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- ↑ Pakistan batting averages 2009-10
- ↑ Sui Southern Gas Company v Water and Power Development Authority 2009-10
- ↑ Wisden 2013, p. 1267.
- ↑ "Former Test, first-class and women cricketers attending Level-II coaching course". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 24 February 2021.