Pakistan Cricket Players

Thursday 22 December 2011

Abdur Rehman

Abdur Rehman Biography
Abdul Rahman Ibn Abdul Aziz as-Sudais (Arabic: عبد الرحمن السديس (ʻAbd ar-Rahman ibn ʻAbd al-Aziz as-Sudais), born Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1960)[1] is the imam of the Grand mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and the "Islamic Personality Of the Year" 2005. In some of his sermons, al-Sudais has vilified non-Muslims and has called for the annihilation of Jews.[2][3]

Abdur Rehman

Abdul Rehman And Tanvir Ahmed Batting In 2nd Test

21-6-2011 Abdur Rehman FFROD2MOA Drill.AVI

Wahab Riaz

Wahab Riaz Biography
Wahab Riaz (Punjabi, Urdu: وہاب ریاض) is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a left-arm fast-medium bowler and a right-hand batsman. Riaz is a former student of Islamia College, Civil Lines, Lahore. He frequently bowls at speeds of around 90 miles per hour (140 km/h) and has reached 93 to 94 miles per hour (150 to 151 km/h).[1]
Riaz was chosen in the squad for the tri-series in Bangladesh which also included India and in his first match against Bangladesh, he finished with 3 wickets for 22 runs in 7 overs and in the next match although he took two Indian wickets he conceded 85 runs.
Wahab made his Test debut against England in the third test of the 2010 series. England batted first and Wahab took 5/63 in the first innings. In Pakistan's first innings he came into bat at number 3 and made 27 runs.[2]
He next played for Pakistan in the Test series against South Africa in October 2010 he participated in 4 ODIs. He was selected to play in the first Test later in that series he took two wickets those of Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla however towards the end of the day he picked up a side strain. He did not bowl the following day. A scan showed that Riaz had picked up an injury which takes 4–5 weeks to recover from therefore he missed the rest of the Test series.[3]
In March 2011 he played for Pakistani team in at least four matches with an above average performance, however he really came in the limelight at the Pakistan Vs India semi-final of the 2011 Cricket World Cup, when he replaced Shoaib Akhtar and took 5 wickets.[4]
Shortly after the World Cup, Pakistan toured the West Indies for two Tests, five ODIs, and a T20I; Riaz was included in the squad.[5] He took two wickets in the T20I, which Pakistan lost,[6] and played in four out of the five ODIs, taking seven wickets at an average of 25.28 and finishing as Pakistan's leading wicket-taker in the series.[7] In a report to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on the teams performance in the West Indies, coach Waqar Younis commented that Riaz had an "average" tour.[8] In May Pakistan toured Ireland for a two-match ODI series, and although Riaz was included in the squad he did not play a match.[9][10]
After the tour of Ireland, Riaz entered talks with Kent, eventually signing to play for them in county cricket. The club had suffered injuries to their fast bowlers and Riaz was drafted in to bolster their line up.[11] He made his twenty20 debut for Kent against Glamorgan on 11 June. He took a single wicket, that of Chris Cooke, and guided his team to victory with 32 not out, hitting the winning runs after being sent in up the order.[12] On his home debut Riaz took a hat-trick – dismissing Chris Taylor, Ed Young, and Richard Coughtrie – and recording figures of 5 wickets for 17 runs (5/17) against Gloucestershire to help his team to an eight-wicket victory. It was the second time a player had taken a T20 hat-trick for Kent,[13] and was the first time Riaz took five wickets in the format, beating previous best bowling figures of 3/14.[14] During his spell with Kent Riaz took 13 first-class wickets at an average of 33.53,[15] 9 in list A cricket at 13.33,[16] and 20 wickets in t20 matches at an average of 19.85.[17]
In August, Riaz was awarded a category B central contract with the PCB; six players were in category A, eight (including Riaz) in B, and nine in C.[18] When Pakistan toured Zimbabwe in September, Riaz was rested with the selectors taking the opportunity to blood a number of new and inexperienced players.[19] Though recalled to the Test squad for the three-match series against Sri Lanka,[20] he did not play in the series[21] and was dropped from the ODI squad to face the same opponents.[22]

