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Watson credits Warne and IPL for revival

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Shane Watson credited his stint under Warne at the IPL for his revival.

Shane Watson credited his stint under Warne at the IPL for his revival.[© AFP]From an injury-ravaged struggler to being the hero of Australia's second consecutive Champions Trophy triumph, all-rounder Shane Watson has credited the turnaround to his Indian Premier League stint under talismanic spin wizard Shane Warne. "It (the IPL stint) got my confidence up as a player. It allowed me to come back to the Australian team. It was a massive turning point to play on such a big stage," Watson said after striking his second hundred of the tournament to guide Australia to the title with a six-wicket win over New Zealand. "The captaincy and coaching ability of Warne was a great learning experience. I learnt how to control my emotions," he added. The all-rounder played under Warne in the Rajasthan Royals team in the first edition and was the most valuable player of the tournament putting up excellent an performance with both the bat and ball. Watson rated the 105 he scored in Monday night's final as one of the best of his career. "In 2007 World Cup semi-finals against South Africa, I was really pumped up but didn't do so well. So it's great to be involved in such a great win. It's one of the real highs of my career and very, very special for everyone in the changing room," he said. As an opener, Watson has huge boots to fill with both Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist now retired but he has shown the spark in recent months. "Hayden and Gilchrist are huge boots to fill. They always got off to fliers and they nearly always came good in big events. Hayden was the top scorer in the 2007 World Cup and Gilly scored that memorable century in the finals. "I'm just trying to be as best I can be," he said.

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Eden Gardens misses out yet again

Bangalore, Mon, Oct 05 2009

The Eden Gardens has been given step-motherly treatment yet again.

The Eden Gardens has been given step-motherly treatment yet again.[© AFP]The BCCI's internal politicking has ensured that once again, an international tour will go by without a Test match at the venue that has been called "the Lord's of India" - the Eden Gardens at Kolkata.According to a report on the channel CNN-IBN, the three cities that will host Test matches in the series between India and Sri Lanka are Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad.The root of the issue lies in the fact that the Cricket Association of Bengal is led by Jagmohan Dalmiya, who has a long-running feud with the top brass of the BCCI.This has resulted in the fact that the Eden Gardens have not hosted a Test match since November 2007 when India played Pakistan.In comparison, since that date there have been 10 Test matches played in India, and the break-up of the cities that have hosted the matches is thus:Bangalore - 2 matches; Chennai - 2 matches; Mohali - 2 matches; Ahmedabad - 1 match; Kanpur - 1 match; Delhi - 1 match; Nagpur - 1 match.Even taking into account the rotation policy of the BCCI, it doesn't account for the fact that venues have received two Tests in the period when the Eden Gardens hasn't received a single one, and that all the venues chosen for the Sri Lanka series are from the venues above.The comparison would be more stark if ODIs were taken into account, since the Eden Gardens has not hosted a single ODI since February 8 2007. Since that time, there have been 22 One Day Internationals played in India, and not a single one at the Eden Gardens.The break-up of the venues that have hosted ODIs from February 9, 2007 is:2 matches each: Bangalore, Rajkot, Guwahati and Kanpur1 match each: Margao, Vishakhapatnam, Kochi, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Vadodara, Nagpur, Mumbai, Mohali, Gwalior, Jaipur, Indore, Cuttack and Delhi

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Pakistan team in fresh match-fixing controversy

Bangalore, Mon, Oct 05 2009

The Pakistan team is in yet another match-fixing controversy.

