Pakistan Cricket Team Squad for 2011 ICC World Cup

One of the most unpredictable cricket team Pakistan has finally announced its squad for 2011 ICC World Cup. The most interesting aspect of the announcement is that the captain will be decided later. Pakistan cricket team would most probably be headed by Shahid Afridi.  Unpredictable Shahid Afridi leading the unpredictable Pakistani cricket team! Expect anything. With all the controversies around Pakistan cricket team, the men in green still beat in the hearts of Pakistanis. With players like Abdul Razzaq, Umar Akmal and Umar Gul, Pakistan cricket team could be the most destructive team of the 2011 ICC World Cup. The squad of Pakistan cricket team for 2011 ICC World Cup is:

1)      Shahid Afridi

2)      Misbahul Haq

3)      Kamran Akmal

4)      Mohammad Hafeez

5)      Younis Khan

6)      Asad Shafiq

7)      Umar Akmal

8)      Abdul Razzaq

9)      Abdul Rehman

10)   Saeed Ajmal

11)   Shoaib Akhtar

12)   Umar Gul

13)   Wahab Riaz

14)   Junaid Khan

15)   Ahmad Shahzad

Pakistan Cricket Team has a different kind of character than the other cricketing nations. Although Pakistan Cricket team’s performance is always unpredictable, they are known for holding their nerves at crunch moments. Also, though their batting many times collapses under pressure, they usually happen to find a match saver at the right time. Considering this characteristic, Pakistan Cricket Team always is included in the most important contenders of the cup.

Best Partnership in Test-ODI-T20 Cricket for Pakistan

Best Partnership in Test Cricket for Pakistan  

Pakistan has produced many great players in test cricket. It is a long list, but some of them are  distinguished like Mudassar Nazar and Javed Miandad. They are both among  the greatest players of  cricket. They set the highest partnership record for Pakistan, and they still hold this record. Below is the list of the best partnerships in test from Pakistan. The list shows the great caliber of Javed Miandad and shows his class.

Serial No	Partners	Runs
1	Mudassar Nazar, Javed Miandad	451
2	Qasim Umar, Javed Miandad	397
3	Younas Khan, M. Yousaf	363
4	Ijaz Ahmed, Inzmam Ul Haq	352
5	Mushtaq Muhammad, Asif Iqbal	350
6	Younas Khan, Inzmam Ul Haq	324
7	Amir Sohail, Inzamam Ul Haq	323
8	Javed Miandad, Saleem Malik	322
9	Younas Khan, M Yousuf	319
10	Wasim Akram, Saqlain Mushtaq	313

Best Partnerships in ODI cricket for Pakistan

If we talk about the best partnerships in one dayers from Pakistani players, then Inzmamulhaq would be the most dominant player on the list. Many other greats are also on the list but the most distinguished player is Inzi. The difference between his innings and the others’ innings is that he always dominated the opposition and always attacked them and scored at a decent rate.  Among  current players, Younas Khan is also a partnership building player. He believes in partnerships and rotates the strike well.

Serial No	Partners	Runs
1	Amir Sohail, Inzmam Ul Haq	263
2	Saleem Elahi, Abdul Razzaq	257
3	Saeed Anwar, Ijaz Ahmed	230
4	Shoaib Malik, Younas Khan	223
5	Naved Latif, Inzmam Ul Haq	219
6	Shoaib Malik, M. Yousaf	206
7	Mohsin Khan, Zaheer Abbas	205
8	Moin Ul Atiq, Ijaz Ahmed	205
9	Salman Butt, Younis Khan	205
10	Inzmam Ul Haq,  Saleem Malik	204

 

Best Partnerships in Twenty20 for Pakistan

Although it is said about Pakistani players that when it comes to twenty20 they don’t believe in partnerships, it is not necessarily true. When it comes to twenty20 cricket they love to attack the opposition. But in many matches Pakistani players have set the best partnership records of twenty20 cricket. The best partnership from Pakistan in twenty20 cricket is from KAMRAN and SULMAN. From one end Kamran attacked the opposition and from the other, Sulman rotated the strike thus building a healthy partnership.

Serial No	Partners	Runs
1	Kamran Akmal, Sulman Butt	142
2	Shoaib Malik, Misbah Ul Haq	119
3	Younis Khan, Shoain Malik	101
4	Shoain Khan, Salman Butt	96
5	Kamran Akmal, Salman Butt	82
6	Younis Khan, Misbah Ul Haq	78
7	Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik	76
8	Salman Butt, Imran Nazir	76
9	Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik	67
10	Younis Khan, Misbah Ul Haq	66

Dream Cricket Team of Pakistan

In the midst of no cricketing events in Pakistan due to security concerns by ICC and team’s in-house rifts and spot fixing issues, Pakistan’s cricket team does not seem all geared up for the forthcoming 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. Although the spot fixing case loomed during the recent T20 Series between New Zealand and Pakistan in New Zealand where Pakistan lost the series by 2-1, hopes still spring that the team will soon come out from troubled waters and go with their head high in World Cup. A lot of Pakistani cricketers are among the best in the world. Imran Khan is probably the greatest all rounder from Pakistan Cricket. He is considered as one of the top few all rounders of Test Cricket ever. 

