Pakistani national cricket team

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Pakistani national cricket team
Test status
received 		1952
First Test -
Match 		against India in Delhi , October 1952India 
First ODI against New Zealand in Christchurch , February 1973New Zealand 
First T20I against England in Bristol , August 2006England 
captain Azhar Ali ( test ), Babar Azam ( ODI , T20 )
Coach Misbah-ul-Haq
Official ICC test ranking 7 of 12
Official ICC ODI ranking 6 of 20
Official ICC T20I ranking 4 of 84
World Cup participation 12/12
First World Cup 1975
Best World Cup result Winner ( 1992 )
Champions Trophy participation 8/8
First Champions Trophy 1998
Best Champions Trophy result Winner ( 2017 )
World Twenty20 participations 6/6
First World Twenty20 2007
Best World Twenty20 result Winner ( 2009 )
Asia Cup participation 13/14
First participation in the Asia Cup 1984
Best Asia Cup result Winner ( 2000 , 2012 )
As of May 26, 2020

The Pakistani national cricket team is the national cricket team that represents Pakistan internationally. The team is led by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and has been a full member of the International Cricket Council since 1952 . The team thus has test status . Before the partition of India in 1947, some players who were later part of the Pakistani team also played for India .

Pakistan is the seventh oldest national team in Test cricket and played its first Test away against India in 1952/53 . Pakistan's greatest successes so far are winning the World Cup ( 1992 ), the Champions Trophy ( 2017 ), the World Twenty20 in 2009 and two titles in the Asia Cup ( 2000 and 2012 ).

history

Early years

Match report of the match between Sindh and Australia in Karachi on November 22, 1935 in The Sydney Morning Herald

Cricket in Pakistan was played in the country before Pakistan's independence in 1947; the sport was brought to their former crown colony, British India , by the British . The first documented cricket match took place on November 22, 1935 between Sindh and Australia in Karachi . About 5,000 Karachi residents attended the game.

After independence

After the partition of India in 1947 and the associated establishment of the state of Pakistan, a professional cricket scene developed in the new country. On July 28, 1952, on the recommendation of India , Pakistan became a full member at a plenary meeting of the Imperial Cricket Conference in the Lord’s London . Compared to Pakistan, India, the successor to British India, did not go through such rapid development in cricket. The first captain of this new national team was Abdul Hafeez Kardar .

Pakistan's first Test match was in October 1952 at the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground of Delhi held. It was part of a series of five test matches that ended 2-1 for India . Two matches ended in a draw. In 1954 Pakistan played for the first time in England and reached a 1 to 1 draw in the test series. The Pakistani victory in the oval in which Fazal Mahmood scored 12 wickets is considered historic. The first international game on home soil was played by Pakistan in January 1955 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka (Dhaka was then still part of Pakistan, but is now the capital of Bangladesh ). The opponent was India again and this game was also part of a series of five test matches. The remaining games took place in Bahawalpur , Lahore , Peschawar and Karachi. For the first time in the history of test cricket, all five matches in a five-match series ended in a draw.

Also because of the political tensions between India and Pakistan, cricket games between these two nations are always very emotional. They often generate above-average audience interest from fans on both sides and also from neutral observers. This applies in particular to one-day international matches within the framework of the Cricket World Cup , where stadiums are sold out and the atmosphere is very charged, regardless of where the World Cup takes place.

Australasia Cup 1986

One of the most memorable clashes between these two teams was the 1986 Australasia Cup final in Sharjah , United Arab Emirates . India started on stroke and achieved a total of 245 runs . When it was Pakistan's turn, Javed Miandad came into play as the team's 3rd batsman and had to watch his batting partners lose their wickets at regular intervals. When there were only three overs left and Pakistan still needed 31 runs to win, India seemed to be the sure winner. Miandad wanted to "lose with dignity" so played a few risky strokes and scored several boundaries in a row. When there was only one ball left, Pakistan still needed four runs. Miandad scored a 6 with that final ball from Chetan Sharma and Pakistan had won a memorable victory. Since then, Javed Miandad has been a popular hero in Pakistan.

