Top ten centuries of Pakistan in ODIs

by on January 23, 2011
in One day Cricket, Pakistan

Pakistan’s cricket team is one of the finest One Day International teams in the world. It has the marvelous history of winning the World Cup of 1992 under captaincy of Imran Khan. Pakistan’s cricket team has a good mix of bowlers and batsmen. Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis were known to be the best swingers and fastest bowlers in the world. The batting line of Pakistan is also considered second to none. There are many centurions in the history of Pakistan’s cricket team. This article covers the top ten Pakistani players having ODI centuries in their careers.

Player

Score Year
Saeed Anwar 194 21 May 1997
Imran Nazir 160 21 Mar 2007
Younis Khan 144 18 Jul 2004
Shoaib Malik 143 25 Jul 2004
Yousuf Youhana 141* 23 Nov 2002
Saeed Anwar 140 18 Jan 1998
Ijaz Ahmed 139* 2 Oct 1997
Inzamam-ul-Haq 137* 20 Apr 1994
Ijaz Ahmed 137 7 Apr 1999
Salman Butt 136 19 Apr 2008

Top 10 ODI fielders of Pakistan

At the One Day Internationals, Pakistan has been performing very well and has been giving tough competition to its opponents. Their major cause of worry is their fielding which has not been up to the mark, causing the opponents to score well.

Fielding is a very important aspect of the game and needs to be enjoyed thoroughly by the players. To be a competent player, one needs to be passionate about it or else the drowsiness will show. Also, lack of communication among the players needs to be sorted out, so that they can understand each other’s strengths and weaknesses.

Today, certain ground fielding records need to be set, so that the over all team performance can be accepted and understood. Here are the top 10 fielders of Pakistan in ODI:

1. Inzamam-ul-Haq
2. Younis Khan
3. Shahid Afridi
4. Ijaz Ahmed
5. Wasim Akram
6. Saleem Malik
7. Javed Miandad
8. Shoaib Malik
9. Mohammad Yousuf
10. Aamer Sohail

Top 10 fielders of Pakistan in Test Cricket

Test Cricket requires the players to have the ability and commitment to it and for those who cannot handle it, T20 or ODIs are the safest to play.

Pakistan has been excellent in the batting and the bowling department but in the last few matches their fielding has been incompetent. Unity is going to be their way of reaching the top.

Pakistan needs to appoint a fielding coach because the methods they have been using are outdated, as was noted in the Australian Tour. This will help them overcome their fielding disabilities.

There are some wonderful players in the Pakistan Test Cricket team. All they need to do is to include a little more hard work and dedication.Here are top ten fielders of Pakistan in test cricket:

1. Javed Miandad
2. Inzamam-ul-Haq
3. Younis Khan
4. Majid Khan
5. Mohammad Yousuf
6. Saleem Malik
7. Mudassar Nazar
8. Ijaz Ahmed
9. Wasim Akram
10. Iqbal Qasim