Following the Partition of India in 1947, and the establishment of the separate nation state of Pakistan, cricket in the country developed steadily and Pakistan was given Test Match status at a meeting of the Imperial Cricket Conference at Lord's Cricket Ground on 28 July 1952.
When the cricket team of West Indies was due to undertake a tour of India in the winter of 1948 and all of a sudden, few members of the Lahore Gymkhana , thought of inviting the mighty team to Pakistan for one-off test match. this gave the birth to the idea of forming the board of control for cricket in Pakistan.(BCCP), so that an official invitation could be extended to the West Indies cricket board.
Justice A.R Cornelus who later became the chief Justice of Pakistan was the captain of Lahore gymkhana, with his other fellow cricketers like Mian Muhammad Saeed, Dr. Jahangir Khan, Sheikh Muhammad Nisar, Dr. Dilawar Hussain, QD Butt and AR. Collector invited then Chief Minister Punjab, Khan Iftikhar Hussain, the Khan of Mamdot to form the BCCP Khan Iftikhar Hussain became the first president of Board of Control for cricket in Pakistan (BCCP) also.
Pakistan's first Test match was played in Delhi in October 1952 as part of a five Test series which India won 2-1. Pakistan made their first tour of England in 1954 and drew the series 1-1 after a memorable victory at The Oval in which fast bowler Fazal Mahmood took 12 wickets. Pakistan's first home Test match was in Dacca in East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh ) in January 1955 against India, after which four more Test matches were played in Bahawalpur , Lahore , Peshawar and Karachi (all five matches in the series were drawn).
The team is considered one of the best teams in international cricket, with top rankings in both Test and One-day International matches. Traditionally Pakistani cricket has been filled with players of outrageous talent but limited discipline, making them a team which could play inspirational cricket one day and then perform less than ordinarily another day. Over the years, competitions between India and Pakistan have always been emotionally charged and provide for intriguing contests, as talented teams from both sides of the border elevate their game to new levels to produce high-quality cricket.
Presidents and Chairmen chainIn 1995, the organization was renamed BCCP acquired a new name the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). New rules were adopted and Arif Ali Khan Abbasi become its first Chief Executive.Name PeriodKhan Iftikhar Hussain Khan of Mandot(Late) 1948-1950Chaudhary Nazir Ahmad Khan(Late) Mar, 1950 - Sept, 1951Abdus Sattar Pirzada(Late) Sept, 1951 - May, 1953Mian Aminuddin (Late) Mar, 1953 - Jul, 1954Muhammad Ali Bogra (Late) Jul, 1954 - Sept, 1955Maj. Gen Iskander Mirza (Late) Sept, 1955 - Dec, 1958Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan(Late) Dec, 1958 - June, 1963Justice A R Cornelius (Late) (Chairman Ad hoc Committee) 1960-1963Syed Fida Hussain (Late) June, 1963 - May, 1969I A Khan (Late) May, 1969 - May, 1972Abdul Hafeez Kardar (Late) May, 1972 - Apr, 1977Chaudhry Muhammad Hussain (Late) Apr, 1977 - Jun, 1978Lt Gen (Retd) K M Azhar June, 1978 - Feb, 1980Air Marshal (Retd) Muhammad Nur Khan Feb, 1980 - Feb, 1984Lt Gen. (Retd) Gulam Safdar Butt (Chairman Ad hoc Committee) Feb, 1984 - Feb, 1988Lt Gen. (Retd) Zahid Ali Akbar Khan Feb, 1988 - Sept, 1992Justice Dr Nasim Hasan Shah Oct, 1992 - Jan, 1994Javed Burki (Chairman Ad hoc Committee) 13th Jan, 1994 - 20th Mar, 1995Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah Bukhari Mar, 1995 - Jan, 1998Khalid Mahmood Jan, 1998 - Jul, 1999Mujeeb ur Rehman (Chairman Ad hoc Committee) 1999-1999Dr. Zafar Altaf (Chairman Ad hoc Committee) 1999-1999Lt. Gen. Tauqir Zia (Chairman Ad hoc Committee) 1999-2003Shaharyar Muhammad Khan (Chairman Ad hoc Committee) 2003-2006Dr. Naseem Ashraf (2006-2008) SecretariesName PeriodBashir Ahmad 1965-1971Dr. Zafar Altaf 1972-1975Khalid Mahmood 1975-1976Lt Col (Retd) Zafar Ahmad 1977-1978Lt. Col (Retd) Rafi Nasim 1978-1980Arif Ali Khan Abbasi 1980-1984Shakoor Ahmad 1984-1985Lt. Col (Retd) Nasim 1985-1986Zulfaqar Ahmad 1986-1986Ijaz Butt 1986-1988Arif Ali Khan Abbasi 1988-1991Shahid Rafi 19911994Ghulam Mustafa Khan 1995-1997Waqar Ahmad 1997-1999Shafqat Rana 1999 Chief ExecutivesName PeriodArif Ali Khan Abbasi 1995-1996Majid Khan 1996-1999Yawar Saeed (Director) 1999-2000Brig Munawar Ahmad Rana (Director) 2000-2002Chishti Mujahid (Director) 2002-2003Ramiz Hasan Raja 2003-2004 Batting SummaryHanif Mohammad scored 337 against the West Indies in 1958, the first triple hundred by an Asian cricketer. This is also the longest innings by any batsman in terms of time spent at the wicket. Saeed Anwar holds the record for scoring 194, the highest ODI innings, scored against the Indian cricket team in Chennai in 1997. Shahid Afridi holds the record for the fastest ODI century reaching the milestone off just 37 balls and also equalled the second fastest hundred by scoring a century off 45 balls.