Cricket World Cup 1992

The Melbourne Cricket Ground during the Cricket World Cup final in 1992 between Pakistan and England on March 25, 1992

In 1992, Pakistan won the Cricket World Cup for the first and so far only time , the world championship in cricket. This is considered to be the greatest achievement of the Pakistani cricket team to date. The team, weakened due to injuries and illnesses, lost four of the first five games of the tournament. The game against England was the last chance to stay in the tournament. When you only got 74 runs, it looked like Pakistan would be eliminated in the first round. However, the game had to be stopped prematurely due to rain and was counted as a draw. This brought Pakistan to the next round, then won five games in a row and became world champions. In the semifinals, New Zealand started as a batting team and scored 262 runs. Pakistan struck conservatively in their innings but lost wickets on a regular basis. With Imran Khan and Saleem Malik appearing in quick succession, Pakistan needed 115 runs at a net run rate of 7.67 to win, and veteran Javed Miandad was the only known batsman left on the pitch . A young Inzamam-ul-Haq , who turned 22 shortly before and was still little known at the time, scored 60 runs from 37 balls with a resounding performance. After Inzamam lost his wicket, Pakistan still needed 36 runs from 30 balls and wicket keeper Moin Khan hit multiple boundaries. The game was finally won due to an outstanding performance by the young Inzamam-ul-Haq, who would later be the captain of the national team for years.

In the final, was then England defeated and the captain Imran Khan , who was also slightly injured himself could take the trophy in reception. Imran Khan hired his team to play like "caged tigers" and Pakistan won five games in a row, including the semi-finals against hosts New Zealand and the final against England. Pakistan's title win was remembered for rebuilding the team after key players such as Waqar Younis and Saeed Anwar retired , as did captain Imran Khan, who continued to play despite injury.

Cricket World Cup 2007

Pakistan's coach Bob Woolmer died during the 2007 World Cup

One of the biggest surprises in Cricket World Cup history was Pakistan's unexpected loss to Ireland in Jamaica in 2007; for Ireland it was the first participation in a world championship. Pakistan, which had to win this game after losing to the West Indies , was sent to the pitch by Ireland. The team lost their wickets on a regular basis and only four batsmen achieved double-digit run numbers. In the end you were bowled out by the Irish with just 132 runs. The Irish won the match after Niall O'Brien scored 72 runs. As a result, Pakistan was eliminated in the first round of the tournament for the second time in a row and the team had to endure a lot of malice. The day after the historic defeat, Bob Woolmer , the English coach of the Pakistani team, suffered a heart attack and passed away. After the Jamaican police initially investigated the death as a murder and questioned individual players on the team as suspects, it was concluded that Woolmer had died of natural causes. The deputy coach Mushtaq Ahmed was then interim coach for the remaining group games of the tournament. After his team was eliminated and Woolmer's death, Inzamam-ul-Haq announced his retirement as captain and from ODI cricket, stating that he would continue to be available for test cricket, but not as captain. Shoaib Malik became Pakistan's new captain. After his return, Salman Butt was Vice-Captain until December 2007.

On April 20, 2007, a Pakistan Cricket Board official named former test cricketer Talat Ali as interim coach in addition to his role as team manager until a new coach was appointed. On July 16, 2007, Geoff Lawson , former New South Wales coach, became Pakistan's coach for the next two years and became the team's third overseas coach. During World Twenty20 2007 , Pakistan exceeded all expectations and reached the final, which they lost to India very narrowly. On October 25, 2008, Intikhab Alam was appointed by the Pakistan Cricket Board as the new national coach.

