Pakistan national cricket team

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Pakistan
Pakistan Cricket Board
Test status acquired	1952
First Test match	vs India at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi, 16–18 October 1952
Captain	Misbah-ul-Haq (Test) Azhar Ali (ODI) Sarfraz Ahmed (T20I)
Coach	Mickey Arthur
Current ICC Test, ODI and T20I ranking	4th (Test) 9th (ODI) 7th (T20I)^[1] [1]
All-time best ICC Test, ODI and T20I ranking	1st (Test) 1st (ODI) 2nd (T20I) [2]
Test matches – This year	395 0
Last Test match	vs England at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, 1–5 November 2015
Wins/losses – This year	126/111 0/0
As of 14 May 2016

The Pakistan cricket team (Urdu: پاکستان کرکٹ ٹیم‎), also known as The Green Shirts or The Shaheens) is the national cricket team of Pakistan. Represented by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the team is a full member of the International Cricket Council, and participates in Test, ODI and Twenty20 International cricket matches.
Pakistan have played 858 ODIs, winning 452 (52.86%), losing 380, tying 8 and with 18 ending in no-result.^[2] Pakistan were the 1992 World Cup champions, and also came runners-up in the 1999 tournament. Pakistan, in conjunction with other countries in South Asia, have hosted the 1987 and 1996 World Cups, with the 1996 final being hosted at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. The team has also played 106 Twenty20 Internationals, the most of any team, winning 60 losing 43 and tying 3.^[3] Pakistan won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 and came runners-up in the inaugural tournament in 2007.
Pakistan have played 395 Test matches, with winning 126, losing 111 and drawing 158. The team has the third-best win/loss ratio in Test cricket of 1.135, and the fifth-best overall win percentage of 31.89%.^[4] Pakistan was given Test status on 28 July 1952, following a recommendation by India, and made its Test debut against India at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi, in October 1952, with India winning by an innings and 70 runs.^[5] In the 1950s, several Pakistani Test players had played Test cricket for the Indian cricket team before the creation of Pakistan in 1947.
As of 3 April 2016, the Pakistani cricket team is ranked fourth in Tests, eighth in ODIs and seventh in T20Is by the ICC.^[1]

History

Main article: History of the Pakistani cricket team

The match held between Sindh & Australia in Karachi on 22 November 1935 was reported by The Sydney Morning Herald

Cricket in Pakistan has a history of even before the creation of the country in 1947. The first ever international cricket match in Karachi was held on 22 November 1935 between Sindh and Australian cricket teams. The match was seen by 5,000 Karachiites.^[6] Following the independence of Pakistan in 1947, cricket in the country developed rapidly and Pakistan was given Test match status at a meeting of the Imperial Cricket Conference at Lord's Cricket Ground in England on 28 July 1952 following recommendation by India,^[7] which, being the successor state of the British Raj, did not have to go through such a process. The first captain of the Pakistan national cricket team was Abdul Hafeez Kardar.
Pakistan's first Test match was played in Delhi in October 1952 as part of a five Test series which India won 2–1. Pakistan made their first tour of England in 1954 and drew the series 1–1 after a memorable victory at The Oval in which fast bowler Fazal Mahmood took 12 wickets. Pakistan's first home Test match was in Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dacca, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). in January 1955 against India, after which four more Test matches were played in Bahawalpur, Lahore, Peshawar and Karachi (all five matches in the series were drawn, the first such occurrence in test history^[8]).
The team is considered a strong but unpredictable team. Traditionally Pakistani cricket has been filled with players of great talent but limited discipline, making them a team which could play inspirational cricket one day and then perform less than ordinarily another day. Over the years, competitions between India and Pakistan have always been emotionally charged and provide for intriguing contests, as talented teams and players from both sides of the border elevate their game to new levels to produce high-quality cricket. Pakistani contests with India in the Cricket World Cup have seen packed stadiums and elevated atmospheres no matter where the World Cup has been held. However the fans love their team.

1986 Austral-Asia Cup

Main article: Austral-Asia Cup

The 1986 Austral-Asia Cup, played in Sharjah in UAE, is remembered as a famous last-ball victory for Pakistan against arch-rivals India, with Javed Miandad emerging as a national hero.^[9] India batted first and set a target of 245 runs, leaving Pakistan with a required run rate of 4.92 runs per over. Javed Miandad came in to bat at number 3 and Pakistan lost wickets at regular intervals. Later recalling the match, Miandad stated that his main focus was to lose with dignity. With 31 runs needed in the last three overs, Miandad hit a string of boundaries while batting with his team's lower order, until four runs were required from the last delivery of the match. Miandad received a leg side full toss from Chetan Sharma, which he hit for six over the midwicket boundary.^[9]^[10]

1992 Cricket World Cup

Main article: 1992 Cricket World Cup

Pakistani opener Yasir Hameed playing against Australia at Lord's in England.

