Monday 24 December 2012

Wasim Bari

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Wasim Bari Biography

For a nation which has shaped glove men of excellence other than not of the caliber to be attached a label as greats, Wasim Bari stands out by a detachment. He was not impressive in the mould of a Rodney Marsh or a Jeffrey Dujon. Athletic dives and eye-catching catches were not his strong point. That said, one must concede that Bari was an extraordinarily out of harm’s way `keeper, one incredibly nearer to the most excellent of his era.
As the person in charge, and the team’s only actually fast bowler, Imran Khan had absolute confidence in Bari’s capability and persuaded against him from ahead of time calling it gives up on a duo of occasions. Intended for somebody who was not methodically checked aligned with swiftness, it was a mark of respect that Imran considered that he was as best as England’s Alan Knott. Bari went on to play 81 Tests, in which he had 228 sufferers not in favor of his name, 27 of them puzzling. In stipulations of both the number of Tests and scalps at the back the puzzles, Bari’s figures continuously endure as a Pakistan record two decades later than he dropped his gloves.
Bari was also a knowledgeable behind schedule-order batsman whose statistics not is up to snuff to reflect his factual capability in this specialty; his 19 ducks are a Pakistan record. He, on the other hand, managed 1,366 runs in 112 innings, with six scores of 50-plus being his most important innings.
Bari had a to the point stretch as a prevent-gap captain, on end-to-end home and away squat rubbers in opposition to England at what time the Kerry Packer tempest was rampant in occupied ferocity. At home, on easygoing wickets convention-made to make sure monotonous draws, Pakistan unsurprisingly detained firm beneath him, winning not any, losing not any: On the away tour, the side was poorly handled roughly, losing two Tests, with rain making sure a draw in the third.
Bari was privileged by the PCB with the Life Achievement Award in 1997, on the nation’s Golden Jubilee of Independence, conceivably owed with a reduction of the sum total of his involvement at the back or in front the stumps, than his being an essential part of the 70s and 80s side which accomplished to a certain extent a small amount of dissimilarities and was ranked among the best in fashionable cricket. He went on to turn out to be the head of Pakistan’s selection panel.
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Sunday 23 December 2012

Saqlain Mushtaq

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Saqlain Mushtaq Biography
Saqlain Mushtaq (Urdu: ثقلین مشتاق) (born December 29, 1976 in Lahore, Punjab) is a Pakistani cricketer, regarded as one of the finest off spin bowlers of all time.[1] He is best known for pioneering the \"doosra\", which he employed to great effect during his career. Saqlain has not been active in international cricket since 2004

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Rashid Latif

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Rashid Latif Biography
Rashid Latif (Urdu: راشد لطیف) (born October 14, 1968 in Karachi) was a Pakistani cricketer. He started playing for the Pakistani national team in 1992 after the World Cup. He impressed the selectors by hitting a fine 50 in his Test debut. This however did not cement his place in the national squad as he was throughout his career in competition with another Pakistani wicketkeeper named Moin Khan. This led to ongoing changes of wicket-keepers for the next decade. In 1996, he announced retirement after differences with some team players and the team management. He came back shortly and became the captain of Pakistani cricket team in 1998. Soon however, again due to differences, he was dropped from the team and again replaced by Moin. Latif remained out of the national squad until 2001 when after a string of poor performances, the Pakistani team replaced Moin Khan (who was the captain) with Rashid . After coming back into the squad, he somewhat cemented his place in the squad by keeping the wicket and giving a string of good batting performances. The highlight of his career came when after the 2003 Cricket World Cup, he was announced the captain of the Pakistani team. Under him, Pakistan successfully experimented with several new players and the team gave positive results. He was also involved with uniting the players through his captaincy skills both on and off the field. However, differences between Latif and the team management again surfaced in 2003-2004 which saw him the captaincy to Inzamam-ul-Haq. He was omitted from the squad and since has been out of the team despite his attempts to get back into squad during 2003-2005. As of April 2006, Rashid Latif have retired from first class cricket as he toured with Pakistani senior players to play against Indian senior players in April 2006. This series is played between players who have retired from the sport. Also, according to statistics available on cricinfo's website, it can be seen that Rashid Latif has not participated in first class cricket since 2005. His last international outing was in 2006 when he played for England's Lashings cricket club.
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Asad Shafiq