Wahab Riaz

Wahab Riaz 5 Wickets vs India

Wahab Riaz 5 wickets vs england

Taufiq Umar

Taufiq Umar Biography
Taufeeq Umar (Punjabi: توفیق عمر) (born 20 June 1981) is a Pakistani cricketer who was a regular Test opening batsman for three seasons, before being dropped ahead of the 2004–05 season. Unusually for a Pakistani player, Umar has played more Tests than ODIs, as he was not given a prolonged run in the ODI side until 2003, when he played eight ODIs in a row. However, he only missed two of 24 Tests played between August 2001 and April 2004, and after 17 Tests his batting average had reached 48.03 after he made four scores above 50 in the two-Test series with South Africa.[1] Possessing excellent temperament, he remains unique amongst Pakistani openers in his ability to concentrate for long periods and his ability to build innings. With exquisite drives either side of the wicket, a formidable cut and pull shot in the armory and possessing the natural gift of timing, he seemed the very answer to Pakistan's opening problem especially against a full strength South African attack in South Africa (2003). A loss of form against India (2004) resulted in Taufeeq losing his place in the team and a subsequent loss of batting confidence.
He continued to be in the Pakistani selectors' minds, playing for Pakistan against a touring England XI in 2005–06,[2] and continued to play for Lahore Ravi and Habib Bank Limited in Pakistani domestic competitions. It remains to be seen whether he can recover his solid technique and return to Test cricket as the formidable opener he was meant to be.
This is compounded by the fact that he joined the rebel Indian Cricket League and represented the Lahore Badshahs.
Taufeeq spent a summer in the UK playing Professional League cricket for Lancaster Cricket Club in the Northern League. He was recalled into the Pakistani side for the South Africa Series in 2010. [3] He made his comeback against south africa with some good scores. Against west indies, he scored a century and then a brilliant double hundred against srilanka at UAE. He has again become a regular part of test squad as an opener.

Taufiq Umar

Pakistan cricket player (Taufiq Umar) abusing Tendulkar..

Taufeeq Umar's 200 runs

Umer Gul

Umer Gul biography
The slightest-overvalued but the largest part flourishing and guaranteed Pakistan velocity creation of
the preceding only some years, Umar Gul is the most recent in Pakistan’s congregation-line of
swiftness-bowling aptitude. He had played just nine first-class matches at what time called up for
national duty in the rouse of Pakistan’s deprived 2003 World Cup. On the smooth tracks of Sharjah,
Gul performed commendably, maintaining tremendous regulation and being paid appreciable out swing
with the new ball.
He is not articulate although bowls an extremely swift profound ball and his outstanding have power
over and capability to take out line of stitching movement symbols him out. Auxiliary, his height
enables him to haul out bounce on the majority outsides and from his natural back of a length, it is a
constructive attribute. His first immense moment in his profession came in the Lahore Test in
opposition to India in 2003-04. Unfazed by a intimidating batting line-up, Gul slashed all the way
through the Indian top order, affecting the ball both ways off the ridge at a jagged velocity. His 5
for 31 in the first innings gave Pakistan near the beginning proposal which they troop home to win the
Test.
Unluckily, that was his final cricket of any kind for over a year as he exposed three pressure
fractures in his back right away later than the Test. The wound would have wrecked several an
international professions, although Gul came back, fitter and sharper than previous to in late 2005.
He came back in a Pakistan shirt in opposition to India in the ODI series at home in February 2006 and
in Sri Lanka given an idea about further signs of treatment by permanent both Tests but it was in
actuality the second half of 2006, where he completely came of era. Leading the harass in opposition
to England and then the West Indies as Pakistan’s main bowlers endured injuries, Gul stood tall,
finishing Pakistan’s best bowler.
Since after that, as Mohammad Asif and Shoaib Akhtar have struggled, Gul has turn out to be Pakistan’s
forefront and one of the most excellent swift bowlers in the world. He is smart sufficient and good
adequate to achieve something in all three set-ups and 2009 proved it: he put collectively a scrap of
wicket-taking in ODIs, on departed pitches in Tests (together with a profession-best six-wicket haul in opposition to Sri Lanka) and recognized himself as the world’s most excellent Twenty20 bowler, coming on later than the early overs and firing in Yorkers on demand.
He had oblique at that by being most important wicket-taker in the 2007 World Twenty20; over the after
that two years he overwhelmed wherever he went, in the IPL for the Kolkatta Knight Riders and in
Australia’s domestic Twenty20 tournament. Corroboration came on the grandest phase: having poleaxes
Australia in a T20I in Dubai with 4-8, he was the best bowler and leading wicket-taker as Pakistan won
the second World Twenty20 in England. The best part was 5-6 in opposition to New Zealand,
the uppermost quality demonstration of Yorker bowling. He is not a one-format pony, on the other hand,
and will hang about a vital component in Pakistan’s attack across all formats.

