA Chidambaram [1] 141 2 India Chennai, India 1999 Stadium Sharjah, United Arab [2] 107 12 West Indies Sharjah C.A. Stadium 2002 Emirates [3] 122 18 West Indies Bridgetown, Barbados Kensington Oval 2005 [4] 103 21 India Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 2006 [5] 156 22 India Faisalabad, Pakistan Iqbal Stadium 2006

One Day International Centuries [edit] In the column Runs, * indicates being not out The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

One Day International Centuries of Shahid Afridi Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year [1] 102 2 Sri Lanka Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi Gymkhana Club 1996 [2] 109 65 India Toronto, Canada Toronto CSCC 1998 Sharjah, United Arab [3] 108* 146 New Zealand Sharjah C.A. Stadium 2002 Emirates open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com [4] 102 204 India Kanpur, India Green Park 2005 Dambulla International [5] 109 294 Sri Lanka Dambulla, Sri Lanka 2010 Stadium Dambulla International [6] 124 296 Bangladesh Dambulla, Sri Lanka 2010 Stadium

One Day International fivewicket hauls [edit]

Against Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Result No. Date Ground Batsmen

ME Trescothick Gaddafi N Hussain 1 October 27, 2000 ♠ 1 10 40 5 4.00 Won[42] Stadium England GP Thorpe C White AF Giles

MA Ouma TM Odoyo Edgbaston September 14, 2004 BJ Patel 2 Cricket 1 6 11 5 1.83 Won[43] ♠ Kenya ML Patel Ground PJ Ongondo

BJ Haddin SR Watson A DSC Symonds CJ [44] 3 April 22, 2009 ♠ Cricket Australia 1 10 38 6 3.8 Won open in browser customize free license contest Ferguson pdfcrowd.com Australia Stadium Ferguson NW Bracken SR Clark

Cricket controversies [edit]

Pitchtampering [edit] On 21 November 2005, Shahid Afridi was banned for a Test match and two One Day Internationals for deliberately damaging the pitch in the second match of the three-Test series against England. TV cameras pictured him scraping his boots on the pitch scuffing the surface when play was held up after a gas canister exploded. Afridi later pleaded guilty to a level three breach of the ICC code of conduct relating to the spirit of the game. Inquiries were made and Afridi's antics came into view. He was investigated and banned after the day's play, along with receiving a huge amount of criticism from the cricketing world for bringing the game into disrepute. Match referee Roshan Mahanama said: "This ban should serve as a message to players that this type of behaviour is not allowed." On this Afridi accepted his fault and said that a "senior player like me should set good examples to others because they see us to learn." His behaviour was also condemned by the Pakistan Cricket Board.[45][46][47]

Spectator incident [edit] Afridi was charged on 8 February 2007 of bringing the game into disrepute after he was seen on camera thrusting his bat at a spectator who swore at him on his way up the steps after being dismissed. Replays seemed to show that the action was not meant to cause injury, though the spectator had to move out of the way to avoid contact. Afridi was found guilty and given a four-game ODI suspension, the minimum possible ban for such an offense, meaning that he would miss Pakistan's first two 2007 World Cup matches. The PCB and Afridi chose not to appeal the ban, despite feeling that the punishment was excessively harsh. It should be noted that the South African Cricket administrators and the spectator were both also rebuked for open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com playing a part in the causation of the incident.[48]

Ball tampering [edit] On 31 January 2010, Afridi was caught on camera biting into the ball towards the end of the 5th Commonwealth Bank One Day International series in Australia, at the WACA Ground.[49][50][51] He was immediately called by the match referee after the match was over. In his defence, he told a Pakistani TV channel that he was trying to "Smell the ball" [52] however later Afridi pleaded guilty to ball tampering and he was banned from two Twenty20 internationals.[53]

References [edit]

Zaltzman, Andy. "Unpredictable XI – part 2 ." Cricinfo, 8 April 2009.

Notes [edit]

1. ^ a b Duncan Steer (June 12, 2009). "Shahid Afridi: the story of my life" . Spin: The Cricket Magazine. Retrieved 2010-02-26. 2. ^ "Kenya v Pakistan Scorecard" . Cricketarchive. (2 October 1996). Retrieved 2010-02-26. 3. ^ "Pakistan v Australia Scorecard" . Cricketarchive. (October 1998). Retrieved 2010-02-26. 4. ^ "Sameer Four Nations Cup, sixth qualifying match — Pakistan vs Sri Lanka" . Cricinfo. (October 1996). Retrieved 2010-02-26. 5. ^ "Pakistan v Sri Lanka ODI no. 1125 – Scorecard" . Cricinfo. (4 October 1996). Retrieved 2010-02-26. 6. ^ "One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Most runs off one over" . Cricinfo. Retrieved 2010-02-26. 7. ^ "One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Most sixes in career" . Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 June 2010. 8. ^ "Shahid Afridi and Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar are the most popular cricketers in the two countries" . DAWN.com. August 14, 2007. Retrieved 2010-02-26. 9. ^ Sameen Tahir-Khan (29 June 2005). "Afridi: You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet" . Arab News. Retrieved 16 July 2010. 10. ^ a b c "Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Fastest Centuries" . Cricinfo. Retrieved 2010- 02-26. 11. ^ Zaltzman 2009. Zaltzman, who appointed Afridi captain of his hypothetical "Unpredictable XI", also noted open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com that, as of April 8, "His average Test innings lasts for the same length of time as Jimmy Anderson's, but contains more runs than Hussain's, Cronje's or Ranatunga's. And with the ball, he dismissed Tendulkar three times in two Tests in 2005, which is as many times as Warne managed to snare the Mumbai Maestro in his entire career." 12. ^ a b "Pakistan vs India" . Cricinfo. (28 March 2005). Retrieved 2010-02-26. 13. ^ "Shahid Afridi to lead in Asia Cup and England tour" . Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2010. 14. ^ http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan-v-south-africa-2010/content/current/story/481234.html 15. ^ "Shahid Afridi and management don't need to be consulted on selection - Moshin Khan" . Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2010. 16. ^ "No to consult the captain or coach is a joke in international cricket - Wasim Akram" . Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2010. 17. ^ "Shahzaib Hasan and Wahab Riaz added to Pakistan squad" . Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2010. 18. ^ http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan-v-south-africa-2010/content/story/482874.html 19. ^ http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/current/story/482814.html 20. ^ Shahid, Afridi. [Jang "Umar Akmal, Kamran Akmal, Wahab Riaz and Imran Farhat also fix - Majeed"]. http://www.thenews.com.pk/latestnews/5926.htm . Retrieved 30 November 2010. 21. ^ http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=19780&Cat=10 22. ^ http://www.dawn.com/2010/12/10/i-can-be-an-opener-in-the-new-zealand-series-afridi.html 23. ^ Southee Hatrick leaves afridi lost for words 24. ^ Jesse Hogan (July 18, 2010). "Afridi's honesty refreshing" . SMH. Retrieved 19 July 2010. 25. ^ "Shahid Afridi to retire from Tests" . Cricbuzz. 2010-07-17. Retrieved 2010-07-17. 26. ^ "Our team will throw two ODIs" . News of the World. Retrieved 2010-09-04. 27. ^ "Pak players were in touch with bookies during T20 WC" . Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2010-09-04. 28. ^ http://geo.tv/9-24-2010/71830.htm 29. ^ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Fastest hundreds" . Cricinfo. Retrieved 2010-02- 26. 30. ^ "Shahid Afridi Videos" . Google Videos. Retrieved 2010-02-26. 31. ^ a b "Shahid Afridi 12 Run Shot (Video)" . YouTube. Retrieved 2010-02-26. 32. ^ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Most runs in career" . Cricinfo. Retrieved 2010-02- 26. 33. ^ Osman Samiuddin (19 February 2010). "A leggie returns" . Cricinfo. Retrieved 2010-02-30. 34. ^ "Pakistan v Australia 2009" . Cricinfo. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-30. open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com 35. ^ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Youngest Centurions" . Cricinfo. Retrieved 2010- 02-26. 36. ^ Cricinfo "5th ODI: India v Pakistan at Kanpur, Apr 15, 2005" . Cricinfo. Retrieved 2010-02-26. 37. ^ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Most ODI sixes in career" . Cricinfo. Retrieved 2010-02-26. 38. ^ "Afridi's 4 Sixes of 4 balls vs India 2005 Test Match (Video)" . Google Videos. Retrieved 2010-02-26. 39. ^ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Fastest 100s/50s in ODI cricket" . Cricinfo. Retrieved 2010-02-26. 40. ^ Sundar, Nitin. "Afridi's century flattens Bangladesh" . Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 June 2010. 41. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2010/nov/06/shahid-afridi-record-six-cricket 42. ^ "England in Pakistan ODI Series 2000/01 - 2nd ODI" . Cricinfo. Retrieved Seoptember 4, 2010. 43. ^ "ICC Champions Trophy - 7th match, Pool C" . Cricinfo. Retrieved September 4, 2010. 44. ^ "Australia v Pakistan ODI Series - 1st ODI" . Cricinfo. Retrieved September 4, 2010. 45. ^ "Afridi banned for damaging pitch" . London: BBC. (21 November 2005). Retrieved 2010-02-26. 46. ^ "Afridi banned for scuffing pitch" . ABC News. (22 November 2005). Retrieved 2010-02-26. 47. ^ Cricinfo Staff (November 29, 2005). "Giles to fly home for hip surgery" . Cricinfo. Retrieved 2010-02-26. 48. ^ "Afridi calls for discipline rethink" . Sporting Life. Retrieved 2010-02-26. 49. ^ "Australia complete one-day series sweep over Pakistan" . bbc.co.uk. London. 2010-01-31. Retrieved 2010-01-31. 50. ^ "Controversy mars Australia win" . metro.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-01-31. 51. ^ "Shahid Afridi in ball-tampering scandal during wild night at the WACA" . theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved 2010-01-31. 52. ^ "I tried to smell the ball: Afridi" . hindustantimes.com. 53. ^ "Afridi banned for two T20s for ball-tampering" . Cricinfo. 2010-01-31. Retrieved 2010-01-31.

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Player Profile: Shahid Afridi from Cricinfo Player Profile: Shahid Afridi from Yahoo! Cricket

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Mushtaq Ahmed From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia born 28 June 1970 in Mushtaq Ahmed) (ﻣﺸﺘﺎﻕ اﺣﻤﺪ :Main page Mushtaq Ahmed (Urdu Contents Sahiwal) is a retired Pakistani cricketer who specialised Featured content as a leg spin bowler. He was known for his hard-to-pick Current events googly. He memorably trapped Graeme Hick in front with Random article one during the 1992 World Cup final. He was a Wisden Donate to Wikipedia Cricketer of the Year in 1997. Nevertheless, despite taking over 150 One Day International and Test wickets, Interaction he hasn't played international cricket since October Help 2003. He is now the spin bowling coach for the England About Wikipedia Cricket Team. Community portal However, he has played a lot of county cricket in Recent changes England, including for Somerset and Surrey earlier in his Contact Wikipedia career and more recently for Sussex. Toolbox In 2003, Mushtaq was the leading wicket taker in county Print/export cricket, finishing the season with 103 and inspiring Sussex to its first County Championship title. Following Languages this, he was recalled by Pakistan but was soon dropped मराठ for being ineffective. In the 2004 season, Mushtaq was again the leading wicket taker in English county cricket with 84 scalps, but with Danish Kaneria's emergence as open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Pakistan's first-choice leg spinner, Mushtaq's

international career was over. Personal information In December 2006, the PCB appointed Mushtaq as Full name Mushtaq Ahmed [1] assistant coach of the Pakistan team. He acted as Born 28 June 1970 (age 40) interim coach for team's final game of the 2007 World Sahiw al, Punjab, Pakistan Cup following the death of Bob Woolmer.[2] Nickname "Mushy","Mush" In 2006, Mushtaq (or "Mushy" as he is best known to Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Sussex fans) took 102 wickets as Sussex once more Batting style Right-handed won the County Championship, as well as the C&G Bow ling style Right arm leg break Trophy. He began the last Championship match of the Role Bow ler season, against Nottinghamshire, on 89 wickets, but a International information haul of 13 in the match (including a career-best 9-48 in National side Pakistan the second innings) took him past the hundred mark Test debut (cap 116) 19 January 1990 v Australia once again. Last Test 24 October 2003 v South Africa In 2007, Sussex won the County Championship for the ODI debut (cap 69) 23 March 1989 v Sri Lanka second time in two years, again helped greatly by Last ODI 3 October 2003 v South Africa Mushtaq, who took 90 wickets. Career statistics Competition Test ODI FC LA

Domestic career [edit] Matches 52 144 303 380

Runs scored 656 399 5059 1624 Mushtaq Ahmed had an amazing turn of fortune in 2002 Batting average 11.71 9.50 15.66 11.27 when he was given a trial by Sussex County Cricket 100s/50s 0/2 0/0 0/20 0/0 Club. He became the leading county wicket taker for four seasons in a row, playing a major role in Sussex's first Top score 59 34* 90* 41 ever county championship title. Balls bowled 12532 7543 69402 18913 Wickets 185 161 1388 461 On the 27 August 2008, it was announced by Sussex Bowling average 32.97 33.29 25.46 28.47 that Mushtaq was to retire from county cricket due to 5 wickets in innings 10 1 103 4 persistent knee trouble that had prevented him playing 10 wickets in match 3 – 32 – regularly during the 2008 season.[3] He announced his Best bowling 7/56 5/36 9/48 7/24 open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com intention to continue playing for Indian Cricket League Best bowling 7/56 5/36 9/48 7/24 (ICL) side Lahore Badshahs and in an interview with Catches/stumpings 23/– 30/– 118/– 59/– PakPassion.Net in September 2008, he wished that ICL Source: Cricinf o , 5 April 2008 would co-exist with IPL as well as mentioning his intention to begin coaching either in UK or Pakistan.[4] Mushtaq Ahmed currently spends his time playing for Syston Cricket Club, in the East Midlands, Leicester.

Recent County Performances 5/10 Year Wickets Average wicket hauls 2003 103 24.65 10/5 2004 82 27.14 6/2 2005 80 26.73 4/1 2006 102 19.91 11/4 2007 90 25.66 8/3

References [edit]

1. ^ Mushtaq reappointed as assistant coach . Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-24. 2. ^ Woolmer post-mortem inconclusive . Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-24. 3. ^ Injury forces Mushtaq to retire , BBC Sport, Retrieved 27 August 2008 4. ^ Mushtaq Calls For Harmony , Yahoo/Eurosport, Retrieved 02 September 2008

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Cricinfo article on Mushtaq Ahmed 2003 Frizzell County Championship Division One: Bowling Records (Cricinfo) 2004 Frizzell County Championship Division One: Bowling Records (Cricinfo) open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Awards and achievements

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Aamer Sohail From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia born Mohammad Aamer Sohail) (ﻋﺎﻣﺮ ﺳﻴﻞ :Main page Aamer Sohail (Urdu Contents Aamer Sohail Ali on 14 September 1966 in Lahore, Personal information Punjab, Pakistan) is a former professional Pakistani Featured content Full name Mohammad Aamer Sohail Ali cricketer and PCB Chief Selector. With Saeed Anwar, he Current events Born 14 September 1966 (age 44) Random article formed one of the best opening combinations Pakistan Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan Donate to Wikipedia has ever had. Batting style Left-handed Bow ling style Slow left-arm orthodox Interaction Contents [hide] Role Opening batsman Help 1 Career Relations Irfan Sohail (brother) About Wikipedia 1.1 Debut International information Community portal 1.2 1996-98: Pakistan Captain Recent changes 1.3 Career highlights and controversies National side Pakistan Contact Wikipedia 2 Broadcasting career Test debut (cap 122) 4 June 1992 v England 3 Centuries by Aamer Sohail Last Test 5 March 2000 v Sri Lanka Toolbox 3.1 One Day International centuries ODI debut (cap 80) 21 December 1990 v Sri Lanka Print/export 4 References Last ODI 19 February 2000 v Sri Lanka 5 External links Domestic team information Languages Years Team मराठ 1983–1999 Lahore [Career [edit ﺍﺭﺩﻭ 1987–1992 Habib Bank Limited Sohail made his first-class debut in 1983, a left-handed 1995–2001 Allied Bank Limited open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com opening batsman and occasional left-arm spin bowler. In 1998–1999 Karachi a playing career that spanned eighteen years, Sohail 2000–2001 Lahore played in 195 first-class and 261 List A Limited Overs 2001 Somerset matches, including 47 Test matches and 156 One Day Career statistics