The Pakistan team is in yet another match-fixing controversy.[© AFP]In a fresh twist to Pakistan's exit from the Champions Trophy, claims have emerged that two of the matches that the team lost - to Australia in the league phase and to New Zealand in the semi-finals - were fixed.According to a report in the Ahmedabad Mirror, the International Cricket Council's (ICC) anti-corruption unit would be having a good look at the Pakistan vs New Zealand match of October 3.The report further states that although Pakistan displayed their usual up-and-down level of play by batting indifferently and missing chances in the field, the worrying aspect of this defeat was that a large number of Asian origin fans in the stands were placing bets on a New Zealand victory.Captain Younis Khan's dropped catch off Grant Elliot that proved to be match-turning, is particularly coming under the scanner.Younis had admitted that his fractured finger was the reason the catch was dropped, but he said he wasn't worried about anything - perhaps hinting at the fact that reactions in his home country have always been extreme.However, though the paper said that officials are guarded in their reaction at this stage, the tapes of the Pakistan-New Zealand semi-final match are on their way to the anti-corruption unit offices.In a separate report, the Chairman of the Sports Committee of the Pakistan National Assembly, Jamshed Ahmed Dasti, has alleged that the Pakistan team deliberately lost the game to Australia to knock India out of the Champions Trophy. According to a reports in CNN-IBN, Dasti told Pakistan TV channel Geo TV that, "We went with a pre-determined mind to lose the match against Australia. Our intention was to keep India out. It was a deliberate decision to lose the match against India."Dasti has not provided any evidence to back these claims, but has reportedly summoned the team management including the captain and the coach to discuss the matter.

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Pakistan and Australia cricket schedule
Australia and Pakistan Tour of UAE 2009 ( One Day International )
22 Apr 2009

Pakistan vs Australia
1st One Day International, Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium (D/N)
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Pakistan vs Australia
2nd One Day International, Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium (D/N)
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3rd One Day International, Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi (D/N)
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4th One Day International, Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi (D/N)
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Group A Group B Group C Group D
India Pakistan Australia New Zealand
Bangladesh England Sri Lanka South Africa
Ireland Netherlands West Indies Scotland
Group E A1, B2, C1, D2 Group F B1, A2, C2, D1

Date Lord's Trent Bridge The Oval
Fri, 5 June Opening ceremony

England v Netherlands
1730-2030

Sat, 6 June India v Bangladesh
1730-2030 New Zealand v Scotland
1000-1300

Australia v West Indies
1330-1630
Sun, 7 June South Africa v Scotland
1330-1630

England v Pakistan
1730-2030
Mon, 8 June Ireland v Bangladesh
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Australia v Sri Lanka
1730-2030

Tues, 9 June Pakistan v Netherlands
1330-1630

New Zealand v South Africa
1730-2030

Wed, 10 June Sri Lanka v West Indies
1330-1630

India v Ireland
1730-2030

Placement for the Super Eight stage is determined as follows:

The first two teams in each group are placed 1 or 2. They will retain this position for the Super Eight stage, irrespective of whether they finish first or second in their group, unless they are knocked out by the team 3 in their group. In this instance, team 3 replaces the position of the team they knock out.

Date Lord's Trent Bridge The Oval
Thu, 11 June D1 v A2 (1330-1630)
B2 v D2 (1730-2030)
Fri, 12 June B1 v C2 (1330-1630)
A1 v C1 (1730-2030)
Sat, 13 June C1 v D2 (1330-1630)
D1 v B1 (1730-2030)
Sun, 14 June A2 v C2 (1330-1630)
A1 v B2 (1730-2030)
Mon, 15 June B1 v A2 (1330-1630)
B2 v C1 (1730-2030)
Tues, 16 June D1 v C2 (1330-1630)
D2 v A1 (1730-2030)

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Group A Group B Group C Group D
India Pakistan Australia New Zealand
Bangladesh England Sri Lanka South Africa
Ireland Netherlands West Indies Scotland
Group E A1, B2, C1, D2 Group F B1, A2, C2, D1

