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Records
In his Test career, Wasim took 414 wickets in 104 matches, a Pakistani record, at an average of 23.62, and scored 2,898 runs, at an average of 22.64.[12]
In One Day Internationals, Wasim took a world record 502 wickets in 356 appearances, at an average of 23.52, and scored 3,717 runs, at an average of 16.52.[2]
Wasim was the first bowler in international cricket to take more than 400 wickets in both forms of the game, and only Muttiah Muralitharan has since achieved this.[12][2]
Wasim also held the record for the most wickets in Cricket World Cups — a total of 55 in 38 matches. Australia's Glenn McGrath broke the record during the 2007 World Cup, ending with a final tally of 71 from 39 matches.[13] On passing Wasim's record, McGrath said, "Wasim Akram, to me, is one of the greatest bowlers of all time. Left-armer, swung it both ways with the new ball and he was so dangerous with the old ball. To go past him is something I will always remember. Probably the other side of the coin is that if you play long enough, you're going to break records here and there."[14]
Uniquely, Wasim took four hat-tricks in international cricket, two each in Tests and ODIs. He is one of only three bowlers to have taken two Test hat-tricks (the others being Hugh Trumble and Jimmy Matthews), and also one of only three bowlers to have taken two ODI hat-tricks (the others being fellow Pakistani Saqlain Mushtaq and Chaminda Vaas of Sri Lanka). Wasim's Test hat-tricks are unique, since they were taken in consecutive Test matches in the same series, both against Sri Lanka in the 1998-99 Asian Test Championship. Wasim is also one of only two bowlers to have taken both a Test and ODI hat-trick (the other being fellow Pakistani Mohammad Sami).[15][16]
Playing in a Test against the West Indies at Lahore in 1990-91, he became one of only six players to have taken four wickets in an over during a Test match. In Wasim's case, the feat was not part of a hat-trick, the third ball of the series being a dropped catch, which allowed a single.[17][18]
Wasim has also achieved the highest score by a number eight batsman in Test cricket — 257 not out from 363 balls against Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura. The innings contained 12 sixes which is also a world record for Test cricket.[19][20]
He also has the third highest number of Man of the Match awards in Test cricket, seventeen.[21]



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Controversies
In 1992, after he had been successful against English batsmen, accusations of ball tampering began to appear in the English press, though no video evidence was ever found. Wasim and Waqar had been able to obtain prodigious amounts of movement from old balls. This phenomenon, termed reverse swing was relatively unknown in England at the time.

A far larger controversy was created when he was alleged to be involved in match fixing. An enquiry commission was set up by Pakistan Cricket Board headed by a Pakistan high court judge Malik Mohammed Qayyum. The judge wrote in his report that:

This commission feels that all is not well here and that Wasim Akram is not above board. He has not co-operated with this Commission. It is only by giving Wasim Akram the benefit of the doubt after Ata-ur-Rehman changed his testimony in suspicious circumstances that he has not been found guilty of match-fixing. He cannot be said to be above suspicion.

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Retirement
Wasim retired in 2003, after a brief spell with Hampshire in England. Since then, Wasim has taken up commentary and can currently be seen as a sportscaster for the ESPN Star network, and is also running shows on ARY Digital.

He is married to Huma Mufti, daughter of Mr. Humayaun Mufti. Wasim and Huma have two sons from their marriage of fourteen years

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Aamir Sohail




Aamer Sohail (Urdu: عامر سہیل) (born Mohammad Aamer Sohail Ali on September 14, 1966 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan) is a former professional Pakistani cricketer and PCB Chief Selector. He, along with Saeed Anwar, formed one of the best opening combinations the Pakistan cricket team ever had.


Aamer Sohail


Pakistan
Personal information
Batting style Left-handed batsman (LHB)
Bowling style Left arm off spin
Career statistics
Tests ODIs
Matches 47 156
Runs scored 2823 4780
Batting average 35.28 31.86
100s/50s 5/13 5/31
Top score 205 134

Overs 397.1 806
Wickets 25 85
Bowling average 41.96 43.56
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 4/54 4/22
Catches/stumpings 36c 49c
As of 29 April 2005

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Career

He made his first-class debut in 1983, a left-handed opening batsman and occasional left arm spin bowler. In a playing career that spanned eighteen years, Sohail played in 195 first-class and 261 List A Limited Overs matches, including 47 Test matches and 156 One Day Internationals for the Pakistan national team.

Debut
An aggressive batsman, Sohail's first appeared for the national team in a 1990 One-day International against Sri Lanka and enjoyed a successful international career. He was an important member of the Pakistan team that won the 1992 Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand



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1996-98: Pakistan Captain
Sohail captained Pakistan in six Tests in 1998, becoming the first Pakistani captain to defeat South Africa in a Test match.[1] He captained Pakistan in 22 One-day Internationals from 1996 to 1998, winning nine matches and averaging 41.5 with the bat.[2]

Career Highlights and Controversies
Aamer played a big part in Pakistan's World Cup triumph in 1992, and famously told Ian Botham that he might want to send his mother-in-law in to bat after Botham was controversially given out for 0 in the final. However, Sohail's most infamous moment on the cricket field was in the 1996 World Cup Quarter Final versus arch rivals India in Bangalore. Aamer Sohail was captaining the team and Pakistan were chasing a relatively large total of 287 in 50 overs. Sohail with opening batting partner Saeed Anwar had got Pakistan off to a flying start. With the score at 109-1, and with Saeed Anwar (48) back in the pavilion, Sohail smashed a delivery from Indian seamer Venkatesh Prasad through the covers for four. Both players had words which ended with Sohail pointing his finger at Prasad. The next delivery Prasad clean bowled Sohail and triggered a batting collapse which ultimately caused Pakistan to lose the game and be eliminated from the competition. However the loss was due to other reasons, which included Wasim Akram leaving the captaincy due to mysterious reasons on the day of the quarterfinals. The five batsmen after Sohail, Inzamam, Ijaz, Saleem and Javed all played poorly. This match remained a controversial one, as Aamir Sohail blew the horn for players involved in Match Fixing.[3][4]

