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Tuesday 16 April 2013

Abdul Razzaq

Abdul Razzaq Biography

Source(google.com.pk)

Abdul Razzaq
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
    Mat    Inns    NO    Runs    HS    Ave    BF    SR    100    50    4s    6s    Ct    St
Tests    46    77    9    1946    134    28.61    4741    41.04    3    7    230    23    15    0
ODIs    262    226    57    5063    112    29.95    6214    81.47    3    23    382    124    33    0
T20Is    26    24    9    346    46*    23.06    274    126.27    0    0    17    20    2    0
First-class    117    183    27    5254    203*    33.67            8    28            32    0
List A    322    277    67    6342    112    30.20            3    33            46    0
Twenty20    71    66    17    1376    109    28.08    958    143.63    1    5    122    66    9    0
Bowling averages
    Mat    Inns    Balls    Runs    Wkts    BBI    BBM    Ave    Econ    SR    4w    5w    10
Tests    46    76    7008    3694    100    5/35    7/155    36.94    3.16    70.0    4    1    0
ODIs    262    251    10845    8503    267    6/35    6/35    31.84    4.70    40.6    8    3    0
T20Is    26    19    315    360    18    3/13    3/13    20.00    6.85    17.5    0    0    0
First-class    117        18564    10818    340    7/51        31.81    3.49    54.6        11    2
List A    322        13761    11032    364    6/35    6/35    30.30    4.81    37.8    13    3    0
Twenty20    71    64    1271    1552    79    4/13    4/13    19.64    7.32    16.0    2    0    0
Recent matches
Bat & Bowl    Team    Opposition    Ground    Match Date    Scorecard
0/14, 3    Pakistan    v India    Mohali    30 Mar 2011    ODI # 3147
1/4    Pakistan    v West Indies    Dhaka    23 Mar 2011    ODI # 3142
2/8, 20*    Pakistan    v Australia    Colombo (RPS)    19 Mar 2011    ODI # 3139
1/24    Pakistan    v Zimbabwe    Pallekele    14 Mar 2011    ODI # 3132
0/49, 62    Pakistan    v New Zealand    Pallekele    8 Mar 2011    ODI # 3123
8, 1/16    Pakistan    v Canada    Colombo (RPS)    3 Mar 2011    ODI # 3116
3, 0/23    Pakistan    v Sri Lanka    Colombo (RPS)    26 Feb 2011    ODI # 3109
8*, 0/23    Pakistan    v Kenya    Hambantota    23 Feb 2011    ODI # 3105
-    Pakistan    v England    Fatullah    18 Feb 2011    Other OD
4, 3/31    Pakistan    v Bangladesh    Dhaka    15 Feb 2011    Other OD
Profile
Abdul Razzaq was once rapid enough to open the bowling and remains composed enough to bat anywhere, though he is discovering that the lower-order suits him nicely. His bowling - the reason he was first noticed - is characterised by a galloping approach, accuracy, and reverse-swing. But it is his batting that is more likely to win matches. He boasts a prodigious array of strokes and is particularly strong driving through cover and mid-off off both front and back foot. He has two gears: block or blast. Cut off the big shots and Razzaq gets bogged down, although patience is his virtue as he demonstrated in a match-saving fifty against India in Mohali in 2005. Just prior to that he had also played a bewilderingly slow innings in Australia, scoring four runs in over two hours. When the occasion demands it though, as ODIs often do, he can still slog with the best of them: England were pillaged for a 22-ball 51 at the end of 2005. and then again for nearly 60 runs in the last three overs of an ODI in September the following year.
   Abdul Razzaq

Abdul Razzaq

Misbah ul Haq

Misbah ul Haq Biography

Source(google.com.pk)

