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ICC World Cup 2011

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This time in the ICC world cup history Pakistan's team have done many Upsets. one of the major part of the upset was playing aggressively against worlds number one teams for example Australia, SriLanka etc .

Semi Final Pakistan Vs India

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Shahid Khan Afridi

2009-09-15T02:03:00.000-07:00

Shahid Khan Afridi:

Shahid afridi is one of th best and the hot shining star of Pakistani cricket team.

Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi ( صاحبزادہ محمد شاہد خان آفریدی) (born 1 March 1980 in Khyber Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan), popularly known as Shahid Afridi, is a Pakistani cricketer. Between 1996 and 2011, Afridi played 27 Tests, 325 One Day Internationals, and 43 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) for the Pakistani national team. He made his ODI debut on 2 October 1996 against Kenya and his Test debut on 22 October 1998 against Australia.

He is known for his aggressive batting style, and holds the record for the fastest ODI century which he made in his first international innings, as well as scoring 32 runs in a single over, the second highest scoring over ever in an ODI.He also holds the distinction of having hit the most number of sixes in the history of ODI cricket. Afridi considers himself a better bowler than batsman, and has taken 48 Test wickets and over 300 in ODIs. Currently Afridi is the leading wicket taker in the Twenty20 format taking 53 wickets from 43 matches.

In June 2009, Afridi took over the Twenty20 captaincy from Younus Khan, and was later appointed ODI captain for the 2010 Asia Cup. In his first match as ODI captain against Sri Lanka he scored a century however Pakistan still lost by 16 runs. He then also took over the Test captaincy but resigned after one match in charge citing lack of form and ability to play Test cricket; at the same time he announced his retirement from Tests. He retained the captaincy in limited-overs form of the game and led the team in the 2011 World Cup. In May 2011, having led Pakistan in 34 ODIs Afridi was replaced as captain. Later that month he announced his conditional retirement from international cricket in protest against his treatment by thePakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

Nickname	Boom Boom Afridi
Height	1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm leg spin
Role	All-rounder

Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	T20I	F/C
Matches	27	325	43	111
Runs scored	1,716	6695	683	5631
Batting average	36.51	23.49	17.97	31.45
100s/50s	5/8	6/31	0/3	12/30
Top score	156	124	54*	164
Balls bowled	3194	14,056	971	13493
Wickets	48	315	53	258
Bowling average	35.60	34.22	18.96	27.22
5 wickets ininnings	1	5	0	8
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	n/a	0
Best bowling	5/52	6/38	4/11	6/101
Catches/stumpings	10/-	107/-	12/-	75/-

Records and achievements

Test centuries

Runs, * indicates being not out
Match refers to the Match Number of the player's career

Test centuries
	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year
[1]	141	2	India	Chennai, India	MA Chidambaram Stadium	1999
[2]	107	12	West Indies	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	Sharjah C.A. Stadium	2002
[3]	122	18	West Indies	Bridgetown, Barbados	Kensington Oval	2005
[4]	103	21	India	Lahore, Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	2006
[5]	156	22	India	Faisalabad, Pakistan	Iqbal Stadium	2006

ODI centuries

ODI centuries
	Runs	Balls	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Year
[1]	102	37	2	Sri Lanka	Nairobi, Kenya	Nairobi Gymkhana Club	1996
[2]	109	94	65	India	Toronto, Canada	Toronto CSCC	1998
[3]	108*	97	146	New Zealand	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	Sharjah C.A. Stadium	2002
[4]	102	45	204	India	Kanpur, India	Green Park	2005
[5]	109	76	294	Sri Lanka	Dambulla, Sri Lanka	Dambulla International Stadium	2010
[6]	124	60	296	Bangladesh	Dambulla, Sri Lanka	Dambulla International Stadium	2010

ODI five-wicket hauls

No.	Date	Ground	Against	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1	27 October 2000	Gaddafi Stadium	England	1	10	40	5	4.00	ME Trescothick N Hussain GP Thorpe C White AF Giles	Won
2	14 September 2004	Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Kenya	1	6	1	5	1.83	MA Ouma TM Odoyo BJ Patel ML Patel PJ Ongondo	Won
3	22 April 2009	DSC Cricket Stadium	Australia	1	10	38	6	3.80	BJ Haddin SR Watson A Symonds CJ Ferguson NW Bracken SR Clark	Won
4	23 February 2011	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium	Kenya	1	8	16	5	2.00	Steve Tikolo Tanmay Mishra Jimmy Kamande Thomas Odoyo Collins Obuya	Won
5	3 March 2011	R Premadasa Stadium	Canada	1	10	23	5	2.30	Ashish Bagai AS Hansra Rizwan Cheema Thomas Gordon Harvir Baidwan	Won

Playing Style

Afridi bowling his stock leg-spin delivery

Batting

His general style of batting is very aggressive and attack oriented and has earned him the nickname "Boom Boom Afridi". Moreover, out of the seven fastest ODI centuries of all time, Afridi has produced three of them. As of 19 April 2011, he has an ODI strike rate of 113.88 runs per 100 balls, the fourth highest in the game's history.This attitude has been transferred to Test cricket as well, with Afridi scoring at a relatively high strike rate of 86.97. He has an approach to batting that can change the tempo of a game and inspire the mood of an audience, as shown when a mass exodus of spectators occurred in Pakistan in late 2005 following his dismissal from the crease.