Internationals for Pakistani. Competition Test ODI FC LA

Matches 47 156 195 261 Debut [edit] Runs scored 2823 4780 12213 7852

An aggressive batsman, Sohail's first appeared for the Batting average 35.28 31.86 38.89 31.91 national team in a 1990 one-day International against Sri 100s/50s 5/13 5/31 29/50 9/50 Lanka and enjoyed a successful international career. He Top score 205 134 205 134 was an important member of the team that won the 1992 Balls bowled 2383 4836 12063 7840 Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Wickets 25 85 157 179 199698: Pakistan Captain [edit] Bowling average 41.96 43.56 38.10 33.34 5 wickets in innings 0 0 2 0 Sohail captained Pakistan in six Tests in 1998, 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 1 n/a becoming the first Pakistani captain to defeat South Best bowling 4/54 4/22 7/53 4/11 Africa in a Test Match.[1] He led Pakistan through 22 One Day Internationals from 1996 to 1998, winning nine Catches/stumpings 36/– 49/– 153/– 92/– and averaging 41.5 with the bat.[2] Source: CricketArchiv e , 30 March 2010

Career highlights and controversies [edit] Sohail played a big role in Pakistan's World-Cup triumph in 1992, famously telling Ian Botham that he might want to send his mother-in-law in to bat after Botham was controversially given out for nought in the final. Sohail's most infamous moment on the cricket field, however, was in the 1996 World Cup Quarter Final against arch rival India in Bangalore. Sohail was captaining the side in pursuit of a relatively large target of 287 in 50 overs. With opening partner Saeed Anwar, he got Pakistan off to a flying start. With the score at 109 for one, and Saeed Anwar (48) back in the pavilion, Sohail smashed a delivery from Indian seamer Venkatesh Prasad through the covers for four. Both players exchanged words, and Sohail unnecessarily pointed his finger aggressively at Prasad. The next delivery clean-bowled him and triggered a batting open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com collapse which ultimately lost the game and eliminated Pakistan from the competition. The loss had other causes, however, which included captain Wasim Akram withdrawing from the match for mysterious reasons on the morning of the quarterfinals. The five batsmen following Sohail, Inzamam, Ijaz, Saleem and Javed all played poorly. This match remains a controversial one, for Aamir Sohail blew the whistle about players involved in match-fixing.[3][4] Sohail was at the heart of the match-fixing scandal that rocked cricket in the 1990s: as captain of the national team, his whistle-blowing may have negatively affected his international career.[5]

Broadcasting career [edit]

After retiring from cricket in 2001, Sohail became chief selector for the national team, his tenure ending in January 2004 when he was replaced by former national team wicketkeeper Wasim Bari. He continues to work as a cricket broadcaster.

Centuries by Aamer Sohail [edit]

One Day International centuries [edit] In the column Runs, * indicates being not out The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

One Day International centuries of Aamer Sohail Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year [1] 114 7 Zimbabwe Hobart, Zimbabwe Bellerive Oval 1992 Sharjah Cricket Association [2] 134 48 New Zealand Sharjah, UAE 1994 Stadium [3] 100 63 Sri Lanka Durban, South Africa Kingsmead 1994 [4] 111 88 South Africa Karachi, Pakistan National Stadium, Karachi 1996 Sharjah Cricket Association [5] 105 96 India Sharjah, UAE 1996 open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com [5] 105 96 India Sharjah, UAE 1996 Stadium

References [edit]

1. ^ Pakistan in South Africa, 1997/98, 2nd Test scorecard 2. ^ ODI statistics for Aamer Sohail at CricketOnly 3. ^ v Pakistan World Cup 1999 Quarter Final scorecard 4. ^ Sohail starts, Prasad finishes : Cricinfo.com Retrieved 23 February 2007. 5. ^ Aamer Sohail Cricinfo profile

External links [edit]

Pakistan Cricket Board: Aamer Sohail CricInfo Pakistan: Aamer Sohail HowSTAT! statistical profile on Aamer Sohail Aamer Sohail (Archived 2009-10-24)

Preceded by Pakistan Cricket Captain Succeeded by Rameez Raja 1998-1999 Wasim Akram

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Main page This article is about the cricketer. For the scholar, see Muhammad Muhsin Khan. Contents Featured content born March Mohsin Khan ;ﻣﺤﺴﻦ ﺣﺴﻦ ﺧﺎن :Mohsin Hasan Khan (Urdu Current events 15, 1955, Karachi, Sindh) is a former Pakistani cricketer Random article who played in 48 Tests and 75 ODIs from 1977 to 1986 Personal information Donate to Wikipedia mainly as an opening batsman. Batting style Right-hand bat Bow ling style Right-arm medium Interaction Playing in this role for Pakistan against India at Lahore in Career statistics Help 1982-83, he scored 101 not out of Pakistan's second- Competition Tests ODIs About Wikipedia innings total of 135/1. This is the lowest team score in Matches 48 75 Community portal Test cricket to have included a century. [1] Recent changes Runs scored 2709 1877 He was one of a minority of South Asian players to come Contact Wikipedia Batting average 37.10 26.81 to terms with conditions in Australia and England, 100s/50s 7/9 2/8 Toolbox scoring two consecutive centuries in Australia in Top score 200 117* 1983/4[2] and becoming the first Pakistani batsman to Print/export Balls bowled 86 12 score a Test double century at Lord's, which he did Wickets - 1 earlier in 1982.[3] He retired from international cricket to pursue a film career. Bowling average - 5.00 5 wickets in innings - - He later married Bollywood movie star Reena Roy and 10 wickets in match - n/a had a short career as an actor in the Indian film industry. Best bowling - 1/2 open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Best bowling - 1/2 Movies he featured in includes Gunehgar Kaun, Catches/stumpings 34/- 13/- Laatsaab, Pratikaar, Fateh, Saathi, etc. He has since Source: Cricinf o.com , 4 February 2008 divorced Roy and remarried. He now lives in Karachi, Pakistan. He has a daughter with Reena Roy, who now lives with her mother in India. He had named his daughter Jannat, but since then she is now called Sanam. On 2 March, 2010 Pakistan have named Mohsin Khan as Iqbal Qasim's successor as chief selector of the national cricket team. He accepted the role turned down by fellow one-time opener Saeed Anwar. Mohsin is Pakistan's fourth chief of selectors in the past 12 months of 2009-10.[4]

References [edit]

1. ^ Lowest Innings Totals to Include a Century , CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 September 2006. 2. ^ Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Mohsin Khan 3. ^ Cricinfo - Statsguru - Mohsin Khan - Test Batting - Career summary 4. ^ Mohsin Khan becomes Pakistan team's chief selector

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1 Imran Khan (c) • 2 Abdul Qadir • 3 Ijaz Faqih • 4 Javed Miandad • 5 Mansoor Akhtar •

6 Mohsin Khan • 7 Mudassar Nazar • 8 Rashid Khan • 9 Sarfraz Naw az • 10 Shahid Mahboob •

11 Tahir Naqqash • 12 Wasim Bari (w k) • 13 Wasim Raja • 14 Zaheer Abbas

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Moin Khan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia born Moin Khan ;ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻣﻌﻴﻦ ﺧﺎن :Main page Mohammad Moin Khan (Urdu Contents September 23, 1971 in Rawalpindi) popularly known as Personal information is a former Pakistani (ﻣﻌﻴﻦ ﺧﺎن :Moin Khan (Urdu Featured content Born 23 September 1971 (age 39) Current events cricketer, primarily a wicketkeeper-batsman, who Raw alpindi, Pakistan Random article remained a member of the Pakistani national cricket Batting style Right-handed batsman (RHB) Donate to Wikipedia team from 1990 to 2004. He has also captained the Bow ling style N/A Pakistani side. He made his international debut against Career statistics Interaction the West Indies at Multan. He took over 100 catches in Competition Tests ODIs Help Test cricket. He has scored over 3,000 ODI runs and Matches 69 219 About Wikipedia taken over 200 catches in ODI cricket. He is credited Runs scored 2741 3266 Community portal with coining the name of Saqlain Mushtaq's mystery Batting average 28.55 23.00 Recent changes delivery that goes from leg to off, as the doosra. It means 100s/50s 4/15 -/12 Contact Wikipedia the "other one" in Urdu. Top score 137 72* Toolbox Contents [hide] Balls bowled - - Print/export 1 Career Wickets - - Bowling average - - Languages 2 Centuries by Moin Khan 2.1 Test Cricket centuries 5 wickets in innings - - বাংলা 3 References 10 wickets in match - n/a मराठ 4 External links Best bowling - - open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Catches/stumpings 128/20 214/73 Career [edit] Source: Cricinf o , 7 August 2005

Throughout his international career, Moin had to compete with another wicket-keeper, Rashid Latif. Moin kept wickets in the 1992 Cricket World Cup which Pakistan won and the 1999 Cricket World Cup where Pakistan finished runners up. Latif kept wickets in the 1996 Cricket World Cup and the 2003 Cricket World Cup. Despite close rivalries, Moin is mostly remembered as the better player as their performance after the glove-work came onto how they batted. Despite having a significantly similar Test batting average, Moin had a higher ODI average than Latif and scored more runs than Latif in international cricket. During the 1992 Cricket World Cup Semi-final vs New Zealand pakistan needed 9 runs for 8 balls before Moin Khan wacked a six to make it 3 runs of 7 balls. From then on Javed Miandad scored the winning boundary and Pakistan setup a clash in the world cup final with England. In the world cup final Pakistan were 249 from 50 overs with Moin Khan not getting a chance to bat. He did take three catches during the final including one of Ian Botham who went for a duck against a fantastic inswinger bowled by Wasim Akram [1] In 2005 Moin scored the first century in Pakistan domestic Twenty20 cricket when he smashed 112 off 59 balls for Karachi Dolphins against Lahore Lions in the ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup. At the end of the season he retired from cricket finishing with 200 not out against Hyderabad, his highest first class score. In 2007, Moin signed with the unofficial Indian Cricket League and coached the Hyderabad Heroes. In the 2008 edition of the competition, he coached the expansion team, the Lahore Badshahs. In January 2007, he was arrested in Pakistan for assaulting his wife, Tasneem Khan.[2]

Centuries by Moin Khan [edit]

Test Cricket centuries [edit] In the column Runs, * indicates being not out The column title Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

Test Cricket centuries of Moin Khan open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year [1] 115* 12 Australia Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 1994 [2] 117* 16 Sri Lanka Sialkot, Pakistan Jinnah Stadium 1995 [3] 105 19 England Leeds, United Kingdom Headingley 1996 [4] 137 64 New Zealand Hamilton, New Zealand Westpac Park 2004

References [edit]

1. ^ http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/65154.html 2. ^ Cricinfo - Moin Khan released on bail over wife-beating

External links [edit]

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Kamran Akmal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia born 13 January Kamran Akmal ,ﮐﺎﻣﺮاﻥ اﮐﻤﻞ :Main page Kamran Akmal (Urdu Contents 1982 in Lahore) is a Pakistani cricketer who has played Featured content Tests, ODIs and T20Is for Pakistan as a wicket-keeper. Current events Contents [hide] Random article 1 International career Donate to Wikipedia 2 Match fixing allegations Interaction 3 Wicket-keeping Help 4 Personal life About Wikipedia 5 IPL career Community portal 6 Test centuries Recent changes 7 ODI Centuries Contact Wikipedia 8 References Toolbox 9 External links

Print/export International career [edit] Languages Personal information Deutsch He is a quick-scoring batsman and a wicket-keeper, who Full name Kamran Akmal मराठ has achieved 6 centuries in Test innings. However, his Born 13 January 1982 (age 29) first century was vital - his 109 from the number eight Lahore, Pakistan open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com position at Mohali, coming in with Pakistan in a lead of Batting style Right hand bat 39 against India in the first Test, ensured that the visitors Role Wicketkeeper/Batsman could draw the match. His form against the touring International information English in 2005 made him one of the most important National side Pakistan

players in the team. Naturally, he is a batsman that Test debut (cap 172) 9 November 2002 v Zimbabw e plays lower down the order but has sometimes opened in Last Test 26 August 2010 v England both Test and One-day cricket. As an opener he has ODI debut (cap 143) 23 November 2002 v Zimbabw e scored two back to back centuries in ODIs against Last ODI 21 June 2010 v Bangladesh England. Coming in lower down the order in Test Career statistics matches, he played one memorable innings. He saved Competition Tests ODI T20I Pakistan from a score of 39/6, scoring a century, to a Matches 53 120 38 competitive 245 which helped Pakistan win the match Runs scored 2,648 2,503 704 and the series. Batting average 30.79 27.74 23.46 His batting was highly productive in early 2006 as he 100s/50s 6/12 5/7 0/5 scored seven international hundreds within the space of 6 Top score 158* 124 73 months. Since his tour of England in Summer 2006 Catches/stumpings 184/22 122/20 17/28 however his batting form dwindled and steadily become Source: Cricinf o , 12 September 2010 worse. His wicket-keeping also worsened and dropped many catches on both the England tour and on a tour to South Africa in early 2007. He then scored an international hundred in the Bangladeshi tour of Pakistan in 2008. Akmal was dropped for the Asia Cup 2008 as a result of his poor wicket-keeping. He was replaced by Sarfraz Ahmed who performed very well at the domestic level and also because of Sarfraz's strong showing in the U-19 World Cup. Akmal was named in the 30 man probable squad for the 2008 ICC Champions Trophy. Akmal was part of the Pakistan team that won the T20 World Cup in 2009. He was notable for his quick stumpings, dismissing 4 batsmen in one match against Netherlands. On 12 November 2008, Akmal hit two consecutive 6s in the last over. As a result Pakistan won the first ODI open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com in Abu Dhabi against West Indies. On 17 July 2010, Akmal was appointed the vice-captain of the Pakistani test squad but later removed because of his alleged involvement in spot fixing.[1]

Match fixing allegations [edit]

In the 2nd Test match on the 2009-10 tour of Australia, Akmal dropped four catches in the Australian innings, three of those coming from Michael Hussey. Hussey went on to score 134* and was involved in a massive 9th wicket partnership stand of 133 runs with Peter Siddle. Pakistan eventually went on to lose the match by 36 runs, after being dismissed for just 139 in the second innings. Later it was alleged that he, along with pace bowler Rana Naved-ul-Hasan were involved in match fixing, and were questioned by Pakistan Cricket Board and subsequently dropped for the twenty20 series against England.[2] In early September 2010 The International Cricket Council sent an official notice to Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal telling him that he is under investigation for allegedly fixing the Sydney Test.[1] For the subsequent series against South Africa in October 2010 Akmal had an operation to remove his appendix and was unavailable for the limited-overs squad. Akmal was able to recover from the operation to participate in the two-match test series but Zulqarnain Haider was selected ahead of him [3] Another reason also emerged that Kamran Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Umar Amin and Yasir Hameed were not selected for the tour due to the fact that suspicions were raised that they were involved with the spot-fixing scandal that included Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif. Another player Wahab Riaz was under investigation for fixing but the ICC had interrogated him and he was no longer part of the investigation therefore he was allowed to take part on the tour of South Africa that included two Twenty20 Internationals, five ODI matches and two Test matches. Though this has not been confirmed by the board it is believed that the reason they were not picked was until there suspicion was cleared.[4] The ICC confirmed that Akmal had been barred from entering the team. Once his investigation was completed he was allowed to be available for national selection [5]

Wicket-keeping [edit]

Kamran Akmal has been constantly criticized for his lack of consistent wicket-keeping. After another open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com horrendous series behind the stumps against Sri Lanka in January 2009 journalists and former players called for his removal from the national team.[6] His wicket-keeping steadily improved, with a very strong showing in the 2009 T20 World Cup, including a world-record performance of four stumpings in a single match against the Netherlands. However during the second test against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground he dropped four catches, including three chances from Michael Hussey in one session on Day 4. Hussey went on to score a match winning century with the Pakistan team losing in a shock result after dominating the first three days of play.[7][8] He was subsequently dropped for the third test, being replaced by Sarfraz Ahmed. After this tour Akmal saw a steady improvement in his wicket-keeping for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20, 2010 Asia Cup and against Australia in July 2010 however the next test series against England saw Akmal drop three easy catches and miss a stumping. The match as a consolation saw Akmal take a superb catch of Kevin Pietersen before dropping a catch on the very next ball against Paul Collingwood. In the first innings Akmal dropped a catch of Eoin Morgan when he was on 23 who then went on to score 130.[9] Despite having another keeper in the squad (Zulqarnain Haider), Pakistani captain Salman Butt announced it was too early in the series as only one match had been played to decide the fate of Kamran Akmal.[10] However the team decided to give him a break and placed in reserve-keeper Zulqarnain Haider; Haider scored a match-saving and valiant 88 in the second innings. However a finger injury ruled him out for the fourth test and the rest of the series. Therefore Akmal returned.

