Pakistan Cricket Players: May 2013

Moin Khan

Moin Khan Biography

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Mohammad Moin Khan (Urdu: محمد معین خان) (born September 23, 1971) popularly known as Moin Khan (Urdu: معین خان) is a Pakistani cricketer (wicketkeeper and batsman) and member of the Pakistani national cricket team since 1990. He has also captained the Pakistani side. He was born in Rawalpindi, Punjab. He made his international debut against the West Indies at Multan. He has taken over 100 catches in Test cricket. He has scored over 3,000 ODI runs and taken over 200 catches in ODI cricket. He is the credited with coining the name of the mystery delivery of Saqlain Mushtaq that went from leg to off as the doosra. It means the "other one" in Urdu. He is no longer part of the national side, and has returned to playing first class cricket. In 2005 Moin scored the first century in Pakistan domestic 20-20 cricket when he smashed 112 off 59 balls for Karachi Dolphins against Lahore Lions in the ABN-AMRO 20-20 Cup. At the end of the season he retired from cricket finishing with 200 not out against Hyderabad, his highest first class score. In January 2007 he was arrested in Pakistan for assaulting his wife, Tasneem Khan.[1] In 2007, Moin signed with the unofficial Indian Cricket League and coached the Hyderabad Heroes. In the 2008 edition of the competition he coached the expansion team, the Lahore Badshahs.

Moin Khan

Moin Khan

Moin Khan

Moin Khan

Moin Khan

Moin Khan

Moin Khan

Moin Khan

Moin Khan

Moin Khan

Moin Khan

Danish Kaneria

Danish Kaneria Biography

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Danish Parabha Shanker Kaneria (born 16 December 1980 in Karachi) is a Pakistani leg spin bowler. He made his international debut in 2000 against England at Faisalabad. Kaneria has continued the tradition of Pakistani leg spin bowlers and possesses a very well disguised googly. However his failure to develop an effective straighter delivery has prevented him from reaching his full potential. In January 2002, he took 7 wickets for 77 runs in the Test match against Bangladesh in Bangladesh, which are his career best figures so far in Test cricket. Earlier, in the same season, he had taken 6 wickets in an innings twice against Bangladesh during Bangladesh's tour of Pakistan. In October 2004, he took 10 wickets against Sri Lanka at Karachi, with a second-innings haul of 7/109, setting up Pakistan's 6-wicket win. More recently he has played an important role in Pakistan's Test wins over West Indies, England and India. In One Day International cricket, he has been economical so far with an economy rate under 4.8 runs per over. His best bowling in ODIs came against New Zealand in Sri Lanka in 2003. He also had a good series against Zimbabwe in Sharjah just before that. He also impressed in English county cricket taking 32 wickets in seven championship matches for Essex in 2005. Although unable to play English county cricket in 2006 due to Pakistan's tour of England, it has been confirmed that Kaneria would return to play for Essex in 2007. Success in the one day arena has been more elusive, Pakistan usually opting to play the two spinning all-rounders Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Malik instead. Despite representing the Muslim-majority Country of Pakistan, Kaneria is a devout Hindu and is of Marwari heritage. He is only the second Hindu to play Test cricket for Pakistan (the first, his cousin Anil Dalpat, was briefly their wicketkeeper).

Danish Kaneria

Danish Kaneria

Danish Kaneria

Danish Kaneria

Danish Kaneria

Danish Kaneria

Danish Kaneria

Danish Kaneria

Danish Kaneria

Danish Kaneria

Danish Kaneria

Saeed Anwar

Saeed Anwar Biography

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Saeed Anwar (born September 6, 1968 in Karachi, Pakistan) is a former Pakistani opening batsman. A left-hander, Anwar is most notable for scoring 194 runs against India in Chennai in 1997, the previous highest and now the second highest joint individual score in a One Day International. India’s Sachin Tendulkar overtook Anwar’s record, when he scored 200* against South Africa on February 24, 2010.

An opening batsman capable of annihilating any bowling attack on his day, Anwar was an attacking batsman in one-day matches and once settled in Test matches, scored quickly and all over the field. His success came from good timing and wrist flicks rather than physical power, and Anwar became famous for his trademark flick. He was able to lift a ball that had pitched outside off stump for six over midwicket. Anwar’s timing and ability to score quick runs made him a crowd favourite. He was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1997.

