Pakistan Cricket Player: February 2013

Abdul Razzaq

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Abdul Razzaq Biography
Abdul Razzaq was once fast enough to open the bowling and is integrated enough to strike anywhere, although it is finding that the demands of lower order of good manners. His bowling - why was observed for the first time - is characterized by a galloping approach, precision, and reverse swing. But it's his batting that is more likely to win games.

He has a prodigious wide strokes and is particularly strong driving through the roof and half were from outside the front and back foot. He has two speeds: Block or explosion. Cut the fat cats and Razzaq stagnates, but patience is a virtue as demonstrated in a fifty-saving match against India in Mohali in 2005. Just before he had also played a surprisingly slow shift in Australia, scoring four runs over two hours.

When the occasion arises, though, as often ODIs, you can still slog with the best of them: England, were ransacked by a 22-ball 51 in late 2005. and then again for almost 60 runs in the last three overs of an ODI in September the following year.

International Debut: 1996
Batting and fielding records
M Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Test 47 77 9 1946 134 28.62 4741 41.05 3 7 230 23 15 -
ODI 265 226 57 4995 112 29.56 6160 81.09 3 22 372 123 35 -
T20I 26 22 9 331 46* 25.46 261 126.82 - - 17 18 2 -

Abdul Razzaq best batting against south africa

Bowling records
M Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Eco SR 4W 5W 10W
Test 47 76 7008 3694 100 5/35 7/155 36.94 3.16 70.08 4 1 -
ODI 265 251 10833 8475 267 6/35 6/35 31.74 4.69 40.57 8 3 -
T20I 26 17 297 333 17 3/13 3/13 19.59 6.73 17.

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Imran khan

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Imran khan Biography
Imran Khan was born in Lahore, NE Pakistan, on November 25, 1952. He studied at Oxford and became a champion cricketer, leading Pakistan to the 1992 World Cup. After retiring from sport, he entered politics and formed his own party, the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (Pakistan Justice Movement). He is a regular commentator on cricket.
Cricketer, born in Lahore, NE Pakistan. He studied at Oxford, playing in his first Test at 18 while at the university. One of the greatest all rounders, he was a fast bowler, adaptable batsman, and astute captain who inspired Pakistan's rise to prominence in world cricket. After leading Pakistan to the 1992 World Cup, he retired with a total of 3807 runs and 362 wickets in Test matches. He also played for Sussex and Worcester. His highly publicized nine-year marriage to Jemima Goldsmith ended in 2004. In addition to following a career in politics, forming his own party, Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (Pakistan Justice Movement), he is a cricket commentator.

Imran Khan

Yasir Arafat

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Yasir Arafat Biography
Born on 12th March 1982 is a Pakistani Cricketer named Yasir Arafat Satti. Yasir is an allrounder in the Pakistani Cricket team. He is a right handed batsman and bowl right arm fast medium.
Before entering the international circuit, Yasir had represented Pakistan in the Under 15 level.

At the age of 17 he played his debut One day international against Sri Lanka in Karachi in 2000. His efforts and skills brought him his first international wicket. But his run didn’t continue for long as he managed to play only one game after his debut and he was then dropped. Yasir got his second chance in the last one day against England in December 2005.

After his performance he was chosen for the series against India which was scheduled in February 2006. But his efforts couldn’t fetch him a pla
ce in the succeeding tour of England.

Yasir was then fortunately chosen for the squad of Champions trophy. He was called as a one of the replacements for the drug test failed Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammed Asif. He alongside Mohammed Sami was again called up as replacement for the same drug test failed players in World Cup 2007.
8th December 2007 saw Yasir making his Test debut. It was Bangalore Test against India which was third and final test of the series.

Yasir contributed in the match showing his allround skills by taking 7 wickets in the match. He took a 5 wicket haul and also scored a useful 44 in the first innings.

In 2006 Yasir played county cricket when he was signed up by Sussex.

Mustaq Ahmed and Naved-ul-Hasan were his fellow countrymen playing for the same county. His performances contributed towards his team’s success in winning the County championship as well as the C&G trophy.In 2007 Yasir signed up for the season with Kent. He made his fan following with his remarkable performance.

