Saqlain Mushtaq is a Pakistani cricket coach and former international cricketer who was the head coach of the Pakistani national cricket team between 2021 and 2022. He is best known for pioneering the "doosra",a leg break delivery bowled with an off break action. He was the fastest to reach the milestones of 200 and 250 wickets in ODIs. Mushtaq made history when he became the first Pakistani to take a hat-trick at a Cricket World Cup,which he did against Zimbabwe during the 1999 tournament.
Zaheer Khan is an Indian former professional cricketer who played all forms of the game for the Indian national team from 2000 till 2014. He is a fast-medium left-arm bowler. He was the second-most successful Indian pace bowler in Test cricket,behind Kapil Dev. Zaheer Khan started his domestic career by playing for Baroda. In the early years of his career,Zaheer Khan was known for his hostile seam and pace bowling,especially fast inch-perfect yorkers.
Sir Anderson Montgomery Everton Roberts,KCN is a former Antiguan first-class cricketer who is considered the father of modern West Indian fast bowling. Roberts played Test cricket for the West Indies,twice taking seven wickets in a Test innings,and was a member of the team that won both the 1975 Cricket World Cup and the 1979 Cricket World Cup respectively,as well as finishing as runners-up at the 1983 Cricket World Cup. Arriving in England in 1972,he played first-class cricket for Hampshire County Cricket Club and then later for Leicestershire County Cricket Club.
Derek Shackleton was a Hampshire and England bowler. He took over 100 wickets in 20 consecutive seasons of first-class cricket,but only played in seven Tests for England. He has the seventh-highest tally of first-class wickets,and the most first-class wickets of any player who began his career after World War II. He holds the record for the most first-class wickets taken by any Hampshire player.
Fazal Mahmood PP,HI was a Pakistani international cricketer. He played in 34 Test matches and took 139 wickets at a bowling average of 24.70. The first Pakistani to pass 100 wickets,he reached the landmark in his 22nd match.
Travis John Friend is a former Zimbabwean international cricketer and commercial pilot.
David William"Butch" White was an English first-class cricketer,who played in two Test matches in 1961 and 1962. He played county cricket for Hampshire from 1957 to 1971,with a final season at Glamorgan in 1972.
Venkatappa Musandra Muddiah was an Indian cricketer who played in 2 Tests from 1959 to 1960.
Maqsood Ahmed was a Pakistani cricketer who played in 16 Test matches from 1952 to 1955. He was educated at Islamia College,Lahore.
The Jammu and Kashmir cricket team is a cricket team based in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir,run by JKCA. It is in the Elite Group C of the Ranji Trophy. Its main home ground is the Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium in Srinagar,and it also plays at Gandhi Memorial Science College Ground in Jammu.
Ishant Sharma is an Indian cricketer who has represented India in Tests,ODIs and T20Is. He is a 6 ft 4 in tall right-arm fast-medium bowler. At the age of 18,Sharma was called to join the Indian squad for the tour of South Africa in 2006–07. However,after receiving the call and organising travel arrangements,he was deselected. In reference to his height and lean physique in his Under-19 days,the bowler was nicknamed Lambu. In 2011,he became the fifth youngest player to take 100 Test wickets. Against South Africa in 2013,Ishant Sharma became the fifth quickest Indian to record 100 ODI wickets. While being a "rhythm" bowler,he still is considered one of the fastest Indian bowlers having bowled in excess of 150 km/h on several occasions in international cricket as well as the IPL,his fastest being 152.2 km/h bowled to Ricky Ponting on Boxing Day Test in 2011. In 2020,Indian government has awarded him the Arjuna Award to recognize his outstanding achievement in cricket. Sharma was a member of the Indian team that won the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy.
Sarfaraz Ahmed is a Pakistani professional cricketer,a wicketkeeper-batsman,who plays for the Pakistani national cricket team. He was the former captain of the Pakistan side in all formats. He leads Quetta Gladiators in the Pakistan Super League. Under his captaincy,Pakistan won the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy,defeating arch-rivals India in the final. Coincidentally,during his under-19 days,he also led the Pakistan team to win the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup,where they had also beat India in the final.
The Pakistan cricket team toured England in the 1962 season to play a five-match Test series against England. They also played a match in Ireland. The team is officially termed the Second Pakistanis as it was their second tour of England,following their inaugural tour in 1954. The Test series was the third between the two teams after those in England in 1954 and in Pakistan in 1961–62. Ted Dexter captained England in four Tests and Colin Cowdrey in one;Javed Burki captained Pakistan in all five Tests. England won the series 4–0 with one match drawn.
Sohail Khan,also known as Sohail Pathan,is a Pakistani cricketer. A right-arm fast bowler,he gained instant recognition during his debut first-class season in 2007 when he broke Fazal Mahmood's record for the best bowling figures by a Pakistani in a first-class match. Shortly afterwards he made his international debut,in an ODI against Zimbabwe. Khan was part of the team for 2015 Cricket World Cup.
Abhimanyu Mithun is an Indian cricketer. A right-arm fast-medium bowler,Mithun was called up to the India squad for the first Test against South Africa in 2009–10,only ten weeks after making his first-class debut. He has also played in the IPL for Royal Challengers Bangalore. In November 2019,he became the first bowler to take a hat-trick in all three domestic formats of top-level cricket in India. In first class cricket,he played for Karnataka,before retiring from the format in October 2021.
Azhar Ali(Urdu:اظہرعلی;born 19 February 1985) is a Pakistani former international cricketer. He is former captain of ODI and test side of Pakistan national team.
Kainat Imtiaz is a Pakistani cricketer who plays as an all-rounder,batting right-handed and bowling right-arm medium-fast,for Pakistan. She has also played domestic cricket for Karachi,Sindh,Omar Associates,Saif Sports Saga,State Bank of Pakistan and Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited. She is daughter of umpire Saleema Imtiaz.
The Pakistan national cricket team toured the republic of India in the 1952–53 season,playing five Tests. The First Test was the first-ever Test for Pakistan after its inception and the second match resulted in Pakistan's first Test victory. India won the series 2–1 with two Tests being drawn.
Shahbaz Ahmed is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team. He made his international debut on 9 October 2022. He plays for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League and Bengal in domestic cricket. He is a bowling all-rounder who bats left-handed.