World Twenty20 2009

T20 match between Ireland and Pakistan at The Oval in London , 2009
Shahid Afridi awaits a ball from Lasith Malinga in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 final

On June 21, 2009, Pakistan won the Twenty20 Cricket World Cup by beating Sri Lanka in the final . The team started the tournament with poor results, but improved as it progressed. During the final at Lord's, Sri Lanka started as a batting team. Mohammad Amir bowled in the first over . After failing to get runs on the first four balls - all of which were short - Dilshan struck the wrong time with his bat and was caught on the leg-side. Shortly thereafter, Jehan Mubarak cut a ball from Abdul Razzaq , which soared high in the air and was caught by Shahzaib Hasan , causing Sri Lanka to be on 2 runs for 2 wickets. Sanath Jayasuriya then managed to stabilize the Sri Lankan inning and scored 17 runs from 10 balls, but his wicket fell shortly after Jayasuriya hit a long ball into the stumps. He was followed by Mahela Jayawardene after slamming a ball into the hands of Misbah-ul-Haq , leaving Sri Lanka at 32/4. Sangakkara and Chamara Silva scored more runs before the latter was caught by Saeed Ajmal after converting Umar Gul's ball into a pull shot . Shahid Afridi took Isuru Udana's wicket shortly thereafter after bowling a spin bowl on the right that hit the off-stump. Then Angelo Mathews entered the pitch, who together with Sangakkara put the result from 70/6 to 138/6, with 17 runs from the last over, which was served by Mohammad Amir. Sri Lanka finished their innings 138/6 in 20 overs.

Pakistan got off to a good start with opening batsman Kamran Akmal and Shahzaib Hasan after both scored 48 runs for the first wicket before Kamran Akmal destroyed Kumar Sangakkara's wicket in Sanath Jayasuriya's first ball. Pakistan reached the run target within 18.4 over and Shahid Afridi, who made the necessary runs, was named “Man of the Match”, while Tillakaratne Dilshan was named “Player of the Tournament” with 317 runs and a net run rate of 63.40 “Has been awarded. Pakistan's victory was celebrated by the Pakistani community in England, and it was the first title since Imran Khan's "caged tigers" won the 1992 World Cup.

World Twenty20 2010

At World Twenty20 2010 in the West Indies, Pakistan advanced to the semi-finals. Pakistan, Australia and Bangladesh were drawn to Group A. Pakistan won the first group game against Bangladesh with 21 runs. Salman Butt contributed 73 runs from 46 balls. The second game played Pakistan against Australia; Australia won the coin toss and started as a batting team. They scored 191/10 in 49 balls, including 81 runs from Shane Watson . The final over of the Australian inning was served by Mohammad Amir . He scored a hat trick , two players were run out , which resulted in five wickets in the last Australian over.

In the Super 8, Pakistan lost to England and New Zealand and only scored one victory against South Africa. They ended up behind England in Group E of the Super 8 and reached the semi-finals. In the semifinals, Pakistan met Australia again, where they scored 191/6, including Umar Akmal's 56 runs without losing his wicket. Australia got off to a good start and Michael Hussey made the crucial 64 runs from just 24 balls. Australia reached 197/7 in the 19.5 over and won the game. As a result, the defending title holder Pakistan was eliminated from the tournament.

Cricket World Cup 2011

Pakistan got off to an excellent start in the 2011 Cricket World Cup, held in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, after beating Kenya , Sri Lanka (one of the favorites for the title) and Canada . Shahid Afridi said his team would be able to reach the semi-finals. After a significant loss to New Zealand, Pakistan defeated Zimbabwe with 7 wickets. After this victory, Pakistan qualified for the quarter-finals. One of the highlights for the Pakistani side in the group stage was defeating Australia, led by three outstanding pace bowlers: Brett Lee , Shaun Tait and Mitchell Johnson . However, contrary to expectations, Pakistan won against Australia thanks to impressive bowling. This ended Australia's winning streak of 27 consecutive World Cup victories, which began at the 2011 Cricket World Cup (also against Pakistan). In the quarterfinals they met the West Indies. Pakistan played mercilessly and clearly defeated the West Indies at least 10 wickets, again thanks to the impressive bowling. In the semifinals, Pakistan met rival India. India scored 260 runs after starting on the stroke. With Pakistan lacking a good batting order and making a slow start in the run chase , Pakistan scored 29 fewer runs and lost the game (India would later win the final against Sri Lanka).