Yasir has a unique feat under his belt of taking 5 wickets in 6 balls in first class cricket. He achieved this record while playing for Rawalpindi against Faisalabad in the Quaid-E-Azam Trophy. Only Bil Corpson, William Henderson and Pat Pocock are the others to have achieved this rare feat.

Yasir Arafat

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Shoaib Malik

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Shoaib Malik Biography
Full name Shoaib Malik
Born February 1, 1982, Sialkot, Punjab
Major teams Pakistan, Asia XI, Delhi Daredevils, Gloucestershire, Gujranwala Cricket Association, Pakistan International Airlines, Pakistan Reserves, Sialkot Cricket Association, Sialkot Stallions

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Relation Brother - Adeel

There is almost no role in a cricket side that Shoaib Malik hasn't filled, so much so that over ten years into his career, nobody is sure what his precise and best role is.In essence, he is a batting allrounder, though he started his career as an off-break bowler. Partly the problem is that he is capable, as a batsman, of fulfilling many roles with some competence. He has had success as an opener in Tests and ODIs; he has been game-changing as a limited-overs one down and dangerous as a lower-order slogger; often he has been a stodgy middle-order bulwark. In Twenty20s, he can be brutal anywhere.
It is thus difficult to recall a definitive Malik high; was it his maiden Test hundred as an opener against Sri Lanka in Colombo? A few hands that led to an ODI series win against India in 2005-06? A Champions Trophy hundred against India?His basic game is tight, especially in the subcontinent. He isn't pretty, though there can be pleasantness in his high, stiff-elbowed drives and lofts. Square on both sides he is precise. Further, he runs well. With his flattish, very modern off-spin always useful for more than a few overs and a wicket here and there - less so after concerns over his action - and an athletic and languid presence in the field, Malik should be far greater a sum of his parts than he actually is.

He was for long earmarked as a potential captain - the late Bob Woolmer thought him the sharpest tack in Pakistan's set-up - but a stint with the captaincy was troubled, unimaginative and ended badly. It got even worse when the board banned him for a year in March 2010 as part of its unprecedented action on senior players after a disastrous tour of Australia.

Shoaib Malik

Shoaib Akhtar

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Shoaib Akhtar Biography

Shoaib Akhtar is a former professional cricketer who played testes and One Day International matches for the Pakistan national team in ICC organized events. He has been dubbed as The Rawalpindi Express after the place where he was born and he is arguably the fastest bowler the world of cricket has ever seen, easily clocking 150 km/hour on many occasions. He became the first man to bowl a delivery over 100 miles/hour or 161.3 km/hour, which is the fastest delivery ever bowled in the history of cricket against England. Moreover, not only did he achieve a speed of 100 miles/hour on his delivery, he achieved it twice during one single match and that is something that makes him very unique in the world of fast bowlers. His prowess lay in being able to bowl fast and precise Yorkers as well as quick bouncers and these abilities made him one of the greatest as well as most feared bowlers of all time, the likes of which had not been seen in international cricket since the times of Michael Holding, Joel Garner, Jeff Thompson, Dennis Lillie, Malcolm Marshall and the likes – players who depended on raw pace to pick up wickets.

However, Shoaib Akhtar was also a very controversial figure and it followed him wherever he went. It has been said that he was very selfish and not a team man. The Pakistan team management once sent him home from Australia in the middle of a series because of an alleged poor behavior on his part. In 2006, he was perhaps involved in the biggest controversy when WADA found Shoaib Akhtar guilty of taking performance enhancing drugs and the ICC banned him from playing cricket. This ban was however lifted and he returned to the Pakistan national side the following year and almost immediately, got himself banned by the Pakistan Cricket Board or the PCB for fighting with team mate and fellow opening bowler Mohammad Asif during a training session.

He was selected to play for the Kolkata Knight Riders for the inaugural IPL but injuries blighted his season and he played only a handful of matches. Akhtar was so injury prone that he only managed to play a total of 46 tests and 163 One Day Internationals in his 12 year international career, taking a total of 425 wickets in all. Shoaib Akhtar, in spite of all his short comings, is truly a legend of the game and no matter what happens, cricket will always remember this flamboyant star.

Shoaib Akhtar

Thursday 21 February 2013

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