Pakistani Cricket Players

Monday 6 June 2011

Hanif Mohammad

Hanif Mohammad Biography

Full Name: Hanif Mohammad
Date of Birth: Dec 21, 1935, Junagadh, Gujarat, India
Major Team: Pakistan, Bahawalpur, Karachi, Pakistan International Airlines
Playing Roll: Wicket Keeper
Batting Style: Right
Bowling Style: Right-arm offbreak

International Debut: 1952
Batting and fielding records
M Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Test 55 97 8 3915 337 43.99 0 - 12 15 - 2 40 -

Bowling records
M Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Eco SR 4W 5W 10W
Test 55 13 206 95 1 1/1 1/1 95.00 2.77 206.00 - - -

Career Statistics
Test Debut: India v Pakistan at New Delhi, 16-18, Oct 1952

Hanif Mohammad

Hanif Mohammad 76 Years

Legend Hanif Mohammad 76th birthday

Majid Khan

Majid Khan Biography

Full Name: Majid Jahangir Khan
Date of Birth: Sep 28, 1946, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Major Team: Pakistan, Cambridge University, Glamorgan, Lahore, Pakistan International Airlines, Punjab, Queensland, Rawalpindi
Playing Roll: All Rounder
Batting Style: Right
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium, Right-arm offbreak

International Debut: 1964
Batting and fielding records
M Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Test 63 106 5 3931 167 38.92 0 - 8 19 - 9 70 -
ODI 23 22 1 786 109 37.43 1052 74.71 1 7 - - 3 -

Bowling records
M Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Eco SR 4W 5W 10W
Test 63 60 3584 1456 27 4/45 4/56 53.93 2.44 132.74 1 - -
ODI 23 15 658 374 13 3/27 3/27 28.77 3.41 50.62 - - -

Career Statistics
Test Debut: Pakistan v Australia at Karachi, 24-29, Oct 1964
ODI Debut: New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch, Feb 11, 1973

Majid Khan

Majid Khan furious at Indian bowler Kapil Dev

Majid Khan's One Day Hundred

Sarfraz Nawaz

Sarfraz Nawaz Biography

Sarfaraz Nawaz’s biggest claim to fame was his invention of the reverse swing that left many a batsmen clueless on his day. For years, this reverse swing was suspected as being a direct result out of ball tampering till others realized its validity too. Nazwaz played a lot of his cricket with his mentor, Imran Khan, and bowled his heart out on lifeless Pakistani wickets, to pick up 177 wickets at 32.

However, there was a lot more to Nawaz than only his cricket. It was brash and outspoken nature of his that courted a lot of controversy for the fast bowler. This firebrand bowler was involved in the Andrew Hilditch ‘handled the ball’ incident, and then once bounced the fast bowling tail enders – Joel Garner and Jeff Thomson alike – to earn a lot of wrath. When he got his swing going, he was very lethal, once picking up seven wickets off 33 deliveries versus Australia to end with 9/86.

Post cricket, he became a commentator, and an impetuous one at that. He has been a critic of the way some of the things are run in Pakistani cricket, and it was he who first suggested that there was a match fixing link to Bob Woolmer’s death. Sarfaraz Nawaz also joined politics and was an MPA for three years.

Sarfraz Nawaz

Sarfraz Nawaz 9/86 vs Australia 1st test 1978/79 MCG PART ONE

WASIM + SARFARAZ NAWAZ

Mohammad Yousuf

Mohammad Yousuf Biography
Mohammad Yousuf is a pillar of Pakistan batting squad setting many records in cricket history. An orthodox middle order batsman, Yousuf is next to none in his style of batting. Although a perfect Test personality, he is equally successful in one-day internationals.

