Everyone knows that Pakistan is the most unpredictable team in the world
of cricket. Whether it is ODI, test or T20s, Pakistani players know how
to keep the interest of people alive in cricket. Pakistan faced many
‘wax and wane’ in the last 9 years. However, in every aspect of cricket,
there are Pakistanis who keep the ball rolling.
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Imtiaz Ahmad was the first wicket keeper batsman to score a double
century.
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Wasim Bari was the first Wicket keeper
who took 7 catches behind the stumps in an innings. This match was
played at Auckland. Only three wicket keepers have taken seven catches
in an innings in history.
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Javed Miandad is the only batsman in the history of cricket who has
scored a century in his 50th and 100 test match.
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Pakistan’s former captain and the best bowler Wasim Akram has got six
world records for his country. Three of those were made in a single
match: In 1996-97, Wasim Akram scored 257 runs, he hit most number of
sixes (12) of an innings and made a world record for 8th wicket
partnership with Saqlain Mushtaq. Saqlain scored 79 runs in that
innings, he had come as night watchman (highest score ever made by a
night watch man is 201* made by Gillispe of Australia in 2006) Wasim
Akram has been declared man of match for 13 times in test cricket. It’s
the maximum times he has been the Man of Match. Wasim Akram is the only
bowler who made hat-trick in two consecutive test matches. Wasim Akram
is the only bowler to make two hat-tricks in both ODI and Test.
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Inzamam-ul-Haq has made the highest runs (184) in his 100th test match.
He broken the previous record of 149 runs held by Gorden Grange of West
Indies.
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Yasir Hameed is the only player who made centuries in both innings of
his debut.
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Majid Khan was the first of those four batsmen who have scored their
century before lunch time on the first day. He made 108 runs before
lunch time against New Zealand in 1976-77.
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Hassan Raza is the youngest player to play a test match in the history
of cricket. He was 14 years and 227 days old on his debut. Before him,
this record was associated with Former Skipper Mushtaq Muhammad of
Pakistan. At debut his age was 15 years and 124 days.
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In 1997-98
All rounder Azhar Mahmood and Mushtaq Ahmad made 151 runs in 10th wicket
partnership. They just equlized the past record but could not break
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