Notable Pakistani cricketers

Batsmen

Renowned Pakistani batsmen include Hanif Mohammad, Mushtaq Mohammad, Saeed Ahmed, Majid Khan, Asif Iqbal, Zaheer Abbas, Javed Miandad, Mudassar Nazar, Mohsin Khan, Saleem Malik, Shoaib Mohammad, Ijaz Ahmad, Saeed Anwar, Aamer Sohail, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Imran Khan, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Yousuf and Younus Khan.
Batting feats:

• Hanif Mohammad scored 337 against the West Indies in 1958, the first triple hundred by an Asian cricketer, and at the time the longest innings by any batsman in terms of time spent at the wicket.
• Hanif also held the record for the highest individual first class innings for just over 35 years, 499 runs, until Brian Lara scored 501 for Warwickshire in 1994.
• Saeed Anwar holds the record for the highest ODI score, 194, which he scored against the Indian cricket team at Chennai in 1997.
• In 2006, Mohammad Yousuf achieved the record for the most Test match runs in a calendar year (1788), the most centuries in a calendar year (nine) and the most centuries in successive tests (six centuries in five successive tests).
• Shahid Afridi holds the record for the fastest ODI century, reaching the milestone off just 37 balls and also the third fastest ODI century (45 balls).
• Inzamam-ul-Haq and Javed Miandad are the most prolific Pakistani batsmen.
• Inzamam Ul Haq has made the 4th highest ODI runs.
• Zaheer Abbas has got the 5th highest ODI runs Average.

[edit] Bowlers

Renowned Pakistani bowlers include Fazal Mahmood, Sarfraz Nawaz, Imran Khan, Intikhab Alam, Iqbal Qasim, Abdul Qadir, Wasim Akram, Aaqib Javed, Waqar Younis,Shoaib Akhtar, Mushtaq Ahmed and Saqlain Mushtaq.Rana Naveed ul Hasan Saeed Ajmal Mohammad Aamer
Bowling feats:

• Wasim Akram took 502 ODI wickets, an ODI record ,which has since been broken by Muttiah Muralidaran of Sri Lanka.
• Shoaib Akhtar holds the record for the fastest delivery recorded, clocked at 100.2 mph.
• Saqlain Mushtaq is credited with inventing the off-spinner's delivery known as the "doosra."
• Saqlain also holds the record for being the fastest to reach 100, 150, 200 and 250 wickets in ODI cricket.
• Umar Gul holds the record for best T20 match figures , taking 5 wickets for 6 runs against New Zealand in the ICC World International T20 Tornament 2009
• Imran Khan holds the bowling average of 22.81 and Shabbir Ahmed holds the bowling average of 23.03
• Waqar Younis has taken the 3rd highest ODI Wickets.
• Wasim Akram has taken the 2nd highest ODI Wickets. Wasim Also has taken the 9th Highest Test Wickets.

[edit] Reverse swing

Main article: Reverse Swing

Reverse swing was first discovered by Sarfraz Nawaz in the 1970s, who then passed it on to another Pakistani bowler, Imran Khan. Khan mastered reverse swing and the evidence of reverse swing by him was seen in 1983 in a Test match against India at Karachi, where he took 5 wickets in 25 balls. Imran Khan subsequently passed this skill on to Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram who are considered to have been the finest exponents of the art.^[31][32][33]
On Pakistan's 1992 tour of England, England had no answer to the reverse swing, a new phenomenon to them. Pakistan won the series 2-1. The series was controversial one as the Pakistani team were accused of ball tampering, particularly by the English media. However, it was later conceded that the Pakistani bowlers were simply ahead of their time. Following this episode, reverse swing expanded around the cricket world and more bowlers, including those from England, mastered the art.