World Twenty20 2012

At the World Twenty20 2012 in Sri Lanka, Pakistan was drawn into group D together with New Zealand and Bangladesh. You won against both teams and finished Group D as group winners. In the Super 8, Pakistan met South Africa and just won the game with 2 wickets. In the next game they met India, which always arouses great interest among cricket fans. Pakistan was bowled out for only 128 runs and India reached the target with only two lost wickets. Pakistan won their last Super 8 game against Australia with 32 runs after Saeed Ajmal struck home with 3 wickets for 17 runs. Pakistan qualified for the semi-finals due to their better net run rate than India.

In the semifinals, Pakistan met hosts Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka scored 139/4 after Mahela Jayawardene started. Pakistan just failed to hit the target after losing their wickets at regular intervals. The captain Mohammad Hafeez scored 42 runs while the other batsmen did not find the game well. The game began to turn in Sri Lanka's favor with the resounding performance of Rangana Herath taking the wickets from Mohammad Hafeez, Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Malik. Pakistan eventually lost the game by 16 runs.

World Twenty20 2014

The World Twenty20 2014 took place in Bangladesh and the Pakistani team stayed on site after the Asia Cup 2014 . Pakistan met tough opponents in Group 2. The tournament was disappointing for the Pakistanis after they won two games and lost two, after which they were eliminated from the tournament as third in the group.

In the first group game, Pakistan faced rivals India, which India won with 7 wickets. Then they faced Australia and Pakistan scored 191/5 with the outstanding batting of Umar Akmal. Australia's Glenn Maxwell, on the other hand, scored only 74 runs out of 33 balls and they only achieved 175 runs in total. Pakistan won the game by 16 runs. A clear victory against Bangladesh with 50 runs was achieved. Opening batsman Ahmed Shehzad became the first Pakistani to win a T20I-Century. He eventually scored 111 runs from 62 balls without losing his wicket. The decisive game was that against the West Indies, with the winner qualifying for the semifinals. The West Indies won the coin toss and started batting. They scored 166/6 in their 20 overs, having made 82 runs in the last five overs and providing the Pakistani batsmen with an impressive target. Pakistan's run chase , however, was unsuccessful after being bowled out with just 82 runs. Pakistan was eliminated from the tournament with this defeat.

Cricket World Cup 2015

Game between India and Pakistan at the 2015 World Cup in Adelaide

Pakistan got off to a poor start at the 2015 Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. In the first game they faced rivals India. India started as a batting team and scored 300/7, to which Virat Kohli contributed a Century. After a slow start in the Pakistani innings, captain Misbah-ul-Haq contributed important 76 runs, but Pakistan lost the game with 76 runs. The second game against the West Indies ended disappointingly. The West Indies scored 310/6. In the Pakistani innings they lost 4 wickets for just one run, this was the first time in an ODI. The team was bowled out for 160 runs and lost with 150 runs.

Pakistan won its four consecutive games against Zimbabwe, the United Arab Emirates , South Africa and Ireland. Sarfaraz Ahmed scored Pakistan's only Century against Ireland and he was named "Man of the Match" in the games against South Africa and Ireland. Pakistan achieved their first victory over South Africa in a Cricket World Cup. Pakistan qualified third in Group B for the quarter-finals.

Pakistan met Australia in the quarterfinals and scored 213 runs. Australia started slowly, but wickets fell regularly in the middle over. The game aroused great interest due to the duel between the competition of Australian all-rounder Shane Watson and Pakistani pace bowler Wahab Riaz . Wahab's balls received praise even though he didn't score many wickets. Pakistan dropped trapped balls in the first power play and Australia scored many runs. The partnership between Steve Smith and Glenn Maxwell ensured the Australian victory and Pakistan was eliminated from the tournament. This was the final ODI for Pakistani captain Misbah-ul-Haq and seasoned all-rounder Shahid Afridi.

After the 2015 Cricket World Cup

After the 2015 Cricket World Cup, Misbah-ul-Haq and Shahid Afridi ended their ODI careers. Accordingly, the captaincy was handed over to the newcomer Azhar Ali . With him as captain, Pakistan played an ODI series against Bangladesh for the first time in 2014/15 . The tour was disappointing after Pakistan lost all three ODIs and the T20s. Forward-looking bowling, outstanding batting and good fielding brought Bangladesh to victory over Pakistan. This was also Bangladesh's first victory since the 1999 Cricket World Cup and her first winning series against Pakistan. However, Pakistan managed to finish the tour on a positive note after winning a 1–0 series of two Tests.

