From: 92ali@gw.wmich.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket,soc.culture.pakistan
Subject: Re: Pakistan: 200 not out.......
Date: 14 Aug 92 13:58:46 EST
Organization: Western Michigan University

In article <18239.2a8a67fb@ecs.umass.edu>, vigneswa@ecs.umass.edu writes:
> 	The third test at Old Trafford, Manchester, which ended in a rather 
> pointless  draw July 7, 1992 was the 200th test match  for Pakistan and the 
> 50th  test against England.  In the  39 years and 265 days  since  Pakistan 
> entered the test arena on October 16, 1952, against India at the Ferozeshah
> Kotla ground (Delhi), it has won 48 tests and lost 43, for a success percen-
> tage 0f 51.25.  During this period  total of 124 Pakistani players appeared
> for their country under 14 captains, scored 92,178 runs and took 2843 wkts.
> 
> Test Record of Pakistan
> -----------------------
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                         Total      Won      Drawn    Lost    Success		
>                         Tests     (2pts)    (1 pt)             (%)
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> vs Sri Lanka              12        06        05      01      70.83
> vs New Zealand            32        13        16      03      65.62
> vs India                  44        07        33      04      53.41
> vs Australia              34        09        13      12      45.59
> vs West Indies            28        07        11      10      44.64
> vs England                50        06        31      13      43.00
>                        --------------------------------------------------
> Home (in Pak)             94        33        53      08      63.29
> Away (on Tour)           106        15        56      35      40.56
>                        --------------------------------------------------
> Total                    200        48       109      43      51.25
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Some Pakistani Records:
> -----------------------
> 
> * Pakistan's highest test total: 708 vs England  at the Oval in Aug 1987
>                                  (Javed Miandad 260, Salim Malik 102 and
>                                  Imran Khan 118).
> 
> * Pakistan's lowest test total : 62 all out vs Australia at Perth in Nov
>                                  1981 (Sarfraz  Nawaz is the only one to
>                                  make double figure score - 26. This was
>                                  the  notorious test in which J. Miandad 
>                                  angriliy  raised his bat to  hit Dennis
>                                  Lillee who had tried to kick Javed).
> 
> * Pakistani batsmen		:
> 				 163 times 100+ (centuries) 
> 				 21  times 200+ (double centuries)
> 				 one 300+ (Haniff Mohammad's 337 against
> 				           West Indies in 970 minutes, the
>                                            longest time in point of time
>                                            ever played in a first class  
>                                            cricket match, Bridgetown, Jan 58)
>                                  
> 				 26 batsmen 1000+ test runs
> 				 9  batsmen 3000+ test runs
> 				    8396 - Javed Miandad (23 100+, 115 tests)
>                                     5062 - Zaheer Abbas      (78 tests)
>                                     4114 - Mudassas Nazar    (76 tests)
>                                     3931 - Majeed Khan       (63 tests)
>                                     3915 - Hanif Mohammad    (55 tests)
>                                     3807 - Imran Khan        (88 tests)
>                                     3643 - Mushtaq Mohammed  (57 tests)
>                                     3575 - Asif Iqbal        (58 tests)
>                                     3537 - Salim Malik       (69 tests)
> 				
> 				 300+ partnerships
> 				 
>                                    451- Mudassar Nazar and JAVED MIANDAD
>                                         vs India at Hyderabad (Sind), Jan 83
>                                    397- Qasim Omar and JAVED MIANDAD
>                                         vs Sri Lanka at Faisalabad, Oct 85
>                                    350- Mushtaq Mohammad and Asif Iqbal
>                                         vs New Zealanad at Dunedin, Feb 73
>                                    322- JAVED MIANDAD and Salim Malik
>                                         vs England at Edgbaston, June 92
>                                    308- Waqar Hassan and Imtiaz Ahmed
>                                         vs New Zealand at Lahore, Oct 55
> 
> * Pakistani bowlers		:
> 
> 				 100+ wickets
> 					
> 				   362 - IMRAN KHAN    (88 tests)
>                                    236 - Abdul Qadir   (67 tests)
>                                    177 - Sarfraz Nawaz (55 tests)
>                                    171 - Iqbal Qasim   (50 tests)   
>                                    159 - Wasim Akram   (42 tests)
>                                    125 - Intikhab Alam (47 tests)

   One name is forgotten             136 - Fazal Mahmood  (? tests)

     [sorry to be pickey]
> 
> 				 8+ wickets in an innings
> 
>                                    9 for 56, Abdul Qadir
>                                              (vs England at Lahore, 87-88)
>                                    9 for 86, Sarfraz Nawaz
>                                              (vs Australia at Melbourne, 78-79)
> 				   8 for 58, IMRAN KHAN
> 					     (vs Sri Lanka at Lahore, 81-82)
> 				   8 for 60, IMRAN KHAN
> 					     (vs India at Karachi, 82-83)
> 				   8 for 69, Sikander Bakht
> 					     (vs India at Delhi 79-80)
> 
> 				 Most wickets in a rubber (record for Pak.)
> 				   
>                                    40 in 6 tests, IMRAN KHAN
>                                              (vs India in 82-82)  
> 
> 				 Most wickets in a test (record for Pak.)
> 				   
>                                    14 for 116, IMRAN KHAN
>                                              (vs Sri Lanka at Lahore in 82-82)
>   
> 
> * Pakistani wicket keeper	:
> 
> 				 Wasim Bari 228 dismissals in 81 tests
>                                    (201 caught and 27 stumped)	
> 
> * Pakistani Captains		:
> 
> Test Record of Pakistani Captains:
> ----------------------------------
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                         Tests      Won      Drawn    Lost    Success		
>                         Captained (2pts)    (1 pt)             (%)
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Javed Miandad             31        12        14      05      61.29
> Mushtaq Mohammad          19        08        07      04      60.52
> Zaheer Abbas              14        03        10      01      57.14
> Imran Khan                48        14        26      08      56.25
> Fazal Mahmood             01        02        06      02      50.00
> Hanif Mohammad            11        02        07      02      50.00
> AH Kardar                 23        06        11      06      50.00
> Majid Khan                03        00        03      00      50.00
> Saeed Khan                03        00        03      00      50.00
> Intikhab Alam             17        01        11      05      38.23
> Asif Iqbal                06        00        04      02      33.33
> Wasim Bari                06        00        04      02      33.33
> Imtiaz Ahmed              04        00        02      02      25.00
> Javed Burki               05        00        01      04      10.00
>                        --------------------------------------------------
> Total                    200        48       109      43      51.25
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Qualitative Awards:
> 
> 		Best Bowler       :   Imran Khan
> 		Best Batsman      :   Javed Miandad
>                 Best All-rounder  :   Imran Khan
>                 Best 'keeper      :   Wasim Bari
> 		Best Captain      :   Javed Miandad
> 		Defensive Captain :   Zaheer Abbas
> 
> +++
> Thanks to Mr BB Mama and the Sportstar for the statistics.  
> Type setting and typos are my own.
> 
> Vicky:
> UMass, Aug 13
> ++++
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