Sohail was thrown into the heart of the match-fixing scandal that rocked cricket in the 1990s; as captain of the national team he was one of the whistle-blowers, a decision that may have negatively affected his international career.[5]

Broadcasting Career
After retiring from cricket in 2001, Sohail became chief selector for the national team, his tenure ending in January 2004 when he was replaced by former national team wicketkeeper Wasim Bari. He continues to work as a cricket broadcaster.

Preceded by
Rameez Raja Pakistan Cricket Captain
1998-1999 Succeeded by
Wasim Akram

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Shahid Khan Afridi




Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi (Urdu: صاحبزادہ محمد شاہد خان آفریدی) (born 1 March 1980 in Khyber Agency to Pathan 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 Pakistani national team. He made his ODI debut on October 2, 1996 against Kenya in Nairobi [1] and his Test debut on October 22, 1998 against Australia at Karachi.[2] 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.[3]

Shahid Afridi

Pakistan
Personal information
Batting style Right hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Legbreak googly
Career statistics
Tests ODIs
Matches 26 251
Runs scored 1683 5284
Batting average 37.40 23.48
100s/50s 5/8 4/28
Top score 156 109

Balls bowled 3092 10001
Wickets 47 215
Bowling average 34.89 35.81
5 wickets in innings 1 2
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 5/52 5/11
Catches/stumpings 10/- 83/-
As of 24 January 2008

Style
His general style of batting is very aggressive and attack oriented and has earned him the nickname "Boom Boom Afridi" for his world's second fastest century. As of May 22, 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.[4]. 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. [5] 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.[6]

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. [7].

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International career
In October 1996 at the age of sixteen he was brought into the ODI team as a legspinner as a replacement for the injured Mushtaq Ahmed. He then gained notability as a pinch-hitter and began opening with Saeed Anwar. He holds the record for scoring the fastest century in One Day Internationals (off 37 balls) [8], scored in his 2nd match and first ODI innings. He also shares with Brian Lara the record for the third fastest century in ODIs (off 45 balls). One of Pakistan's most useful all-rounders, his extremely aggressive batting style has garnered him over 5000 ODI runs (including a world-record 229 sixes, now broken by Sanath Jayasuriya) as well as taking over 200 ODI wickets and 47 at Test level.

For various reasons, including a perception that he lacks patience in his batting, Afridi had limited opportunity in Test matches. However, Afridi made his presence felt in the third Test against India in March 2005, scoring a quick-fire second-innings half-century and taking five wickets in the match (including Sachin Tendulkar twice) to help Pakistan win the game and register a series draw. [9]

It is perceived that his batting struggles on bouncy pitches and against opponents like Australia, although his record against the Australians has improved over time. Though he has had success as an opener on sub-continent pitches, Afridi is often moved into the lower order as well.

Afridi was more consistent with his batting and bowling throughout 2005, starting from the tours of India and West Indies and into the England tour. The Pakistani coach Bob Woolmer helped Afridi to reach a fuller potential by improving his shot selection and giving him free rein over his batting attitude.

In the 2007 World Twenty20 he performed poorly with the bat but brilliantly with the ball to earn him the Man of the Series award, though he failed to take a wicket in the final and was out for a golden duck.

Temporary Test retirement and return




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Temporary Test retirement and return
On April 12, 2006, Afridi announced a temporary retirement from Test cricket until after the 2007 World Cup so that he could concentrate on ODIs. Even then his performance in county cricket for Ireland recently had declined and he bowled better than he batted. He also claimed that the workload was too much to cope with.

However, on April 27, 2006, after much discussion with Shaharyar Khan, the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman, Afridi reversed his decision. Despite this, Afridi was later dropped from the Test team in early August 2006 after three quick-fire innings against England. He was placed well down the batting order, away from his more usual spot in the middle-order, and displayed flamboyantly reckless strokeplay on the bouncy English pitches, leading to short but entertaining innings


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Wasim AKram !!!!!!!!!! Great Work Mission



Aaapwaqt bata do. Waqar Younis se kab mulaqat ho gi.

Janab Hum apnay chahnay walay doston ka khas khaayal rakhtay hain... Shahid Afridi kay baad hum apkee mulakat Waqar Younis say kerva daingay ... ab khoosh ?

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Janab Hum apnay chahnay walay doston ka khas khaayal rakhtay hain... Shahid Afridi kay baad hum apkee mulakat Waqar Younis say kerva daingay ... ab khoosh ?

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Career Highlights

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 Jayasuriya's overs, whose record he broke. [10]
Youngest player in history to make a ODI century at just 16 years and 217 days with his 37 ball ton against Sri Lanka. It included 11 sixes and 6 fours. [11]
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.[12]
Holds the joint record with Brian Lara for the third fastest ODI century off 45 balls in April 2005 against India. [13] This actually was the first match that witnessed the Indian cricketer-turned-commentator Ravi Shastri make him the nickname Boom Boom Afridi.[14]
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.[15]
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. [16]
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. [17]
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.
Bernie Geoffrion, a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach was also nicknamed "Boom Boom" Geoffrion.







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