Personal life [edit]

Akmal has two brothers, Adnan Akmal and Umar Akmal, who are also professional cricketers. The former being a keeper-batsman and the latter being a batting all-rounder. He married in 2006 and lives with his wife, Aaiza, and their young daughter. He is a graduate of Beaconhouse School System Garden Town,Lahore.[11] On 14 November 2010 it emerged that Akmal and his family had been robbed at gunpoint. The family were heading to wedding near their home when two unidentified people came and held them at gunpoint. The family were safe but the robbers ran away with a thousand dollar diamond ring, jewellery, expensive watches and cash [12]

IPL career [edit]

Akmal was signed on to the Rajasthan Royals, and played in the inaugural season of the IPL. He played open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com five matches in the tournament, as wicket-keeper and top-order batsman, including the final of the tournament against the Chennai Super Kings. He took two catches in the first innings, however he was run out for six runs during the Royal's chase. The Royals went on to win the tournament after a thrilling finish. He did not play in 2009 because Pakistani players were not allowed to participate as a result of the tense atmosphere after the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

Test centuries [edit]

Test Centuries of Kamran Akmal # Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year [1] 109 11 India Mohali, India Punjab C.A. Stadium 2005 [2] 154 18 England Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 2006 [3] 102* 19 India Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 2006 [4] 113 21 India Karachi, Pakistan National Stadium 2006 [5] 119 37 India Kolkata, India Eden Gardens 2007 [6] 158* 39 Sri Lanka Karachi, Pakistan National Stadium 2009

ODI Centuries [edit]

ODI Centuries of Kamran Akmal # Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year [1] 124 15 West Indies Brisbane, Australia The Gabba 2005 [2] 102 31 England Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 2005 [3] 109 32 England Karachi, Pakistan National Stadium 2005 [4] 100 83 Bangladesh Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 2008 [5] 116* 99 Australia Abu Dhabi, UAE Sheikh Zayed Stadium 2009 open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com References [edit]

1. ^ "Salman Butt named captain for rest of England tour" . Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 July 2010. 2. ^ Akmal, Rana under match fixing scanner . Ptinews 3. ^ http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan-v-south-africa-2010/content/current/story/480401.html 4. ^ http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/sport/suspected- players-not-considered-for-selection-900 5. ^ Kamran Akmal cleared for national selection 6. ^ Amal Unworthy of Selection Cricinfo 7. ^ Pakistan collapse hands Aussies victory The Age 8. ^ Australia gifted victory by Panikstan The Age 9. ^ http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/31072010/28/kamran-akmal-under-pressure-miserable-mistakes.html 10. ^ http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/02082010/28/butt-keeps-faith-kamran-akmal.html 11. ^ "Pak school kids 'make up' for cricket team's defeat" . 2007-11-14. Retrieved 2009-06-27. 12. ^ Akmal & co. robbed

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Wasim Bari From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia born March 23, 1948, Wasim Bari) (ﻭﺳﻴﻢ ﺑﺎﺭﯼ :Main page Wasim Bari (Urdu Contents Karachi, Sindh) is a former Pakistani cricketer who Personal information Featured content played in 81 Tests and 51 ODIs from 1967 to 1984. Bari Batting style Right-hand bat Current events was a wicket-keeper and right-handed batsman. At the Bow ling style Right-arm bow ler Random article end of his 17 year career he was the most capped player Career statistics Donate to Wikipedia in Pakistani Test history. Competition Tests ODIs His talent was first recognised in 1967 with members of Interaction Matches 81 51 the England under 25 team stating that he was the best Help keeper to come out of the South Asia. It was in England Runs scored 1366 221 About Wikipedia where he made his Test debut, with Colin Milburn being Batting average 15.88 17.00 Community portal his first dismissal. With the bat he only managed 15.88 100s/50s -/6 -/- Recent changes per innings in his career but played some famous innings Top score 85 34 Contact Wikipedia for Pakistan. There were none more famous than his Balls bowled 8 - Toolbox unbeaten 60 from number 11, in which he made a then Wickets - - world record last wicket partnership of 133 with Wasim Bowling average - - Print/export Raja. 5 wickets in innings - -

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Preceded by Pakistan Cricket Captain Succeeded by Mushtaq Mohammad 1978 Asif Iqbal

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Azhar Mahmood From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia born Azhar Mahmood ,اﻇﺮ ﻣﺤﻤﻮﺩ ﺳﺎﮔﺮ :Main page Azhar Mahmood Sagar (Urdu Contents February 28, 1975 in Rawalpindi) is a Pakistani cricketer, Personal information . Originally his father objected to his interest in cricket, Featured content Full name Azhar Mahmood Sagar but later started to appreciate it seeing his Current events Born 28 February 1975 (age 35) Random article accomplishments. As a teenager, Azhar was mentored Raw alpindi, Punjab, Pakistan Donate to Wikipedia by Irfan Bhatti who played a One Day International for Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Pakistan in the early 90’s. When not doing net practice, Batting style Right-handed Interaction Azhar would fancy himself playing tape ball cricket on Bow ling style Right arm fast-medium Help the cemented pitch in the cricket ground in front of his Role All-rounder About Wikipedia home. Community portal International information Azhar made his One-Day International debut against Recent changes National side Pakistan India in 1996, but did not gain major recognition until his Contact Wikipedia Test debut (cap 146) 6 October 1997 v South Africa Test debut against South Africa the following year when Last Test 4 June 2001 v England Toolbox he hit a century and a half-century without being ODI debut (cap 108) 16 September 1996 v India dismissed. He later went on to score two more centuries Print/export Last ODI 17 March 2007 v Ireland against the South Africans. Domestic team information Languages He joined the Pakistani team primarily as a medium Years Team मराठ pacer but he has surprised many by his batting prowess. 2008–present Kent (squad no. 11) ﭘﻨﺠﺎﺑﯽ His hard hitting but orthodox batting skills have also been 2002–2007 Surrey ارﺩو extremely useful in the one-day game. Unlike most 2006–2007 Habib Bank Limited open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Pakistani pacers who are swing bowlers, he is a useful 1993–2007 Islamabad English-style seam bowler, who can chip in with wickets 1998–2005 Raw alpindi in time of need.[citation needed] 2001–2002 PIA In 2000, Lt-General Tauqir Zia, then the PCB chairman, 1995–1997 United Bank Limited said that the board would choose the next captain - not Career statistics

based on seniority alone - and if people find the choice Competition Test ODI FC LA

unacceptable they will not be selected. Later - in front of Matches 21 143 155 281

some senior players - he told Azhar Mahmood that he Runs scored 900 1521 6,635 3,789 will be the next Pakistan captain. Together they would Batting average 30.00 18.10 31.44 21.05 plan the future strategy. But till now this never came to 100s/50s 3/1 0/3 9/33 2/14 happen.[citation needed] Top score 136 67 204* 101*

Azhar has played county cricket for Surrey and in Balls bowled 3015 6242 25,882 12,473

November 2007 signed a two year deal to play for Wickets 39 123 536 304 [1] Kent. Bowling average 35.94 39.13 25.05 31.56

He was recalled to the national side for the ODI series 5 wickets in innings 0 3 22 5

against South Africa in early 2007, but subsequently 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 3 n/a

dropped when the 2007 Cricket World Cup team was Best bowling 4/50 6/18 8/61 6/18

announced. He was however recalled to go with the Catches/stumpings 14/– 37/– 126/– 83/–

squad to the West Indies after a knee injury to Abdul Source: Cricinf o , 18 October 2009 Razzaq. It was Mahmood's 3rd World Cup. However, aside from playing in a practice match, Azhar didn't get a chance to participate in the World Cup and Pakistan's early exit from the tournament meant that he was once again, in line for being axed from the national squad. Following his exclusion, Mahmood returned to playing county cricket in UK. Over the years, due to his constant exclusion from the Pakistani squad and the fact that he has crossed the 30 year mark in his age, it seems that Mahmood is not as interested in returning to Pakistani line up as he once was. His weight gain, mediocre performances in ODIs, combined with the tough competition for the all rounder slot in the Pakistani line up means that his chances for making a return to the national squad are very limited. He has recently signed with the Indian Cricket League (ICL) and has been released from his central contract. open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Recently he has received British citizenship, thus allowing him to play for Kent as an English-qualified player, further distancing himself from a recall to the Pakistan side.[1]

References [edit]

1. ^ a b Kent Signs Azhar Mahmood , www.kent-ccc.co.uk, Retrieved on 22 November 2007

See also [edit]

Cricinfo article on Azhar Mahmood

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Hanif Mohammad From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia born 21 December Hanif Mohammad) (ﺣﻨﻴﻒ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ :Main page Hanif Mohammad (Urdu Contents 1934 in Junagadh) is a former Pakistan cricketer. He Personal information played for the Pakistani cricket team in 55 Test matches Featured content Full name Hanif Mohammad between 1952/53 and 1969/70 and averaged 43.98, with Current events Born 21 October 1934 (age 76) Random article twelve hundreds. Junagadh,, Junagadh State (now in Donate to Wikipedia The highest of Hanif's Test centuries was a famous 337 Gujarat, India) made against West Indies in a six-day test at Nickname Little Master Interaction Bridgetown in 1957/58. After Pakistan found itself Batting style Right-handed Help following on from a first-innings deficit of 473 runs on the Bow ling style Right-arm off break About Wikipedia afternoon of the third day, Hanif spent more than sixteen Role Batsman Community portal hours at the crease compiling his runs, allowing Pakistan International information Recent changes to draw the game. It remains the longest innings in Test National side Pakistan Contact Wikipedia history (and stood as the longest in all first-class cricket Test debut October 16 1952 v India Toolbox for over 40 years). It is the only Test match instance of a (cap 4) triple century in a team's second innings. Displays such Last Test October 24 1969 v New Zealand Print/export [1] as this earned him the nickname "Little Master". Career statistics Languages In 1958/59, he surpassed Don Bradman's record for the Competition Tests FC मराठ highest individual first-class innings. Hanif made 499 Matches 55 238 Simple English before being run out attempting his five hundredth run; Runs scored 3,915 17,059 this mark stood for more than 35 years before being Batting average 43.98 52.32 open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com eclipsed by Brian Lara in 1994. In all he made 55 first- 100s/50s 12/15 55/66

class centuries and finished with a strong first-class Top score 337 499

career average of 52.32. He could bowl with either arm, Balls bowled 206 2766

and kept wicket on a number of occasions. Wickets 1 53 Hanif's career lasted until 1975/76, but he never played in Bowling average 95.00 28.49 the English County Championship, although he did have 5 wickets in 0 0 a single outing for the Northamptonshire Second XI in innings August 1965 whilst preparing for his appearance for a 10 wickets in 0 0 Rest of the World XI against England at the Scarborough match Festival a few days later. Hanif was named as a Wisden Best bowling 1/1 3/4 Cricketer of the Year in 1968. In January 2009, Hanif was Catches/stumpings 40/– 178/12 named along with two other Pakistani players, Imran Source: Cricinf o , August 3 2008 Khan and Javed Miandad among the inaugural batch of 55 inductees into the ICC's Hall of Fame. In a Test match against Australia, Hanif scored a century in the first innings. In the second innings he was wrongly given stumped out by Barry Jarman off the bowling of Tom Veivers for 93, just 7 runs shy of his second century in the Test. Hanif respected the umpire's decision. Later in a press conference Jarman admitted that Hanif was not out. Many of Hanif's brothers and son were also cricketers: his brothers Mushtaq, Sadiq and Wazir all played Tests for Pakistan, as did his son Shoaib, another brother Raees was once twelfth man for Pakistan, and four nephews had first-class careers. His mother Ameer Bee was a national badminton champion in pre- independence India.

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1. ^ http://www.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154543.html

External links [edit]

Player Profile: Hanif Mohammad from Cricinfo Ramachandra Guha : The original little master

Preceded by Pakistan Cricket Captain Succeeded by Javed Burki 1964-1967 Saeed Ahmed

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Main page This article needs additional citations for verification. Contents Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material Featured content may be challenged and removed. (January 2010) Current events Danish Kaneria ﺩاﻧﺶ ﭘﺮﺑﺎ :Danish Prabha Shanker Kaneria (Urdu Random article Hindi: दनेश भा शंकर कनेरया) (born 16 December) (ﺷﻨﮑﺮ ﮐﻨﻴﺮﯾﺎ Donate to Wikipedia 1980, Karachi, Pakistan), is a Pakistani cricketer (leg Interaction spin bowler). Danish Kaneria has continued the tradition Help of great Pakistani leg spin bowlers and possesses a very About Wikipedia well disguised googly. In Test matches, Kaneria holds Community portal the record for most wickets by any Pakistani spin bowler Recent changes and fourth on the list of most Test wickets over all, only Contact Wikipedia behind Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Imran Khan.[1] Toolbox Contents [hide] Print/export 1 Career

Languages 1.1 Tests 1.2 One Day Internationals বাংলা 1.3 County Cricket हद 1.3.1 Arrest and release (2010) मराठ 2 Personal life open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com 2 Personal life Português 3 References Personal information Simple English 4 External links Full name Danish Prabha Shanker Kaneria ارﺩﻭ Born 16 December 1980 (age 30) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan Career [edit] Nickname Nani-Danny Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Tests [edit] Batting style Right-handed He made his international debut in 2000 against England Bow ling style Right arm leg break at Faisalabad. In January 2002, he took 7 wickets for 77 International information runs in the Test match against Bangladesh in National side Pakistan Bangladesh, which are his career best figures so far in Test debut (cap 163) 29 November 2000 v England Test cricket. Earlier, in the same season, he had taken 6 Last Test 3 January 2010 v Australia wickets in an innings twice against Bangladesh during ODI debut (cap 140) 31 October 2001 v Zimbabw e Bangladesh's tour of Pakistan. In October 2004, he took Last ODI 21 March 2007 v Zimbabw e 10 wickets against Sri Lanka at Karachi, with a second- Domestic team information innings haul of 7/109, setting up Pakistan's 6-wicket win. Years Team More recently he has played an important role in 1998–1999 Pak. Nat. Shipping Corp. Pakistan's Test wins over West Indies, England and 1998–2002 Karachi Whites India. In December 2009, He took 7/168 in the 1st 1999–2000 Pakistan Reserves innings of the 3rd Test match against New Zealand at Napier. Pakistan managed to draw that game. 2001–present Habib Bank Limited 2003–2004 Karachi One Day Internationals [edit] 2004–present Essex (squad no. 15) In One Day International cricket, he has been 2004–2005 Karachi Blues economical so far with an economy rate under 4.8 runs 2006–2007 Karachi Harbour per over. His best bowling in ODIs came against New 2007–2008 Sind Zealand in Sri Lanka in 2003. He also had a good series Career statistics against Zimbabwe in Sharjah just before that. Competition Test ODI FC LA Success in the one day arena has been more elusive, Matches 61 18 177 147 Runs scored 360 12 1,484 347 open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Pakistan usually opting to play the two spinning all- Runs scored 360 12 1,484 347 rounders Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Malik or Saeed Ajmal Batting average 7.05 6.00 10.62 9.91 instead. 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/1 Top score 29 6* 65 64

County Cricket [edit] Balls bowled 17,697 854 47,381 7,330 Kaneria has impressed in English county cricket taking Wickets 261 15 880 227 32 wickets in seven championship matches for Essex in Bowling average 34.79 45.53 25.98 22.85 2005. Although unable to play English county cricket in 5 wickets in innings 15 0 61 7 2006 due to Pakistan's tour of England, he returned to 10 wickets in match 2 n/a 10 0

play for Essex in 2007, taking 107 wickets for the County Best bowling 7/77 3/31 8/59 6/33 [2] in all forms of the game. He played for Essex again in Catches/stumpings 18/– 2/– 59/– 28/–

2008, although he missed the start of the campaign due Source: Cricinf o , 24 July 2010 to his wife giving birth to their second child. Kaneria suffered a broken finger in Essex's LV County Championship Division Two match against Worcestershire at Colchester on August 21, 2008. The bowler was injured attempting to take a catch off Ben Smith. An X-ray confirmed he had broken a finger and he missed the remainder of the 2008 English domestic season.