At the 1992 World Cup Semi-final, having won the toss, New Zealand chose to bat first and ended with a total of 262 runs. Pakistan batted conservatively yet lost wickets at regular intervals. With the departure of Imran Khan and Saleem Malik shortly thereafter, Pakistan still required 115 runs at a rate of 7.67 runs per over with veteran Javed Miandad being the only known batsman remaining at the crease. A young Inzamam-ul-Haq, who had just turned 22 and was not a well-known player at the time, burst onto the international stage with a match-winning 60 off 37 balls. Once Inzamam got out, Pakistan required 36 runs from 30 balls, which wicketkeeper Moin Khan ended with a towering six over long off, followed by the winning boundary to midwicket. The match is seen as the emergence of Inzamam onto the international stage.^[11]^[12]^[13]
The 1992 Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand marked Pakistan's first World Cup victory. It is remembered for the comeback Pakistan made after losing key players such as Waqar Younis and Saeed Anwar and being led by an injured captain Imran Khan. Pakistan lost 3 of their first 5 matches and were nearly eliminated in the first round of the tournament after being bowled out for 74 runs against England, until the match was declared as a "no result" due to rain. Imran Khan famously told the team to play as "cornered tigers", after which Pakistan won five successive matches, including, most famously, the semi-final against hosts New Zealand and the final against England.^[14]

2007 Cricket World Cup

The 2007 Cricket World Cup was one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history when Pakistan was knocked out of the competition in a shock defeat to Ireland, who were playing in their first competition. Pakistan, needing to win to qualify for the next stage after losing to the West Indies in their opening match, were put into bat by Ireland. They lost wickets regularly and only 4 batsmen scored double figures. In the end they were bowled out by the Irish for 132 runs. The Irish went on to win the match, after Niall O'Brien scored 72 runs. This meant that Pakistan had been knocked out during the first round for the second consecutive World Cup.^[15]^[16]^[17] Tragedy struck the team when coach Bob Woolmer died one day later on 18 March 2007 in a hospital in Kingston, Jamaica. Jamaican police spokesman, Karl Angell, reported on 23 March 2007 that, "Mr Woolmer's death was due to asphyxiation as a result of manual strangulation" and that, "Mr Woolmer's death is now being treated by the Jamaica police as a case of murder."^[18] Assistant coach Mushtaq Ahmed acted as temporary coach for the team's final group game of the tournament.^[19] Subsequent to his team's defeat and the death of Woolmer, Inzamam-ul-Haq announced his resignation as captain of the team and his retirement from one-day cricket, stating that he would continue to take part in Test cricket but not as captain.^[20] Shoaib Malik was announced as his successor.^[21] Following his return to the squad, Salman Butt was appointed as vice-captain until December 2007.^[22]
On 23 March 2007, Pakistan players and officials were questioned by Jamaican police and submitted DNA samples along with fingerprints, as part of the routine enquiries in the investigation into Woolmer's murder.^[23] Three days after leaving the West Indies for Pakistan, via London, the Pakistan team were ruled out as suspects. The deputy commissioner of Jamaican police. Mark Shields, the detective in charge of the investigation, announced, "It's fair to say they are now being treated as witnesses." "I have got no evidence to suggest it was anybody in the squad."^[24] A memorial service was held in Sacred Heart Church, Lahore, for Bob Woolmer on 1 April 2007. Among the attendees were Pakistan players and dignitaries, including Inzamam-ul-Haq, who was quoted as saying, "After Woolmer's family, the Pakistan team was the most aggrieved by his death."^[25] After the World Cup ended, serious doubts were raised about the investigation, with increasing speculation that Woolmer died of natural causes. This has now been accepted as fact, and the case has been closed.^[26]

Shahid Afridi batting against Sri Lanka in the ICC World Twenty20 Final at Lord's in England.

On 20 April 2007, a PCB official announced that former Test cricketer Talat Ali would act as interim coach, in addition to his rôle as team manager, until a new coach had been appointed.^[27] On 16 July 2007, Geoff Lawson, previously head coach of New South Wales, was appointed coach of the Pakistan for two years, becoming the third foreigner to take on the rôle.^[28] In the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, Pakistan exceeded expectations to reach the final but ended as runners-up, after losing the final to India in a nail-biting finish. On 25 October 2008, Intikhab Alam was named as a national coach of the team by the PCB.