Bowling SummaryWasim Akram has taken 502 ODI wickets, the highest by any bowler in ODI cricket. Shoaib Akhtar is the fastest bowler in the world, regularly bowling at around 92-95 miles/h, and also has the record of the fastest delivery ever recorded, clocking at 100.2 miles/h.
Abdul Qadir is considered the reviver of the art of leg-spin bowling, and Saqlain Mushtaq is regarded as one of the best off-spin bowlers in cricket history, credited with inventing the delivery now known as the doosra . Danish Kaneria is only the second Hindu to play Test cricket for Pakistan.
Captains Hafeez Kardar Fazal Mehmood Imtaiz Ahmad Javed Burki Haneef Mohammad Saeed Ahmed Intikhab Alam Majid Khan Mushtaq Mohammad Wasim Bari Asif Iqbal Imran Khan Javed Miandad Zaheer Abbas Rameez Raja Saleem Malik Aamer Sohail Saeed Anwar Wasim Akram Waqar Younis Rashid Latif Moin Khan Inzamam ul Haq Muhammad Yousaf Younas Khan Shoaib Malik Kardar led the first Pakistani team to victory over all the Test playing nations of the 1950s Imran Khan led Pakistan to a World Cup victory in 1992 in Australia.
Womens Captains*coming soon Year Status / Approach Captain Status (Pak vs Team)1975 1st Round Majid Khan vs Australia Aus won by 73 runsvs West Indies WI won by 1 wktsvs Srilanka Pak won by 192 runs1979 Semi Finals Asif Iqbal vs Canada Pak won by 8vwktvs Australia Pak won by 89 runsvs England Eng won by 14 runsvs WI (Semi Final) WI won by 43 runs1983 Semi Finals Imran Khan vs Srilanka Pak won by 50 runsvs New Zealand NZ won by 52 runsvs England Eng won by 8 wktsvs Srilanka Pak won by 11 runsvs New Zealand Pak won by 7 wktsvs England Pak won by 11 runsvs WI (Semi Final) WI won by 8 wkts1987 Semi Finals Imran Khan vs Srilanka Pak won by 15 runsvs England Pak won by 18 runsvs West Indies Pak won by 1 wktsvs England Pak won by 7wktsvs Srilanka Pak won by 113 runsvs West Indies WI won by 28 runsvs Aus (Semi Final) Aus won by 18 runs1992 Champions Imran Khan vs West Indies WI won by 10 wktsvs Zimbaber Pak won by 53 runsvs England no resultvs India Ind won by 43 runsvs South Africa RSA won by 20 runsvs Australia Pak won by 48 runsvs Srilanka Pak won by 4 wktsvs New Zealand Pak won by 7 wktsvs NZ (Semi Final) Pak won by 4 wktsvs England (Final) Pak won by 22 runs1996 Quarter Finals Amir Sohail vs UAE Pak won by 9 wktsvs Netherlands Pak won by 8 wktssvs South Africa SA won by 5 wktsvs England Pak won by 7 wktsvs India (Quater Final) India won by 39 runs1999 Runner up Wasim Akram vs West Indies Pak won by 27 runsvs Scotland Pak won by 94 runsvs Australia Pak won by 10 runsvs NewZealand Pak won by 62 runsvs South Africa (Super Six) RSA won by 3 wktsvs India (Super Six) Ind won by 47 runsvs Zimbabwe (Super Six) Pak won by 148 runsvs NewZealand (Semi Final) Pak won by 5 wktsvs Australia (Final) Aus won by 8 wkts2003 1st Round Waqar Younas vs Australia Aus won by 82 runsvs Namibia Pak won by 171 runsvs England Eng won by 112 runsvs Netherlands Pak won by 97 runsvs India
Ind won by 6 wktsvs Zimbabwe no result2007 1st Round Inzamam ul Haq vs West Indies West Indies wonvs Ireland Ireland wonvs Zimbabwe Pak Won
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