Pakistan has produced some of the most exciting cricketers the world has ever seen.
Wasim Akram:
Wasim Akram remembers as the “King of Swing”. A very destructive Pakistani bowler, whose bowling created serious problems for batsmen, he also scored 257 runs in an inning of Test match. Akram is regarded as the greatest fast bowlers in the history of cricket. He holds the world record for most wickets in List A cricket with 881. He was the first bowler to reach the 500-wicket in ODI cricket. He was ranked as the best bowler in ODI of all time in 2002. Wasim Akram is considered to the Best Captain. He won 17 Man-of-the-Match awards in 104 tests and 22 in ODIs. He took 4 hat-tricks in International cricket.
Javed Miadad:
He is Pakistan’s leading run scorer in Test cricket. “The greatest batsman Pakistan ever produced”. Javed is widely known for his historic last ball big sixer against India in 1986, when 4 runs were required to win, winning an international game in that fashion for the first time, with 23 tests and 8 ODIs Centuries Miadad is one of the Greatest Batsmen of all time and his attitude has made him a standout in the sport.
Imran Khan:
Imran Khan led Pakistan towards 1992 world cup glory with his outstanding leadership and cricketing skills. He is considered one of the top notch bowling all-rounders. 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. He played international cricket for 20 years of his life and joined politics soon after his retirement. Imran Khan is the one of greatest all-rounders in cricket history.
Inzamam Ul Haq:
Inzamam is considered to be one of the greatest players of all time. He played an important role for Pakistan in their 1992 world cup victory. Inzamam has scored 129 half centuries and 35 centuries in his career.
Younis Khan:
Younis Khan has been a brilliant servant to Pakistan cricket over the last 15 years. He is Pakistan’s third highest run-getter in Test cricket, only behind Javed Miandad and Inzamam-ul-Haq, having scored 7589 runs in 90 Tests at an average of 51.97 and, having racked up 24 Test hundreds, is just one behind Inzamam for most hundreds by a Pakistani batsman.
Waqar Younis:
Another great fast bowler with sheer pace at his prime, Waqar Younis formed one of the most feared opening fast bowling pair with Wasim Akram. On his day, he was very capable of destroying any batting line-up on his own. He was master of reverse swing bowling who removed many batsmen with his reverse swing Yorkers. His strike rate is one of the best in top wicket takers in the world.
Shoaib Akhtar:
The legend of Pakistan cricket Shoaib Akhtar Known as ‘Pindi Express’, he is widely regarded to be worlds fastest and most feared bowlers in the history of international cricket. In 1999 Akhtar captured eight wickets in the Asian Test championship match at Calcutta, Against India. His career not been affected by controversies would have been amongst the dozen best fast bowlers of all. He sends the ball down like a rocket blasting demonstrating devastating pace.
Zaheer Abbas:
Zaheer Abbas made his Test match debut in 1969. In just his second test match he scored 274 against England. This remains the 4th highest score by a Pakistani batsman ever. In 1982/1983, Zaheer Abbas became the first batsman to score three consecutive centuries in ODIs. Zaheer Abbas was also called the ‘Run Machine’. He had immense success as a first class cricketer as well and is the only Asian batsman to have scored 100 first class centuries.
Shahid Afridi:
Shahid Afridi is one of the most well known Pakistani cricketers who need no introduction in world of cricket across the globe is known as ‘BOOM BOOM’ among fans and ‘LALA’ among his team members. He is the most popular due to his aggressive batting style and holds the record for the fastest ODI century just on 37 balls, as well as scoring 32 runs in a single over. He also holds the record of maximum sixes and the largest six in ODI. He hit the longest ever six in the history of ODIs against Australia. He has Maximum ‘Man of The Match’ and 2nd Highest wicket takers in T20 Cricket.
Saeed Anwar:
Saeed Anwar one of the best and classiest batsmen that Pakistan has produced, he could demolish any bowling line up with ease and style. He scored quickly and all around the field and had exquisite timing. Anwar was particularly aggressive against spinners and medium pacers, and would have been one of the most successful T20 openers of all time. Including the then highest score in one day cricket, Saeed Anwar has quite a few records to his name, including that of being the first Pakistani to score a century against India on Indian soil in an ODI match.
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