2009 ICC World T20

On 21 June 2009 Pakistan won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, beating Sri Lanka in the final by eight wickets. Pakistan had begun the tournament slowly losing two of their first three matches but after dismissing New Zealand for 99 runs in the Super 8 stage they had a run of four consecutive wins against teams including previously unbeaten South Africa (in the semi-final) and SriLanka in the Final. Due to his top form, Shahid Afridi immersed as Pakistan's hero in the final taking the last single and making Pakistan win their first Twenty 20 world cup. Shahid Afridi was announced player of the match in both Semifinal and Final of the Tournament vs SA and SL respectively.

2010 ICC World T20

The 2010 World T20 was held in West Indies, where Pakistan was able to reach for the semi-final stage. Pakistan, Australia and Bangladesh were in Group A. Pakistan won the first match against Bangladesh by 21 runs. Salman Butt became the hero of the match with his 73 runs from just 46 balls. The second match for Pakistan was with Australia, where Australia won the toss and elected to bat. They scored 191/10 with 49 ball 81 runs by Shane Watson. In this match, final over of Australian innings was bowled by Mohammad Amir. He took a triple-wicket maiden and there were two run-outs, and eventually five wickets fell in the final over of Australia's innings.
In Super 8s stage, Pakistan lost to England, and New Zealand, only won against South Africa. They finished only behind England in Group E of Super 8s, reached to the semi-finals The semi-final for Pakistan was again with Australia, where they only scored 191/6 with Umar Akmal's not out 56 runs. Australia had a good start, where Michael Hussey scored a match winning unbeaten 64 runs from just 24 balls. Australia scored 197/7 in 19.5 overs and won the match. With this match, Pakistan lost their defended World T20 title.

2011 Cricket World Cup

Pakistan's results in international matches
	Matches	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	No result	Inaugural Match
Test^[29]	395	126	111	256	-	–	25 June 1932
ODI^[30]	840	444	371	–	8	17	13 July 1974
T20I^[31]	83	43	38	–	-	1	1 December 2006

Pakistan started well in the ICC Cricket World Cup, which was held in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, after beating Kenya, Sri Lanka (one of the tournament favourites) and bye a margin, beating Canada. Shahid Afridi clearly stated that his team is capable of qualifying for the Semifinals. After a huge loss against New Zealand, Pakistan defeated Zimbabwe by 7 wickets. After victory against Zimbabwe Pakistan cemented their shot at playing the ICC CWC 2011 Quarters. One of the highlights of the tournament for Pakistan was when they beat Australia, who were led by 3 brilliant pace bowlers, Brett Lee, Shaun Tait and Mitchell Johnson. However Pakistan defied the odds and defeated Australia, courtesy of a brilliant bowling display. This saw Australia's record win streak of 27 consecutive world cup games broken which saw them win every game between the 1999 world cup up until this game. In the quarter-finals they played West Indies. Pakistan were ruthless, as they emphatically won against the West Indies side by 10 wickets, due to another brilliant bowling display. In the semi-finals on 30 March, Pakistan had a match with its fiercest rival, India. India, due to Tendulkar who was as always dominant against the Pakistani bowling attack, managed 260 after they batted first. Not having a good batting line-up along with a slow start to the chase, Pakistan were 29 runs short as India reached the final (India went on to win the final, by defeating Sri Lanka).

2012 ICC World T20

The 2012 edition of World T20 was held in Sri Lanka, where Pakistan grouped in Group D with New Zealand, and Bangladesh. They won comfortably against the two teams, and stood up as top of group D. In super eight contest, Pakistan first played against South Africa, where Pakistan won the match by just 2 runs. next match was against India, which always given a much publicity by all over the fans. Pakistan bowled out for just 128 runs, where India reached the target with only 2 wickets given. Pakistan won their last Super eight match against Australia by 32 runs, where Saeed Ajmalperformed well in the match by taking 3 wickets for 17 runs. Pakistan qualified for the semi-finals after superior net run rate than India.
The Pakistan semi-final was with the host-Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka scored 139/ with Mahela Jayawardena took the gear. Pakistan chased the target, but wickets in crucial interval gave them backward. Skipper Mohammad Hafeez scored 42 runs and all the other batsmen not going well. The match was turned towards Sri Lanka with magical spell by Rangana Herath, who took wickets of Mohammad Hafeez, Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Malik. Finally Pakistan lost the match by 16 runs.

