Famous cricket player of Pakistan: Mushtaq Ahmad

• Mushtaq Ahmed famously knows as “Mushy” joined the Pakistan cricket team in the same year Saeed Anwar (1989). He was the first choice leg spinner for more than 10 years.
• Mushtaq Ahmad participated in 3 consecutive ICC world cups and was an eminent wicket taker for the Pakistani team
• Mushtaq Ahmad played 144 ODI matches and took 161 wickets with 5/36 being his best
• He was a test bowler as most leg spinners are hence was seen less in the One day form of the game.
• He played First class cricket in England more than ODI’s for his team basically because of his consistent performance on the English fields.
• Mushtaq Ahmad retired from international cricket in 2003 (one day and test matches both) and was when Danesh Kaneria took his spot in the bowling squad.
• He eventually retired from first class cricket when his knee injury didn’t allow him to perform that well in the field any longer.

Famous cricket player of Pakistan: Saeed Anwar

• The opening left handed batsman for Pakistan cricket team, Saeed Anwar made his debut in one day international matches in 1989 against West Indies.
• The best opening pair consisted of him along with Amir Sohail.
• Saeed Anwar’s performance was unmatchable and was a very dangerous player in his era, where all the Indian bowlers were scared to bowl to him after his 194 against them. ( the highest by him in an innings)
• He played 247 matches and scored 8,824 runs with 20 centuries and 43 half.
• Being a pure batsman he was not given the ball much, however he still has 6 wickets to his name.
• Saeed Anwar played his part in 3 ICC cricket world cups with remarkable performances.
• He captained the Pakistani side for sometime too and wasn’t very successful. Saeed Anwar’s retirement (2003) came a bit unexpected which was mainly due to the death of his young daughter, which then led him towards the preaching of Islam.
• The reason for his inconsistency in the squad was basically because of the tragic event that happened to him.
• His batting is still missed when the Pakistani openers tend to show irresponsible cricket in the opening overs of the game.

Famous cricket player of India: Sachin Tendulkar

• The little master, Sachin Tendulkar of Indian cricket team as they say played his first match in Karachi against the Pakistani squad when he was 16 in 1989. He has performed splendidly in his career and is the only player to score 50 centuries in test cricket or any form of International Cricket. Sachin Tendulkar now has 97 centuries to his name.
• Up till now he has played 444 matches and has scored 17,629 runs in all.
• The maximum runs scored in an innings are yet again by Sachin Tendulkar when he broke Saeed Anwar’s record (Pakistani former captain/opener) and remained not out on 200.
• Sachin has also showed some extra ordinary bowling performances in his career, taking 154 wickets and securing a 5 wicket take twice. His efficiency in the field can also be seen by his 134 catches in 433 innings.
• Along with 46 centuries and 93 fifties he has scored 1929 fours and 185 sixes.
• He has played 5 ICC Cricket World Cups and is in the squad to play his 6^th and the last world cup.
• He has played some extra ordinary knocks in the World Series matches and some of them have also been match winning for the Indian team.
• Sachin Tendulkar is referred to as the best batsman to be bowled to by many bowlers, who has never been cheated by pace or swing.

Highest partnership runs in world cup

The highest runs partnership at any World Cup match is the 2^nd wicket partnership between Saurav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid against Srilanka at Taunton during 1999 Cricket World Cup played on May 26, 1999. Ganguly and Dravid jointly posted 318 runs on the scoreboard where their corresponding scores of 183 runs and 145 runs. Saurav Ganguly was awarded ‘Player of the Match’ where India won the match by 157 runs.

Here is a list of top 10 highest runs partnerships recorded at World Cup tournaments to date.

Dream team–Pakistan XI in focus

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.

To keep a pinch of interest for low 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)

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