Date Lord's Trent Bridge The Oval
Fri, 5 June Opening ceremony

England v Netherlands
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Sat, 6 June India v Bangladesh
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Sun, 7 June South Africa v Scotland
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England v Pakistan
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Mon, 8 June Ireland v Bangladesh
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Australia v Sri Lanka
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Team 1	Team 2	Winner	Margin	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australia	India	Australia	122 runs	Sydney	Jan 2-6, 2008	Test # 1857
South Africa	West Indies	South Africa	7 wickets	Cape Town	Jan 2-5, 2008	Test # 1858
New Zealand	Bangladesh	New Zealand	9 wickets	Dunedin	Jan 4-6, 2008	Test # 1859
South Africa	West Indies	South Africa	inns & 100 runs	Durban	Jan 10-12, 2008	Test # 1860
New Zealand	Bangladesh	New Zealand	inns & 137 runs	Wellington	Jan 12-14, 2008	Test # 1861
Australia	India	India	72 runs	Perth	Jan 16-19, 2008	Test # 1862
Australia	India	drawn		Adelaide	Jan 24-28, 2008	Test # 1863
Bangladesh	South Africa	South Africa	5 wickets	Dhaka (SBNS)	Feb 22-25, 2008	Test # 1864
Bangladesh	South Africa	South Africa	inns & 205 runs	Chittagong (CDS)	Feb 29-Mar 3, 2008	Test # 1865
New Zealand	England	New Zealand	189 runs	Hamilton	Mar 5-9, 2008	Test # 1866
New Zealand	England	England	126 runs	Wellington	Mar 13-17, 2008	Test # 1867
New Zealand	England	England	121 runs	Napier	Mar 22-26, 2008	Test # 1868
West Indies	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	121 runs	Providence	Mar 22-26, 2008	Test # 1869
India	South Africa	drawn		Chennai	Mar 26-30, 2008	Test # 1870
India	South Africa	South Africa	inns & 90 runs	Ahmedabad	Apr 3-5, 2008	Test # 1871
West Indies	Sri Lanka	West Indies	6 wickets	Port of Spain	Apr 3-6, 2008	Test # 1872
India	South Africa	India	8 wickets	Kanpur	Apr 11-13, 2008	Test # 1873
England	New Zealand	drawn		Lord's	May 15-19, 2008	Test # 1874
West Indies	Australia	Australia	95 runs	Kingston	May 22-26, 2008	Test # 1875
England	New Zealand	England	6 wickets	Manchester	May 23-26, 2008	Test # 1876
West Indies	Australia	drawn		North Sound	May 30-Jun 3, 2008	Test # 1877
England	New Zealand	England	inns & 9 runs	Nottingham	Jun 5-8, 2008	Test # 1878
West Indies	Australia	Australia	87 runs	Bridgetown	Jun 12-16, 2008	Test # 1879
England	South Africa	drawn		Lord's	Jul 10-14, 2008	Test # 1880
England	South Africa	South Africa	10 wickets	Leeds	Jul 18-21, 2008	Test # 1881
Sri Lanka	India	Sri Lanka	inns & 239 runs	Colombo (SSC)	Jul 23-26, 2008	Test # 1882
England	South Africa	South Africa	5 wickets	Birmingham	Jul 30-Aug 2, 2008	Test # 1883
Sri Lanka	India	India	170 runs	Galle	Jul 31-Aug 3, 2008	Test # 1884
England	South Africa	England	6 wickets	The Oval	Aug 7-11, 2008	Test # 1885
Sri Lanka	India	Sri Lanka	8 wickets	Colombo (PSS)	Aug 8-11, 2008	Test # 1886
India	Australia	drawn		Bangalore	Oct 9-13, 2008	Test # 1887
Bangladesh	New Zealand	New Zealand	3 wickets	Chittagong (CDS)	Oct 17-21, 2008	Test # 1888
India	Australia	India	320 runs	Mohali	Oct 17-21, 2008	Test # 1889
Bangladesh	New Zealand	drawn		Dhaka (SBNS)	Oct 25-29, 2008	Test # 1890
India	Australia	drawn		Delhi	Oct 29-Nov 2, 2008	Test # 1891
India	Australia	India	172 runs	Nagpur	Nov 6-10, 2008	Test # 1892
South Africa	Bangladesh	South Africa	inns & 129 runs	Bloemfontein	Nov 19-22, 2008	Test # 1893
Australia	New Zealand	Australia	149 runs	Brisbane	Nov 20-23, 2008	Test # 1894
South Africa	Bangladesh	South Africa	inns & 48 runs	Centurion	Nov 26-28, 2008	Test # 1895
Australia	New Zealand	Australia	inns & 62 runs	Adelaide	Nov 28-Dec 1, 2008	Test # 1896
New Zealand	West Indies	drawn		Dunedin	Dec 11-15, 2008	Test # 1897
India	England	India	6 wickets	Chennai	Dec 11-15, 2008	Test # 1898
Australia	South Africa	South Africa	6 wickets	Perth	Dec 17-21, 2008	Test # 1899
New Zealand	West Indies	drawn		Napier	Dec 19-23, 2008	Test # 1900
India	England	drawn		Mohali	Dec 19-23, 2008	Test # 1901
Australia	South Africa	South Africa	9 wickets	Melbourne	Dec 26-30, 2008	Test # 1902
Bangladesh	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	107 runs	Dhaka (SBNS)	Dec 26-31, 2008	Test # 1903