2014 ICC World T20

The 2014 ICC World T20 was held by Bangladesh. the Pakistani team was in Bangladesh prior to the World T20, due to 2014 Asia Cup, which was held by Bangladesh. Pakistan played for the Group 2, with mighty oppositions. The tournament was a disappointing one for the Pakistanis, where they won 2 and lost 2, finished the group as third and disqualified for the semi-finals.
The first group match was with rivals India, which India won by 7 wickets. The next match was against Australia, where Pakistan scored 191/5 with brilliant batting of Umar Akmal. Australia had a fierce going with 33 ball 74 runs by Glenn Maxwell, but only managed to score 175. Pakistan won the match by 16 runs. The match against Bangladesh was a comfortable win by 50 runs. Pakistani opening batsman Ahmed Shehzad scored the maiden T20I century by a Pakistani. He finished with an unbeaten 111 of 62 balls. The crucial match was with West Indies, where the winning team would go through to the semi-final. West Indies won the toss and elected to bat first. They scored 166/6 in their 20 overs, West Indies scored 82 runs off the last 5 overs giving a fearsome hitting to the Pakistani bowlers. Pakistan's chase was unsuccessful as they were bowled out for just 82 runs. Pakistan was eliminated from the tournament with this result.

2015 Cricket World Cup

Pakistan started poorly in the ICC Cricket World Cup, which was held in Australia and New Zealand. Their first match was against cricket rivals — India, where India batted first and scored 300/7, with Virat Kohli scoring a century. After a poor start to the run chase, Pakistan skipper Misbah ul Haqmade a useful contribution of 76 runs, but eventually Pakistan lost the match by 76 runs. The second match against West Indies was worse than any other where West Indies posted 310/6. Pakistan batsmen got off to the worst possible start with the loss of 4 wickets for 1 run on the board, a record to an innings in an ODI match ever. They got 160 runs in total and thus lost the match by 150 runs.
Pakistan then consecutively won the next 4 games against Zimbabwe, UAE, Ireland and the mighty South African team. Sarfraz Ahmed was Man of the Match as he took 6 dismissals being the first Pakistani to do so. It was the first time Pakistan defeated South Africa in a World Cup match. The final group stage match for Pakistan was a crucial one from their point of view, because the winner would go through to the quarter-finals. They easily won the match against Ireland and finished the group stage as third in group B.
The quarter final match of Pakistan was against Australia, where they scored 213 runs. Australia took a steady start, but few wickets regularly fell in middle overs. The match gained a lot of attraction due to the on-field rivalry between Aussie Shane Watson and Pakistani pacer Wahab Riaz. Watson had allegedly sledged Riaz during Pakistan's batting and Wahab gave his reply during the bowling. Wahab delivered a number of express bouncers to Watson who had a lot of trouble with the short ball and was trying to swivel and duck away from the lifting ball. Watson was completely uncomfortable with the short pitched deliveries, lost his rhythm and top edged a delivery but the catch was dropped by Rahat Ali. The momentum was then handed to Steve Smith and Glenn Maxwell and with their steady partnership, Australia won the match and made their way towards the semi-final. As a result of this defeat Pakistan were out of the world cup. This match was the final ODI for Pakistani skipper Misbah ul Haq and the experienced all-rounder Shahid Afridi

After World Cup 2015

After the 2015 Cricket World Cup, Pakistan's captain Misbah and Afridi ended their ODI careers. As a result, the captaincy of the ODI team was given to newcomer Azhar Ali. Under his captaincy, Pakistan played their first ODI series against Bangladesh. The tour was highly disappointing for them, where Pakistan lost all three ODIs, as well as the only T20 match, as they were outplayed in all departments. Clever bowling coupled with wonderful batting and fielding allowed the hosts to stroll past the visitors. This was Bangladesh's first win over Pakistan since the 1999 Cricket World Cup, and also this victory gave Bangladesh their first ever series win over Pakistan. However Pakistan won the two match test series 1-0 ending their miserable tour with a series win under their belts.^[32]
Pakistan played a home series against Zimbabwe in May 2015 after 6 years. This was the first tour by a Test-playing nation since the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in 2009. Pakistan won the T20I series 2–0 and also ODI series 2–0 after the third match ended in a no result. This is Pakistan's first ODI series win in two years.
During Sri Lanka tour in 2015, Pakistan won all formats convincingly by Tests as 2-1, ODIs as 3-2, and T20I 2-0. With these victories, Pakistan qualified for the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy, removing West Indies from a place in the tournament. Pakistan also was able to take much points and move higher in the rankings as well.
On September, Pakistan travelled Zimbabwe for 2 T20Is and 3 ODIs. Pakistan easily won T20I 2-0 and ODIs to 2-1. With this series, Pakistan concluded their 2015 season as 4th in Tests, 8th in ODIs, and 2nd in T20I rankings.

