Deshabandu Sanath Teran Jayasuriya,is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and captain,who is widely regarded as one of the greatest ever to play the game. A left arm opening batsman,an orthodox spinner and a dynamic fielder,Jayasuriya together with his opening partner Romesh Kaluwitharana is credited for having revolutionized one-day international cricket with his explosive batting in the mid-1990s,which initiated the hard-hitting modern-day batting strategy of all nations. He was a key member of the Sri Lankan team that won 1996 Cricket World Cup. Under his captaincy Sri Lanka become joint champions along with India in the 2002 Champions Trophy.
Mohammad Javed Miandad PP SI,popularly known as Javed Miandad,is a Pakistani cricket coach,commentator and former cricketer known for his unconventional style of captaincy and batting. ESPNcricinfo described him as "the greatest batsman Pakistan has ever produced" and his contemporary Ian Chappell extolled him as one of the finest batsmen in the history of cricket.
Wasim Akram HI is a Pakistani cricket commentator,coach,and former cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. Akram is regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time,as well as one of the greatest left-arm fast bowlers in cricket history. He is often revered as The Sultan of Swing . In October 2013,Wasim Akram was the only Pakistani cricketer to be named in an all-time Test World XI to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. As captain,he led Pakistan to the finals of the 1999 Cricket World Cup,where they lost to Australia by 8 wickets.
The Pakistan national cricket team has represented Pakistan in international cricket since 1952. It is controlled by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB),the governing body for cricket in Pakistan,which is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Pakistan compete in cricket tours and tournaments sanctioned by the PCB and other regional or international cricket bodies in Test,One Day International (ODI),and Twenty20 International (T20) formats.
Saeed Anwar PP is a Pakistani former cricketer and a former captain for Tests and ODIs. An opening batsman and occasional slow left arm orthodox bowler,Anwar played international cricket between 1989 and 2003. Considered one of greatest opening batsmen Pakistan has ever produced,Anwar has scored twenty centuries in ODIs,more than any other Pakistani batsmen in this format. He played 55 Test matches,scoring 4052 runs with eleven centuries,average 45.52. In 247 One Day Internationals (ODIs) he made 8824 runs at an average of 39.21. Anwar is credited for being one of the most stylish batsmen of 1990s alongside Mark Waugh,Damien Martyn and Sourav Ganguly. His timing,elegance and placement of cricket shots are widely admired by cricket fans.
Syed Inzamam-ul-Haq SI,also known as Inzi,is a former Pakistan cricketer and captain of Pakistan national cricket team. He is regarded as one of the best middle-order batsmen of all time. He is the former chief selector of the Pakistan cricket team after resigning in 2023.
Shivnarine "Shiv" Chanderpaul CCH is a Guyanese cricket coach and former captain of the West Indies cricket team. Considered one of the greatest batsmen of his era,Chanderpaul is the 10th highest run scorer of all time in International cricket and the 8th highest in test cricket. Chanderpaul was a member of the West Indies team that won the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy,and in the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy Final,he had the highest contribution for West Indies with the bat scoring 47 runs.
Grant William Flower is a Zimbabwean cricket coach and former cricketer. He was the batting coach of the Sri Lanka cricket team,Pakistan cricket team,and Sussex.
The Bangladesh National Cricket Team toured England for the first time in 2005. Coming into the tour,Bangladesh had clinched their first ever test series win,against Zimbabwe but were still last in the ICC Test Championship table. England,under Michael Vaughan's captaincy,had moved to second in the Test points table.
Tinotenda Mbiri Kanayi Mawoyo is a Zimbabwean cricket commentator and former cricketer. He formerly played for the Mountaineers in the Zimbabwean Domestic Competition. He began his commentatory career as an occasional cricket commentator in the domestic cricket matches which were held in Zimbabwe and in other cricket series including the Sri Lankan cricket team's tour to Bangladesh in 2017-18 after being dropped out from the national team.
The Bangladeshi cricket team toured Sri Lanka for three One Day International cricket matches and two Test cricket matches in August and September 2005. The Bangladeshi team was coming off a moderately successful tour of England,as they had pushed Australia close in one ODI and beat them in another. However,they had still lost five out of six matches in the NatWest Series,both of the Test matches,and remained at the bottom of both the ICC Test Championship and ICC ODI Championship. The hosts Sri Lanka,meanwhile,were undefeated in home ODI tournaments since February 2004,and in home Test series since March 2004,both against top-ranked Australia. Their win in the Indian Oil Cup a month before this series saw them into second place in the ODI Championship,but they are only ranked sixth in Tests.
Tamim Iqbal Khan,more popularly known as Tamim Iqbal,is a Bangladeshi cricketer from Chittagong who was captain of the national team in ODI matches from 2020 to 2023. He made history as he was the first Bangladeshi in the history of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup to score a century which he did with his 103 not out against Oman in the 2016 tournament. His 103 not out is the highest score made by a Bangladeshi at any T20 World Cup tournaments. Tamim's 128 which he made against England in the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy is also the highest score made by a Bangladeshi at any tournaments.
Bangladesh,Pakistan and Sri Lanka competed in the second Asian Test Championship between August 2001 and March 2002. India pulled out of the tournament due to political tensions with Pakistan.
Mohammad Younis Khan PP SI is a Pakistani professional cricket coach and former cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team in all three formats of the game,and is widely regarded as one of the greatest middle-order batsmen in Test cricket. Khan is the only Test cricketer in the history of the game to score a century in all 11 countries that have hosted Test matches. Under his Captaincy Pakistan won the 2009 World Twenty20.
The Bangladesh cricket team toured Sri Lanka for three Test matches and three One Day Internationals in June and July 2007. This series held Mohammad Ashraful's first Test and ODI matches as captain of Bangladesh. Sri Lanka ended up winning all the Test matches and One-day Internationals.
Virender Sehwag is a former Indian cricketer who represented India from 1999 to 2013. Widely regarded as one of the most destructive openers and one of the greatest batsman of his era,he played for Delhi Capitals in IPL and Delhi and Haryana in Indian domestic cricket. He played his first One Day International in 1999 and joined the Indian Test side in 2001. In April 2009,Sehwag became the first Indian to be honoured as the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for his performance in 2008,subsequently becoming the first player of any nationality to retain the award for 2009. He worked as stand-in captain occasionally during absence of main captain of India,also worked as Vice-Captain for Indian squad. He is former captain of Delhi Daredevils and Delhi Ranji Team. During his time with India,Sehwag was a member of the team that was one of the joint winners of the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy,the winners of the 2007 T20 World Cup,and the winners of the 2011 Cricket World Cup. During the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy,Sehwag was the highest run scorer with 271 runs.
Mohammad Babar Azam,is a Pakistani international cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team in all formats. He is widely regarded as one of the finest batters in contemporary world cricket. He is presently the only cricketer in the world to be in the top 5 rankings across all formats and is currently ranked as the number two batter in ODIs,fourth in T20I and Tests. A right-handed top-order batter,he captains Peshawar Zalmi in the PSL and Central Punjab in Pakistan's domestic cricket. With 42 wins,he is the joint most successful T20I captain of all time.