Umer Gul

Umar Gul Wicket vs TM Dilshan in 5th ODI (PAK VS SL) at Abu Dhabi

Umar Gul Perfect Yorker To Collingwood Clean Bowled

Abdul Razzaq

Abdul Razzaq Biography
Abdul Razzaq (Urdu: عبد الرزاق) (born 2 December 1979, Lahore, Punjab) is a Pakistani cricketer and member of the Indian Cricket League since 2007. Razzaq is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler. His bowling, at one time rapid, has now seen an increase on line and length, although sacrificing some pace. He emerged onto the world cricket scene in November 1996 when he made his One Day International debut against the touring Zimbabweans at his home ground in Lahore a month short of his seventeenth birthday.

Abdul Razzaq

Abdul Razzaq - The Attack

Abdul Razzaq 60* in county cricket

Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi Biography
Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi (born 1 March 1980 in Khyber Agency), popularly known as Shahid Afridi is a Pakistani cricketer currently playing for the Pakistani national team. He made his ODI debut on 2 October 1996 against Kenya in Nairobi and his Test debut on 22 October 1998 against Australia at Karachi. He is known for his aggressive batting style, and currently holds the highest career strike rate in the history of international cricket. In a recent survey, Afridi was named as the most popular cricketer in Pakistan. His general style of batting is very aggressive and attack oriented and has earned him the nickname \"Boom Boom Afridi\" for his fastest One Day International century just in 37 balls. As of 22 May 2007, he has an ODI strike rate of 109.38 runs per 100 balls, the 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 86.13 in Tests. 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, favoring straight down the ground or over midwicket. A trademark shot is a crossbatted flick to the leg-side to a ball outside off stump. This explosive style has led to some memorable shots, most notably the first ever 12 in power cricket in 2002, where Afridi successfully hit the roof. 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 5000 ODI runs at an average under 25. Bowling-wise, his stock ball is the leg break, but his armory also includes the conventional off break and a 'quicker one' which he can deliver at nearly 80 mph in the style of a medium-pacer. 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 batsmen, which is very rare for a spin bowler.

Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi makes 32 runs from 1 over vs Sri Lanka

Shahid Afridi : Fastest ODI Hundred

Shoaib Malik

Shoaib Malik Biography

Shoaib Malik (born 1 February 1982 in Sialkot) is a Pakistan cricketer. He made his One-Day International debut in 1999 against the West Indies and his Test debut in 2001 against Bangladesh. He started his career as just an off spinner, and is now regarded as a useful bowling all-rounder with a batting average in the mid 30s in both Test and ODI cricket. Malik is regarded as a flexible player. He is capable of hitting big shots but is also capable of rotating the strike with good placement. He has a strike rate of 77.23 runs per 100 balls, which compares favourably to players such as Rahul Dravid and Inzamam ul-Haq. His most brazen display of \"power hitting\" came in 2003 against South Africa when he scored 82 from 41 balls. As is required of most modern players he also has displayed good defensive batting at times. He has taken over 100 ODI wickets at an average under 35 and economy rate below 4.5. His bowling action has come under scrutiny (particularly his doosra) but he has had elbow surgery to correct this. In Tests, he has a better batting average against Sri Lanka and South Africa than other nations. In ODIs he has a better batting average against India, South Africa, and the West Indies than his overall career average. During his Test career, Malik has batted at 5 different positions and he has the unusual record of batting at every position except 11th in ODIs. Pakistan's problems in finding a reliable opening pair have led to Malik being used as an opener in Test and ODI matches.

Shoaib Malik

Shoaib Malik Hit Shane Warne for 2 Consecutive SIXES - Aus VS Pak

India vs Pakistan - Asia Cup - Malik Batting - desiblast