Misbah-ul-Haq Khan Niazi (born May 28, 1974) is a Pakistani cricketer. Misbah is known for his cool headed batting especially under pressure. Outside of cricket he has done an MBA from the University of Management Technology, Lahore. Misbah was initially noticed for his technique and his temperament in the Tri-nation tournament in Nairobi, Kenya in 2002, as he scored two fifties in the three innings in which he played, however, over the next three Tests he played against Australia, he failed to score more than twenty runs and was soon dumped from the team. Having witnessed Pakistan being eliminated in the opening phase of the 2003 Cricket World Cup, Misbah was part of the changes made to the team in the aftermath of these results, but failed to make much of an impact and was soon dropped again. At the age of 33, Misbah was chosen to play in the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 in 2007, filling the middle order spot vacated by Inzamam-ul-Haq. He had been regularly making runs in Pakistani domestic cricket and in the years before his recall he was consistently one of the top run scorers at each season's end, with his first-class average briefly climbing above 50. Misbah was one of the stars of the tournament, playing a large part in many thrilling run chases. The first was in the group stage against India where 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 against arch-rivals India, with 3 consecutive sixes. The sixes came off Harbhajan Singh's last over of the match. 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 not out.

Misbah ul Haq

Misbah ul Haq

Wasim Akram

The Legend Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram (born June 3, 1966 in Lahore) is a Pakistani former cricketer. He was primarily a left arm fast bowler and represented the Pakistani cricket team in Tests and One-day Internationals. He is widely regarded as one of the finest fast bowlers ever and holds world records for the number of wickets taken both in ODIs (502) and in List A cricket. A statistical analysis carried out by Wisden in 2002 ranked him the number one fast bowler of all time in ODIs.

More about Wasim Akram given below is basically an article which I personally felt a best description of Wasim cricketing life, carrier and personality too, it is taken from cricinfo.com written by Osman Samiuddin. On January 19, 2007

Think of your favourite Wasim Akram moment. The two balls to Allan Lamb and Chris Lewis, the hat-tricks in Sharjah, the penultimate-ball six at the Nehru Cup final, the two Test hat-tricks in consecutive Tests, the 1992 Lord's Test win, four wickets in five balls against the West Indies or the ball to Rahul Dravid at Chennai? That's just for starters. Akram was the ultimate big-game player, the man for the occasion, the man who put swing into reverse, the man chosen to succeed Imran Khan, which in itself takes some succeeding. There hasn't been a better left-arm fast bowler and only a handful of any description have surpassed him. His batting never fulfilled the talent it was assigned but he rarely failed when it was most needed. As captain, he became progressively better with each stint, beginning as petulant and moody but ending, by 1999, a canny, authoritative and inspirational fatherly figure. Imran Khan thought him the most naturally gifted player he'd ever seen. Not for the first time, Imran wasn't wrong.

Achievements
Nearly a thousand international wickets, only man with over 500 ODI wickets, close to seven thousand international runs, four international hat-tricks, one more at first-class level: you want more? Okay, here you go: World Cup winner and player of the final, most ODI four-wicket hauls, seven for 50 on first-class debut against a touring New Zealand and ten wickets in only his second Test against the same. Is that it? No: second-most winning Pakistan player (41 Test wins, behind Inzamam's 48), 18 match awards and seven series awards, captained Pakistan to the World Cup final in 1999, led them to series wins in England and India, Pakistan's last Test win in Australia and their only tri-series triumph in Australia in 1996-97, with a young, injury-ravaged squad. Satisfied?

What makes him special
A left arm, gifted, it was reputed, from God. What couldn't he do with it? Swing both ways and all kinds, cut, changes of pace, length, angles. Mark Taylor once said he could bowl four balls in an over on the same spot and get them to do four different things. Often, he got one delivery to do four different things. Short, randomly-calculated run-up and a whizzing, economical action couldn't prevent injuries but on his day - and there were plenty - he was the finest fast bowler on the planet and no one had more variety.

Finest hour
Melbourne, Wednesday, March 25, 1992. He began by pelting an adrenaline-fuelled 33 off 18 balls, to drag Pakistan to 249. As England began the chase, he dazed them by dismissing Ian Botham. Then, as they revived, he came back in the 35th over to deliver the knock-out in the middle order with two of the most famous - and unplayable - deliveries in World Cup history. Be warned though: given how many moments he did have, it is unlikely this is a unanimous choice.