Mohammad Yousuf, formerly known as Yousuf Youhana made a difficult debut against South Africa in 1997/98. He, however, quickly established himself as a stylish world-class batsman alongside Inzamam-ul-Haq. An orthodox stroke player, he is particularly strong in driving through the covers and flicking off his legs. Mohammad’s Yousuf’s style of batting is a mixture of both composure and aggression. He is an ideal batsman to play under pressure thereby winning and saving many Tests under difficult situations. A prolific run-getter, he hit his first ton against Zimbabwe in 1998/99. He has centuries against all Test playing nations. Besides, he had four marathon double centuries against New Zealand, England and Bangladesh. Mohammad Yousuf scored four hundreds in three Tests against the West Indies in 2006, a feat that outshined Vivian Richards's long-standing record of most Test runs in a calendar year. Considering his performance in late 2005, Mohammad Yousuf set a record of most Test hundreds, to be specific nine, in a season. In one-day Internationals, he is also a magnificent player. In 242 one-dayers, he hit 12 centuries and 54 fifties to the total of 8081. His career best is 141 not out. He, however, did not do well in 2007 World Cup leading his exclusion for the ICC inaugural Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa in 2007. Angry at the decision, Mohammad Yousuf signed for the rebel Indian Cricket League only to break the contract later making him available for Pakistan national squad. He was the only Christian player in Pakistan team ever before his conversion to Islam in 2005.

Mohammad Yousuf

Mohammad Yousuf - GENIUS 103 v West Indies 2000 Kingston, Jamaica

Saeed Anwar

Saeed Anwar Biography

Saeed Anwar (born September 6, 1968 in Karachi, Pakistan) is a former Pakistani opening batsman. A left-hander, Anwar is most notable for scoring 194 runs against India in Chennai in 1997, the previous highest and now the second highest joint individual score in a One Day International. India's Sachin Tendulkar overtook Anwar's record, when he scored 200* against South Africa on February 24, 2010.

An opening batsman capable of annihilating any bowling attack 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.

Saeed Anwar

Saeed Anwar

Saeed Anwar

Saeed Anwar

Saeed Anwar

Saeed Anwar

Saeed Anwar

Saeed Anwar

Saeed Anwar's 194 vs India

Saeed Anwar 95 vs India 1998/99

Saqlain Mushtaq

Saqlain Mushtaq Biography

Full name: Saqlain Mushtaq
Born: December 29, 1976, Lahore, Punjab
County: Surrey
Other teams: Ireland, Pakistan, Islamabad Cricket Association, Pakistan International Airlines, Sussex
Test Debut: Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Peshawar, September 8-11, 1995
ODI Debut: Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Gujranwala, September 29, 1995
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Off-spin

Sussex showed faith in the former Pakistan off-spinner when they signed him on a two-year contract for the 2007 and 2008 seasons.

He has taken 208 Test and 288 one-day international wickets for Pakistan and will be qualified to play for England next year, having married his British wife nine years ago.

Saqlain was one of the first to develop the doosra delivery and was the fastest bowler to 100 one-day wickets.

During a Test match, at Chennai in 1998-99 he claimed ten wickets in the match that allowed Pakistan to claim a 12-run win against India.

He was not eligible to play county matches until May 2007 when he received his British passport and became EU qualified, playing in four championship matches and taking 18 wickets.

However, he left Sussex at the end of the 2007 season, citing personal reasons, and returned to his old stomping ground of the Brit Oval where he spent several successful seasons forming a spin partnership with Ian Salisbury.

The 2008 season saw him claim 38 championship victims and he ended as the county's leading wicket-taker. He also claimed six wickets in two Twenty20 matches.

He was released ahead of 2009, his links with a rebel league part of the rationale.

Saqlain Mushtaq

saqlain mushtaq destroyed english batting lineup

saqlain mushtaq wonder over

Intikhab Alam

Intikhab Alam Biography

Full Name: Intikhab Alam Khan
Date of Birth: Dec 28, 1941, Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India
Major Team: Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan International Airlines, Public Works Department, Punjab, Sind, Surrey
Playing Roll: Bowling All Rounder
Batting Style: Right
Bowling Style: Legbreak googly

International Debut: 1959
Batting and fielding records
M Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Test 47 77 10 1493 138 22.28 0 - 1 8 - 16 20 -
ODI 4 2 0 17 10 8.50 45 37.78 - - - - - -

Bowling records
M Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Eco SR 4W 5W 10W
Test 47 78 10474 4494 125 7/52 11/130 35.95 2.57 83.79 8 5 2
ODI 4 4 158 118 4 2/36 2/36 29.50 4.48 39.50 - - -

Career Statistics
Test Debut: Pakistan v Australia at Karachi, 04-09, Dec 1959
ODI Debut: New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch, Feb 11, 1973

Intikhab Alam

intikhab alam with raihan

Intikhab Alam: Boys respect Afridi