2016 ICC World T20

The sixth edition of ICC World T20 was held in India. Pakistan was in group 2 with India,Australia,New Zealand and Bangladesh. Pakistan started their World T20 campaign with a victory defeating Bangladesh by a margin of 55 runs. But the remaining campaign was a disaster as Pakistan lost all their three remaining matches against India, New Zealand and Australia in group-stage and, therefore, were knocked out of the tournament early. This was the second time that Pakistan didn't make it to the semi-finals of World T20 (previous in ICC World T20 2014).

Governing body

Main article: Pakistan Cricket Board

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is responsible for all first class and Test cricket played in Pakistan and by the Pakistan cricket team. It was admitted to the International Cricket Council in July 1953. The corporation has been run by former cricketers, professional administrators and trustees, who are often respected businessmen. The Board governs a network of teams sponsored by corporations and banks, city associations and clubs including advertising, broadcasting rights and internet partners.^[33]
The PCB's experiment with the Twenty20 cricket model has also proven popular and hopes to similarly revive popular interest in domestic games, which it did. The PCB also set up major domestic competitions such as the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy and the Faysal Bank T20 Cup.^[34]

Tournament history

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Pakistan

ICC World Cup

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
England 1975	Round 1	5/8	3	1	2	0	0
England 1979	Semi-finals	4/8	4	2	2	0	0
England 1983	Semi-finals	4/8	7	3	4	0	0
India and Pakistan 1987	Semi-finals	3/8	7	5	2	0	0
Australia and New Zealand 1992	Champions	1/9	10	6	3	0	1
India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka 1996	Quarter-finals	6/12	6	4	2	0	0
England and Netherlands 1999	Runners-Up	2/12	10	7	3	0	0
South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya 2003	Round 1	10/14	6	2	3	0	1
West Indies 2007	Round 1	10/16	3	1	2	0	0
India, SriLanka and Bangladesh 2011	Semi-finals	3/14	8	6	2	0	0
Australia and New Zealand 2015	Quarter-Finals	5/14	7	4	3	0	0
England 2019	-	–	–	–	–	–	–
India 2023	-	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	10/10	1 title	71	41	28	0	2

Twenty20 World Cup

World Twenty20 record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
South Africa 2007	Runners-Up	2/12	7	5	1	1	0
England 2009	Champions	1/12	7	5	2	0	0
West Indies 2010	Semi-finals	4/12	6	2	4	0	0
Sri Lanka 2012	Semi-finals	3/12	6	4	2	0	0
Bangladesh 2014	Super 10	5/16	4	2	2	0	0
India 2016	Super 10	7/16	4	1	3	0	0	Total	6/6	1 title	34	19	14	1	0

Other Tournaments

Other Major Tournaments
ICC Champions Trophy	Asia Cup
1998: Quarter-finals 2000: Semi-finals 2002: Round 1 2004: Semi-finals 2006: Round 1 2009: Semi-finals 2013: Round 1	1984: 3rd Place 1986: Runners-up 1988: 3rd Place 1990/1991: Did not participate 1995: 3rd Place 1997: 3rd Place 2000: Champions 2004: 3rd Place 2008: 3rd Place 2010: 3rd Place 2012: Champions 2014: Runners-up 2016: 3rd Place

Defunct Tournaments
Commonwealth Games	Asian Test Championship	Austral-Asia Cup
1998: Round 1	1999: Champions 2001: Runners-Up	1986:Champions 1990:Champions 1994:Champions

Honours

Cricket World Cup (1): 1992
ICC World Twenty20 (1): 2009

List of International grounds

Main article: List of international cricket five-wicket hauls in Pakistan cricket grounds

Locations of all stadiums which have hosted an international cricket match within Pakistan

National Cricket Stadium in Karachi.

Multan Cricket Stadium in Multan.

