Misbah-ul-Haq

Misbah-ul-Haq Biogrphy

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Misbah-ul-Haq Khan Niazi (born May 28, 1974) is a Pakistani cricketer. Misbah is known for his cool headed batting especially under pressure. Outside of cricket he has done an MBA from the University of Management Technology, Lahore. Misbah was initially noticed for his technique and his temperament in the Tri-nation tournament in Nairobi, Kenya in 2002, as he scored two fifties in the three innings in which he played, however, over the next three Tests he played against Australia, he failed to score more than twenty runs and was soon dumped from the team. Having witnessed Pakistan being eliminated in the opening phase of the 2003 Cricket World Cup, Misbah was part of the changes made to the team in the aftermath of these results, but failed to make much of an impact and was soon dropped again. At the age of 33, Misbah was chosen to play in the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 in 2007, filling the middle order spot vacated by Inzamam-ul-Haq. He had been regularly making runs in Pakistani domestic cricket and in the years before his recall he was consistently one of the top run scorers at each season's end, with his first-class average briefly climbing above 50. Misbah was one of the stars of the tournament, playing a large part in many thrilling run chases. The first was in the group stage against India where he scored a half century in a tied match. He was run out attempting the winning run off the last ball of the match. In their Super 8s encounter with Australia he was named Man of the Match with an unbeaten 66 off 42 deliveries to see his side home with 5 balls to spare. Another unbeaten innings in the semi final against New Zealand saw Pakistan book a spot in the final against India. He played an instrumental role in Pakistan's recovery in the inaugural 2007 ICC World Twenty20 final against arch-rivals India, with 3 consecutive sixes. The sixes camFF HARBHAJAN SINGH'S LAST OVER OF THE MATCH. WITH 6 RUNS NEEDED TO WIN OFF 4 REMe oaining balls, Misbah tried to scoop the ball over short fine leg, but was caught out by Sreesanth. Misbah scored his maiden Test hundred against India at Kolkata in the 2nd Test of the 2007 series. After India managed 616 in their first innings, Pakistan were at 5 for 150 in reply and in danger of following on when Misbah and Kamran Akmal put together a match saving 207 run stand. TO PLAY IN THE INAUGURAL ICC WORLD TWENTY20 IN 2007, FILLING THE MIDDLE ORDER SPOT VACATED BY INZAMAM-UL-HAQ. HE HAD BEEN REGULARLY MAKING RUNS IN PAKISTANI DOMESTIC CRICKET AND IN THE YEARS BEFORE HIS RECALL HE WAS CONSISTENTLY ONE OF THE TOP RUN SCORERS AT EACH SEASON'S END, WITH HIS FIRST-CLASS AVERAGE BRIEFLY CLIMBING ABOVE 50. MISBAH WAS ONE OF THE STARS OF THE TOURNAMENT, PLAYING A LARGE PART IN MANY THRILLING RUN Misbah finished on 161 not out. In the 3rd & final Test of the series, Misbah made another fluent century this time finishing on 133 not out. 2008 began with some high points for Misbah as he was elevated to the post of Vice - Captain of the Pakistan team and was awarded a Grade A Contract. Since returning to International Cricket for Pakistan, Misbah has gone through a sustained patch of prolific run scoring. In his last 5 Test Match innings for Pakistan, he has notched up 458 runs at a very high batting average of 152.67 against India.In his last 5 ODIs as well, Misbah has made 190 Runs at an average of 63.33 & in Domestic Cricket for Punjab, he has amassed an astounding 586 runs at an average of 195.33 with 2 centuries and his highest first-class score of 208 not out.

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Imran Nazir

Imran Nazir Biography

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Imran Nazir, Cricketers is famous for Cricket, Pakistani celebrity. Born on 16 December, 1981

Imran Nazir is a Pakistani right handed batsman in cricket who represented the Pakistan national cricket team in Test cricket, One Day International and Twenty20 cricket matches.

Career

Nazir made his debut in Test cricket on March 1999, against Sri Lanka at Lahore in Pakistan and a few days later, he made his One Day International debut against the same opposition at Visakhapatnam in India. He played in 8 Test matches between 1999–2002 and secured a spot in the Pakistan squad since 2002. He also played in One Day International arena, but he could never cement his place in the squad. The emergence of several Pakistan opening batsmen such as Mohammad Hafeez, Yasir Hameed, Taufeeq Umar and Salman Butt kept him out of the national side. However he displayed excellent cricketing performances in First class cricket.

Nazir made his return to the national team in the second One Day International against South Africa in February 2007 during Pakistan's tour of South Africa. He impressed the Pakistan national selectors with his innings of 57 runs from just 39 deliveries, though he struggled to score runs during the rest of the tournament.