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Position	Batsman	Points
1	Chris Gayle (WI)	783

2	MS Dhoni (IND)	779

3	Mike Hussey (AUS)	776

4	Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)	769

5	Mohammad Yousaf (PAK)	760

6	Yuvraj Singh (IND)	744

7	Ricky Ponting (AUS)	740

8	Kevin Pietersen (ENG)	730

9	Mohammad Yousaf (PAK)	727

10	Andrew Symonds (AUS)	719

ICC test cricket ranking

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Position	Batsman	Points
1	Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)	900

2	Mohammad Yousaf (PAK)	880

3	Kumar Sangakkara (SL)	859

4	Kevin Pietersen (ENG)	832

5	Michael Clarke (AUS)	825

6	Mahela Jayawardena (SL)	819

7	Ricky Ponting (AUS)	810

8	Younis Khan (PAK)	799

9	Graeme Smith (SA)	797

10	Gautam Gambhir (IND)	771

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Pakistan national cricket team

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Pakistan

Test status granted	1952
First Test match	v India at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, 16-18 October 1952
Captain	Younus Khan
Coach	Intikhab Alam^[1]
Official ICC Test and ODI ranking	6th (Test), 5th (ODI) [1]
Test matches - This year	336 1
Last Test match	v Sri Lanka at Lahore, 01-05 March 2009
Wins/losses - This year	103/89 0/0
As of February 27, 2009

The Pakistan National Cricket Team is an international cricket team representing Pakistan. It is administrated by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Pakistan is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status.

Before the independence of Pakistan, cricket was played well before the first Pakistan national team was granted test match playing status. Documentation and archives show that during the 18th century, cricket was played on the western side of India and many successful Indian cricketers played for the English cricket team.^[2] It was not until July 28, 1952 that Pakistan started playing test match cricket. Their first match took place in Delhi against India on October of the same year. Their first international tour was to England during 1954. Over the half century, Pakistan has become one of the most challenging and unpredictable teams in the world, the team won the 1992 World Cup and were runners up in the 1999 World Cup. The country has produced several world-class players such as Fazal Mahmood, Hanif Mohammad, Sarfaraz Nawaz, Mushtaq Mohammad, Imran Khan, Javed Miandad, Abdul Qadir, Wasim Akram, Inzamam-ul-Haq,Saeed Anwar, Waqar Younis, Mohammad Yousuf and Shoaib Akhtar.^[3]

As of October 2007, the Pakistani team has played 332 Test matches, winning 31.02%, losing 26.50% and drawing 42.46% of its games.^[4] The team is ranked sixth in the ICC Test Championship and fifth place in the ICC ODI Championship.^[5] On August 28, 2006, Pakistan won its debut Twenty20 International match in England and were runners up in the inaugral ICC World Twenty20 in September 2007.

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[edit] History

Main articles: History of the Indian cricket team and History of the Pakistani cricket team

Following the Partition of India in 1947, and the establishment of the separate nation state of Pakistan, cricket in the country developed steadily and Pakistan was given Test Match status at a meeting of the Imperial Cricket Conference at Lord's Cricket Ground on July 28, 1952 following recommendation by India,^[6] which, being the successor state of the British Raj, did not have to go through such a process.

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 Dacca 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^[7]).

Pakistan playing against Australia at Lord's.

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 from both sides of the border elevate their game to new levels to produce high-quality cricket. Pakistani contest with India in the Cricket World Cup have seen packed stadiums and elevated atmospheres no matter where the World Cup has been held.