Arrest and release (2010) [edit] In May 2010, he was arrested by Essex police in connection with “match irregularities” in the 2009 domestic season. The investigations are believed to focus on a NatWest Pro40 match in September 2009, which Essex won.[3] In September 2010, police told Kaneria that the investigation had been closed and that he had been cleared of any allegations.[4][5] He was selected for the two-match test series against South Africa but shortly after the PCB stopped Kaneria from playing in the series. No reason was given.[6]

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Kaneria is a devout Hindu of Marwari heritage. His uncle Anil Dalpat played for Pakistan as a wicketkeeper. Kaneria is married and has one daughter.[7] open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com References [edit]

1. ^ "Pakistan / Records / Test matches / Most wickets" . Cricinfo. Retrieved 2010-01-07. 2. ^ "Danish Kaneria" . Essex CCC. Retrieved 2010-01-07.[dead link] 3. ^ Kaneria and Westfield arrested in fraud probe , retrieved 16 May 2010 4. ^ "Kaneira cleared of wrong-doing in Spot-fixing scandal" . ESPNCricinfo. September 8, 2010. Retrieved September 08, 20010. 5. ^ "Kaneria cleared by Essex police in cricket match probe" . BBC. September 8, 2010. Retrieved September 08, 20010. 6. ^ http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/485911.html 7. ^ "Bigstar Players : Danish Kaneria : About Me" . bigstarcricket.com. September 2, 2008. Retrieved December 24, 2009.

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Player Profile: Danish Kaneria from Cricinfo Danish Kaneria Interview

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Main page For the politician, see Fazal Mohammad (Kandahar Provincial Council 2005). Contents Mullah Fazal Mohammad is a citizen of Afghanistan and formerly a Taliban militia commander who was Featured content captured on November 25, 2001.[1][2][3][4] Current events According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, he was the Taliban militia's "commander in Random article Afghanistan's southern region along the Pakistan border" in 2001.[1] He was one of the speakers who Donate to Wikipedia addressed an outdoor rally in support of the Taliban on November 9, 2001.[5][6] Interaction According to the Pakistani newspaper Dawn, Fazal Mohammed was captured in the Taliban office in Soldier Help Bazaar, Karachi, where officials seized nineteen other individuals, "relief goods, documents, and aid About Wikipedia money".[2] Community portal The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported on July 28, 2002, that thirty-year old Fazal Mohammed Recent changes was released from a US prison near Kandahar due to failing health. A Pakistani doctor who examined him Contact Wikipedia said he had lost most of his vision. Fazal Mohammad claimed that he and other captives in Kandahar were Toolbox subjected to sexual abuse and ferocious dogs. Their wounds and other medical conditions were left untreated, and they were fed starvation rations. Fazal Mohammad reported that the Kandahar prison had Print/export held approximately 300 other inmates, including former Taliban Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmed Mutawakil, his spokesman Abdul Hai Mutmaen, and former Herat governor Maulawi Khairullah Khairkhawa.[1] In 2005 an individual named Fazal Mohammad was elected to the Kandahar Provincial Council.[7]

References [edit] open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com 1. ^ a b c "Taliban prisoner claims sex abuse in Afghan jail" . Australian Broadcasting Corporation. July 28, 2002. Retrieved 2008-08-21. 2. ^ a b "KARACHI: Taliban office sealed, 20 held" . Dawn (newspaper). November 25, 2001. Retrieved 2007- 12-02. 3. ^ "Taleban prisoner cites abuse in Afghan jail" . Khaleej Times. 2002. Retrieved 2007-12-02. 4. ^ "Taliban prisoners allege torture, Afghan intelligence denies torturing." (PDF). United Nations Human Rights Commission UNCHR. July 27, 2002. pp. page 9. Archived from the original on 2007-07-16. Retrieved 2007-12-02. 5. ^ "KARACHI: Govt’s Afghan policy criticized" . Dawn (newspaper). November 10, 2001. Retrieved 2007-12- 02. 6. ^ "KARACHI: Rally condemns US bombings" . Dawn (newspaper). November 6, 2001. Retrieved 2007-12- 02. 7. ^ "Wolesi Jirga & Provincial Council Elections Afghanistan 2005 Elections" . Retrieved 2008-06-10. mirror

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Main page This biographical article needs additional citations for Contents verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious Featured content material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must Current events be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. Random article (August 2009) Donate to Wikipedia Mohammad Iqbal Qasim (born August 6, 1953, Iqbal Qasim Interaction Karachi, Sindh) is a former Pakistani cricketer who Personal information Help played in 50 Tests and 15 ODIs from 1976 to 1988.[1] Batting style Left-hand bat About Wikipedia Qasim ended his career with 171 wickets in his 50 Test Bow ling style Slow left-arm orthodox Community portal matches, at approximately 3.5 wickets a match. His Career statistics Recent changes accurate bowling saw his economy rate at a low 2.21. He Contact Wikipedia Competition Tests ODIs pushed the ball through quicker than normal, not Matches 50 15 Toolbox extracting great turn, but deceiving batsmen through Runs scored 549 39 variations in pace and trajectory. Print/export Batting average 13.07 6.50 He is most notable for spinning Pakistan to victory in the 100s/50s -/1 -/-

5th Test at Bangalore of the 1987 India-Pakistan series, Top score 56 13

and thus securing Pakistan's first series win on Indian Balls bowled 13019 664 soil. He took 9/121, including the key scalp of Sunil Wickets 171 12 Gavaskar for 96 in the last innings of the game. Bowling average 28.11 41.66 open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Iqbal Qasim remained in the shadows of his team-mate, 5 wickets in innings 8 -

leg spinner Abdul Qadir, although his career returns are 10 wickets in match 2 n/a

superior by average and very similar by strike rate. Best bowling 7/49 3/13 Iqbal Qasim has also been acclaimed by several Memon Catches/stumpings 42/- 3/- magazine monthlies as being the only successful Source: [1] , 4 February 2006 Memon sportsman; one editorial (Memon Jamaat Pakistan magazine, December 1987) was sufficiently moved to paraphrase Harold Pinter to describe the joys of watching Iqbal Qasim bowl: "I saw Qasim in his prime. Another time, another time." Iqbal Qasim is presently employed at a senior position with the National Bank of Pakistan and has recently been appointed the Chief of Selectors by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

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1. ^ "Iqbal Qasim" . www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2010-03-01.

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Intikhab Alam From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia born Intikhab Alam) (اﻧﺘﺨﺎﺏ ﻋﺎﻟﻢ ﺧﺎﻥ :Main page Intikhab Alam Khan (Urdu Contents December 28, 1941, Hoshiarpur, British India) is a retired Personal information Featured content Pakistani cricketer who played in 47 Tests and 4 ODIs from 1959 to 1977. He also played in English county Born 28 December 1941 (age 69) Current events Hoshiarpur, Punjab, British India cricket for Surrey between 1969 and 1981. Random article Batting style Right-hand bat Donate to Wikipedia Intikhab was Pakistan's first One Day International Bow ling style Legbreak cricket captain. He played 3 matches as captain, Interaction Career statistics winning two and losing one. He was the coach and Help Competition Tests ODIs manager of 1992 Cricket World Cup winning Pakistani About Wikipedia Matches 47 4 team. Community portal Runs scored 1493 17

Recent changes In 2004, he was appointed as the first foreigner to coach Batting average 22.28 8.50 a domestic Indian cricket team, coaching Punjab, in the Contact Wikipedia 100s/50s 1/8 -/- Ranji Trophy. Toolbox Top score 138 10 On 25 October 2008, he was named as national coach of Balls bowled 10474 158 Print/export the Pakistan cricket team by PCB, a day after Australian Wickets 125 4

Geoff Lawson was sacked as the national coach of Bowling average 35.95 29.50 [1] Pakistan. 5 wickets in innings 5 -

In 2009, Intikhab led Pakistan to their first Twenty20 10 wickets in match 2 n/a

World Cup title by defeating Sri Lanka in the final. Best bowling 7/52 2/36 open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Catches/stumpings 20/- -/- [edit] References Source: Cricinf o , 4 February 2006

1. ^ "Intikhab Alam offered coach's role" . Cricinfo. October 25, 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2010.

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Umar Gul From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia born 14 April 1984 in Umar Gul) (ﻋﻤﺮ ﻞ :Main page Umar Gul (Pashto Contents Peshawar) is a Pakistani right arm fast medium bowler in Featured content cricket who has played Test matches, One Day Current events Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals for the Random article Pakistani cricket team. He has gained fame as one of Donate to Wikipedia the most successful bowlers in Twenty20 cricket finishing as the leading wicket taker and bowler in both Interaction the 2007 and 2009 Twenty20 World Championship Help tournaments. About Wikipedia Community portal Contents [hide] Recent changes 1 Personal life Contact Wikipedia 2 Career 2.1 Early career Toolbox 2.2 Test matches Print/export 2.3 Twenty20

Languages 2.4 One Day Internationals 2.5 Batting-skills मराठ Personal information 2.6 Injuries ﺍﺭﺩﻭ 3 Five-wicket hauls Full name Umar Gul 3.1 ODI Five-wicket hauls Born 14 April 1984 (age 26) open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com 3.1 ODI Five-wicket hauls Peshaw ar, Pakistan 3.2 Twenty20 International five-wicket hauls 3.3 Test cricket Five-wicket hauls Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 4 References Batting style Right hand bat 5 External links Bow ling style Right arm fast medium Role Bow ler Personal life International information National side Pakistan Gul was born in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Test debut 20 August 2003 v Bangladesh Pakistan he was born in a middle-class family and (cap 175) frequently played tape-ball cricket. People on the street Last Test 29 July 2010 v England encouraged Gul to become an international cricketer as ODI debut (cap 145) 3 April 2003 v Zimbabw e they saw his superb bowling. On October 2010 Gul's Last ODI 22 September 2010 v England family announced that he was to wed a Dubai Doctor. T20I debut September 4 2007 v Kenya The doctor is from the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province and Domestic team information [1][2] she was born there as well Years Team 2003– Peshaw ar Career 2006– Habib Bank Limited 2008–2009 Western Australia Early career 2008 North-West Frontier Province Gul was first called up for the team in April 2003, playing four one-day matches at the Cherry Blossom Sharjah 2001–2006 Pakistan International Airlines Cup against Zimbabwe, Kenya and Sri Lanka, where he Career statistics took four wickets, and he was in and out of the one-day Competition Test ODI T20I F-C team after that tournament. However, he played the whole of the 2003–04 home series against Bangladesh, Matches 32 75 32 63 making his Test debut and taking 15 wickets in the three Runs scored 454 244 56 897 Tests, and took the second-most wickets of any Batting average 11.64 9.03 8.00 13.38 Pakistani bowler in the series, behind Shabbir Ahmed 100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/1 with 17. However, Shoaib Akhtar, who took 13 in third Top score 65* 33 16 65* open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com place, only played two of the Tests. Balls bowled 6,690 3,617 667 12,329 Gul was retained for the ODIs against Bangladesh, Wickets 112 115 47 253 taking a List A best five for 17 in nine overs in the third Bowling average 35.54 26.86 14.65 28.40 match, and ended with 11 wickets in the 5–0 series win. 5 wickets in innings 4 2 1 14 However, he could still not command a regular spot, 10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a 1 playing three of Pakistan's nine next ODIs before finally Best bowling 6/135 6/42 5/6 8/78 getting dropped after one for 36 against New Zealand. Catches/stumpings 7/– 9/– 10/– 15/- Source: Cricinf o , 20 Nov ember 2010 Test matches He was recalled and played two Tests after that taking four wickets in a drawn Test against New Zealand before coming in as replacement for Shabbir Ahmed in the second Test of the three-Test series against India. After coming on as first-change bowler, Gul dismissed Virender Sehwag in his second over, and then bowled unchanged for 12 overs either side of lunch to take five Indian top order wickets - including Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar, who both had Test batting averages above 50, as did Sehwag. Gul finished with five for 31 in his spell, earning him commendation from Cricinfo journalist Dileep Premachandran, who praised his "control of line and length",[3] and he was also named Man of the Match despite conceding runs at five an over in the second innings in a nine-wicket win. After a length injury lay-off, which kept him out of international cricket for nearly two years, Gul returned to the Pakistan fold in 2006. Firstly with quiet away series against Sri Lanka then followed by a tour to England in 2006. Gul was quickly made the lead bowler in the side due to the injuries to other front line bowlers. Gul to 18 wickets in four tests, justifying the selectors faith in him. Later in 2006, against West Indies at home, Gul had perhaps his most successful test series. He took 16 wickets in 3 tests, including notable spells of reverse swing bowling. He was responsible for breaking Ramnaresh Sarwan's toe with a dipping yorker. Test appearances however remained few and far between due to injuries and lack of test cricket for Pakistan. In February 2009, Gul recorded his best test figures in the Pakistan team, taking 6 for 135 on an otherwise flat pitch. open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com In July 2010, Pakistan faced England at Trent Bridge and were 147/9 in their first innings. Gul scored 30* before the day was called off due to bad light. He returned the next day with Mohammad Asif and batted with intent to add another 35 runs in five overs. This saw Pakistan avoid the follow-on against England and therefore survive an innings defeat.[4] Gul then suffered a hamstring injury in the second test when he was touring England in 2010 he was ruled out for three weeks that meant he would miss the remaining two tests. However Gul managed to recover and became fit enough to play in the fourth test [5] However they decided to rest Gul for the final test match despite the fact that he had recovered quicker than expected. His next chance to play test cricket came against South Africa in November 2010 when he took 3 wickets in a first innings and triggered a South African collapse of 380 on a flat wicket. He took the crucial wicket with an excellent inswinger against AB de Villiers [6]

Twenty20 With injuries limiting Gul's test cricket participation, he made a distinct change to his bowling set-up. Making a focus on bowling in the late overs of T20. He got his opportunity with the absence of Shoaib Akhtar and Abdul Razzaq in the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 held in South Africa. He was generally used by Pakistan from the 13th over onwards and finished the tournament with 13 wickets, making him the leading wicket taker ahead of Shahid Afridi and RP Singh. In the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, he performed excellently, earning the mantle from at least one pundit of "the outstanding seam bowler of the World Twenty20".[7] His five-wicket haul for just six runs when Pakistan dismantled New Zealand won especial acclaim, making him the first bowler in history to take a five wickets in a Twenty20 international. Mutterings were made about a possible correlation between ball tampering and the exorbitant amounts of reverse-swing he was able to extract, but he denied them categorically: "Whenever an Asian bowler performs and uses the reverse-swing, the Western cricketing countries raise the issue of ball-tampering against them."[8] He was also part of the Pakistan team that lifted the trophy at Lord's while also finishing as the leading wicket taker of the tournament for the second consecutive time.[9] He gained a lot of wickets bowled, in particular with late reverse swinging yorkers, which dip late to slide open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com under the bat and leave little room for batsmen to maneuver the ball. Consequently he has also an excellent economy rate in this format of the game. In February 2008, Gul signed with the Indian Premier League and was drafted by Shahrukh Khan's Kolkata Knight Riders franchise for US $150,000.[10] He played in six matches, taking 12 wickets at an average of 15.33,[11] including a player of the match award in Kolkata's final game in which Gul took 4-23 and scored 24 runs from 11 balls.[12] In December 2008 Gul signed with the Western Warriors to compete in the Australian domestic 2008-09 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash tournament.[13] He performed very well in his debut match for the Warriors, taking 4 wickets for 15 runs in a losing side. He was amongst the most successful bowlers in the competition despite not being available for the entire tournament he finished second top wicket taker with 12 wickets.[14] Internationally, Gul has taken 47 wickets in just 32 games at an average of 14.65, a truly outstanding statistic. He is the second leading wicket-taker in Twenty20 Internationals behind fellow teammate Shahid Afridi

One Day Internationals Gul appeared in all three of Pakistan's group matches in the 2007 World Cup taking four wickets with an economy rate of 3.13, only Shane Bond of those to deliver 100 balls was more economical.[15] He also appeared in all of Pakistan's matches at the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 taking 3/15 of 4 overs in the semi- final victory over New Zealand. He took three wickets in the final to finish as the tournament's leading wicket-taker.[16]

Batting-skills Despite the fact that Gul is a bowler he can perform well as a lower order batsman and has proved that he has the ability to score runs quickly he finest moment with the bat came in a test match vs England in August 2010 when Pakistan were at 103/7 and Gul came into bat he scored 29 of 30 delieveries when play was ended on that day however two more wickets had fallen and the team were at 148/9 by night-time Pakistan would need 11 runs to avoid the follow-on. Gul then came and with his number 10 partner Mohammad Asif; Gul scored 34 runs in just 11 deliveries however his partner Mohammad Asif was run out at the other end and Gul ended on 65*. open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Injuries However, Gul was then ruled out of the third Test with a back injury which kept him out of cricket for an entire year. He returned to play two games at the 2004–05 Twenty-20 Cup, and played some matches for Pakistan A and a Pakistan XI in warm-up games before the Test matches against England the following season, but he was not selected for the matches and has instead played three matches with Peshawar at the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. Gul had signed a one year contract with Gloucestershire to play in 2007, but the Pakistan Cricket Board failed to give them their permission.[17] Shortly after making a six-month come-back from a shoulder injury in July 2010 Gul picked up a hamstring injury against England in August but it wasn't too serious and he only missed the two test matches. Five-wicket hauls

Umar Gul, after taking five-for in Twenty20 International Cricket, became the first ever bowler to own five wickets haul in all international formats of the game.