In May 2015, Zimbabwe was the first national team to visit Pakistan again. This was the first Pakistan tour of a test nation since the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore in 2009. Pakistan won the T20I series with 2-0 and the ODI series also with 2-0 after the third game ended with no result due to rain. During the tour to Sri Lanka in 2015 , Pakistan won the test series with 2–1, the ODI series with 3–2 and the T20I series with 2–0. With this successful tour, Pakistan qualified for the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy and the West Indies missed the tournament. The victory in the tour series also made Pakistan rise in all three ICC rankings.

In September, Pakistan toured Zimbabwe for two T20Is and three ODIs . Pakistan won the T20I series 2–0 and the ODI series 2–1. Accordingly, Pakistan ended its 2015 season in fourth place in the test, eighth place in the ODI and second place in the T20I rankings.

World Twenty20 2016

World Twenty20 2016 took place in India. Pakistan was drawn to Group 2 with India, Australia, New Zealand and Bangladesh. Pakistan started its tournament with a 55 run win over Bangladesh. The subsequent games ended disappointingly, however, after Pakistan lost to the other three teams - India, New Zealand and Australia - and had to leave the tournament early. This was the second time Pakistan had not reached the semi-finals (after being similarly eliminated at World Twenty20 in 2014). On August 18, 2016, Pakistan defeated Ireland with 255 runs in Dublin , achieving its highest ODI victory. They also won the Test against England at Lord's Cricket Ground , which kicked off the test series against England in July 2016.

After Sri Lanka won its test series against Australia in August 2016 , Pakistan took first place in the test rankings for the first time since 1988. Pakistan replaced India in first place after the last Test between India and the West Indies was canceled due to rain and ended in a draw. Pakistan became the first Asian team and the second ever (the first was Australia versus New Zealand in 2015 ) to win a day / night test when they beat the West Indies in Dubai . The subsequent T20 series won Pakistan against the winner of the World Twenty20 2016 West Indies with 3–0. The three games were won with 9 wickets, 16 runs and 8 wickets each.

2017

Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan , the lynchpin of the Pakistani batting order, announced their withdrawal from test cricket (the only cricket format both still played at the time) after the end of the 2016/17 Pakistani Caribbean tour . Pakistan, led by Sarfaraz Ahmed , won the T20I series 3–1 and the ODI series 2–1. In his last test streak, Misbah made history after becoming the first Pakistani captain to win a streak against the West Indies in the Caribbean. Sarfaraz Ahmed replaced Misbah as captain. In its first series against Sri Lanka , who toured the United Arab Emirates , Pakistan lost both Tests. This was the first time in ten years that Pakistan lost a home series, the first lost home series was against Australia; and for the first time in the United Arab Emirates since Pakistan's home games were played there.

Champions Trophy 2017

Australia v Pakistan at Brisbane Cricket Ground , 2017

The 2017 Champions Trophy started for Pakistan with a 124-run loss to rivals India. In the course of the group stage, Pakistan improved its offensive bowling and won the game against South Africa with 19 runs and the decisive game against Sri Lanka with 3 wickets. This continued in the semi-finals against hosts and favorites England, when Hasan Ali scored three wickets and secured the first final of a Champions Trophy for Pakistan, in which they met India again.

India started the final at the sold out The Oval as a batting team. Pakistan's batting order cast doubt on India's decision when opening batsman Fakhar Zaman scored his first ODI-Century (114 runs from 106 balls), and key contributions from Azhar Ali (59) and Mohammad Hafeez (57 *) resulted in a result for Pakistan of 338 runs. India lost its top or swiftly when Mohammad Amir took the important wickets from Rohit Sharma , Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli . India resisted with Hardik Pandya who scored 76 quick runs. Hasan Ali , Pakistan's rising star in the tournament, scored the final wicket 3-19, which limited India to 180 runs and earned Pakistan the first Champions Trophy. The result was the highest ever in an ICC tournament final. Hasan Ali was named "Player of the Tournament". After the win, Pakistan climbed from eighth to sixth place in the ODI rankings.