The 1986 Australasia Cup, played in Sharjah, is remembered as a famous last-ball victory for Pakistan against arch-rivals India, with Javed Miandad emerging as a national hero.^[8] 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]^[8]

At the 1992 World Cup Semi Final, having won the toss New Zealand chose to bat first and ended with a total of 262. 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 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 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.^[10]^[11]^[12]

The 1992 Cricket World Cup in Australia & 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 in Imran Khan. Pakistan lost 4 of their first 5 matches and were nearly eliminated in the first round of the tournament after being bowled out for 74 against England, until the match was declared as a "no result" due to rain. Captain 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.^[13]

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 on a green pitch. They lost wickets regularly and only 4 batsmen crossed double figures. In the end they were bowled out by the resurgent Irish for 132. The Irish went on to win the match, helped by a knock of 72 from Niall O'Brien. This meant that Pakistan had been knocked out during the first round for the second consecutive World Cup.^[14]^[15]^[16] Tragedy struck the team when coach Bob Woolmer died one day later on March 18, 2007 in a hospital in Kingston, Jamaica. Jamaican police spokesman, Karl Angell, reported on March 23, 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."^[17] Subsequent to his team's defeat and the death of Bob 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.^[18]

On March 23, 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.^[19] 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."^[20] A memorial service was held in Sacred Heart Church, Lahore, for Bob Woolmer on April 1, 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."^[21] 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.^[22]

On July 16, 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 role.^[23] 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.

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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.^[24]

After taking heavy flak for corruption and match fixing, the PCB re-emerged by taking the initiative to sponsor the wildly successful 2004 tour of Pakistan by arch rivals India. The PCB's experiment with the Twenty20 cricket model has also proven popular and hopes to similarly revive popular interest in domestic games. The PCB also set up major domestic competitions such as the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, and the ANZ Trophy.^[25]

[edit] Tournament history

World Cup	Champions Trophy	Asia Cup	Australasia Cup	Asian Test Championship	Commonwealth Games	World Twenty20
1975: First Round 1979: Semi Finals 1983: Semi Finals 1987: Semi Finals 1992: Champions 1996: Quarter Finals 1999: Runners Up 2003: First round 2007: First round	1998: Quarter Finals 2000: Semi Finals 2002: First round 2004: Semi Finals 2006: First round	1984: Third Place 1986: Runners Up 1988: Third Place 1990-91: Did not participate 1995: Third Place 1997: Third Place 2000: Champions 2004: Third Place 2008: Third Place	1986: Champions 1990: Champions 1994: Champions	1998-99: Champions 2001-02: Runners Up	1998: First Round	2007: Runners Up

[edit] Test cricket grounds

Pakistan's Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, has hosted many matches, including the 1996 World Cup final.

Aerial view of the newly constructed Multan Cricket Stadium

Stadium	City	Test matches	ODI matches
National Stadium	Karachi	40	44
Gaddafi Stadium	Lahore	39	57
Iqbal Stadium	Faisalabad	24	16
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	Rawalpindi	8	21
Arbab Niaz Stadium	Peshawar	6	15
Multan Cricket Stadium	Multan	5	7
Niaz Stadium	Hyderabad	5	7
Jinnah Stadium (Sialkot)	Sialkot	4	9
Bagh-e-Jinnah (Lahore)	Lahore	3	0
Sheikhupura Stadium	Sheikhupura	2	2
Jinnah Stadium	Gujranwala	1	11
Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium	Multan	1	6
Pindi Club Ground	Rawalpindi	1	2
Defence Housing Authority Stadium	Karachi	1	0
Zafar Ali Stadium	Sahiwal	0	2
Ayub National Stadium	Quetta	0	2
Sargodha Stadium	Sargodha	0	1
Bugti Stadium	Quetta	0	1
Quid-e-Azam Stadium	Mirpur	0	0

[edit] 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.

[edit] Current Squad

This is a list of all the players who have played for Pakistan in the last year, and the forms in which they have participated. Mohammed Asif and Mohammed Yousuf have played cricket for Pakistan in the last year, but are presently banned from international cricket by the PCB.

