Famous cricket players of Pakistan: Imran Khan

• Imran Khan of Pakistan cricket team started off his career in 1971 in the 5 day game format. His first encounter in a one day international match was against England in 1974.
• He was one the most reliable player the Pakistani squad had then. He played 175 matches and scored an aggregate of 3709 runs with a batting average of 33.41.
• He could only score one century in his entire career but made 19 fifties, 102 not out being his highest total.
• Imran Khan was a perfect example of a captain. He was terrific both with the bat and ball and always was the key element for the victory of his side. (182 wickets with one five wicket haul)
• Imran Khan played 5 ICC world cups and captained his team in 3 of them, 1992 cricket world cup being the most famous one where he brought the trophy home for his country.
• His leading skills have no parallel and has always shown tremendous amount of quality cricket.
• Imran Khan currently is one of the leading and most influential politicians of the country and also happens to be a commentator.
• His career has been outstanding and is the best all rounder Pakistani team has had up till now.

1983 Cricket World Cup-History and facts

The third world cup cricket was played in 1983. This world cup was again 60 overs per innings tournament which was played in England. India won this world cup by Defeating the two times world cup champions West Indies in the final. India scored only 183 runs and successfully defended it. Mohinder Amarnath was the man of the match. Dickie Bird and Meyer were the umpires in this final match.

Best batting performances of 1983 Cricket World Cup:

338 runs were scored by Pakistan cricket team against Srilanka. Highest successful chase was by West Indies, of 276 runs against Australia. Kapil Dev of India scored 175* as the highest individual innings by a batsman in 1983 cricket world cup, while David Gower scored 384 in aggregate. The highest total in a game was shared by Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It was a total of 626 runs.

Most centuries and fifties in Cricket world cup 1983:

8 players scored 1 centruy each to share this record. Imran Khan, Kapil Dev, Zaheer Abbas, Richards, Greenidge, Gower, Lamb and TM Chappell share this record. Zaheer Abbas from Pakistan and Imran Khan scored maximum 50s. CG Greenidge and HA Gomes scored a partnership of 195 runs against Zimbabwe for the 3^rd wicket.

Bowling Records of 1983 Cricket world cup:

RMH Binny took 18 wickets. Sri lankan ALF de MEL took maximum five wickets in one match to set the record of 1983 cricket world cup. New Zeland bowler MC Snedded conceded 105 runs in 12 overs.

Catches and Wicket Keeping records:

Kapil Dev of India took 8 ctaches and Dujon from West Indies dismissed 18 batsmen as a wicketkeeper.

Interesting matches of the 1983 Cricket world cup:

Australia beat India in the third world cup cricket with a margin of 162 runs. West Indies Defeat Zimbabwe with a 10 wicket margin.

Top ten centuries of Pakistani players in test matches

A test match century tests the stamina of a cricket player. It is a glorious moment in the career of any player to achieve top class century in test matches. Hanif Mohammad is amongst those players of Pakistan who are still ranked amongst the world’s top ten centuries in test matches. Younis Khan, on other hand, has managed to get his name twice on the list of top ten centuries of Pakistani players in test matches. Here is the list of the top ten players who have made centuries in test matches in their careers.

Player	Score	Year
Hanif Mohammad	337	17 Jan 1958
Inzamam-ul-Haq	329	1 May 2002
Younis Khan	313	21 Feb 2009
Javed Miandad	280*	14 Jan 1983
Zaheer Abbas	274	3 Jun 1971
Javed Miandad	271	24 Feb 1989
Younis Khan	267	24 Mar 2005
Javed Miandad	260	6 Aug 1987
Wasim Akram	257*	17 Oct 1996
Zaheer Abbas	240	22 Aug 1974

Top ten centuries of Pakistan in ODIs

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 ten centuries of Indian players in test matches

India’s cricket team is one of the best international cricket teams in Test matches. Many of their players have centuries in their Test match careers. Verander Sehwag is one the players of India’s team who has the top three centuries in the test match history of the Indian cricket team. He is one of the most refined and extraordinary test match cricket players of the Indian team. Sachin Tendulkar is another player of India’s team who has a good record of Test match centuries in his career. Here is the list of top ten centuries of Indian players in Test matches.

Player	Score	Year
Verandar Sehwag	319	26 Mar 2008
Verandar Sehwag	309	28 Mar 2004
Verandar Sehwag	293	2 Dec 2009
VVS Laxman	281	11 Mar 2001
Rahul Dravid	270	13 Apr 2004
Verandar Sehwag	254	13 Jan 2006
Sachin Tendulkar	248*	10 Dec 2004
Sachin Tendulkar *	241	2 Jan 2004
Saruv Ganguly	239	8 Dec 2007
Sunil Gavaskar *	236	24 Dec 1983

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