ODI Five-wicket hauls

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1 5/17 10 Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 2003 Bangladesh 2 6/42 72 England London, England The Oval 2010

Twenty20 International five-wicket hauls

Figures Match Against City/Country Venue Year New 1 5/6 18 London, England The Oval 2009 Zealand open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Test cricket Five-wicket hauls

Figures Match Against City/Country Venue Year 1 5/31 5 India Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 2004 2 5/123 9 England Leeds, England Headingley 2006 West 3 5/65 11 Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 2006 Indies 4 6/135 16 Sri Lanka Karachi, Pakistan National Stadium 2009

References

1. ^ http://gulfnews.com/sport/cricket/pakistani-pace-bowler-umar-gul-marries-dubai-doctor-1.694338 2. ^ http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?232367 3. ^ Yuvraj stands alone after Gul heroics 4. ^ "Pakistan in England Test Series 2010 - 1st Test" . Cricinfo.com. Retrieved 2010-08-02. 5. ^ Gul picks up Hamstring injury 6. ^ Gul sparks dramatic South African collapse 7. ^ Booth, Lawrence. "Myths; And stereotypes." The Spin, 30 June 2009. 8. ^ Quoted in Booth 2009. 9. ^ ICC World Twenty20, 2009 ; Cricinfo.com; 22 June 2009 10. ^ Kumar, Shiv; Dhoni bought for Rs 6 crore ; Tribune India; 20 February 2008 11. ^ IPL 2007-08 Bowling by StrikeRate 12. ^ Varghese, Mathew; Ganguly and Gul end Kolkata's campaign on a high ; 25 May 2008 13. ^ WA sign Pakistan star Umar Gul for Twenty20 ; Perth Now; 23 December 2008 14. ^ Hope, Shane; Gul excited about WACA wicket ; The West Australian; 2 January 2009 15. ^ Bowling in ICC World Cup 2006/07 16. ^ Most wickets in ICC World Twenty20, 2007/08 17. ^ Cricinfo - Edmondson bolsters Gloucestershire bowling open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com External links

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Mohammad Sami From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia born 24 February Mohammad Sami ,ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺳﻤﻴﻊ :Main page Mohammad Sami (Urdu Contents 1981) is a Pakistani right arm fast bowler in cricket who Personal information is currently representing the Pakistan cricket team in Featured content Full name Mohammad Sami Test cricket, One Day International and Twenty20 cricket Current events Born 24 February 1981 (age 29) Random article matches. Karachi, Pakistan Donate to Wikipedia Batting style Right hand bat International career [edit] Bow ling style Right arm fast Interaction Role Bow ler Help Sami made his Test cricket debut against New Zealand Career statistics About Wikipedia in 2001 by taking 8 wickets for 106 runs in the match. Community portal During his third Test match he achieved a hat-trick Competition Test ODI FC LA Recent changes against Sri Lanka and in 2002 he took his second hat- Matches 35 83 109 125 Contact Wikipedia trick in his career, against the West Indies during a One Runs scored 473 314 1545 71 Day International match. This led to him becoming one of Batting average 11.82 11.62 13.91 12.29 Toolbox only a few bowlers in cricket to achieved this mark in 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0

Print/export both forms of the game. He also became one of two Top score 49 46 49 46

Pakistan bowlers to have taken a hat-trick in both Test Balls bowled 7175 4094 19634 6228 Languages [1] [2] cricket and One Day International matches, the other Wickets 84 118 365 186 বাংলা being fast bowler Wasim Akram. He also displayed Bowling average 52.27 28.44 30.62 27.57 मराठ excellent performances against Zimbabwe and New 5 wickets in innings 2 1 20 2 Zealand in 2003. On 1 December 2003, he achieved his 10 wickets in match 0 0 2 0/0 open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com 10 wickets in match 0 0 2 0/0 best bowling figures in One Day International cricket by Best bowling 5/36 5/10 8/39 6/20 taking 5 wickets for 10 runs during a match. Earlier in Catches/stumpings 7/0 18/0 49/0 27/0 April during that year in Sharjah in the United Arab Source: ESPN cricinf o , 2010 Emirates, he had taken 4 wickets for 25 runs against Kenya during the match. Sami played his 50th One Day International match against India at Lahore in Pakistan on 24 March in 2004. He has also taken over 100 wickets in First-class cricket and in List A cricket. Sami is regarded as one of the fastest bowlers in cricket and has the ability to swing the cricket ball at high pace. He has unofficially bowled the fastest delivery in cricket when he clocked at 164 km/ph (101.9 mph) during a One Day International match. However, it was revoked by cricket officials after it found faulty speed measurements on the speed metre. But despite his talent, he has been in and out of the national side for several times. However he has received support from former Pakistan captain Imran Khan, who sees Sami's speed and wicket taking ability as an important skill for the Pakistan team. Sami also earned the ignominy of bowling the longest over in One Day International cricket during the Asia Cup match against Bangladesh in 2004, when he bowled 17 balls in one over which consisted of seven wides and four no balls.[3] He is also the only bowler in Test cricket history to have over 50 wickets and a bowling average of 50.[4] After losing form and failing to achieved success for the Pakistan cricket team, the Pakistan Cricket Board and its national selectors replaced Sami for the One Day International series against England with fast bowler Mohammad Asif, however he was recalled for the series against South Africa in January and February in 2007. He was selected in the 15 man Pakistan squad for the 2007 Cricket World Cup, although he was named as one of five reserves.[5] After team mates Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif were dropped from the World Cup squad ,since neither of the two had been declared fit and they had not undergone official doping tests, Sami and Yasir Arafat were called up as replacements.[6] Sami joined the Indian Cricket League following the tour of India in December 2007. He played for the Lahore Badshahs, a team composed entirely of Pakistani cricketers, during the Indian Premier League's second Twenty20 tournament. His participation in the league meant that he, like many other Pakistan players, he was banned from representing his country at both international level and domestic cricket in open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Pakistan. In 2009-2010, he was recalled back to the Pakistan team and on the 3 January 2010, during Pakistan's Test match series against Australia, he played at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Australia and took 3 wickets for 27 runs in the first innings of the second Test match. On the 19 April he was selected in the Pakistan squad as a replacement for the injured fast bowler Umar Gul,[7][8] in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 cricket tournament to be held in the West Indies. In July 2010 it was rumoured that he would join Essex as replacement overseas player for Danish Kanaria who joined the Pakistan touring party for tests against Australia and England.The ultimate comeback happened when Mohammad Sami was recalled and played against South Africa in the middle east in November 2010.

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1. ^ "Hat Tricks in Test Matches" . ESPN cricinfo. Retrieved 2 March 2007. 2. ^ "One Day Internationals - Hat Tricks" . ESPN cricinfo. Retrieved 2 March 2007. 3. ^ "Sami bowls 17-bowl over as Pakistan win easily" . Rediff.com. Retrieved 29 July 2004. 4. ^ "Sangakkara's sensational 2007" . ESPN cricinfo. Retrieved 2007. 5. ^ "Pakistan reveal back-up players" . BBC Sport-Cricket. 15 February 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2007. 6. ^ "Shoaib and Asif out of the World Cup" . ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 March 2007.. 7. ^ "Gul, Arafat replaced by Sami, Irfan for T20 World Cup" . International - The News. Retrieved 18 April 2010.[dead link] 8. ^ "Pakistan name Sami, Rehman for World Twenty20" . Yahoo!News. Retrieved 19 April 2010.[dead link]

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Saeed Ajmal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia born 14 October 1977 in Faisalabad) is Saeed Ajmal ,ﺳﻌﻴﺪ ﺍﺟﻤﻞ :Main page Saeed Ajmal (Urdu Contents a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-arm off-spin bowler who also uses the Featured content Doosra to good effect. Current events Contents [hide] Random article 1 Early life and domestic cricket Donate to Wikipedia 2 International career Interaction 3 Skills in the art of spin Help 4 Bowling About Wikipedia 4.1 Test Cricket 5-wicket in an innings Community portal 5 Test Cricket International Fifties Recent changes 6 References Contact Wikipedia 7 External links

Toolbox Early life and domestic cricket [edit] Print/export Personal information Full name Saeed Ajmal Languages Ajmal has played for Faisalabad since his debut in 1995 at the age of Born 14 October 1977 (age 33) मराठ 18, also representing Khan Research Laboratories and occasionally Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan Islamabad. After a successful season in 2007–08 for Khan Research ﺍﺭﺩﻭ Laboratories, he was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2008 Asia Batting style Right-handed Cup.[1] Bow ling style Right-arm off break Role Bow ler International career [edit] International information National side Pakistan open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com National side Pakistan He made his debut against India, taking the wicket of Yusuf Pathan in Test debut 4 July 2009 v Sri Lanka an eight-wicket[2] before taking two wickets in a ten-wicket victory over (cap 195) Bangladesh, although the team had no chance of progressing to the Last Test 26 August 2010 v England competition's final.[3] ODI debut (cap 171) 2 July 2008 v India From there he has had a rapid rise in the team in just over a full year. He Last ODI 19 June 2010 v India had an excellent time at the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, bowling at an Domestic team information economical rate and regularly taking wickets along with his spin partner Years Team Shahid Afridi. He was then picked for the Sri Lankan series in Sri Lanka 1996–2007 Faisalabad where he had made solid performances in the Test matches, being 2000–07 Khan Research picked ahead of Danish Kaneria in two of the matches. Laboratories Ajmal's good form continued in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 as he was 2001–02 Islamabad Pakistan's leading wicket taker. However despite his good form he was Career statistics known for conceding three sixes to Michael Hussey in what has been Competition Tests ODI T20I FC hailed as the most thrilling Twenty20 match of all time as Australia were Matches 9 35 28 92 in trouble and Ajmal was the unfortunate bowler who bowled that final Runs scored 98 115 30 965 [4] over. Batting average 10.88 8.21 10.00 11.91 Shortly after this the Pakistan team began there long tour of England 100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/3 and in the two Test matches played against Australia spinner Danish Top score 50 33 13* 53 Kaneria was selected ahead of him. In the 1st Test against England Balls bowled 2,747 1,818 624 18,475 Kaneria was selected ahead of Ajmal as well. However after poor bowling Wickets 33 424 41 302 by Kaneria, Ajmal was selected and he took his career best bowling Bowling average 39.72 30.52 16.12 28.31 [5] figures of 5/82 Despite Pakistan restricting England the team suffered 5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 18

a top order collapse and Zulqarnain Haider scored 88 and Ajmal also 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 1

showed that he has the abiltiy to bat when he scored 50 runs these two Best bowling 5/82 4/33 4/19 7/63

men helped Pakistan lead a revival after being bowled out for 72 on the Catches/stumpings 2/– 6/– 4/– 30/–

first day. Along with Zulqarnain Haider they together continued to Source: Cricinf o , 29 December 2010 frustrate the england and when it was stumps on day three Pakistan had a 112-run lead however Zulqarnain Haider and Ajmal were out on 88 and 50 respectively and so Pakistan were left on the final wicket with Mohammad Asif and Umar Gul.[6] During the series against England Pakistan became englufed in a spot fixing scandal after the fourth test and in a later secret interview it was unveiled by alleged fixer Mazhar Majeed that Ajmal, Abdul Razzaq, Younis Khan and Shahid Afridi were difficult to bribe. He stated that Ajmal was too religious to get involved into fixing. [7] open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Skills in the art of spin [edit]

"With HawkEye coming in, Ajmal is known as an excellent spinner of the ball and strong especially against “ left-arm spinners slide the left-handers. He has a well disguised doosra and keeps it as a mystery while ball on for lbws. Offspinners he bowls. His technique is noted for causing more spin than speed as that is [8] get a lot of lbws from round what Ajmal prefers Which in a sense is similar to Danish Kaneria who likes the wicket, so you to bowl slow spin but Kaneria has a different case as when he picks up more [batsman] have to work speed he tends to loose the spin of the ball. When Pakistan started there tour really hard, and a bloke of England in 2010 former Pakistani off-spinner and the founder of the doosra, who's got a doosra you have Saqlain Mushtaq had a coaching session with Ajmal to advise him on his spin [9] to work extra special hard. techniques Ajmal's spin techinque came in special hand against england in ” 2010 has he took his first 5-wicket haul to help restrict England. Kevin —England batsman Kevin Pietersen[8] Pietersen congratulated Ajmal on the amount of spin he achieved. Ajmal though started his international cricket in limited-overs cricket and was one of the early off-spinners to possess the skills of the doosra. A stat shows that out of Ajmal's 38 wickets in Twenty20 cricket 13 of them have been stumped the most for any bowler in the game. Also it was of Ajmal's off-break that Zulqarnain Haider collected his maiden international stumping. Saeed Ajmal also said in an interview that he had learned the doosra on his own and that the rated Saqlain Mushtaq as the best off-spinner ever and rated Muttiah Muralitharan in second-place. He also stated that Muralitharan was a very nice and down to earth person. Ajmal said that he planned to introduce a new delivery at the 2011 Cricket World Cup [10]

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Figures Match Against City/Country Venue Year 1 5/82 6 England Birmingham, England Edgbaston 2010

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Test Half Centuries of Saeed Ajmal # Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com [1] 50 6 England Birmingham, England Edgbaston 2010

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1. ^ "Pakistan include Ajmal for Asia Cup" . Cricinfo. 2008-06-22. Retrieved 2008-09-16. 2. ^ "Cricinfo - 10th Match, Super Four: Pakistan v India at Karachi, Jul 2, 2008" . Cricinfo. 2008-07-02. Retrieved 2008-09-16. 3. ^ "Pakistan thrash sorry Bangladesh" . Cricinfo. 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2008-09-16. 4. ^ "Aussies stun Pakistan in thriller" . BBC News. 14 May 2010. 5. ^ Selvey, Mike (7 August 2010). "England retain control after Saeed Ajmal leads Pakistan rally" . The Guardian (London). 6. ^ http://sify.com/sports/pak-has-outside-chance-of-victory-over-england-in-edgbaston-test-ajmal-news-news- kijlOgejbgh.html 7. ^ Ajmal to religious to bribe - Majeed 8. ^ a b http://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-pakistan-2010/content/current/story/471451.html 9. ^ http://www.pakpassion.net/articles/saqlain_mushtaq_i_would_love_to_work_at_grassroots_level_for_pakistan_cricket 10. ^ http://www.pakpassion.net/articles/new_delivery_will_be_unveiled_at_the_world_cup_saeed_ajmal_pp_exclusive_interview

External links [edit]

Player Profile: Saeed Ajmal from Cricinfo Player Profile: Saeed Ajmal from CricketArchive

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Umar Akmal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia born 26 May 1990 in Umar Akmal ,ﻋﻤﺮ ﺍﮐﻤﻞ :Main page Umar Akmal (Urdu Lahore) is a Pakistani cricketer. He made his ODI debut

open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Contents Lahore) is a Pakistani cricketer. He made his ODI debut Featured content on August 1, 2009 against Sri Lanka and made his Test Current events debut against New Zealand on November 23, 2009. Random article Contents [hide] Donate to Wikipedia 1 Personal life Interaction 2 Early career Help 2.1 Australia A tour About Wikipedia 3 Test career Community portal 4 ODI and Twenty20 career Recent changes 5 Centuries by Umar Akmal Contact Wikipedia 5.1 ODI centuries 5.2 Test centuries Toolbox 6 Twenty20 International 50's Print/export 7 Controversy

Languages 8 References 9 External links Français मराठ [Personal life [edit ﺍرﺩﻭ

Umar is the youngest brother of Adnan Akmal and Kamran Akmal who are also cricketers. While his brothers are wicket keepers, he is a right-handed batsman and a part time spinner.