He hits many sixes long and high, favouring straight down the ground or over midwicket and hit the longest ever six in the history of ODIs against Australia. His trademark shot is a cross-batted flick to the leg-side to a ball outside off stump. However, his aggressive style increases his risk of getting out and he is one of the most inconsistent batsmen in cricket. This is reflected by the fact that he is the only player to score more than 6,000 ODI runs at an average under 25.Afridi has moved about the batting order, and this lack of consistency has made it difficult for him to settle. In the Indian subcontinent, where the ball quickly loses its shine, he prefers to open the batting however elsewhere he prefers to bat at number six.

Bowling

Having started as a fast bowler, Afridi decided to start bowling spin after he was told he was throwing. He modelled himself on Pakistan leg-spinner Abdul Qadir.Afridi began his career as primarily a bowler, however after scoring the fastest century in his maiden ODI innings more was expected of him with the bat. He considers himself a better bowler than batsman.While he is renowned for his aggressive batting, he is also a handy leg-spinner capable of producing a good mix of wicket taking balls.He has over 300 International wickets, most of which are from the ODI format. While his stock ball is the leg break, his armoury also includes the conventional off break and a 'quicker one' which he can deliver in the style of a medium-pacer, reaching speeds of around 130 kilometres per hour (80 mph). He bowls at a high speed for a spinner, resulting in lesser turn, and relying more on variations in speed. He occasionally sends down a bouncer to a batsman, which is very rare for a spin bowler.

Imran Khan

2009-09-15T01:51:00.000-07:00

Imran khan:

Pakistani hero.

Imran Khan Niazi (Seraiki Pathan,: عمران خان نیازی) born 25 November 1952, is a Pakistani politician and former Pakistani cricketer, playing international cricket for two decades in the late twentieth century. After retiring, he entered politics.

Currently, besides his political activism,he is also a philanthropist, cricket commentator and Chancellor of the University of Bradford and Founder and Chairman Board of Governors of Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre.

He played for the Pakistani cricket team from 1971 to 1992 and served as its captain intermittently throughout 1982-1992. After retiring from cricket at the end of the 1987 World Cup, he was called back to join the team in 1988. At 39, Khan led his teammates to Pakistan's first and only World Cup victory in 1992. He has a record of 3807 runs and 362 wickets in Test cricket, making him one of eight world cricketers to have achieved an 'All-rounder's Triple' in Test matches. On 14 July 2010, Khan was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

In April 1996, Khan founded and became the chairman of a political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice). He represented Mianwali as a member of the National Assembly from November 2002 to October 2007.

Khan, through worldwide fundraising, has also help establish the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre in 1996 and Mianwali'sNamal College in 2008.

Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	88	175	382	425
Runs scored	3807	3709	17771	10100
Batting average	37.69	33.41	36.79	33.22
100s/50s	6/18	1/19	30/93	5/66
Top score	136	102*	170	114*
Balls bowled	19458	7461	65224	19122
Wickets	362	182	1287	507
Bowling average	22.81	26.61	22.32	22.31
5 wickets in innings	23	1	70	6
10 wickets in match	6	n/a	13	n/a
Best bowling	8/58	6/14	8/34	6/14
Catches/stumpings	28/–	36/–	117/–	84/–

In 1992, Khan was given Pakistan's civil award, the Hilal-i-Imtiaz
In 1983, he had received the President’s Pride of Performance Award
Khan is featured in the University of Oxford's Hall of Fame and has been an honorary fellow of Oxford's Keble College.^[
On 7 December 2005, Khan was appointed the fifth Chancellor of the University of Bradford, where he is also a patron of the Born in Bradford research project.
In 1976 as well as 1980, Khan was awarded The Cricket Society Wetherall Award for being the leading all-rounder in English first-class cricket.
In 1983, he was also named Wisden Cricketer of the Year
In 1985, Sussex Cricket Society Player of the Year
In 1990, Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year
Khan is currently placed at Number 8 on the all-time list of the ESPN Legends of Cricket.
On 5 July 2008, he was one of several veteran Asian cricketers presented special silver jubilee awards at the inaugural Asian cricket Council (ACC) award ceremony in Karachi.
On 8 July 2004, Khan was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2004 Asian Jewel Awards in London, for "acting as a figurehead for many international charities and working passionately and extensively in fund-raising activities.
On 13 December 2007, Khan received the Humanitarian Award at the Asian Sports Awards in Kuala Lumpur for his efforts in setting up the first cancer hospital in Pakistan. In 2009, atInternational Cricket Council's centennial year celebration, Khan was one of fifty-five cricketers inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.

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2009-09-09T20:14:00.000-07:00

Zaheer Abbas:

Pakistani.

Syed Zaheer Abbas Kirmani was born in Sialkot,Punjab on 24th july 1947,his age is about 62 years.

He was right- hand batsaman and right-arm offbreak ballerand also a refree.He played for the Pakistan's International team and also for Dawood Club,Gloucestershire,Karachi, Pakistan International Airline,Public Works Department,Sindh.

he played 78 Test matches,62 ODIs,459 First class matches,323 list A matches.He also provide his services in 1 test match as a refree.

Bating and Fielding Averages:

Test:

In 78 test matches he played 124 innings with no 11 and had 5062 runs