Achilles' Heel
Never quite made it with the bat, despite numerous glimpses of his skills. His first Test century, after all, came in dire straits down under and a Test high of 257 is suggestive of talent. One of his finest innings came at Lord's in 1992, when an unbeaten 45 led Pakistan to a thrilling, low-scoring two-wicket win. Cover driving and mowing over midwicket was never a problem but an average of 22.64 from 104 Tests says something, somewhere wasn't entirely right.

How history views him
Tricky. On the field, as a cricketer, he was undoubtedly one of Pakistan's greatest and, for much of the nineties, one of the best in the world. Off it, though, he was dogged by controversy through the mid-90s. Hindsight affords captaincy tantrums, player politics and ball tampering the status of storms in teacups - and anyway, how can anyone really begrudge an art as beautiful as reverse swing? But the stain of match-fixing, proven or otherwise, is an altogether more difficult one to wipe away. Will forever be the "Yes, but..." to his career.

Life after cricket
Richie Benaud is unlikely to be threatened by his presence behind the microphone (more likely appalled by the "Shaz and Waz" skits he does with Ravi Shastri) but as a commentator, he at least provides a Pakistani alternative to Rameez Raja for broadcasters. Almost became a sports news anchor too at one point, though thankfully left that well alone. Has dabbled in a sports goods business and is also, famously, a roaming, floating provider of tips, mostly to Indian fast bowlers, whenever they are needed. Why Pakistani bowlers don't seek him out more often says more about them than it does about him.

Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram

Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi

Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi was born on 1 March 1980 in Khyber Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan, popularly known as Shahid Afridi, is a Pakistani cricketer and current One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 captain of the Pakistani national team in the international circuit. He made his ODI debut on 2 October 1996 against Kenya and his Test debut on 22 October 1998 against Australia.

Afridi is from the Afridi tribe of the Khyber Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and hails from a Pashtun family. He is married and has two daughters, Aqsa and Ansha.

He is known for his aggressive batting style, and holds the record for the fastest ODI century which he made in his first international innings, as well as scoring 32 runs in a single over, the second highest scoring over ever in an ODI. He also holds the distinction of having hit the most number of sixes in the history of ODI cricket. Afridi considers himself a better bowler than batsman, and has taken 48 Test wickets and over 300 in ODIs. Currently Afridi is the leading wicket taker in the Twenty20 format taking 53 wickets from 41 matches.

In June 2009 Afridi took over the Twenty20 captaincy from Younus Khan, and was later appointed ODI captain for the 2010 Asia Cup. In his first match as ODI captain against Sri Lanka he scored a century however Pakistan still lost by 16 runs. He then also took over the Test captaincy but resigned after one match in charge citing lack of form and ability to play Test cricket; at the same time he announced his retirement from Tests. He retained the captaincy in limited-overs form of the game and led the team in the 2011 World Cup.

His general style of batting is very aggressive and attack oriented and has earned him the nickname “Boom Boom Afridi”. Moreover, out of the six fastest ODI centuries of all time, Afridi has produced three of them. As of 27 February 2011, he has an ODI strike rate of 113.83 runs per 100 balls, the third 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. He has an approach to batting that can change the tempo of a game and inspire the mood of an audience, as shown when a mass exodus of spectators occurred in Pakistan in late 2005 following his dismissal from the crease.

Having started as a fast bowler, Afridi decided to start bowling spin after someone told him he was throwing. He modelled himself on Pakistan leg-spinner Abdul Qadir. Afridi began his career as primarily a bowler, however after scoring the fastest century in his maiden ODI innings more was expected of him with the bat. He considers himself a better bowler than batsman. While he is renowned for his aggressive batting, he is also a handy leg-spinner capable of producing a good mix of wicket taking balls.

He has over 300 International wickets, most of which are from the ODI format. While his stock ball is the leg break, his armoury also includes the conventional off break and a ‘quicker one’ which he can deliver 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.

Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi

Shoaib Akhtar

Biography

Shoaib Akhtar (born 13 August 1975 in Rawalpindi, Punjab) is a Pakistani cricketer, and amongst the fastest bowler in the world, earning him the name Rawalpindi Express. He set a world record by clocking 100mph twice. His ability to bowl fast yorkers, well disguised slow balls, swinging deliveries, and sharp bouncers made him lethal even on dead pitches. However, he has never been far from controversy, often accused of not being a team player. Shoaib was sent back home from a tour in Australia in 2005. A year later he was embroiled in a drug scandal after testing positive for a banned substance. However, the ban imposed on him was lifted on appeal. In September 2007, Shoaib was banned by the PCB for an indefinite period for the alleged brawl with his team-mate Mohammad Asif. The ban was finally lifted but injuries and his attitude problem have kept him more off the field than on it.

Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib Akhtar

Younis Khan

Pakistan
Full name Mohammad Younis Khan

Born November 29, 1977, Mardan, North-West Frontier Province

Current age 33 years 166 days

Major teams Pakistan, Habib Bank Limited, Nottinghamshire, Peshawar Cricket Association, Rajasthan Royals, South Australia, Surrey, Warwickshire, Yorkshire

Also known as Younus Khan
Playing role Middle-order batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium, Legbreak

Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 67 119 8 5617 313 50.60 10486 53.56 17 23 677 28 74 0
ODIs 221 213 20 6213 144 32.19 8293 74.91 6 41 489 50 113 0
T20Is 25 23 3 442 51 22.10 364 121.42 0 2 31 12 12 0
First-class 155 252 29 11262 313 50.50 35 46 165 0
List A 283 269 30 8132 144 34.02 10 52 153 0
Twenty20 53 50 8 1025 70 24.40 863 118.77 0 4 75 21 22 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 67 23 660 407 7 2/23 4/50 58.14 3.70 94.2 0 0 0
ODIs 221 16 236 239 2 1/3 1/3 119.50 6.07 118.0 0 0 0
T20Is 25 1 22 18 3 3/18 3/18 6.00 4.90 7.3 0 0 0
First-class 155 2928 1705 38 4/52 44.86 3.49 77.0 0 0
List A 283 1097 1050 27 3/5 3/5 38.88 5.74 40.6 0 0 0
Twenty20 53 6 98 124 6 3/18 3/18 20.66 7.59 16.3 0 0 0
Career statistics
Test debut Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Rawalpindi, Feb 26-Mar 1, 2000 scorecard
Last Test New Zealand v Pakistan at Wellington, Jan 15-19, 2011 scorecard
Test statistics

ODI debut Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Feb 13, 2000 scorecard
Last ODI India v Pakistan at Mohali, Mar 30, 2011 scorecard
ODI statistics

T20I debut England v Pakistan at Bristol, Aug 28, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch, Dec 30, 2010 scorecard
T20I statistics

First-class debut 1998/99
Last First-class New Zealand v Pakistan at Wellington, Jan 15-19, 2011 scorecard
List A debut 1998/99
Last List A India v Pakistan at Mohali, Mar 30, 2011 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Australia A v Pakistanis at Adelaide, Jan 13, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20 New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch, Dec 30, 2010 scorecard
Recent matches
Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
13 Pakistan v India Mohali 30 Mar 2011 ODI # 3147
- Pakistan v West Indies Dhaka 23 Mar 2011 ODI # 3142
31 Pakistan v Australia Colombo (RPS) 19 Mar 2011 ODI # 3139
13* Pakistan v Zimbabwe Pallekele 14 Mar 2011 ODI # 3132
0 Pakistan v New Zealand Pallekele 8 Mar 2011 ODI # 3123
6 Pakistan v Canada Colombo (RPS) 3 Mar 2011 ODI # 3116
72 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 26 Feb 2011 ODI # 3109
50 Pakistan v Kenya Hambantota 23 Feb 2011 ODI # 3105
80 Pakistan v England Fatullah 18 Feb 2011 Other OD
5 Pakistan v Bangladesh Dhaka 15 Feb 2011 Other OD
Profile
Younis Khan is fearless, as befits his Pathan ancestry and will forever be remembered as the second Khan to bring home a world title for Pakistan: Younis was Pakistan's captain in the 2009 World Twenty20, leading a successful campaign with stark similarities to the one Imran Khan had led 17 years earlier. Younis retired from the format straight after, a graceful and dignified gesture from a complex but honest man.

Younis Khan

Younis Khan

Younis Khan

Younis Khan

Younis Khan

Younis Khan

Younis Khan

Younis Khan