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Domestic team	Forms	ODI/T20I shirt
Captain and middle-order batsman
Younus Khan	31	Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium, Legbreak	HBL	Test, ODI, T20I	75
Vice-captain and middle-order batsman
Misbah-ul-Haq	34	Right-hand bat	Legbreak	SNGPL	Test, ODI, T20I	22
Opening batsmen
Khalid Latif	23	Right-hand bat	Right-arm offbreak	Karachi Zebras	T20I	35
Khurram Manzoor	22	Right-hand bat	Right-arm offbreak	PIA	Test, ODI	42
Nasir Jamshed	19	Left-hand bat	–	NBP	ODI	53
Salman Butt	24	Left-hand bat	Right-arm offbreak	NBP	Test, ODI, T20I	1
Shoaib Khan	24	Left-hand bat	Right-arm medium-fast		T20I	80
Middle-order batsmen
Bazid Khan	28	Right-hand bat	Right-arm offbreak	KRL	ODI	60
Faisal Iqbal	27	Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium	PIA	Test	15
Naumanullah	33	Right-hand bat	Right-arm offbreak	NBP	ODI	59
Wicket-keepers
Kamran Akmal	27	Right-hand bat	–	NBP	Test, ODI, T20I	23
Sarfraz Ahmed	21	Right-hand bat	–	PIA	ODI	54
All-rounders
Fawad Alam	23	Left-hand bat	Slow left-arm orthodox	NBP	ODI, T20I	25
Mansoor Amjad	21	Right-hand bat	Legbreak googly	NBP	ODI, T20I	44
Shahid Afridi	29	Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium, Legbreak googly	HBL	ODI, T20I	10
Shoaib Malik	27	Right-hand bat	Right-arm offbreak	PIA	Test, ODI, T20I	6
Sohail Tanvir	24	Left-hand bat	Left-arm medium-fast, Slow left-arm orthodox	Rawalpindi	ODI, T20I	33
Fast bowlers
Abdur Rauf	30	Right-hand bat	Right-arm fast-medium	SSGC	ODI, T20I	34
Anwar Ali	21	Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium-fast		T20I	48
Iftikhar Anjum	28	Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium	ZTBL	ODI	21
Mohammad Talha	20	Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium-fast	NBP	Test
Shoaib Akhtar	33	Right-hand bat	Right-arm fast	Rawalpindi	ODI, T20I	14
Sohail Khan	25	Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium-fast	SSGC	Test, ODI, T20I	57
Umar Gul	25	Right-hand bat	Right-arm fast-medium	HBL	Test, ODI, T20I	55
Wahab Riaz	23	Right-hand bat	Left-arm fast-medium	NBP	ODI, T20I	47
Yasir Arafat	27	Right-hand bat	Right-arm medium	Kent	Test	27
Spin bowlers
Danish Kaneria	28	Right-hand bat	Legbreak	Essex	Test	99
Saeed Ajmal	31	Right-hand bat	Right-arm offbreak	KRL	ODI	50

Notes

The team's most recent coach was Bob Woolmer, who died during the 2007 World Cup. Assistant coach Mushtaq Ahmed acted as temporary coach for the team's final group game of the tournament.^[26] Following Pakistan's disappointing World Cup campaign, Shoaib Malik was announced as successor to Inzamam-ul-Haq as the team's captain.^[27] On April 20, 2007, a PCB official announced that former Test cricketer Talat Ali would act as interim coach, in addition to his role as team manager, until a new coach had been appointed.^[28] Following his return to the squad, Salman Butt was appointed as vice-captain until December 2007.^[29] On July 16, 2007, former Australian fast bowler Geoff Lawson was appointed coach of the national team for two years, becoming the third foreigner to take on the role.^[23]

[edit] Notable Pakistani cricketers

[edit] Batsmen

Renowned Pakistani batsmen include Hanif Mohammad, Mushtaq Mohammad, Saeed Ahmed, Majid Khan, Asif Iqbal, Zaheer Abbas, Javed Miandad, Mudassar Nazar, Mohsin Khan, Saleem Malik, Shoaib Mohammad, Ijaz Ahmed, Saeed Anwar, Aamer Sohail, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Yousuf and Younus Khan.

Batting feats:

Hanif Mohammad scored 337 against the West Indies in 1958, the first triple hundred by an Asian cricketer, and at the time the longest innings by any batsman in terms of time spent at the wicket.
Hanif also held the record for the highest individual first class innings for just over 35 years, 499 runs, until Brian Lara scored 501 for Warwickshire in 1994.
Saeed Anwar holds the record for the highest ODI score, 194, which he scored against the Indian cricket team at Chennai in 1997.
In 2006, Mohammad Yousuf achieved the record for the most Test match runs in a calendar year (1788), the most centuries in a calendar year (nine) and the most centuries in successive tests (six centuries in five successive tests).
Shahid Afridi holds the record for the fastest ODI century, reaching the milestone off just 37 balls and also the third fastest ODI century (45 balls).
Inzamam-ul-Haq and Javed Miandad are the most prolific Pakistani batsmen.

