Pakistan cricket team

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The Pakistan cricket team is the national cricket team of Pakistan. Pakistan played their first cricket match against India on 16-18 October 1952 at Delhi. Currently Pakistan is ranked 4 as per ICC cricket rankings. Pakistan have played 796 One day international, winning 426, losing 345 and tying 8 with 17 no results.Pakistan won their first world cup and became first champions in 1992 world cup. They were the runner ups in 1999 tournament and are currently Asian champions.
Pakistan ranked 2nd in T20 and 6th in ODI. They also won 2009 ICC T20 world cup and came runner ups in the inaugural Tournament in 2007.

Pakistan cricket is governed by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and it is responsible for all first class cricket played in Pakistan. The co-operation is run by former Pakistan cricketers, administrators and trustees. PCB also set up competitions like Quaid-i-Azam Trophy and Faysal Bank T20 Cup.

Pakistan Cricket team squad as per August 2013

Test and ODI captain

• Misbah Ul-Haq, 39

T20 captain

• Mohammad Hafeez,32

Opening Batsman

• Nasir Jamshed, 24
• Ahmed Shehzad, 21
• Taufeeq Umar, 32
• Imran Farhat, 31
• Imran Nazir, 31
• Younus Khan, 35
• Umar Akmal, 23
• Azhar Ali, 28
• Asad Shafiq, 26
• Haris Sohail, 24
• Shoaib Malik, 31
• Faisal Iqbal, 31
• Khurram Manzoor, 26

Wicket Keepers

• Kamran Akmal, 31
• Adnan Akmal, 28
• Sarfraz Ahmed, 26

AllRounders

• Shahid Afridi, 33
• Hammad Azam, 22
• Umar Amin, 23

Pace Bowlers

• Umar Gul, 29
• Junaid Khan, 23
• Mohammad Irfan, 31
• Aizaz Cheema, 33
• Wahab Riaz, 28
• Sohail Tanvir, 28
• Rahat Ali, 24
• Ehsan Adil, 20
• Asad Ali, 24

Spin Bowlers

• Saeed Ajmal,35
• Abdur Rehman, 33
• Raza Hasan, 21
• Zulfiqar Babar, 34