Cricket in Pakistan
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Cricket is very famous sport not only in Pakistan, also in Asia and all around the world. Pakistani people are very crazy about watching and playing cricket matches. All of them have craze to play cricket at home, on the streets and in play grounds. Pakistan’s biggest rival in cricket is India and whenever they play with each other, mostly people of Indian and Pakistani have craze to watch only cricket match. They have craze to watch on television and physically in the stadium. During their match stadium mostly fills with huge crowed.
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Cricket history in Pakistan
Pakistan’s cricket history is very old and it starts before the Pakistan has come on the map of world and this area was under the British law. The first match was introduced by British between two teams, Australia and Sindh. It was played in the ground of Karachi on 22 November, 1935. Round about five thousand people were there to see the match. After the formation of Pakistan this game was introduced in other cities also and got much popularity. PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board) is the official member of ICC (International Cricket Council) and ACC (Asian cricket council). They control all the local competitions. After the creation, Pakistan has build up too many famous batsman and bowlers who are playing now ICC international cricket matches.
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Local cricket competitions of Pakistan
There are various types of local and domestic cricket contests are played in Pakistan which is also called un-official matches or national matches. All the major cities have their own teams. Some major cricket competitions are as follows:-
Domestic cricket cup
Quaid-e-Azam Trophy
Faysal Bank Twenty20 cup
Pentangular Trophy
PSL (Pakistan Super League)
First class cricket
National OD championship
President’s cup
Gold League
Silver League
Haier Twenty20 cup
ABN AMRO cup
All stars cup
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Local Cricket in Pakistan
There are too many local contests are played in Pakistan between different teams. These types of competitions are very necessary to build the best players for international cricket matches. All the major cities have their own teams like Sialkot stallions, Rawlpindi Raims, Karaachi Zebras, Peshawar Panthers, Lahore Eagles, Faisalabad Wolves, Karachi Dolphins, Lahore Lions, Multan Tigers, Quetta Bears, Hyderabad Hawks and Abottabad Falcons. Number of sponsor companies also has their teams.
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Karachi is the No. one team who won the QEA (Quaid-e-Azam) tournament twenty one times. Sialkot Stallions is also a very popular team in Pakistan and also in international competitions. Sialkot Stalltions is the single team who won the Haier Twenty20 cup of total six times.
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Quaid-e-Azam Trophy
Quaid-e-Azam trophy is very popular competition in Pakistan’s local cricket tournaments. From the year 1953 to 2011, it was played of total 55 times. Karachi is the number one team who won this tournament of total 21 times. The number second team is National Bank who won this tournament of total 6 times. PIA is the number third team who won this cup of total 5 times. Lahore lions won this tournament of total four times, and they are on number four. UBL bank is on number 5 as they won this tournament of total 4 times. Bahawalpur is on number six as they won this tournament of total 3 times. Habib Bank won this tournament of total 2 times and they are on number 7. Sialkot Stallions are on number 8 and they won this tournament of total 2 times. Punjab is on number 9 and they won this tournament of total 2 times. Pakistan Railway team is on number 10 as they won this tournament of total 2 times. Faisalabad team, Sui Northen Gas team, Peshawar team and ADBP team won this tournament of just single time.
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ICC Cricket Records of Pakistan
Pakistan has too many best records in all formats of international cricket like ODI (One day international), Test matches and Twenty20 matches. Pakistan has won the ICC world cup in the year 1992 against England. The captain of the team was Imran Khan. After seven years they again got success and arrived in the final match of ODI world competition and became a runner up team. In the year 2007 they have performed well and successfully reach in the last round of ICC world Twenty20 match but unfortunately they won’t get success and became a runner up team. They did not lose hope and struggled hard and after two years they again successfully reach in the last round of ICC world Twenty20 match and this time they won the final and became the number one team.
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Some of the major cricket records made by Pakistani Players
Fastest bowling speed ever in international cricket’s history
Shoaib Akhtar is the single Pakistani bowler who performs the fastest bowl ever in international cricket’s history against England in 2003 world cup. He crosses the speed of 100 meter per hour. He performs the fastest bowl with the speed of 161.3 Km/h.
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Maximum Sixes hitter in international cricket matches
Shahid Afridi is the single Pakistani batsman who made the world record of highest sixes overall in ODI, Test and Twenty20 matches. He hits total 454 sixes of which 351 were in One day matches which is also a record.
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Fastest 100 runs in top ten list
Shahid Afridi holds the world record of fastest century on just 37 balls for fifteen years. After this two more batsmen breaks this record. But Shahid Afridi also has a record of fastest centuries of total three times in top ten lists.
Most Hat-tricks in international cricket matches
Wasim Akram is the single Pakistani bowler who made the world record of hat-tricks of total four times. Two hat-tricks were in ODI matches and two were in test matches.
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Five and six wickets taker of most times
Waqar Younis is the single bowler who got five and six wickets of most times in international cricket.