Early career [edit]

Umar represented Pakistan in the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup in Malaysia. After his success at the U-19 Umar Akmal at the University Oval in 2009 level he earned himself a first class contract and played Personal information the 2007-08 season of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy, open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com the 2007-08 season of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy, representing the Sui Southern Gas team. He is Full name Umar Akmal considered a future asset for Pakistan cricket. He is an Born 26 May 1990 (age 20) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan aggressive style cricketer. In only his sixth first class Batting style Right hand bat match he smashed 248 off just 225 deliveries, including four sixes.[1] He followed that up with an unbeaten 186 in Role Batsman his 8th first class match, off just 170 balls. He fared less Career statistics well in his second season of first class cricket, with a Competition Test ODI T20I string of low scores batting at number 3. He found form in Matches 12 20 16 the final few matches of the 2008/09 season and then in Runs scored 818 670 455 the RBS T20 tournament thus getting the selectors nod Batting average 37.18 39.93 37.91 to play for Pakistan A side on their tour to Australia A. 100s/50s 1/5 1/5 0/4 Top score 129 102* 64 [edit] Australia A tour Balls bowled – – –

Umar came to prominence during the Australia A tour in Wickets – – –

June/July 2009. In the two Test matches he recorded Bowling average – – –

scores of 54, 100*, 130, 0. In the ODI series that followed 5 wickets in innings – – –

Umar continued his fine form with a century in the 10 wickets in match – – –

opening ODI encounter off just 68 deliveries. These Best bowling – – –

performances made him gather considerable praise from Catches/stumpings 7/– 7/– 11/– the media who were there to witness him and calls Source: Cricinf o , 12 September 2010 began to grow about his inclusion in the ODI series for the main Pakistan side against Sri Lanka.[2]

Test career [edit]

Umar made his Test debut against New Zealand at Dunedin on November 23, 2009. On the third day of his debut test, Umar Akmal hit 129 runs from 160 balls becoming only the second Pakistani to score a hundred on debut away from home after Fawad Alam. This feat also made him the first Pakistani batsman to score both his maiden Test and ODI century away from home, following his ODI century against Sri Lanka. The innings was noted as special due to Pakistan's tough position in the match and the hundred partnership open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com which Akmal was involved in alongside his elder brother Kamran. He followed up the century in the first innings with a fifty in the second innings. In only his second Test match he was moved up the order to the crucial spot of number 3, where he struggled initially but managed to counter-attack the hostile bowling with his natural flair, making 46 before he was undone by an inswinger by Daryl Tuffey. In the second innings he was moved down the order to his usual batting spot of number 5 as captain Mohammed Yousuf chose to bat at number 3 himself, and Akmal looked his usual aggressive self throughout his innings of 52 which came off only 33 balls. He had his first failure in the first innings of the third test at Napier where he was caught in the gully for a duck but scored a rearguard 77 in the second, promoting him to the leading run scorer of the series. Akmal finished the tour with 400 runs at an average of 57.14.

ODI and Twenty20 career [edit]

In an interview, Umar said "My own dream is to one day play for Pakistan alongside Kamran Bhai (Brother) and I'm working hard to try and achieve that goal".[3] Akmal was selected in Pakistan's squad for the One Day International Series against Sri Lanka in July/August 2009. Having missed out on the first ODI Umar made his debut in the second match of the series replacing Mohammad Yousuf in the middle order. In only his second career ODI Umar scored his maiden ODI fifty. Umar followed up his maiden fifty by scoring a century in the very next match. For this match winning effort he was awarded his first career Man of the Match award.[4] His exploits in Sri Lanka earned him a place in Pakistan's champions trophy squad. He played two good innings. His 41 not out against West Indies was a match winning knock and landed him his second career Man of the Match award.[5] His next big innings came in the semi final against New Zealand, where he scored a brisk 55 in a losing effort, before he was wrongly given out by umpire Simon Taufel, who later apologized.[6] Despite the fact that Umar Akmal is not a wicket-keeper he kept wicket for Pakistan temporarily in the third ODI against England in 2010 from the 27th Over onwards because his elder brother Kamran was being diagnosed for an injury to his finger.

Centuries by Umar Akmal [edit]

ODI centuries [edit] open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com ODI Centuries of Umar Akmal # Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year 1 102* 3 Sri Lanka Colombo, Sri Lanka R. Premadasa Stadium 2009

Test centuries [edit]

Test Match Centuries of Umar Akmal # Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year New 1 129 1 Dunedin, New Zealand University Oval 2009 Zealand

Twenty20 International 50's [edit]

Twenty20 International 50's of Umar Akmal # Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year Result New [1] 56* 3 Dubai, UAE DSC Cricket Stadium 2009 Won Zealand South [2] 51 11 Gros Islet, St. Lucia Beausejour Stadium 2010 Won Africa [3] 56* 12 Australia Gros Islet, St. Lucia Beausejour Stadium 2010 Lost [4] 64 13 Australia Birmingham, England Edgbaston 2010 Won

Controversy [edit]

Umar Akmal's early success was briefly tarnished by a controversy during Pakistan's 2009-10 tour of Australia. It was widely reported that Umar had feigned an injury to protest the dropping of older brother open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Kamran for the final Test match against Australia. Umar denied such rumors and played in the final match without his brother. He was later fined 2-3 million rupees by the PCB for breaching his contract and speaking to the media without approval.[7]

References [edit]

1. ^ Umer Akmal 248 for Sui Southern Gas 2. ^ Umer Akmal praise on Australia A tour 3. ^ Pakpasion.net Exclusive Interview Pakpassion.net 4. ^ Umar and Iftikhar script crushing win Cricinfo 5. ^ Young guns impress Alam Cricinfo 6. ^ Simon Taufel apologizes to Umar Akmal Times of India 7. ^ Top Pakistan players face fines, bans Cricinfo

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Cricinfo profile Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Umar Akmal

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Shoaib Malik From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia born 1 February 1982 Shoaib Malik) (ﺷﻌﻴﺐ ﻣﻠﮏ :Main page Shoaib Malik (Urdu in Sialkot) is a Pakistani cricket player. He made his

open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Contents in Sialkot) is a Pakistani cricket player. He made his Featured content One-Day International debut in 1999 against the West Current events Indies and his Test debut in 2001 against Bangladesh. Random article He has taken over 100 ODI wickets, and has a batting Donate to Wikipedia average in the mid 30s in both Test and ODI cricket. His bowling action has come under scrutiny (particularly his Interaction doosra) but he has had elbow surgery to correct this. Help Malik was ranked second, behind teammate Shahid About Wikipedia Afridi, in the ICC ODI all-rounder rankings in June 2008.[1] Community portal In March 2010, Malik received a one-year ban from Recent changes international cricket from the Pakistan Cricket Board Contact Wikipedia (PCB); the ban was overturned two months later.[2] Toolbox Contents [hide] Print/export 1 Career Languages 2 Pakistan captaincy मराठ 3 Post-captaincy Türkçe 4 Playing style Personal life 5 ﺍﺭﺩﻭ 6 Test centuries 7 ODI centuries 8 References 9 External links

Shoaib Malik at the University Oval in 2009 Career [edit] Personal information Shoaib Malik first played tape-ball cricket in the streets Born 1 February 1982 (age 28) as a child. He began to take playing cricket seriously in Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan 1993/94 when he attended Imran Khan's coaching clinics Batting style Right-hand bat in Sialkot. He began as a batsman only developing on Bow ling style Right-arm offbreak open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com his bowling later. He used to get in trouble with his family Role All-rounder for playing cricket, as they wanted him to focus on his International information education. In 1996, Malik attended trials for the U-15 National side Pakistan

World Cup. He was selected in the squad for his Test debut (cap 169) 29 August 2001 v Bangladesh [3] bowling. Last Test 9 August 2010 v England In May 2001, Malik's bowling action was inspected. The ODI debut (cap 128) 14 October 1999 v West Indies PCB group of bowling advisers concluded that his stock Last ODI 19 June 2010 v India off-spinner was legal, although his delivery going the ODI shirt no. 18 other way was not. He was encouraged to concentrate Domestic team information on his off-spin and to practice bowling his other delivery Years Team without bending his arm.[4] In a One Day International 2004/05–2006/07 Sialkot Stallions (ODI) against England in June 2001, Malik suffered a 2003–2004 Gloucestershire fractured right shoulder after falling awkwardly while 2001/02–2006/07 Sialkot [5] attempting to take a catch. 1999/00 Pakistan Reserves Malik was approached by Gloucestershire County 1998/99–present PIA Cricket Club in July 2003 to act as a replacement for Ian 1997/98–1998/99 Gujranw ala Harvey, who was on international duty with Australia. 2008 Delhi Daredevils John Bracewell, the club's director of cricket, commented Career statistics that he was "excited by the prospect of signing an Competition Test ODI FC LA

international spinning all-rounder to replace Ian during the Matches 32 192 95 268

Cheltenham Festival and the C&G semi-finals. He will Runs scored 1,606 5,188 3,856 7,304

add a new and refreshing dimension to the squad ... Batting average 33.45 34.35 29.66 38.04

which is in keeping with our playing philosophy to both 100s/50s 2/8 7/31 8/17 12/43 [6] win and entertain". He sufficiently impressed in two Top score 148* 143 148* 143 County Championship and three one-day matches that Balls bowled 2,245 6,384 11,144 10,388 resulted in renewing of his contract for the 2004 season. Wickets 21 134 179 250 Mark Alleyne, the club's head coach, remarked that Bowling average 61.47 36.29 31.05 30.98 "Shoaib did very well for us last year in the short time he 5 wickets in innings 0 0 5 1 was with us and fitted in very well. He is a gifted all- 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 1 n/a open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com 10 wickets in match 0 n/a 1 n/a rounder who is worthy of a place in either discipline and Best bowling 4/42 4/19 7/81 5/35 as a 21 year old, he can only get better and I am really pleased at having him in my squad".[7] Over the course of Catches/stumpings 16/– 68/– 44/– 105/– his two seasons at Gloucestershire, Malik played eight Source: CricketArchiv e , 24 August 2010 first-class matches, scoring 214 runs at an average of 17.83 with two fifties[8] and taking 15 wickets at an average of 45.06, with best bowling figures of 3/76.[9] He also played twelve one-day matches, scoring 345 runs at an average of 43.12 with three fifties[10] and taking 10 wickets at an average of 47.60, with best bowling figures of 3/28.[11] In October 2004, Malik was reported to the International Cricket Council (ICC) for having a "potentially flawed bowling action";[12] eight months later, his action was cleared.[13] In the intervening period, Malik was used mainly as a batsman.[14] He was also given a one-Test ban by the Pakistan Cricket Board after admitting to deliberately losing a Twenty20 match for the Sialkot Stallions against Karachi Zebras to knock Lahore Eagles out of the Twenty-20 Cup. The inquiry concluded that the incident "damaged Pakistan's cricketing image and had shown disrespect to the crowd", but that "his actions were not part of any match-fixing with no financial implications, but were an immature attempt to express his disappointment at earlier decisions in the competition that he felt went against his side".[15] During his Test career, Malik has batted at 5 different positions and has the unusual record of batting at every position except 11th in ODIs. Pakistan's problems in finding a reliable opening pair have led to Malik being used as an opener in Test and ODI matches. In Test cricket, he made a big impression with his match-saving innings against Sri Lanka in 2006, during which he batted for the whole day and finished with 148 runs not out. His bowling has been effective at times, especially in one-day cricket where his best bowling figures are four wickets for 19 runs (4/19) in addition to many 3-wicket hauls.

Pakistan captaincy [edit]

Following Inzamam-ul-Haq's resignation as Pakistan captain after the 2007 World Cup, Malik was put forward as one of the names for the captaincy along with Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf. After Younis Khan's rejection, Malik was the popular choice as a younger player and was seen to represent a open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com fresh start after the Inzamam era. Pakistan's coach, Bob Woolmer, was a strong advocate of Malik's case to become captain; in Woolmer's opinion Malik was "the sharpest tactical tack among his group ... a real presence on the field".[16] Former skipper Imran Khan also backed Malik for the role, stating "He appears to have a good cricket brain and could turn out to be a very good choice for Pakistan cricket".[17] Malik was appointed captain on 19 April 2007 by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), his experience considering his relatively young age and consistent performances were cited as other reasons for his appointment.[17] At the age of just 25, he was Pakistan's fourth youngest captain.[16] In Malik's first series as captain, Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka 2–1 in an ODI series in Abu Dhabi. His next assignments were home Test and ODI series against South Africa, which Pakistan lost 1-0 and 3-2 respectively. 3-2 was the score in favour of India when Pakistan subsequently played an ODI series against their arch-rivals. Malik hit 89 and took three wickets in the final match, which Pakistan won by 31 runs. Malik's captaincy lasted two years. A report by the coach and manager criticised his leadership, claiming that Malik was "a loner, aloof and involved in his own little world, which is OK but not when the team required a fully committed captain We do not see any meaningful communication between players and captain other than his five-minute talk during the team meeting".[16] Younis Khan took over as captain on 27 January 2009[18] after a poor performance against Sri Lanka saw Malik step down.[18] In his two-year tenure as captain, Malik lead his country in two Tests, losing two and drawing one,[19] and 36 ODIs, of which Pakistan won 24,[20] and 17 T20Is, winning 12.[21]

Post-captaincy [edit]

In March 2010, Malik was given a one-year ban from the national team by the PCB, who charged him with causing infighting within the team. It was part of a dramatic cull of players after Pakistan's winless tour of Australia, resulting in the fining or banning of seven players.[22] Two months later Lancashire County Cricket Club approached Malik to play for them during Twenty20 Cup. He agreed, saying "When Lancashire approached me to come and play for them I didn't hesitate in saying yes. I love playing cricket in England and the opportunity to play with a club of Lancashire's reputation was too good to pass up".[17] On 29 May 2010, Malik's ban was overturned and his Rs 2 million fine halved.[2] He was subsequently named in the open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com 2010 Asia Cup squad,[23] and as a result, Malik pulled out of his contract with Lancashire.[24] Pakistan did not make the final of the four-team tournament,[25] and Malik played in two matches, amassing 47 runs.[26] Mailk was in Pakistan's squad to play Australia and England in England in June–August 2010, but was dropped from the side. A regular in the ODI side, over the previously 12 months he had averaged around 30 with the bat in ODIs, and excluding one score over 50, his batting average hovered around 20. Mohsin Khan, Pakistan's chairman of selectors, cited Malik's poor recent form as the reason for dropping him.[27]

Playing style [edit]

According to Cricinfo's Osman Samiuddin:[28] (Malik’s) batting repertoire doesn't burst forth with strokes; there remains a distinctly utilitarian appeal to it. His drives straight are generally checked, dispossessed of flourish and in his forward defensive prods, there is an exaggerated care, just to make fully sure. It doesn't mean elegance doesn't come to him, as a couple of cover drives off Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh to bring Pakistan nearer its hundred showed. Midwicket slogging also comes naturally to him, usually more effective than beautiful. —Osman Samiuddin, 2006

Malik is regarded as a flexible player. He is capable of hitting big shots but is also capable of rotating the strike with good placement. He has a strike rate of 77.23 runs per 100 balls, which compares favourably to players such as Rahul Dravid and Inzamam ul-Haq. His most brazen display of "power hitting" came in 2003 against South Africa when he scored 82 from 41 balls. As is required of most modern players, he also has displayed good defensive batting at times.