Nazir was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2007 World Cup. He scored 160 runs against Zimbabwe in Pakistan's last match during the 2007 Cricket World Cup, after being knocked out by Ireland.

It was the second highest score by a Pakistani batsman and the eighth highest score by any batsman in World Cup history and his 8 sixes equaled the World Cup record of Australian batsman, Ricky Ponting. It was also the highest runs he scored in List A cricket. He now remains a regular member of Pakistan's Twenty20 squads.

In 2008, Nazir signed for the Indian Cricket League and played for the Lahore Badshahs. He scored 111 runs not out, off just 44 deliveries, against the Hyderabad Heroes in the third of the best of three finals of the tournament and helped his team to victory. After signing up for the Indian Cricket League, his chances of ever playing again for Pakistan looked slim. However, on 2 February 2009, a Pakistani court suspended the ban on Indian Cricket League players, which paved the way for Nazir to make a return to the One Day International and Twenty20 squad during their tour of Sri Lanka in August 2009. He was given another
chance against New Zealand int two T20I's held in Dubai which Pakistan won 2-0. Next time, he was given a chance against Australia in only T20I in Australia but could not bat much. He showed the same form against England in February 2010 in two T2OI's and was consequently dropped from the Pakistani side. International and Twenty20 squad during their tour of Sri Lanka in August 2009. He was given another chance against New Zealand int two T20I's held in Dubai which Pakistan won 2-0. Next time, he was given a chance against Australia in only T20I in Australia but could not bat much. He showed the same form against England in February 2010 in two T2OI's and was consequently dropped from the Pakistani side. Since then, he has played two National T20 cups and shown really bad form. He was selected for the Hong Kong Sixes tournament 2010 in Hong Kong as a member of Pakistani squad. There again, he showed very bad form but worst of all, in the final which was inevitably in Pakistan's favor was lost due Imran Nazir's bowling. 46 was required from the last 8-ball over but Imran Nazir gave away 48 runs in 7 balls.

In Twenty20 games he has an extraordinary bowling average of 1.00 and in his 8 deliveries he has 3 wickets a strike rate of less than 3. He has also played for Dhaka Dynamites in Bangladesh's NCL T20 Bangladesh.

Achievement

Test cricket centuries
He scored 131 runs against the West Indies at Bridgetown in the Caribbean on 18 May 2000.
He scored 127 runs against New Zealand at Lahore in Pakistan on 1 May 2002.

One Day International centuries
He scored 160 runs against Zimbabwe at Kingston Park in West Indies on 21 March 2007
He scored 105 runs not out against Zimbabwe at National Cricket Stadium in Morocco on 15 April 2000 and became the second youngest batsman to score a century in a One Day International match

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Inzamam ul Haq

Inzamam ul Haq Biography

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Full name Inzamam-ul-Haq

Born March 3, 1970, Multan, Punjab

Current age 43 years 341 days

Major teams Pakistan, Asia XI, Faisalabad, ICC World XI, ICL Pakistan XI, Lahore Badshahs, Multan, National Bank of Pakistan, Rawalpindi, United Bank Limited, Yorkshire

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

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Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 120 200 22 8830 329 49.60 16345 54.02 25 46 1105 48 81 0
ODIs 378 350 53 11739 137* 39.52 15812 74.24 10 83 971 144 113 0
T20Is 1 1 1 11 11* - 15 73.33 0 0 0 1 0 0
First-class 245 393 58 16785 329 50.10 45 87 172 0
List A 458 430 69 13746 157* 38.07 12 97 128 0
Twenty20 2 2 1 32 21 32.00 37 86.48 0 0 2 1 0 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 120 1 9 8 0 - - - 5.33 - 0 0 0
ODIs 378 6 58 64 3 1/0 1/0 21.33 6.62 19.3 0 0 0
T20Is 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
First-class 245 2704 1295 38 5/80 34.07 2.87 71.1 2 0
List A 458 896 740 30 3/18 3/18 24.66 4.95 29.8 0 0 0
Twenty20 2 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Career statistics
Test debut England v Pakistan at Birmingham, Jun 4-8, 1992 scorecard
Last Test Pakistan v South Africa at Lahore, Oct 8-12, 2007 scorecard
Test statistics

ODI debut Pakistan v West Indies at Lahore, Nov 22, 1991 scorecard
Last ODI Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Kingston, Mar 21, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics

Only T20I England v Pakistan at Bristol, Aug 28, 2006 scorecard
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First-class debut 1985/86
Last First-class Pakistan v South Africa at Lahore, Oct 8-12, 2007 scorecard
List A debut 1988/89
Last List A Kent v Yorkshire at Canterbury, Sep 9, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Australia A v Pakistanis at Adelaide, Jan 13, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20 England v Pakistan at Bristol, Aug 28, 2006 scorecard
Recent matches
Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
- ICL Pak XI v ICL World XI Ahmedabad 26 Nov 2008 Other T20
24 ICL Pak XI v ICL India XI Ahmedabad 24 Nov 2008 Other T20
- Lahore v ICL Hyd Ahmedabad 16 Nov 2008 Other T20
10 Lahore v ICL Hyd Ahmedabad 15 Nov 2008 Other T20
5 Lahore v ICL Hyd Ahmedabad 13 Nov 2008 Other T20
62 Lahore v Chennai Ahmedabad 10 Nov 2008 Other T20
31 Lahore v Chennai Ahmedabad 9 Nov 2008 Other T20
27* Lahore v Dhaka Ahmedabad 7 Nov 2008 Other T20
- Lahore v Chandigarh Panchkula 2 Nov 2008 Other T20
12, 1/22 Lahore v Delhi Giants Gurgaon 26 Oct 2008 Other T20
Profile
Inzamam-ul-Haq is a symbiosis of strength and subtlety. Power is no surprise, but sublime touch is remarkable for a man of his bulk. He loathes exercise and often looks a passenger in the field, but with a willow between his palms he is suddenly galvanised. He plays shots all round the wicket, is especially strong off his legs, and unleashes ferocious pulls and lofted drives. Imran Khan rates him the best batsman in the world against pace. Early on he is vulnerable playing across his front pad or groping outside off stump. He uses his feet well to the spinners, although this aggression can be his undoing. Inzi keeps a cool head in a crisis and has succeeded Javed Miandad as Pakistan's premier batsman, but his hapless running between wickets is legendary and most dangerous for his partners. There were no such problems against New Zealand at a boiling Lahore in 2001-02, when Inzamam belted 329, the second-highest Test score by a Pakistani and the tenth-highest by anyone. However, he was then dogged by poor form, scoring just 16 runs in Pakistan's ill-fated World Cup campaign in 2003. He was dropped from the team briefly, but then roared back to form, scoring a magnificent unbeaten 138 and guiding Pakistan to a thrilling one-wicket win against Bangladesh at Multan. He was rewarded with the captaincy of the team, and despite leading them to victory in the Test series in New Zealand, question-marks about his leadership qualities surfaced when Pakistan were beaten in both the Test series and the one-dayers against India. But the selectors persevered with him and this bore results when he took a team thin on bowling resources to India and drew the Test series with a rousing performance in the final Test, Inzamam's 100th. After scoring a magnificent 184, Inzamam led the team astutely on a tense final day and took Pakistan to victory. Since that day, Inzamam has gone from strength to strength as captain and premier batsman. By scoring a hundred against West Indies in June 2005, he kept up a remarkable record of matchwinning centuries, amongt the best of modern-day batsmen. A magnificent year ended with Inzamam leading his team to triumph over Ashes-winning England; personally the series was arguably his best ever. He never failed to make a fifty, scored twin centuries at Faisalabad for the first time, going past Miandad as Pakistan's leading century-maker and joining him as only the second Pakistani with 8000 Test runs. As captain, he never looked more a leader, uniting a young, inexperienced team and turning them, once again, into a force to matter globally. The turn of the year brought contemplation; he missed the Test victory over India at Karachi with a persistent back injury. The subsequent ODI thrashing also raised concerns about Inzamam as ODI captain, none of which were entirely wiped away during ODI and Test wins in Sri Lanka. Pakistan were then beaten comprehensively in the Test series in England though all was forgotten - including Inzamam's own poor form - by events at The Oval. There, Inzamam, astonishingly for a man perceived as so insouciant, became the most controversial figure in cricket for a week, leading his side off the field in protest at charges of ball tampering made by umpires Billy Doctrove and Darrell Hair. They refused to come out at first, then delayed the start before eventually forfeiting the Test, the first time in the history of the game. In Pakistan, he became a national hero, saviour of a country's pride and honour. He was banned for four ODIs and returned to lead the side to a series-win over West Indies followed by a disappointing Test series in South Africa, and then quit the one-day game after Pakistan were eliminated from the World Cup at the first hurdle, an event overshadowed by the death of Bob Woolmer. Even though he expressed his desire to be part of the Test team, Inzamam was not offered a central contract in July and, according to a few, might signal the end of his illustrious international career.