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Asad Shafiq Biography

Full name Asad Shafiq

Born January 28, 1986, Karachi, Sind

Current age 24 years 356 days

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak

Fielding position Wicketkeeper


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Major teams Pakistan, Karachi Blues, Karachi Dolphins, Karachi Whites, Karachi Whites, Karachi Zebras, North West Frontier Province, North West Frontier Province Panthers, Pakistan A, Pakistan Cricket Academy, Sind, Sind Dolphins


Asad Shafiq Profile

A right-hand top order batsman, Asad Shafiq is a product of the Karachi tape ball circuit. He stormed the first-class scene in his debut season in 2007-08, scoring a double-hundred. He fell short of thousand runs that season, but attained the milestone two seasons later, when he scored 1244 runs in 12 games at 49.76. He made an impact as a limited-overs player in 2008-09, when he scored 379 runs in seven games at 54.14. The national selectors had earmarked him as one for the future in meetings and he was rewarded him with a call-up for the Asia Cup in 2010.

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Mohammad Yousuf

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Mohammad Yousuf Biography
Mohammad Yousuf (formerly Yousuf Youhana, born 27 August 1974, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan) is a Pakistani cricketer who has been a member of the Pakistani national cricket team since 1998. He is best known for his achievement in 2006 when he broke the great West Indian batsman, Sir Vivian Richards', world record for the most Test runs in a single calendar year. Prior to his conversion to Islam in 2005, Yousuf was one of the few Christians to play in the Pakistan national cricket team. He made his Test debut against South Africa at Durban and ODI debut against Zimbabwe at Harare. He has scored over 9,000 ODI runs at an average of 43.63 (2rd highest batting average among Pakistani batsmen after Zaheer Abbas and 6,770 Test runs at an average of 55.49 (highest batting average amongst all Pakistani batsmen) with 23 Test centuries. He has the record of scoring the most runs without being dismissed in ODIs, 405 against Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe in 2002-03. He has also scored a 23-ball fifty in ODIs, and a 68-ball hundred. In Tests he has scored a 27-ball fifty, which is 3rd fastest by any player. He was top scorer during the successive years of 2002 and 2003 in the world in ODIs. In 2004, he scored a memorable 111 against the Australians in the Boxing Day Test. In December 2005, he scored 223 against England at Lahore, also earning him the man of the match award. Seven months later in July 2006, when Pakistan toured England, he scored 202 and 48 in the first Test, again earning himself the man of the match award. He followed up with 192 in the third Test at Headingley and 128 in the final Test at the Oval. Yousuf was named CNN-IBN�s Cricketer of the Year for 2006, ahead of the likes of Australian captain Ricky Ponting, West Indies Brian Lara, Australian spinner Shane Warne, South Africa�s bowling spearhead Makhaya Ntini and Sri Lanka�s Muttiah Muralitharan. He was selected as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in the 2007 edition. Yousuf became the fourth recipient of the ICC 'Test Cricketer of the Year' award for 2007, he scored 944 runs at an average of 94.40 including five centuries and two fifties in just 10 innings and that was enough to be awarded the honour ahead of Kevin Pietersen and Ricky Ponting. Yousuf was also named in the 2007 Test team of the Year alongside compatriot Mohammad Asif. A year that started on a promising note, Yousuf carried it forward to break two world records both held earlier by West Indian great Sir Vivian Richards. The 32-year-old smashed an unparalleled 1788 runs in just 11 Test matches with the help of nine centuries � his second record � taking him beyond the Windies great yet again. Yousuf is known for his ability to score runs at exceptional rate through his great technique and composed strokeplay. Although capable of hitting the ball hard, Yousuf is quick between the wickets, although he is prone to being run out. Yousuf is a skillful infielder, with a report prepared in late 2005 showing that since the 1999 Cricket World Cup, he had effected the ninth highest number of run-outs in ODI cricket of any fieldsman. He is also distinguished by his characteristic celebration after hitting one hundred runs for his country, where he prostrates in thankfulness to Allah in the direction of Mecca. He has observed this act (known as the Sajdah) recently since his conversion to Islam.
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