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Most wickets taker in a year
Saqlain Mushtaq is the single Pakistani bowler who made this world record. He got most wickets in one year period. He got total 69 number of wickets in just 36 international matches.
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Most wickets taker in a single ground
Wasim Akram swing master is the single Pakistani bowler who made the world record of taking most wickets in the same ground at Sharjah. He got total 122 wickets and played 77 matches.
Match winnings as a Captain
ICC Twenty-20 Captains of Pakistan Team
Inzamam-Ul-Haq
The very first captain of Twenty-20 matches of Pakistani team was Inzamam-Ul-Haq. He performs as a captain in T-20 match only once in 2006, and Pakistan was the winner of this match.
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Younis Khan
The second captain of Pakistan’s Twenty-20 matches was Younis Khan. He performs as a captain of T-20 matches from the year 2007 to 2009. In his captaincy Pakistani team have played total 8 matches and won 5. They have lost in 3 matches only. As a captain he was on number 4.
Shoaib Malik
Shoaib Malik is a young and talented player. In his captaincy, they have played total 17 international matches from the year 2007 to 2010. They got victory in 12 matches and lost only 4. One match was tied. He was on number 3rd as a T-20 captain.
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Misbah-ul-Haq
Misbah-Ul-Hq was the number one T-20 captain of Pakistani team. As a captain his performance was awesome. He performs as a captain for only 2 years from 2011 to 2012. As a captain he performs in total 8 matches of which 2 were lost and 6 won.
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Shahid Afridi
Shahid Afridi is famous for his huge sixer innings and is also called boom boom Afridi. He played as a T-20 captain of total 29 times. In his captaincy they have lost14 matches and won 15. From the year 2009, he is still playing as a captain of Pakistani team. His performance as a captain was rounding about 50/50.
Muhammad Hafeez
Muhammad Hafeez was the captain of Pakistani team from the year 2012 to 2014. He was also the opening batsman. In his captaincy they have played total 29 matches. They got victory in 17 matches and lost 11. One match was tied. He was on number 5th as a T-20 captain.
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Major ICC ODI Captains of Pakistan Team
Intikhab Alam
Intikhab Alam played in Pakistani cricket team as a captain from the year 1972 to 1974. As a captain they have played total 3 matches of which 1 was lost and 2 won.
Javaid Miandad
Javaid Miandad ia a very famous Pakistani batsman. He performs as a captain from the year 1980 to 1993 and played total 62 matches. Pakistan has lost in 33 matches and won total 26 matches. One match was tied and 2 were cancelled due to rain..
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Zaheer Abbas
Zaheer Abbas played in total 13 matches as a captain of which 5 were lost and they got victory in 7 matches. One match was cancelled due to rain.
Imran Khan
Every Pakistani knows who is Imran Khan. Pakistan has won only ICC world cup in the captaincy of Imran Khan. He played as a captain from the period 1982 to 1992 and played total 139 matches. Pakistani team won 75 matches and lost in 59. One match was tied and 4 were cancelled.
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Saleem Malik
Saleem Malik was the captain of Pakistani team from the year 1992 to 1995. As a captain they have played total 34 matches of which 11 were lost and they won 21 matches. Two matches were tied.
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Waseem Akram
Waseem Akram was a great bowler also called swing ka sultan (Swing Master). He played as a captain from the year 1992 to 2000. As a captain the have played total 109 matches of which 41 were lost and 66 won by the team. Two matches were tied.
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Waqar Younis
Waqar Younis played as a captain from the year 1993 to 2003. He ha splayed total 625 matches of which 23 were lost and 37 won by Pakistan. Two matches were cancelled.
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Moin Khan
Moin Khan was the best wicket keeper of Pakistan team. He played as a captain from the year 1994 to 2001. As a captain they have played total 34 matches. They were lost in 14 matches and 20 won by Pakistan.
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Saeed Anwar
Saeed Anwar was very good opening batsman. As a captain he has played from the year 1994 to 2000. He performs in total 11 matches and got victory in 5 matches and 6 were lost.
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Rashid Lateef
Rashif Lateef was another good wicket keeper of Pakistani team. As a captain they have played total 25 matches of which in 13 they got victory and 12 were lost.
Inzamam-Ul-Haq
Inzamam was a great captain of Pakistan team. As a captain they have played total 87 matches. They got victory in 51 matches and 33 were lost. Three matches were cancelled.
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Misbah-Ul-Haq
Misbah-Ul-Haq is a good captain of Pakistan team. As a captain he played from the period 2008 to current year 2015. They have played total 87 matches of which in 45 they got victory and 39 were lost. 2 matches were tied and 1 was cancelled.
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Shahid Afridi
Shahid Afridi is a very famous Pakistani captain. As a captain they have played total 38 matches. They got victory in19 matches 18 were lost.. One match was cancelled.
Azhar Ali
Azhar Ali is currently playing as a captain of Pakistan team.
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