To keep a pinch of interest for high spirited Pakistan Cricket fans, our Dream Team for Pakistan is as follows which comprises of the top players Pakistan has ever produced.

• Saeed Anwar (Opening batsman)
• Aamir Sohail (Opening batsman)
• Inzamam ul Haq (Top Order Batsman)
• Javed Miandad (Middle Order Batsman)
• Zaheer Abbas (Middle Order Batsman)
• Moin Khan (Wicketkeeper/Batsman)
• Imran Khan (Fast Bowler/ all rounder)
• Waseem Akram (Fast Bowler/all rounder)
• Sarfaraz Nawaz (Fast Bowler)
• Waqar Younis (Fast Bowler)
• Abdul Qadir (Spinner)

Best all-rounders to date: ICC Cricket World Cup

He is none other than Imran Khan who stands tall amongst the top quartet of all-rounders like Sir Garry Sobers, Kapel Dev, and Ian Botham. Imran Khan is the all time favourite all rounder on the back of best performance with the bat and ball in World Cups. His batting average in Cricket World Cup is approximately 28 runs per match whereas his bowling figures are tremendous with an average of 1.79 wickets per game. Although Lance Klusener of South Africa is the only nearest contender for the position of best all rounder in Cricket World Cup,  Imran Khan has taken 1.5 times more wickets than him. Not only is that, Imran’s runs scoring average better than Klusener as there were no fielding restrictions during the old days of cricket. Last but not the least; Imran Khan is the winning skipper all-rounder of the 1992 Benson & Hedges Cricket World Cup played in Australia where under his captaincy Pakistan lofted the World Cup.

Although since Imran Khan and his team have lifted the 1992 Cricket World Cup trophy there have been many new all rounders who played well, no one else has ever matched Imran Khan’s cricketing skills. He was brilliant with his bat and lethal with ball in World Cup Cricket matches.

Top Ten Test-ODI-T20 Fast Bowlers From Pakistan Cricket Team

Top Ten Test Fast Bowlers From Pakistan Cricket Team  

Pakistan has always produced great fast bowlers. Right from the start, Pakistan created problems for the world’s best batting lineups with deadly fast bowling. The top ten fast bowlers of the world would definitely have more Pakistanis in the list than any other nation.

Pakistan has produced remarkable fast bowling geniuses like Wasim Akram (the best left-handed bowler ever), Waqar Younis (known for his deadly late-swinging yorkers), Shoaib Akhtar (world’s fastest bowler) and deadly Imran Khan. No cricketing nation has ever produced so many quickies with such talent and innovation. Another Pakistani Test fast bowler who deserves a mention is Sarfraz Nawaz. He is known as the father of reverse swing.

• Imran Khan
• Waqar Younis
• Fazal Mahmood
• Wasim Akram
• Sarfraz Nawaz
• Khan Muhammad
• Shoaib Akhtar
• Muhammad Sami
• Shabbir Ahmad
• Muhammad Asif

Top Ten ODI Fast Bowlers From Pakistan Cricket Team  

Pakistan has always performed in shorter form of cricket. They won a world cup (1992) and made it to the finals in 1999. Every time the Pakistan team performs, fast bowlers play the leading role. The fast bowling in Pakistan is arguably the backbone of international cricket. A list containing the world’s top ten fast bowlers of all time for ODI would remain incomplete without putting the Pakistani bowlers right on top of it.

Pakistan won the world cup in 1992. The top performers were Wasim Akram (fast bowling genius) and Imran Khan (an all-round performer). The next man in line was Aqib Javed who himself was an explosive fast bowler. Later on, the nation put fast bowlers like Shoaib Akhtar, Shabbir, Umer Gull and Muhammad Asif on display.

• Wasim Akram
• Waqar Younis
• Imran Khan
• Shoaib Akhtar
• Umer Gull
• Muhammad Asif
• Abdur-Razzak
• Muhammad Sami
• Aqib Javed
• Shabbir Ahmed

Top Ten T20 Fast Bowlers From Pakistan Cricket Team  

Pakistan has had more success at 20-20 cricket than any other format of this sport. They have won every respectable tournament including the mega event, i.e. the World Cup. They have played some of their best cricket in this form of this sport. The Pakistani fast bowlers have made the difference.

Every team has good hitters at the top order, middle order and the tail. The teams with better bowlers would come out on top in 20-20 cricket. The Pakistani fast bowlers have been very mean and have the best economy for this form of the sport. They have taken wickets at an unbeatable strike rate. Bowlers like Umer Gull, Sohail Tanveer, Muhammad Amir and Rana Naveed have performed in almost every match that they played. The amazing Yorker length bowling by Rana Naveed and Umer Gull in this format has worried every batsman in the world. Umer Gull was so good with the ball that he started reverse-swing in the 20-20 cricket that seemed impossible before him.

The top three fast bowlers from Pakistan for 20-20 cricket are;

• Umer Gul
• Rana Naveed
• Muhammad Amir

 

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