Personal life [edit]

In 2008, media reports in Pakistan surfaced that Malik has married Ayesha Siddiqui, a woman from Hyderabad, India, on 3 June 2002. Malik denied these allegations saying his marriage plans with the woman did not go through, because of a lack of consensus between both the families.[29] In April 2010, Siddiqui's family released Shoaib-Ayesha 'marriage' certificate (Nikahnama).[30] On April 2, 2010, Malik said he plans to sue Siddiqui's family for "indulging in character assassination".[31][32][33] On April 7, 2010 Malik open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com confirmed his marriage with Siddiqui and signed the Talaq (divorce) papers.[34] On 12 April 2010, Malik married Indian tennis player Sania Mirza in an Islamic wedding ceremony at the Taj Krishna Hotel in Hyderabad, India[35][36] for a mahr of Rs. 6.1 million (US$137,500).[37]

Test centuries [edit]

Test Centuries by Shoaib Malik # Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year Scorecard Sinhalese Sports Club 1 148* 1 Sri Lanka Colombo, Sri Lanka 2006 Test#1794 Ground Sinhalese Sports Club 2 134 3 Sri Lanka Colombo, Sri Lanka 2009 Test#1927 Ground

ODI centuries [edit]

One Day International centuries by Shoaib Malik # Runs Against City/Country Venue Year Scorecard West Sharjah Cricket Association 1 111* Sharjah 2002 ODI#1808 Indies Stadium New 2 115 Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 2002 ODI#1835 Zealand Hong 3 118 Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground 2004 ODI#2147 Kong Ranasinghe Premadasa 4 143 India Colombo, Sri Lanka 2004 ODI#2152 Stadium 5 108 India Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 2006 ODI#2329 6 125* India Karachi, Pakistan National Stadium 2008 ODI#2717 open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Centurion, South 7 128 India SuperSport Park 2009 ODI#2898 Africa

References [edit]

Notes 1. ^ Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship All-Rounder Rankings . International Cricket Council. Retrieved on 2008-06-23. 2. ^ a b Samiuddin, Osman (29 May 2010), Shoaib Malik's oneyear ban lifted , Cricinfo, retrieved 30 May 2010 3. ^ Cricinfo staff (3 November 2004), 'I just want to keep performing as well as I can' , retrieved 2010-05-14 4. ^ Pakistan Cricket Board (11 May 2001), PCB Bowling Advisors clear Shoaib's off breaks; recommend coaching on 'wrong ones' , Cricinfo, retrieved 2010-05-14 5. ^ Pakistan Cricket Board (13 June 2001), Shoaib Malik fractures his shoulder after the nasty fall at Lord's , Cricinfo, retrieved 2010-05-14 6. ^ Wisden Cricinfo Staff (3 July 2003), Gloucestershire sign Shoaib , Cricinfo, retrieved 2010-05-14 7. ^ Wisden Cricinfo Staff (25 November 2003), Shoaib Malik to make Gloucestershire return , Cricinfo, retrieved 2010-05-14 8. ^ Firstclass batting and fielding for each team by Shoaib Malik , CricketArchive.com, retrieved 2010-05-14 9. ^ Firstclass bowling for each team by Shoaib Malik , CricketArchive.com, retrieved 2010-05-14 10. ^ ListA batting and fielding for each team by Shoaib Malik , CricketArchive.com, retrieved 2010-05-14 11. ^ ListA bowling for each team by Shoaib Malik , CricketArchive.com, retrieved 2010-05-14 12. ^ Wisden Cricinfo staff (17 October 2004), Shoaib Malik reported for suspect action , retrieved 2010-05-14 13. ^ Cricinfo staff (10 May 2005), Shoaib Malik cleared of suspect action , retrieved 2010-05-14 14. ^ Cricinfo staff (23 February 2005), Malik unlikely to bowl in India , retrieved 2010-05-14 15. ^ Cricinfo staff (2 May 2005), Shoaib Malik given oneTest ban , retrieved 2010-05-14 16. ^ a b c Samiuddin 2010, p. 45 17. ^ a b c Malik awarded Pakistan captaincy , BBC, 20 April 2007, retrieved 2010-05-14 18. ^ a b Samiuddin, Osman (2009-01-27), "Younis appointed Pakistan captain" , Cricinfo (ESPN), retrieved 2009-05-01 19. ^ Pakistan / Records / Test matches / Most matches as captain , Cricinfo, retrieved 2010-08-06 20. ^ Pakistan / Records / OneDay International matches / Most matches as captain , Cricinfo, retrieved 2010- open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com 20. ^ Pakistan / Records / OneDay International matches / Most matches as captain , Cricinfo, retrieved 2010- 08-06 21. ^ Pakistan / Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Most matches as captain , Cricinfo, retrieved 2010-08-06 22. ^ Rana, Malik get oneyear bans, Younis and Yousuf axed from teams , Cricinfo, 10 March 2010, retrieved 30 March 2010 23. ^ "Shoaib, Malik back in Pak squad for Asia Cup" . The News. Retrieved 4 June 2010. 24. ^ Hardcastle, Graham (31 May 2010), Malik blow for Lancs , Manchester Evening News, retrieved 2010- 07-19 25. ^ Ravindran, Siddarth (25 June 2010), An absorbing tournament with few watchers , Cricinfo, retrieved 2010-08-24 26. ^ Asia Cup, 2010 / Records / Most runs , Cricinfo, retrieved 2010-08-24 27. ^ Samiuddin, Osman (24 August 2010), Yousuf returns to limitedover squads , Cricinfo, retrieved 2010- 08-24 28. ^ Samiuddin, Osman (13 January 2006), Growing to be Everyman , Cricinfo, retrieved 2010-05-14 29. ^ Bhatti, Majid (2010-04-02). "Shoaib's ex trouble for Sania Mirza" . Mid-day.com. Retrieved 2010-06-22. 30. ^ "Siddiqui family releases Shoaib-Ayesha 'marriage' certificate" . Economictimes.indiatimes.com. 2010- 04-02. Retrieved 2010-06-22. 31. ^ Sania Mirza to Marry Shoaib Malik – Ayesha Siddiqui, Sayali Bhagat Sania and Sohrab Mirza keep watching 32. ^ Dinesh (2010-04-05). "Aisha Siddiqui Takes Shoaib Malik to Court" . Thecurrentaffairs.com. Retrieved 2010-06-22. 33. ^ "Shoaib Malik and Ayesha Amidst a Scandal" . Pakspectator.com. 2008-02-02. Retrieved 2010-06-22. 34. ^ "Sania's Shoaib finally divorces Ayesha Siddiqui" . Ndtv.com. Retrieved 2010-06-22. 35. ^ "Shoaib Malik finally married with Sania Mirza on 12 Apr" . Today News. April 13, 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2010. 36. ^ Page, Jeremy (2010-04-13). "Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza wed after controversial engagement" . The Times (London). Retrieved 13 April 2010. 37. ^ "Shoaib-Sania nikah solemnized, Rukhsati on Apr 15" . The News International. April 12, 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2010.[dead link] Bibliography Samiuddin, Osman (August 2010), "Pakistan Captaincy: The Impossible Job", The Wisden Cricketer: 40–45 open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com External links [edit]

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MisbahulHaq ﻣﺼﺒﺎﺡ اﻟﺤﻖ ﺧﺎﻥ :Main page MisbahulHaq Khan Niazi (Urdu .born May 28, 1974) is a Pakistani cricketer ,(ﻧﻴﺎﺯﯼ Contents ﻣﺼﺒﺎﺡ اﻟﺤﻖ ﺧﺎﻥ ﻧﻴﺎﺯﯼ Featured content Misbah has been in and out of the team for much of Personal information Current events his career. Misbah is currently the captain of the [1] Random article Pakistan Test cricket team Full name Misbah-ul-Haq Khan Niazi Donate to Wikipedia Born 28 May 1974 (age 36) Contents [hide] Mianw ali, Pakistan Interaction 1 Early career Batting style Right-hand batsman Help 2 Comeback Bow ling style Right arm leg break About Wikipedia 3 Dropping out and the captaincy (2010-2011) Role Batsman Community portal 3.1 Two-test series in New Zealand (2011) International information Recent changes 4 Test centuries National side Pakistan Contact Wikipedia 5 T20 International 50's Test debut (cap 166) 8 March 2001 v New Zealand 6 References Toolbox Last Test 15 January 2011 v New Zealand 7 External links ODI debut (cap 142) 27 April 2002 v New Zealand Print/export Last ODI 30 September 2009 v Australia Languages Early career [edit] Domestic team information मराठ Years Team Misbah was initially noticed for his technique and 2008–present Baluchistan his temperament in the Tri-nation tournament in 2006–2008 Punjab (Pakistan) open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com 2006–2008 Punjab (Pakistan) Nairobi, Kenya in 2002, as he scored two fifties in 2003–2007 Faisalabad the three innings in which he played, however, over 2003–present Sui Northern Gas Pipelines the next three Tests he played against Australia, 2000–2003 Khan Research Laboratories he failed to score more than twenty runs and was 1998–2001 Sargodha soon dumped from the team. Having witnessed Pakistan being eliminated in the opening phase of Career statistics the 2003 Cricket World Cup, Misbah was part of Competition Test ODI FC LA the changes made to the team in the aftermath of Matches 18 56 152 158 these results, but failed to make much of an impact Runs scored 997 1,523 11,042 5,218 and was soon dropped again. Batting average 35.60 39.05 50.65 45.77 100s/50s 2/4 0/9 32/51 8/31

Comeback [edit] Top score 161** 79** 284* 129**

Balls bowled – 24 318 144 At the age of 33, Misbah was chosen to play in the Wickets – 0 3 1 inaugural ICC World Twenty20 in 2007, filling the Bowling average – – 80.66 179.00 middle order spot vacated by Inzamam-ul-Haq. He 5 wickets in innings – 0 0 0 had been regularly making runs in Pakistani domestic cricket and in the years before his recall 10 wickets in match – n/a 0 n/a he was consistently one of the top run scorers at Best bowling – 0/30 1/2 1/10 each season's end, with his first-class average Catches/stumpings 21/– 32/– 152/– 81/– briefly climbing above 50. Source: [http://www.cricketarchiv e.com/Archiv e/Play ers/19/19294/19294.html

Misbah was one of the stars of the tournament, Education: He has passed his FSc f rom PAF College Mianwali, recently playing a large part in many thrilling run chases. named as ARF Colllege Mianwali. he has done his MBA f rom Lahore and The first was in the group stage against India where that was f inally done f rom trav elling three dif f erent colleges of Lahore. CricketArchiv e], 12 December 2009 he scored a half century in a tied match. He was run out attempting the winning run off the last ball of the match. In their Super 8s encounter with Australia he was named Man of the Match with an unbeaten 66 off 42 deliveries to see his side home with 5 balls to spare. Another unbeaten innings in the semi final against New Zealand saw Pakistan book a spot in the final against India. He played an instrumental role in Pakistan's recovery in the inaugural 2007 ICC World Twenty20 final open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com He played an instrumental role in Pakistan's recovery in the inaugural 2007 ICC World Twenty20 final against arch-rivals India, with three sixes. He hit the first legitimate ball of the last over for six. With 6 runs needed to win off 4 remaining balls, Misbah tried to scoop the ball over short fine leg, but was caught out by Sreesanth. Misbah scored his maiden Test hundred against India at Kolkata in the 2nd Test of the 2007 series. After India managed 616 in their first innings, Pakistan were at 5 for 150 in reply and in danger of following on when Misbah and Kamran Akmal put together a match saving 207 run stand. Misbah finished on 161 not out. In the 3rd & final Test of the series, Misbah made another fluent century this time finishing on 133 not out. 2008 began with some high points for Misbah as he was elevated to the post of Vice - Captain of the Pakistan team and was awarded a Grade A Contract. Since returning to International Cricket for Pakistan, Misbah has gone through a sustained patch of prolific run scoring. In his last 5 Test Match innings for Pakistan, he has notched up 458 runs at a very high batting average of 152.67 against India. In his last 5 ODIs as well, Misbah has made 190 Runs at an average of 63.33 & in Domestic Cricket for Punjab, he has amassed an astounding 586 runs at an average of 195.33 with 2 centuries and his highest first-class score of 208*.

Dropping out and the captaincy (2010-2011) [edit]

Misbah was dropped from the team after the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 and missed the teams controversial tour of England in August 2010[2] Due to the batting-collapses that Pakistan suffered during that tour Misbah was recalled for the subsequent tour against South Africa in the UAE to lead as a captain of the team for test series. Many people expressed there surprise at the appointment of Misbah as captain. Wasim Akram stated that although the decision was surprising if Misbah bats and fields well everything else will go according to plan.[3] Former Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson stated that he believed Misbah has the best cricketing brain within Pakistan and he will do incredibly well in the plans for the captaincy [4] Misbah hit back at those who criticised the decision to appoint him captain and stated that he should be given a chance to prove himself [5] In his first match as test captain he set an example for his team when he scored 71* in a 168 run partnership with Younus Khan this helped Pakistan salvage a draw from the match [6] open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Twotest series in New Zealand (2011) [edit] After Three Twenty20's in which Misbah did not play as Pakistan lost the series 2-1. He returned to captaining the test side and during his third test as captain he claimed his first victory when Pakistan beat New Zealand by 10 wickets. New Zealand were bowled out for 275 and during Pakistan's first innings Misbah reached a half-century before being trapped in front on 62, however Asad Shafiq top-scored in the innings with 83. Pakistan took a slender lead of 92 and bowled New Zealand out for 110 needing just 19 runs for victory and Pakistan sealed a crushing win when Taufeeq Umar sealed the winning run as Pakistan won by ten wickets and took a 1-0 lead in the series. The following match Misbah stated that the team's main focus was on improving themselves and that winning the series was a side focus. In the second and final Test of th series, Misbah yet again impressed with the bat. He was trapped in front just one short of a century in the first innings, with Pakistan taking a slender first innings lead. New Zealand posted 293 in their 2nd innings leaving Pakistan needing 274 to win on the findal day. An opening barrage from New Zealand's seamers left Pakistan struggling at 42-3, with Misbah joining Younis Khan at the crease. The two put on 118 runs and Misbah remained undefeated as Pakistan held out for a draw, finishing 226-5. This secured Pakistan's first Test series win since 2007 and helped raise Misbah's average as Captain to 112.75. [7]

Test centuries [edit]

The following table illustrates a summary of the Test centuries scored by Misbah-ul-Haq.[8] In the column Runs, * indicates being not out. The column title Match refers to the Match Number of his career.

Test Centuries of MisbahulHaq # Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year [1] 161* 9 India Kolkata, India Eden Gardens 2007 [2] 133* 10 India Bangalore, India M. Chinnaswamy Stadium 2007

T20 International 50's [edit] open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Mt. Runs Balls Dismissal Against City/Country Venue Year 4 53 35 Run out India Durban, South Africa Kingsmead 2007 6 66* 42 Not out Australia Johannesburg, South Africa The Wanderers 2007 10 87* 53 Not out Bangladesh Karachi, Pakistan National Stadium 2008

References [edit]

1. ^ http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan-v-south-africa-2010/content/current/story/480522.html 2. ^ http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=247038 3. ^ http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan-v-south-africa-2010/content/story/480800.html 4. ^ http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan-v-south-africa-2010/content/current/story/481054.html 5. ^ http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan-v-south-africa-2010/content/current/story/481149.html 6. ^ Samiuddin, Osman (15 November 2010). "Misbah takes captaincy with rescuing 76* to salvage draw" . Retrieved 18 November 2010. 7. ^ http://www.thenews.com.pk/NewsDetail.aspx?ID=9366 8. ^ Misbah-ul-Haq, Test matches - Batting analysis . Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-22.