Stadium	City	Test matches	ODI matches	T20I matches
National Cricket Stadium	Karachi	41	46	0
Gaddafi Stadium	Lahore	40	59 played/2 cancelled	2
Iqbal Stadium	Faisalabad	24	16	0
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	Rawalpindi	8	21	0
Arbab Niaz Stadium	Peshawar	6	15	0
Multan Cricket Stadium	Multan	5	7	0
Niaz Stadium	Hyderabad	5	7	0
Jinnah Stadium (Gujranwala)	Gujranwala	4	9	0
Bagh-e-Jinnah	Lahore	3	0	0
Sheikhupura Stadium	Sheikhupura	2	2	0
Jinnah Stadium	Sialkot	1	11	0
Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium	Multan	1	6	0
Pindi Club Ground	Rawalpindi	1	2	0
Defence Housing Authority Stadium	Karachi	1	0	0
Bahawal Stadium	Bahawalpur	1	0	0
Zafar Ali Stadium	Sahiwal	0	2	0
Ayub National Stadium	Quetta	0	2	0
Sargodha Stadium	Sargodha	0	1	0
Bugti Stadium	Quetta	0	1	0

Pakistan women's cricket team

Main article: Pakistan national women's cricket team

The Pakistan women's cricket team has a much lower profile than the men's team. For all national women's cricket teams, the female players are paid much less their male counterparts and the women's teams do not receive as much popular support or recognition as the men's team. The women's teams also have a less packed schedule compared to men's teams and play fewer matches. The team played it first match during 1997, when it was on tour of New Zealand and Australia and were invited to the World Cup later that year and in the Women's Asia Cup during 2005 the team came third place. During 2007, the team with face South Africa and later in the year travel to Ireland to play in the Women's World Cup Qualifier. The team also played at the T20 England World Cup, the team finished 6th place, beating Sri Lanka and South Africa in 2009.

Team colours

In Test matches, the team wears cricket whites, with an optional sweater or sweater-vest with a green and gold V-neck for use in cold weather. The team's official sponsors have been Pepsi since the 1990s with their logo displayed on the right side of the chest and sleeve with the Pakistan Cricket star deployed on the left in test cricket. Boom Boom Cricket signed a deal with Pakistan Cricket Board in April 2010 to become the kit sponsors of the Pakistan team; the deal ended at the end of 2012 Asia Cup.^[35]
Pakistan's One Day and Twenty 20 kits vary from year to year with the team wearing its green color in various shades from kit to kit. Historically, Pakistan's kits have had shades of blue, yellow and golden in addition to green. For official ICC tournaments, 'Pakistan' is written on the front of the jersey in place of the sponsor logo, with the sponsor logo being placed on the sleeve. However, for non-ICC tournaments and matches, the 'Pepsi' logo feature prominently on the front of the shirt. As always the Pakistan Cricket Board logo is placed on the left chest. An example of the different shades of green Pakistan wears from kit to kit can be seen in the 2010–11 kit which was in the lime green color.^[36]^[37] However, for the World Cup a new jersey with a dark green to light green fade was introduced in February 2011.^[38]^[39]^[40]^[41] CA Sports became Pakistan team's sponsor during 2012, and is currently providing kits for all three cricket formats.

Logo

Pakistan's cricket team's logo is a star, usually in the color gold or green, with the word "Pakistan" (پاکِستان) written inside in Urdu, Pakistan's national language.

Personnel

Current Squad

This is a list of all the players with the forms of cricket in which they play.

Key

Domestic team – First-class team the player represents in the current or preceding season. If n/a, then Limited overs team is displayed.
C/G – The contract grade awarded by the PCB
S/N – Shirt number

A/B/C/D	Central contract
N/A	No contract

General

¹ – Player is also an All-rounder

Name	Age	Batting	Bowling	Domestic team	C/G	Forms	S/N
Test captain; Middle-order Batsman
Misbah-ul-Haq	41	Right-hand bat	Right arm Leg Spin	SNGPL	A	Test	22
ODI captain; Top-order Batsman
Azhar Ali	31	Right-hand bat	Right arm leg spin	KRL	A	Test, ODI, T20I	79
T20 captain; Wicket-Keeper Batsman
Sarfraz Ahmed	28	Right-hand bat	–	PIA	B	Test, ODI, T20I	54
Opening Batsmen
Fakhar Zaman (cricketer)	26	Left-hand bat	Slow left arm orthodox	HBL	-	Test, ODI, T20I
Middle-Order Batsmen
Younis Khan	38	Right-hand bat	Right arm medium	HBL	A	Test	75
Asad Shafiq	30	Right-hand bat	Right arm leg spin	KD	B	Test	81
Khalid Latif (cricketer)	30	Right-hand bat	Right arm off spin	NBP	-	ODI, T20I	12
Wicket-Keeper
All-Rounders
Pace Bowlers
Mohammad Amir	24	Left-hand bat	Left Arm Fast	NBP	-	Test, ODI, T20I	05
Rahat Ali	27	Right-hand bat	Left Arm Fast-Medium	KRL	B	Test, ODI	90
Imran Khan	28	Right-hand bat	Right Arm Fast-Medium	NBP	C	Test
Wahab Riaz	30	Right-hand bat	Left Arm Fast	NBP	B	Test, ODI, T20I	47
Spin Bowlers
Yasir Shah	30	Right-hand bat	Right arm leg spin	Pakistan Customs	B	Test, ODI	86