Cricket World Cup 2019

At the 2019 Cricket World Cup in Engeland, Pakistan got off to a promising start after beating the hosts, South Africa and New Zealand in the group stage. When they were level with New Zealand in the table, Pakistan was eliminated only because of the poorer net run rate compared to New Zealand. In the game against the West Indies, Pakistan recorded its second-lowest result in a World Cup since 1992 and also suffered its biggest defeat in a World Cup. In particular, the game against rivals India on June 16, 2019 at Old Trafford in Manchester drew a billion TV viewers and it was the game in which India achieved the highest result of a team against Pakistan at a World Cup.

Cricket in Pakistan

After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 , tours in Pakistan were repeatedly canceled and held on neutral ground, especially in the United Arab Emirates . On March 3, 2009, the Sri Lankan cricket team was attacked in Lahore , whereupon no international team traveled to Pakistan. The planned hosting of the Cricket World Cup 2011 was also not carried out in Pakistan. After six years of abstinence, the 2015 Tour of Zimbabwe again hosted international games in Pakistan. Pakistan won the ODI series 2-0 and the Twenty20 series 2-0. The holding of the final of the Pakistan Super League 2016/17 in Lahore, as well as the tour of an international team at the same place , which Pakistan also won, then attracted attention . After these last two events could be held without incident, active planning is now taking place to hold more games in Pakistan again, such as a Twenty20 in the Sri Lankan tour against Pakistan in 2017 .

organization

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was founded in 1948 as the Board of Cricket Control Pakistan (BCCP) and is responsible for the organization of cricket in Pakistan. Since July 1952 it has represented Pakistan as a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

The Pakistan Cricket Board compiles the national cricket teams represented in Pakistan, including those for men, women and youth. He is also responsible for the implementation of test and ODI series against other national teams, as well as the organization of home games and tournaments. In addition to setting up the team, he is responsible for ticket sales, acquiring sponsors and marketing the media rights.

Children and young people are introduced to the sport of cricket at school and, depending on their interest and talent, the training then begins. Like other cricket nations, Pakistan has a U-19 national team that takes part in the relevant World Cup. The second national team of Pakistan is Pakistan A , also known as Pakistan Shaheens , whose games have first-class or List-A status .

Jerseys

For Test Cricket, Pakistan wears white cricket clothing, which is complemented by a sweater or tank top with a green and gold V-neckline in cold weather . The team's main sponsors have been Pepsi and Junaid Jamshed since the 1990s and their logos appear on the right chest in Test Cricket, the sister brand Lay's on the sleeve and the Pakistani cricket star on the left chest. Field players wear a green hat or a white sun hat (for ODI and T20 cricket) with the Pakistani cricket star on the front. The cricket helmets are also kept in green. Boom Boom Cricket signed a contract with the Pakistan Cricket Board in April 2010 and became the shirt sponsor of the Pakistani team; this agreement ended after the 2012 Asia Cup .

Pakistan's current sponsor is AJ Sports, who replaced CA Sports in 2019.

Pakistan's ODI and T20 kits change annually as the team uses different shades of green. In the past, Pakistan's jerseys have featured shades of blue, yellow and gold in addition to green. For official ICC tournaments, the word PAKISTAN appears on the front instead of the sponsor's logo, and its logo appears on the sleeve. For unofficial tournaments and games, the Pepso logo appears on the front of the shirt. Usually the Pakistan Cricket Board logo is on the left chest.

Previous suppliers were CA Sports (2015-2019), Hunt, Slazenger and AJ Sports.

Pakistan's team logo is a star, usually in the colors gold or green, with the words “Pakistan” (پاکِستان) in the middle, in Pakistan's national language Urdu .

Captains

So far, a total of 32 players have acted as captains for Pakistan in a test match.