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Younus Khan ,(ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﻳﻮﻧﺲ ﺧﺎﻥ :Main page Mohammad Younus Khan (Pashto Contents (born November 29, 1977 in Mardan, North-West Frontier ﻳﻮﻧﺲ ﺧﺎﻥ Featured content Province) is a Pakistani cricketer and former captain of Current events the Pakistan national cricket team. Younus' name is Random article often spelled Younis Khan, but he has been quoted as Donate to Wikipedia saying, "My name is Younus Khan. I tell people that everywhere, but they don’t listen."[1] He is only the third Interaction Pakistani player to score 300 or more runs in an Help innings.[2] About Wikipedia On March 10, 2010, Younus, along with another player, Community portal Mohammad Yousuf were axed by the Pakistan Cricket Recent changes Board from playing for Pakistan in any format for an Contact Wikipedia indefinite period, following an inquiry report which Toolbox suggested that both the player were involved in breaches [3] Print/export of discipline by inciting divisions within the team. The ban was overturned three months later.[4] Languages Contents [hide] বাংলা Personal information Career Full name Mohammad Younus Khan 1 ﭘﻨﺠﺎﺑﯽ 1.1 International career Born 29 November 1977 (age 33) open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Born 29 November 1977 (age 33) 1.2 Captaincy situation Mardan, NWFP (now Khyber- 1.3 Resignation from captaincy Pakhtunkhw a), Pakistan 1.4 Post-captaincy: Sacking, Troubles & Return Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) (2010) Batting style Right-handed 1.5 New Zealand test series: 2011 Bow ling style Right-arm medium, Legbreak 1.6 Twenty20 Cricket (2007 - present) Role Batsman 1.7 Domestic career International information 1.7.1 Australian first-class cricket National side Pakistan 1.7.2 County Cricket Test debut 26 February 2000 v Sri Lanka 1.7.3 Indian Premier League (cap 159) 2 Playing style Last Test 20 July 2009 v Sri Lanka 3 Statistics ODI debut 13 February 2000 v Sri Lanka 3.1 Test centuries (cap 131) 3.2 One-Day International centuries Last ODI 31 January 2010 v Australia 3.3 Career Best Performances ODI shirt no. 75 4 Personal life Domestic team information 5 References Years Team 6 External links 1998–2005 Peshaw ar 1999– Habib Bank Limited Career 2005 Nottinghamshire 2006– Peshaw ar Panthers International career 2007 Yorkshire (squad no. 75) Younus Khan made his international debut in an ODI 2008 Rajasthan Royals against Sri Lanka at Karachi in February 2000, and has 2008/09– South Australia since played over 150 ODIs for Pakistan. He has also 2010 Surrey played in over 50 Test matches. Younus was one of the Career statistics few batsmen who retained his place in the team after Competition Test ODI FC LA

Pakistan's disastrous World Cup campaign in 2003, but Matches 63 202 150 263

lost it soon after due to a string of poor scores in the Runs scored 5,260 5,676 10,873 7,678 open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com home series against Bangladesh and South Africa. He Batting average 50.09 33.12 50.33 34.51

came back for the one-day series against India, but failed 100s/50s 16/21 6/37 34/44 10/48

to cement a place in the Test side. Top score 313 144 313 144

It was his return to the side in October 2004, at the Balls bowled 540 224 2,677 1,085

pivotal one-down, against Sri Lanka in Karachi that laid Wickets 7 2 35 27

the groundwork for his emergence as a force in Pakistan Bowling average 48.71 112.00 44.57 38.32

cricket. He was the top run-getter in the disastrous 3-0 5 wickets in 0 0 0 0 whitewash in Australia immediately after and on the tour innings

of India, for which Younus was elevated to vice-captain, 10 wickets in 0 n/a 0 n/a he blossomed. After a horror start to the series he came match back strongly, capping things off with 267 in the final Best bowling 2/23 1/3 4/52 3/5 Test. It was his highest Test score and came off 504 Catches/stumpings 67/– 107/– 158/– 144/–

balls in the first innings, to set up a series levelling Source: Cricinf o , 13 October 2010 victory in Bangalore. As well as being an accomplished batsman, Younus is also a skilled slip fielder and a very occasional leg- spin bowler. He has performed particularly well outside Pakistan, including on tours of Australia, India, England and Sri Lanka. In the six Tests he has played against India, Younus averages an exceptional 106, the highest average against India by a Pakistani.[5] Apart from his 267 at Bangalore, Younus also made 147 at Kolkata in 2005 and a pair of centuries during India's trip to Pakistan in 2006. More importantly, the tour to India also showcased his potential as a future captain of Pakistan and his energetic and astute leadership has impressed many people. Also in 2006, Younus made a century in the third Test against England at Headingley. On 22 January 2007, he scored a matchwinning 67 not out in the 4th innings to guide Pakistan to victory over South Africa in Port Elizabeth. The five wicket win levelled the series at 1-1. In 2005, he was one of the 15 nominees for the ICC Test Player of the Year. He is the second fastest Pakistani in terms of innings to reach 4000 Test runs, behind Javed Miandad. Younus reached the milestone in 87 innings, just one more than Sachin Tendulkar took.[6] Younus Khan topped the ICC's Test Batting Rankings in February 2009 after an acclaimed innings of 313 in his first test as captain, in the process of helping save the match for Pakistan.[7] His ranking score of 880 is open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com the third highest achieved by a Pakistani batsmen after Mohammad Yousuf (933), Javed Miandad (885) and just ahead of Inzamam-ul-Haq (870).[8]

Captaincy situation He first led Pakistan against the West Indies in 2005. In September 2006, he was offered the position of captain for the course of the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy, following the suspension of Inzamam ul Haq. He turned down the offer, stating he didn't want to be a "dummy captain".[9] However, on the morning of October 7, 2006 the Pakistan Cricket Board announced that Khan would lead his team in the tournament.[10] Following the resignation of Inzamam after the side's exit from the 2007 Cricket World Cup, Khan was offered the captaincy on a permanent basis, but turned it down. He blamed the angry reaction by the Pakistani public to side's early exit from the tournament.[11] After Pakistan's 2009 2 matches to 1 defeat to Sri Lanka, PCB chairman Ijaz Butt appointed Younus Khan as the permanent captain of both the Test and ODI teams. The appointment became effective as of January 27, 2009.[12] Shortly after accepting the post Younus was quoted as saying, "I will try and fix things that aren't right at the moment...I want our team to be consistent above all, in everything we do and that will require everyone to put their hands up." [13] Younus went on to say that he expects full support from former captain Shoaib Malik whom he called a senior player in the side.

Resignation from captaincy Khan resigned as captain on October 13, 2009 due to an parliamentary investigation into match fixing that was alleged to have taken place during his reign. Despite being cleared in the investigation, Khan said "Yes I have submitted my resignation because I am disgusted by these match-fixing allegations made against me and the team."[14] Khan also dropped a catch of Grant Elliott in the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy semi-final. He had a hair-line fracture in his finger prior to the match. Later PCB Chairman requested Khan to take back his resignation and Khan did it under his conditions. However after captaining the team for a three-match series against New Zealand Younis took a break for test matches in New Zealand and the series in Australia the captaincy was given to Mohammad Yousuf and since then Younis has not captained the national team. open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Post-captaincy: Sacking, Troubles & Return (2010) Younus's career after he gave up the captaincy continued for a downwards spiral as he was banned on 10 March 2010. Pakistan Cricket Board announced that Younus Khan has been banned indefinitely for "infighting which brought down the whole team during the tour of Australia in January".[15] His ban was however overturned three months later in June 2010.[4] Despite being cleared of any wrongdoing, Younus was not selected for the series against England.[16] Pakistan continued to suffer frequent batting collapses against England in test Cricket this put the Pakistan Cricket Board under pressure to restore Younus to the game, also Pakistani batsman and Test Captain Salman Butt was suspended on being involved in Spot- Fixing this resulted in several former captains including Moin Khan and Zaheer Abbas wanting Younus reinstated to the test team as captain.[17] However the Pakistan Cricket Board did not clear Younis Khan for selection on the tours of South Africa in 2010 and despite being the first-choice captain for the selectors panel Mohsin Khan announced that Misbah-ul-Haq was recalled and made captain due to the PCB refusing to clear Younis Khan for selection.[18] Signs of an improvement between the relationship of the Pakistan Cricket Board and Younis Khan began to emerge after the board contacted Younis to pontentially be selected for the tour Against South Africa in October 2010 [19] On August 31 2010 the Daily Telegraph in its news article mentioned that Younus Khan was associated with alleged match-fixer Mazhar Majeed Younus threatened to sue the Dail Telegraph over the fact that they posted false information about Younus. The Daily Telegraph admitted that they incorrectly reported that Younus Khan was affiliated with Mazhar Majeed after a full public apology by the Daily Telegraph Younus dropped the defamation charges against the newspaper giant [20] The Pakistan Cricket Board subsequently announced that they had successfully reconciled with Younus Khan and that they intended to use him on the tour of South Africa in October 2010 as a replacement for the injured Mohammad Yousuf [21] On his comeback ODI against South Africa Younus Khan scored 54 runs. Younus then confirmed a statement by Pakistan captain Rashid Latif that he had not apologised to the PCB for his actions. As he believed he had committed nothing wrong. He also stated that the PCB chairman Ijaz Butt didn't ask Younus to apologise either. [22][23] His on-field comeback went well when he scored 74 runs and anchored Pakistan's innings Pakistan eventually won the fourth ODI against South Africa by 1 wicket. His first test match in over 12 months also went well when he scored a century in the second innings of the first test against South Africa this century along with a 168 run partnership with captain Misbah-ul-Haq allowed Pakistan to salvage a open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com draw. Younus eventually finished unbeaten on 131 [24] During this match he along with Misbah-ul-Haq led Pakistan to another feat by the end of his innings of 131 it became Pakistan's highest score of all time while batting in the fourth innings with Pakistan at 343/3

New Zealand test series: 2011 Younus played in the two-match test series against New Zealand and Younus scored 23 in the first innings and was not required to bat in the second innings as Pakistan sealed a 10-wicket victory. During the first innings of the second test match Younus was given caught incorrectly at short-leg when on 73. In the post- match interview Younus took the view the umpires are humans they make mistakes but they should reduce the errors they make, also he called for the UDRS (Umpire Decision Review System) to be used in all test matches so that if an error is made it can be reffered. [25]

Twenty20 Cricket (2007 - present) Pakistan captain Younis Khan announced his retirement from Twenty20 cricket after leading his team to the ICC World Twenty20 title by beating Sri Lanka at Lord's Sri Lanka suffered an 8 wicket thrashing. "This is my last Twenty20 game [for Pakistan], so I am retiring from T20 internationals," Younis said "I am now 31, I am old for this kind of cricket." No immediate announcement was made as to the identity of his successor as 20-over captain, it was confirmed on July 29, 2009 that Shahid Afridi would succeed him as the Twenty20 Captain. However after Younus returned to the national setup he announced that he was willing to play Twenty20 cricket for Pakistan as a senior batsman [26] Younus then confirmed that he was available to play in all three-formats of the game. He also announced that he was no longer in the race for the captaincy [27] After announcing his comeback to Twenty20 cricket Younus was selected for the three match Twenty20 series against New Zealand in December 2010. Younus played in all three-matches but struggled for form

Domestic career

Australian first-class cricket open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com In 2008–09, Younus is playing for the Southern Redbacks in Australia's domestic circuit on a short-term basis. He scored a century against Queensland Bulls in the first innings of a Sheffield shield match in Brisbane, which helped the Redbacks to win their first Shield match for a year.

County Cricket In 2005, Younus played county cricket for Nottinghamshire in England. In the 2007 English domestic cricket season, played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club as an overseas player. In doing so he was the third overseas Asian cricketer to play for Yorkshire following Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh, and was succeeded by fellow Pakistani Inzamam. On his County Championship debut for Yorkshire, he made a disappointing 4 runs from 4 balls in his first innings, being bowled [28] by Rikki Clarke of Surrey, and just 12 in his second innings. Younus batting for Surrey in the FPt20 in However, on his one-day debut in the Friends Provident Trophy, England. Younus hit a superb 100 from 92 balls against Nottinghamshire to lead Yorkshire to victory.[29] He made his first County Championship century, 106 off 151 balls, for Yorkshire against Hampshire at the Rose Bowl in the third match of the season and followed it up with an unbeaten double hundred, 202 off 290 balls, in the second innings to steer Yorkshire to a confident declaration. In doing so, Younus became the first Yorkshire player to score a century and a double century in the same match. Younus also made a useful contribution bowling during Hampshire's second innings, picking up four wickets for just 52 runs, however despite his and the team's efforts the match ended in a draw.[30] He repeated the feat of an unbeaten double century at Scarborough in a rain-affected drawn match with Kent. He played a superb innings to finish on 217* off just 252 balls with 18 fours and 6 sixes. He left Yorkshire following the 8-wicket drubbing of Glamorgan Dragons. However, the nature of the victory denied him of the chance to sign off in a fitting matter as he was not required to bat. He signed for Surrey for the 2010 season.[31] open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com Indian Premier League In 2008 Younus signed with the Indian Premier League and was drafted by the Rajasthan Royals for a bid of $225,000 USD. He however played only 1 match in the tournament against Kings XI Punjab and scored 1 run. Playing style

Younus is regarded as one of the best players of spin bowling in the world, being particularly strong on the leg side. His favourite and trademark shot is the flick, but it has also been his shortcoming, with him being particularly prone to falling lbw during the early stages of his innings. He is also prone to getting down on one knee and driving extravagantly. But this flamboyance is coupled with grit. One of his main weaknesses is playing away from the body, he also has a tendency to leave straight balls, a trait that has been exploited by bowlers in the past, particularly by the Australian attack. Along with Mohammad Yousuf and the now retired Inzamam-ul-Haq, he formed a formidable middle order batting line up for Pakistan. Younus is a skillful infielder, with a report prepared by Cricinfo in late 2005 showing that since the 1999 Cricket World Cup, he had effected the third highest number of run-outs in ODI cricket (joint with Andrew Symonds), with the highest success rate.[32]

Statistics

open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com An innings-by-innings breakdow n of Younus's Test match batting career, show ing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).

The following tables illustrate a summary of the Test and ODI centuries scored by Younus Khan. In the column Runs, * indicates being not out. The column title Match refers to the Match Number of his career.

Test centuries

Test Centuries of Younus Khan Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year Rawalpindi Cricket [1] 107 1 Sri Lanka Rawalpindi, Pakistan 2000 Stadium Galle International [2] 116 8 Sri Lanka Galle, Sri Lanka 2000 Stadium open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com [3] 149* 10 New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand Eden Park 2001 [4] 119 16 Bangladesh Chittagong, Bangladesh Chittagong Stadium 2002 Sharjah, United Arab [5] 153 18 West Indies Sharjah Stadium 2002 Emirates [6] 124 29 Sri Lanka Karachi, Pakistan National Stadium 2004 [7] 147 34 India Kolkata, India Eden Gardens 2005 [8] 267 35 India Bengaluru, India Chinnaswamy Stadium 2005 [9] 106 37 West Indies Kingston, Jamaica Sabina Park 2005 [10] 199 40 India Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 2006 [11] 194 41 India Faisalabad, Pakistan Iqbal Stadium 2006 Headingley Carnegie [12] 173 46 England Leeds, England 2006 Stadium [13] 126 54 South Africa Karachi, Pakistan National Stadium 2007 [14] 130 55 South Africa Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 2007 [15] 107* 57 India Kolkata, India Eden Gardens 2007 [16] 313 59 Sri Lanka Karachi, Pakistan National Stadium 2009 [17] 131* 63 South Africa Dubai, UAE DSC Cricket Stadium 2010

One-Day International centuries

ODI Centuries of Younus Khan Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year Hong Sinhalese Sports Club [1] 144 103 Colombo, Sri Lanka 2004 Kong Ground [2] 101 137 England Southampton, England Rose Bowl Stadium 2006 open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com [3] 117 158 India Mohali, India Punjab C.A. Stadium 2007 Sher-e-Bangla National [4] 108 170 India Dhaka, Bangladesh 2008 Stadium [5] 123* 174 India Karachi, Pakistan National Stadium 2008 West Abu Dhabi, United Arab [6] 101 178 Sheikh Zayed Stadium 2008 Indies Emirates

Career Best Performances as of 13 October 2010

Batting Bowling

Score Fixture Venue Season Score Fixture Venue Season Pakistan v Sri Tests 313 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Karachi 2009 2-23 Galle 2009 Lanka

Colombo Pakistan v Hong ODI 144 Pakistan v Hong Kong 2004 1-3 Karachi 2008 (SSC) Kong T20I 51 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Johannesburg 2007 3-18 Pakistan v Kenya Nairobi 2007

Yorkshire v The Rose FC 313 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Karachi 2009 4-52 2007 Hampshire Bowl

Colombo Nottinghamshire v LA 144 Pakistan v Hong Kong 2004 3-5 Cheltenham 2005 (SSC) Gloucestershire Peshawar Panthers v T20 70 Lahore 2009 3-18 Pakistan v Kenya Nairobi 2007 Islamabad Leopards

Personal life open in browser customize free license contest pdfcrowd.com He married his wife Amna on 30 March 2007, and their son Owais was born on 26 December 2007.[33] Younus had to deal with a number of deaths in his family during 2005 and 2006. Earlier in 2005 he had to fly back from a tour to Australia after his father had died. Later in the year during the England tour to Pakistan, Younus' eldest brother, Mohammed Sharif Khan, aged 41, died in a car accident in Ukraine, who in Youins's words taught him to play cricket.[34] Another older brother, Farman Ali Khan was only 39, when he was killed in a car accident in Germany, in December 2006. Younus was batting in the second ODI against West Indies in Faisalabad when the news of his brother's death reached the team management. Younus only came to know about the situation after he returned to the pavilion at the end of his innings. Younus, immediately, left for his home town Mardan and did not participate in any of the remaining matches. Younus also mentioned his grief at the death of Bob Woolmer in March 2007 after Pakistan's exit from the World Cup. He stated that he saw Bob as a father figure after the loss of his own father and that he was able to share many personal thoughts with the cricket coach.[35] He is known to enjoy fishing, when not playing cricket.[34] References

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