[edit] Bowlers

Renowned Pakistani bowlers include Fazal Mahmood, Sarfraz Nawaz, Imran Khan, Intikhab Alam, Iqbal Qasim, Abdul Qadir, Wasim Akram, Aaqib Javed, Waqar Younis, Mushtaq Ahmed, Saqlain Mushtaq and Shoaib Akhtar.

Bowling feats:

Wasim Akram has taken 502 ODI wickets, next only to Muttiah Muralidaran of Sri Lanka who recently broke the record.
Shoaib Akhtar holds the record for the fastest delivery recorded, clocked at 100.2 mph.
Saqlain Mushtaq is credited with inventing the off-spinner's deilvery known as the "doosra."
Saqlain also holds the record for being the fastest to reach 100, 150, 200 and 250 wickets in ODI cricket.

[edit] Reverse swing

Main article: Reverse Swing

Reverse swing was first discovered by Sarfraz Nawaz in the 1970s, who then passed it on to another Pakistani bowler, Imran Khan. Khan mastered reverse swing and the evidence of reverse swing by him was seen in 1983 in a Test match against India at Karachi, where he took 5 wickets in 25 balls. Imran Khan subsequently passed this skill on to Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram who are considered to have been the finest exponents of the art.^[30]^[31]^[32]

On Pakistan's 1992 tour of England, England had no answer to the reverse swing, a new phenomenon to them. Pakistan won the series 2-1. The series was controversial one as the Pakistani team were accused of ball tampering, particularly by the English media. However, it was later conceded that the Pakistani bowlers were simply ahead of their time. Following this episode, reverse swing expanded around the cricket world and more bowlers, including those from England, mastered the art.

[edit] Controversies

During the fourth Test against England at the Oval on August 20, 2006, ball tampering accusations were made against the Pakistani team, which resulted in the team forfeiting the match. On the fourth day of the Test, during England's second innings, the ball began to late reverse swing for Umar Gul in particular, resulting in him dismissing Alastair Cook LBW to an inswinging yorker. Four overs later, on examining the ball, umpire Darrell Hair decided there was evidence that the ball had been tampered with. He consulted with the other umpire, Billy Doctrove, and penalised the Pakistani team for interfering with the condition of the ball, awarding five runs to England. Following the playing conditions for that Test, the England batsmen were allowed to choose a replacement ball from a selection of six provided. Although play continued until the end of the afternoon session, the Pakistani team decided in principle, not to reappear at the start of the third session. This decision was made in protest of what they believed to be an unjust and insensitive decision. However Pakistan's claim that the ball had been damaged by being hit to the boundary - and for six - is not entirely credible.The ball in question had not been hit for four during the previous three overs, and was never hit for six. As a result of the Pakistani team's failure to appear at the field, the umpires awarded the test to England, cricket's first and only forfeiture till July 2008 when the cricket's international governing body International Cricket Council (ICC) changed the result of the test from an English win to a draw (it was then restored to an England win in February 2009). The Pakistani team was cleared of any wrongdoing when further proceedings saw captain Inzamam-ul-Haq found not guilty of ball tampering. However, the team's protest led to him being banned for four games on the charge of bringing the game of cricket into disrepute.^[33]^[34]^[35]

Immediately following the ball tampering controversy was the news that its front-line pace bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif had both tested positive for Nandrolone, a banned anabolic steroid. Though both denied any substance abuse, on November 1, 2006 both Akhtar and Asif were banned for a period of 2 years and 1 year respectively. However, both bowlers were successful in their appeals with the earlier bans being revoked. The World Anti-Doping Agency made an appeal in the Court of Arbitration for Sport over the revoking of this ban.^[36] However, the Court of Arbitration for Sport later dropped the case, ruling it had no jurisdiction to challenge the decision made by PCB.^[37]^[38]