No. Surname Period
1 Abdul Kardar 1952-1958
2 Fazal Mahmood 1958-1961
3 Imtiaz Ahmed 1959-1962
4th Javed Burki 1962
5 Hanif Mohammad 1964-1967
6th Saeed Ahmed 1968-1969
7th Intikhab Alam 1969-1975
8th Majid Khan 1972-1973
9 Mushtaq Mohammad 1976-1979
10 Wasim Bari 1977-1988
11 Asif Iqbal 1979-1980
12th Javed Miandad 1979-1993
13th Imran Khan 1982-1992
14th Zaheer Abbas 1983-1985
15th Wasim Akram 1992-1999
16 Waqar Younis 1993-2003
17th Saleem Malik 1993-1995
18th Rameez Raja 1995-1997
19th Saeed Anwar 1996-2000
20th Aamer Sohail 1997-1999
21 Rashid Latif 1997-2004
22nd Moin Khan 1997-2001
23 Inzamam-ul-Haq 2000-2007
24 Mohammad Yousuf 2003-2010
25th Younis Khan 2004-2008
26 Shoaib Malik 2007-2008
27 Shahid Afridi 2009-2010
28 Salman Butt 2010
29 Misbah-ul-Haq 2010-2017
30th Mohammad Hafeez 2012
31 Azhar Ali 2016 – today
32 Sarfraz Ahmed 2017-2019

Stages

Location of Pakistani test cricket stadiums
No. Stadion city First edition
1 Bahawal Stadium Bahawalpur January 15, 1955
2 Bagh-e-Jinnah (Lawrence Gardens) Lahore January 29, 1955
3 Peshawar Club Ground Peshawar February 13, 1955
4th National Stadium Karachi February 28, 1955
5 Gaddafi Stadium (Lahore Stadium) Lahore November 21, 1959
5 Pindi Club Ground Rawalpindi March 27, 1965
6th Niaz Stadium Hyderabad March 16, 1973
7th Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad November 16, 1978
8th Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium Multan December 30, 1980
9 Jinnah Stadium (Sialkot Stadium) Sialkot October 27, 1985
10 Jinnah Stadium Gujranwala December 20, 1991
11 Southend Club Cricket Stadium (Defense Cricket Stadium) Karachi 1st December 1993
12th Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium Rawalpindi December 9, 1993
13th Arbab Niaz Stadium Peshawar September 8, 1995
14th Sheikhupura Stadium Sheikhupura 17th October 1996
15th Multan Cricket Stadium Multan August 29, 2001

Pakistan does not have an official home stadium for its national team, but plays its home games in various stadiums in Pakistan.

Pakistan's first test match ever took place between January 1st and 4th, 1955 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka (today's Bangladesh ).

Due to the general security situation in the country and especially due to the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, there are currently no more international cricket matches in Pakistan. Since then, the cricket stadiums in the United Arab Emirates have been used for home games by the Pakistani team . So these are de facto the team's current home stadiums:

No. Stadion city First edition
1 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (SCA Stadium) Sharjah January 31, 2002
2 Dubai International Cricket Stadium Dubai November 12, 2010
3 Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium Abu Dhabi November 20, 2010

Fan culture

The team attracts many supporters at home and overseas, especially in the United Kingdom, where British Pakistanis founded a fan club, the Stani Army. Members of this club attend every game the Pakistani team plays in the UK and are known for their loud support for the team. The Stani also support charities for Pakistanis in need, including annual cricket matches against British Indians of the Bharat Army equivalent.

International tours

As has been customary since the beginning of international cricket, the Pakistani national cricket team sometimes goes on tours abroad for months to compete against other national teams as well as against regional selections and cricket clubs. One also welcomes national teams touring Pakistan at home. In the summer at home you either host or tour other cricket nations in the northern hemisphere and in winter you tour the cricket nations of the southern hemisphere. In contrast to most other cricket nations, Pakistan does not play for any trophies against its opponents in the test cricket.