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Rameez Raja

Rameez Raja Biography

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Full name Ramiz Hasan Raja

Born August 14, 1962, Lyallpur (now Faisalabad), Punjab

Current age 51 years 177 days

Major teams Pakistan, Allied Bank, Islamabad Cricket Association, Lahore, Pakistan National Shipping Corporation, Punjab, Service Industries

Also known as Rameez Raja

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak

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Relation Father - Saleem Akhtar, Brother - Wasim Raja, Brother - Zaeem Raja

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Batting and fielding averages

Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 6s Ct St

Tests 57 94 5 2833 122 31.83 2 22 3 34 0

ODIs 198 197 15 5841 119* 32.09 9226 63.31 9 31 33 0

First-class 183 304 20 10392 300 36.59 17 63 103 0

List A 298 295 28 9490 131 35.54 15 56 62 0

Bowling averages

Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10

Tests 57 - - - - - - - - - - - -

ODIs 198 1 6 10 0 - - - 10.00 - 0 0 0

First-class 183 509 343 6 2/2 57.16 4.04 84.8 0 0

List A 298 145 110 6 4/43 4/43 18.33 4.55 24.1 1 0 0

Career statistics

Test debut Pakistan v England at Karachi, Mar 2-6, 1984 scorecard

Last Test Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (SSC), Apr 26-30, 1997 scorecard

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ODI debut New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch, Feb 6, 1985 scorecard

Last ODI India v Pakistan at Toronto, Sep 21, 1997 scorecard

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First-class span 1977-1997

List A span 1976-1998

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard

30 Pakistan U19 v S Lanka U19 Colombo (Police) 2 Feb 2006 Other OD

8 Pakistan U19 v Aust U19 Moratuwa 1 Feb 2006 Other OD

Profile

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more runs in Tests remains a mystery, though his importance to Pakistan's strong ODI sides of the 80s and early 90s cannot be underestimated. In the World Cups of 1987 and 1992 he was a key figure and as well as taking the catch that won it for Pakistan in 1992, he scored two hundreds through the tournament. His integrity and seniority helped him in captaining Pakistan late in his career, but the qualities became of greater use after he retired. First, as a bright, dynamic chief executive of the Pakistan board he was instrumental in bringing about a prosperous period in the early 2000s, including negotiating a breakthrough in Pakistan-India ties. The series won an important Laureus award for bringing the countries together throintegrity and considerable dignity on the field and in administration. As an opening batsman Raja arrived on the scene the next Majid Khan. His basic game was built on solid, understated elegance. Some of the leg-side play was outstanding and the flick to square leg soon became a signature stroke. Why he didn't score more runs in Tests remains a mystery, though his importance to Pakistan's strong ODI sides of the 80s and early 90s cannot be underestimated. In the World Cups of 1987 and 1992 he was a key figure and as well as taking the catch that won it for Pakistan in 1992, he scored two hundreds through the tournament. His integrity and seniority helped him in captaining Pakistan late in his career, but the qualities became of greater use after he retired. First, as a bright, dynamic chief executive of the Pakistan board he was instrumental in bringing about a prosperous period in the early 2000s, including negotiating a breakthrough in Pakistan-India ties. The series won an important Laureus award for bringing the countries together through cricket. But by then he had also become an articulate voice of Pakistan the world over as a television commentator. That career has gone from strength to strength so that in the modern turmoil of Pakistan cricket, Raja's has been an authoritative, informed and sane voice amid the madness.
Rameez Hasan Raja (born 14 August 1962 in Lyallpur (now Faisalabad), Pakistan) is a former Pakistani cricketer who is now a commentator and has become the voice of Pakistan cricket. He studied at the noted Pakistani institutions, Sadiq Public School, Bahawalpur and Aitchison College, Lahore, and holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration. Rameez was a right-handed opening batsman, and is a former captain of the Pakistani team.
On and off the field, in Pakistan cricket, it will be difficult to find a more stylish man than Ramiz Raja. In Pakistan's post-90s mess of scandal, dirt and intrigue, he also emerged, importantly, as a rare man of integrity and considerable dignity on the field and in administration. As an opening batsman Raja arrived on the scene the next Majid Khan. His basic game was built on solid, understated elegance. Some of the leg-side play was outstanding and the flick to square leg soon became a signature stroke. Why he didn't score more runs in Tests remains a mystery, though his importance to Pakistan's strong ODI sides of the 80s and early 90s cannot be underestimated. In the World Cups of 1987 and 1992 he was a key figure and as well as taking the catch that won it for Pakistan in 1992, he scored two hundreds through the tournament. His integrity and seniority helped him in captaining Pakistan late in his career, but the qualities became of greater use after he retired. First, as a bright, dynamic chief executive of the Pakistan board he was instrumental in bringing about a prosperous period in the early 2000s, including negotiating a breakthrough in Pakistan-India ties. The series won an important Laureus award for bringing the countries together through cricket. But by then he had also become an articulate voice of Pakistan the world over as a television commentator. That career has gone from strength to strength so that in the modern turmoil of Pakistan cricket, Raja's has been an authoritative, informed and sane voice amid the madness. 

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