Popular World Records by Pakistani Cricketers

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.

Imtiaz Ahmad was the first wicket keeper batsman to score a double century.

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.

Javed Miandad is the only batsman in the history of cricket who has scored a century in his 50th and 100 test match.

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.

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.

Yasir Hameed is the only player who made centuries in both innings of his debut.

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.

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.

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 that.

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