Saeed Anwar

Azhar Mehmood

Azhar Mehmood Biography

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Azhar Mahmood had a successful first season at Canterbury after joining Kent from Surrey.

He famously struck three centuries in his first eight Tests, but despite some streetwise performances for Pakistan, Mahmood fell out of favour by 2001.

Mahmood first played for Surrey for a one-month spell in 2002 and returned as a full-time overseas player for the following three seasons.

His explosive hitting has produced runs when Surrey have needed them and he has often been responsible for helping them to get out of precarious positions.

His line-and-length seam bowling has been particularly useful in English conditions and, combined with his variations in speed, has enabled him to break partnerships when batsmen look well set.

The all-rounder is also a good fielder and a bubbly presence in the dressing room.

He bowled the final over of the match as Surrey snatched a one-run victory over Lancashire in the 2004 Twenty20 Cup semi-finals.

Injury restricted his appearances for Surrey in 2005, as he played in only half of their first class games.

However, he was able to score 204 not out towards the end of the season as the club battled to stave off relegation into Division Two of the Frizzell County Championship.

He also took 26 first class wickets in the season, proving his worth to Surrey as an all-rounder.

His 2006 season saw him make 600 championship runs and take 31 wickets, but it was in the C&G Trophy that he really made his mark topping the bowling averages and averaging 52.5 with the bat.

His performances for Surrey earned him an international recall for Pakistan but he failed to impress and did not get a chance in his team's dismal 2007 World Cup campaign.

He was released by Surrey midway through the 2007 season as they decided to change their personnel and brought in an overseas spinner in Harbhajan Singh in his place.

He signed for Kent in the 2007 winter and played as a British citizen after applying for a UK passport on residency.

Finger and back injuries limited Mahmood to just six first-class outings, but made a thrilling start with 116 against Nottinghamshire in the opening LV County Championship match.

He underlined his enduring class with 5-30 against Sussex at Hove and 6-55 against Yorkshire at Canterbury.

He was more utilised in the limited overs formats, with 35 cheap wickets, though he was less effective in the Spitfires’ two final losses in the Friends Provident Trophy and Twenty20 Cup.

Azhar Mehmood

Azhar Mehmood

Azhar Mehmood

Azhar Mehmood

Azhar Mehmood

Azhar Mehmood

Azhar Mehmood

Azhar Mehmood

Azhar Mehmood

Azhar Mehmood

Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib Akhtar Biography

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Shoaib Akhtar is a former professional cricketer who played testes and One Day International matches for the Pakistan national team in ICC organized events. He has been dubbed as The Rawalpindi Express after the place where he was born and he is arguably the fastest bowler the world of cricket has ever seen, easily clocking 150 km/hour on many occasions. He became the first man to bowl a delivery over 100 miles/hour or 161.3 km/hour, which is the fastest delivery ever bowled in the history of cricket against England. Moreover, not only did he achieve a speed of 100 miles/hour on his delivery, he achieved it twice during one single match and that is something that makes him very unique in the world of fast bowlers. His prowess lay in being able to bowl fast and precise Yorkers as well as quick bouncers and these abilities made him one of the greatest as well as most feared bowlers of all time, the likes of which had not been seen in international cricket since the times of Michael Holding, Joel Garner, Jeff Thompson, Dennis Lillie, Malcolm Marshall and the likes – players who depended on raw pace to pick up wickets.

However, Shoaib Akhtar was also a very controversial figure and it followed him wherever he went. It has been said that he was very selfish and not a team man. The Pakistan team management once sent him home from Australia in the middle of a series because of an alleged poor behavior on his part. In 2006, he was perhaps involved in the biggest controversy when WADA found Shoaib Akhtar guilty of taking performance enhancing drugs and the ICC banned him from playing cricket. This ban was however lifted and he returned to the Pakistan national side the following year and almost immediately, got himself banned by the Pakistan Cricket Board or the PCB for fighting with team mate and fellow opening bowler Mohammad Asif during a training session.

He was selected to play for the Kolkata Knight Riders for the inaugural IPL but injuries blighted his season and he played only a handful of matches. Akhtar was so injury prone that he only managed to play a total of 46 tests and 163 One Day Internationals in his 12 year international career, taking a total of 425 wickets in all. Shoaib Akhtar, in spite of all his short comings, is truly a legend of the game and no matter what happens, cricket will always remember this flamboyant star.

Shoaib Akhtar