Pakistan national cricket team
The Pakistan National Cricket Team is representing the national team in the Pakistan cricket at international level. The team is represented by the Pakistan Cricket Board and is since 1952 a full member of the International Cricket Council. So the team has test status. Before the partition of India in 1947 have some players who were part of the Pakistani team later, already played for India.
- 4.1 Cricket World Cup
- 4.2 Champions Trophy
- 4.3 World Twenty20
- 4.4 Asia Cup
History
After independence,
After the partition of India in 1947, and the related justification of the state of Pakistan to become a professional cricket scene developed in the new country. On July 28, 1952, Pakistan was, therefore, appointed by recommendation of India and a full member of the International Cricket Council. The first captain of the new National team was Abdul Kardar.
Pakistan's first Test match was held in October 1952 at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in Delhi. It was part of a series of five test matches, which ran out 2 to 1 for India. Two matches ended in a draw. 1954 Pakistan played in England for the first time and achieved in the test series a 1 to 1 draw. Pakistan's victory in the oval at the Fazal Mahmood scored 12 wickets, is considered historic. The first international match on home soil was Pakistan in January 1955 in Dhaka from. (Dhaka at that time still belonged to Pakistan but is now the capital of Bangladesh ). Opponent was India again and this game was part of a series of five test matches. The other matches were played in Bahawalpur, Lahore, Peshawar and Karachi. For the first time in the history of Test cricket ended all five matches of a five - match series in a draw.
Also because of the political tensions between indene and Pakistan cricket matches between these two nations are always very emotionally charged. They often generate above-average spectator interest to fans of both sides and also neutral observers. This applies in particular for One - Day International matches during the Cricket World Cup, where it comes to sold-out stadiums and a very charged atmosphere, regardless of where the World Cup is taking place.
Australasia Cup 1986
One of the most memorable encounter between these two teams was the final of the Australasia Cup in 1986 in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. India began on impact, reaching a total of 245 runs. When Pakistan was then the turn, Javed Miandad came in third batsman of the team in the game and had to watch as his batting partner lost their wickets at regular intervals. Were to play as only three overs, and Pakistan needed still 31 runs for a win, India seemed certain to be the winner. Miandad wanted to " lose with dignity ", so played a few risky shots and scored several Boundaries in a row. When only one ball was then playing, Pakistan still needed four runs. Miandad succeeded with this last throw of 6 and Pakistan had won a memorable victory.
Cricket World Cup 1992
In 1992, Pakistan for the first and only time the Cricket World Cup, the World Cup in cricket. This is considered as biggest achievement of the Pakistani cricket team. The replacement weakened due to injuries and diseases team had lost the first five games of the tournament four. The match against England was the last chance in the tournament to remain. When they then reached only 74 runs, it looked like as if Pakistan eliminated in the first round. The game had to be stopped prematurely, however, due to rain and was a draw. This Pakistan came in the next round, then won five games in a row and became world champion. The semi-final against New Zealand was won due to an outstanding performance by the young Inzamam -ul- Haq, who for years should be captain of the national team later. In the final England was defeated and the captain Imran Khan, who was also himself was slightly injured, could take the trophy in reception.
Cricket World Cup 2007
One of the biggest surprises in the history of Cricket World Cup was the unexpected defeat of Pakistan against Ireland in Jamaica in 2007. Thereby different from Pakistan in the first round of the tournament and the team had to go through a lot of malice. The day after the historic defeat suffered Bob Woolmer, the English coach of Pakistan team a heart attack and died. After the Jamaican police initially investigated the death as a homicide and heard individual players on the team as suspects, you came to the conclusion that Woolmer had died of natural causes.
ICC World T20 2009
On June 21, 2009 Pakistan won the world championship in Twenty20 cricket by a final victory against Sri Lanka. The team was started with poor results in the tournament, but increased in the further course.
Recent Developments
Pakistan's team succeeded in both the ICC World Twenty20 2010 and 2012, as well as the Cricket World Cup 2011, respectively the semi-finals.
Captains
So far, a total of 30 players have acted as captain for Pakistan in a test match.
Stadiums
Pakistan's first Test match ever began on 1 January 1955 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka (now Bangladesh).
Because of the general security situation in the country and especially because of the attack on the cricket team of Sri Lanka in Lahore Pakistan is currently taking place in any international cricket matches more. Therefore the cricket stadiums used in the United Arab Emirates for home games of the Pakistani team ever since. These are so de facto the current home stadium of the team:
International Tournaments
Cricket World Cup
Champions Trophy
World Twenty20
- 2007 Super 8
- 2009 winners
- 2010 semi-final
- 2012 semi-final