Correct as of 01 May 2016

Coaching Staff

Chairman: Shahryar Khan
Head Coach: Mickey Arthur
Batting Coach: Vacant
Fast Bowling Coach: Vacant
Spin Bowling Coach: Vacant
Fielding Coach: Grant Luden
Manager: Vacant
Psychologist: Dr. Max Babri

Records

Batting

Test Batting records

Name	Intl. career span	Year set	Record description	Record	Notes
Imtiaz Ahmed	1952–62	1955	4th highest test match innings by a wicketkeeper	209
Hanif Mohammad	1952–69	1958	8th highest Test match innings Slowest Test triple century Highest Test innings on foreign soil 4th highest Test innings by an opener	337 runs 970min	Hanif scored 337 runs against the West Indies in 1958, which was also the first triple century by an Asian cricketer, and at the time the longest innings by any batsman in terms of time spent at the wicket.
Majid Khan	1964–83	1976–77	Joint 7th fastest Test match century	74 balls
Zaheer Abbas	1969–85	1971	5th highest Test match maiden century	274
Javed Miandad	1976–96	1976	Youngest player to score a double century. Only teenager to score a double century.	19y 140d
Javed Miandad	Career	14th most Test runs.	8,832	Miandad's record is also the most Test runs by a Pakistani.	Inzamam-ul-Haq is the 2nd with 8830 and Younis Khan the 3rd with 8547 runs. Younis Khan is also an active player.	Career	7th Highest Test Double Centuries	6
Javed Miandad	1976-96		The only cricketer to score a century in hist 1st, 50th & 100th Test Match.
Javed Miandad	1976-96		only player who throughout his career never went down to 50.00 average.
Taslim Arif	1980	1980	3rd highest Test match innings by a wicketkeeper	210*
Shoaib Mohammad	1983–95	1990–91	9th Slowest Test match double century	411 balls
Inzamam-ul-Haq	1991–2007	Career	10th most fifties in Test cricket	98
		Career	2nd most fifties in ODI cricket	69
		Career	10th most fours in Test cricket	1112
		Career	Joint 4th most sixes in an innings	9
		Career	15th Most Test Runs	8,830	Inzamam record is also the 2nd most test runs by a Pakistani
		Career	10th most Test half-centuries	46	1st Pakistani
Mohammad Yousuf	1998–2010	2006	Most Test match runs in a calendar year	1,788
		2006	Most Test centuries in a calendar year	9
		2006	Most centuries in successive Tests	6 centuries/5 tests
Shahid Afridi	1998–2010	1999	7th youngest player to score a test century	18y 333d
		2004–05	Joint 2nd fastest Test fifty	26 balls
		2006	2nd most runs off one over	27
		2006	Joint most sixes off consecutive deliveries	4
		2010	9th highest strike rate in an innings	206.66
		1999	7th youngest player to score a test century	18y 333d
Younis Khan	2000–10	2009	5th highest individual innings by a captain	313	Younis scored 313 against Sri Lankain 2009, becoming the third Pakistani to reach a triple century, and also attaining the third highest Test Innings by a Pakistani.
Yasir Hameed	2003–10	2003	Scored centuries in both the innings of his debut test	170 & 105	Yasir Hameed, in 2003, on his Test debut he scored 170 runs in Karachi. This is the highest score by a Pakistani on debut. He also scored 105 in the second innings of the same match, becoming only player to do so after West Indies' Lawrene Row
Misbah ul haq	2007–14	2014	scored fastest half century ever in test cricket history	21 balls
		2014	joint fastest century in test cricket history	56 balls
		2014	scored two centuries in two innings of same test match	101&101*

