pakistan vs australia
Schedule of Pakistan’s Tour to India 2012
Pakistan vs Australia ODI's & T20I Series starts from August 28
Hockey - National Game of Pakistan
Pakistani Cricket Team (1992 world Champion)
Pakistani Cricket Team (T-20 Champion)
Imran Khan Niazi
Imran Khan (born November 25, 1952) is a Pakistani Cricketer and politician. Khan played for the Pakistan Cricket Team from 1971 to 1992, and led them as captain for Pakistan's first and only World Cup victory in 1992. With a record of 3807 runs and 362 wickets in Test Cricket, Khan is known as one of the finest all rounders in the modern history of the game.
Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi
Shahid Afridi (born 1 March 1980 in Khyber Agency to Pashtun parents of the Afridi tribe in Kohat), popularly known as Shahid Afridi or by his nickname Boom Boom Afridi, is a Pakistani Cricketer currently playing for the Pakistan National Team. He made his ODI debut on October 2, 1996 against Kenya in Nairobi and his Test debut on October 22, 1998 againt 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 and the world record of Fastest Century. In a recent survey, Afridi was named as the most popular cricketer in Pakistan.
On 4 October, 1996 playing his maiden international innings, Afridi hit the fastest One-Day century off 37 balls against Sri lanka in Nairobi. His innings included 28 runs off one of Sanath Jaysuriya's overs, whose record he broke.
Youngest player in history to make an ODI century at just 16 years and 217 days with his 37 ball ton against Sri Lanka. It included 11 sixes and 6 fours.
Made a half-century from 26 balls and took 3 second-innings wickets in Pakistan's series-drawing Test victory against India in March 2005.
Holds the joint record with Brian Lara for the third fastest ODI century off 45 balls in April 2005 a
gainst India. This actually was the first match that witnessed the Indian cricketer-turned-commentator Ravi Shastri make him the nickname Boom Boom Afridi.
Equal highest aggregate sixes scored in the 50-over game, shared the legendary Sri Lankan Batsman Sanath Jayasuriya, and he the most sixes per innings record.
Scored four consecutive sixes off a Harbhajan Singh over in a Test match against India in January 2006, matching a feat that Kapil Dev achieved in 1990.
Was the First player to score 12 runs off one ball, by hitting the roof of the Millennium Stadium. This took place in a game of Power Cricket.
Holds four of the top eight fastest ODI half centuries, twice completed in 18 balls and twice in 20 balls. He has also scored a half century of just 21 balls.
Made 32 runs off a Malinga Bandara over in an ODI game at Abu Dhabi in 2007. He struck four consecutive sixes and it was the 2nd most expensive over in ODI history.
Afridi is only third player in ODI history to achieve the combination of 5000 runs and 200 wickets. The other players being Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya and South African Jacques Kallis.
On 4 October, 1996 playing his maiden international innings, Afridi hit the fastest One-Day century off 37 balls against Sri lanka in Nairobi. His innings included 28 runs off one of Sanath Jaysuriya's overs, whose record he broke.
Youngest player in history to make an ODI century at just 16 years and 217 days with his 37 ball ton against Sri Lanka. It included 11 sixes and 6 fours.
Made a half-century from 26 balls and took 3 second-innings wickets in Pakistan's series-drawing Test victory against India in March 2005.
Holds the joint record with Brian Lara for the third fastest ODI century off 45 balls in April 2005 a
gainst India. This actually was the first match that witnessed the Indian cricketer-turned-commentator Ravi Shastri make him the nickname Boom Boom Afridi.
Equal highest aggregate sixes scored in the 50-over game, shared the legendary Sri Lankan Batsman Sanath Jayasuriya, and he the most sixes per innings record.
Scored four consecutive sixes off a Harbhajan Singh over in a Test match against India in January 2006, matching a feat that Kapil Dev achieved in 1990.
Was the First player to score 12 runs off one ball, by hitting the roof of the Millennium Stadium. This took place in a game of Power Cricket.
Holds four of the top eight fastest ODI half centuries, twice completed in 18 balls and twice in 20 balls. He has also scored a half century of just 21 balls.
Made 32 runs off a Malinga Bandara over in an ODI game at Abu Dhabi in 2007. He struck four consecutive sixes and it was the 2nd most expensive over in ODI history.
Afridi is only third player in ODI history to achieve the combination of 5000 runs and 200 wickets. The other players being Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya and South African Jacques Kallis.
Wasim Akram: a former Pakistani Cricketer .
Widely regarded as one of the finest fast bowlers ever, Akram holds world records for the most wickets taken in both ODIs and Test matches. Recently Wasim has been inducted in ICC Hall of Fame.
Shoaib Akhtar
Fastest bowler in the world. He set a world record by clocking 100mph
jahangir khan
Is a former World No. 1 professional Squash player from Pakistan, who is considered by many to be the greatest player in the history of the game. During his career he won the World Open six times and the British Open a record ten times. Between 1981 and 1986, he was unbeaten in competitive play for five years. During that time he won 555 matches consecutively. This was not only the longest winning streak in squash history, but also one of the longest unbeaten runs by any athlete in top-level professional sports.
jan sher khan
Is a former World No. 1 professional Squash player from Pakistan, who is widely considered to be one of the greatest squash players of all time. During his career he won the World Open a record eight times, and the British Open six times.