Known players

Waqar Younis (2010)
Wasim Akram (2018)

Six former Pakistani players were inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame for their excellence :

player position admission
Zaheer Abbas Batsman 2020
Wasim Akram All-rounder 2009
Imran Khan All-rounder 2009
Javed Miandad Batsman 2009
Hanif Mohammad Batsman 2009
Waqar Younis bowler 2013

Player statistics

A total of 240 players played tests, 228 players ODIs and 89 players played Twenty20 for Pakistan. Below are the players who have scored the most runs and wickets for the Pakistani team.

Runs

test ODI Twenty20
player Period Testing Runs player Period ODIs Runs player Period T20s Runs
Younis Khan 2000-2017 118 10,099 Inzamam-ul-Haq 1991-2007 375 11,701 Shoaib Malik 2006 – today 115 2,323
Javed Miandad 1976-1993 124 8,832 Mohammad Yousuf 1998-2010 281 9,554 Mohammad Hafeez 2006 – today 96 2,183
Inzamam-ul-Haq 1992-2007 119 8,829 Saeed Anwar 1989-2003 247 8,824 Umar Akmal 2009-2019 84 1,690
Mohammad Yousuf 1998-2010 90 7,530 Shahid Afridi 1996-2015 393 8,027 Babar Azam 2016 – today 44 1,681
Azhar Ali 2010 – today 81 6.129 Shoaib Malik 1999-2019 287 7,534 Ahmed Shehzad 2009-2019 59 1,471
As of November 23, 2020 As of November 23, 2020 As of November 23, 2020

Wickets

test ODI Twenty20
player Period Testing Wickets player Period ODIs Wickets player Period T20s Wickets
Wasim Akram 1985-2002 104 414 Wasim Akram 1984-2003 356 502 Shahid Afridi 2006-2016 98 97
Waqar Younis 1989-2003 87 373 Waqar Younis 1989-2003 262 416 Umar Gul 2007-2016 60 85
Imran Khan 1971-1992 88 362 Shahid Afridi 1996-2015 393 393 Saeed Ajmal 2009-2015 64 85
Danish Kaneria 2000-2010 61 261 Saqlain Mushtaq 1995-2003 169 288 Mohammad Amir 2009 – today 50 59
Abdul Qadir 1977-1990 67 236 Abdul Razzaq 1996-2011 261 268 Mohammad Hafeez 2006 – today 96 54
As of November 23, 2020 As of November 23, 2020 As of November 23, 2020

Balance sheet

The team has the following results against the other full members of the ICC in Test, ODI and Twenty20 cricket ( as of August 1, 2020 ).

opponent Testing ODIs Twenty20s
Sp. S. U N N Sp. S. U N NO Sp. S. U N NO
Afghanistan Afghanistan 0 0 0 0  0 4th 4th 0 0 0  1 1 0 0 0
Australia Australia 66 15th 0 33  18th 104 32 1 68 3  23 12th 1 9 1
Bangladesh Bangladesh 11 10 0 0  1 37 32 0 5 0  12th 10 0 2 0
England England 83 21 0 25th  37 88 32 0 53 3  15th 4th 1 10 0
India India 59 12th 0 9  38 132 73 0 55 4th  8th 1 1 6th 0
Irish Cricket Union Ireland 1 1 0 0  0 7th 5 1 1 0  1 1 0 0 0
New Zealand New Zealand 58 25th 0 12th  21 107 55 1 48 3  21 13th 0 8th 0
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 17th 10 0 3  4th 59 52 1 4th 2  11 11 0 0 0
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 55 20th 0 16  19th 155 92 1 58 4th  21 13th 0 8th 0
South Africa South Africa 26 4th 0 15th  7th 79 28 0 50 1  14th 6th 0 8th 0
West Indies cricket team West Indies 52 20th 0 17th  15th 134 60 3 71 0  14th 11 0 3 0

International tournaments

World cricket championship

Champions Trophy

World Twenty20

Asia Cup

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  48. ↑ The time period refers to the corresponding cricket season in which the first or last game of the time took place as captain
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  52. ↑ Records / Pakistan / One-Day Internationals / Most Runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  53. ↑ Records / Pakistan / Twenty20 Internationals / Most Runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  54. ↑ Records / Pakistan / Test Matches / Most Wickets ( English ) In: Cricinfo . Retrieved November 23, 2020.
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