**T20 International records**
Name	Intl. Career span	Year set	Record description	Record
Mohammad Hafeez	2006–13	Career	6th most runs in career	1250
Kamran Akmal		2010	2nd highest innings by a wicketkeeper	73
Shahid Afridi	2006–13	Career	11th most runs in career	1044
		2010	1st highest innings strike rate	357.14
		2006	2nd highest innings strike rate	280.00
		2007	3rd highest innings strike rate	260.00
Umar Akmal	2009–13	2010	4th most runs in a calendar year	385

One Day International batting records

Name	Intl. Career span	Year set	Record description	Record	Notes
Saeed Anwar	1989–2003	1997	Joint 5th highest ODI innings.	194
Zaheer Abbas	1969–85	Career	6th highest batting average in ODI	47.62
Inzamam-Ul-Haq	1991–2007	Career	4th highest career ODI runs	11,739
Shahid Afridi	1996–2015	1996	Third fastest ODI century	37 balls	Afridi scored his maiden century in his maiden innings in 1996, against Sri Lanka at Kenya. He was originally in the team as a bowling replacement for Mushtaq Ahmed, and walked out as a pinch-hitter up the order wielding Waqar Younis' bat.
		Career	Most sixes in ODI	333 sixes^[42]

Bowling

**Test Bowling records**
Name	Intl. Career span	Year set	Record description	Record	Notes
Wasim Akram	1984–2003	Career	9th most Test wickets	414	Akram also holds the record of most Test wickets by a Pakistani bowler.
Waqar Younis	1989–2003	Career	Best strike rate with +200 Test wickets	43.4
		Career	14th highest Test wickets	373	Waqar also holds the record of second most Test wickets by a Pakistani bowler.

**One Day International Bowling records**
Name	Intl. Career span	Year set	Record description	Record	Notes
Wasim Akram	1984–2003	Career	2nd most ODI wickets	502	Akram's record was surpassed by Muttiah Muralitharan. Akram still holds the record of most ODI wickets by a Pakistani bowler.
		Career	One of three bowlers to take 2 ODI hat-tricks		The other bowlers were Saqlain Mustaq and Chaminda Vaas
Waqar Younis	1989–2003	Career	3rd most ODI wickets	416	Waqar also holds the record of second most ODI wickets by a Pakistani bowler.
Saqlain Mushtaq	1995–2004	Career	Fastest to reach 100, 150, 200 and 250 wickets First spinner to take a hat-trick in an ODI		He has taken 2 ODI hat-tricks.
Shahid Afridi	1996 – present	Career	most wickets in single world cup as Captain	21	Shahid Afridi also holds the record.

**T20 International records**
Name	Intl. career span	Year set	Record description	Record	Notes
Umar Gul	2007–10	2009	2nd best bowling figures in a Twenty20 International	5 wickets / 6 runs	This was surpassed by Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka) against Australia
		Career	3rd most wickets in career	81
		2009	Joint 3rd most wickets in a calendar year	19
		Career	Most 4 wicket hauls in career	4
Shahid Afridi	2006–12	Career	2nd Most wickets in career	81
	2006–12	Career	1st most wickets in T20 world cups	41
		2009	7th most wickets in a calendar year	18
		Career	Joint 2nd most 4 wicket hauls	2
Saeed Ajmal	2009–12	Career	1st most wickets in career	83
	2009–12	Career	2nd most wickets in T20 World cups	32
		2009 and 2010	Joint 3rd most wickets in a calendar year	19
		Career	Joint 2nd most 4 wicket hauls in career	2
Mohammed Asif	2008–2011	Career	First T20 Maiden	1
Aamer Yamin	2015–present	Career	First ball in maiden wicket on debut	1

**Miscellaneous records**
Name	Intl. Career span	Year set	Record description	Record	Notes
Wasim Akram	1984–2003	Career	One of 2 bowlers to achieve a hat-trick in both Test and ODI		The other bowler is Mohammad Sami, also from Pakistan.
		Career	Only bowler to achieve four hat-tricks
		Career	1st bowler to achieve +400 wickets in both Test and ODI		Muttiah Muralitharan has since achieved this.
Shoaib Akhtar	1997–2011	Career	Official fastest delivery in cricket	161.3 km/h 100.2 mph
Mohammad Sami	2001–present	Career	One of 2 bowlers to achieve a hat-trick in both Test and ODI		The other bowler is Wasim Akram, also from Pakistan.
		Career	Only bowler to achieve a Hat-trick in all three formats of the game
		Career	Unofficial fastest delivery in cricket

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