Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Jeffery Dujon


The Pakistan cricket team performed well throughout the 1950s after getting international Test status in 1952. Here are three of that team’s players in 1954 AH Kardar, Fazal Mahmood and Imtiaz Ahmad.


Pakistan vs New Zealand - December 1976


A photograph of Javed Burki & Hanif Mohammad walking out to bat during the Pakistan Eaglets' tour of England in 1957.


English cricketer Paul Nixon enjoying a cup of Kahwa in Peshawar, 2000


Pak team in WI 1977.Wasim Raja,Taslim Arif,Mudassar,Haroon Rasheed,Imran,Sarfraz Nawaz,Asif Masood,Zaheer Abbas,J.Miandad,Sadiq,Iqbal Qasim,Salim Altaf,Wasim Bari,Asif Iqbal,Mushtaq,Majid,Intikhab Alam


Javed Miandad, smashes the stumps after being given out LBW in a test match against India (1979).


Younis Khan wants to be the first Pakistani to score 10,000 Test runs saying he desires to be a role model for the nation.


Wasim Akram said pacer Muhammad Amir can become a world class fast-bowler as he has age on his side and a bright future ahead of him.


Monday, August 24, 2015

In 2005, Shane Warne became the first bowler to take 600 Test wickets, when he dismissed Marcus Trescothick for 63.


Sachin Tendulkar match-saving maiden Test hundred against England in 1990

A little over two decades later, he became the first person to score 100 international tons

THE FINAL GOODBYE

I have had an amazing couple of years playing for Australia and enjoyed it, but everything comes to an end."

hings don't go much wrong for South Africa when Hashim Amla is on song.

The silky opener made his 21st ODI hundred as the hosts finished with 304.

Final Good Bye

Emotions were running high at the P Sara Oval in Colombo as Kumar Sangakkara walked off the field for one final time in national colors.Ravichandran Ashwin not only became the only bowler to dismiss him in four consecutive innings, but also put India on top.

A Great Farewell to Kumar Sangakkara

To Virat and the Indian team, thank you for everything, your kindness and all the words. I can't ask for anything more than tough cricket when I am leaving. You guys over the years, have been our toughest opponents.

FINALLY A WIN

A mammoth 278-run victory to level the series against Sri Lanka ended Virat Kohli's barren run as India Test skipper. Obviously delighted with the win, Kohli was lavish in his praise for his team-mates:

Tuesday, August 04, 2015

Kagiso Rabada becomes only the second bowler to pick up a hat-trick on ODI debut. His victims Tamim Iqbal, Litton Das, and Mahmudullah were out for ducks.


Mohammad Hafeez became the second Pakistani player after Shoaib Malik and 13th overall to score a hundred and take four wickets or more in an ODI.


Mustafizur Rahman on Test debut, picked up 3 wickets in 4 balls.


Tillakaratne Dilshan became the oldest cricketer to get to 10000 ODI runs.

Tillakaratne Dilshan became the oldest cricketer to get to 10000 ODI runs. He was quicker to the landmark than Sangakkara, Inzamam, Jayasuriya and Jayawardene. Sri Lanka's under-rated veteran has given them a great start yet again.

Misbah-ul-Haq wants to retire from Test cricket after the India series.

I know very well that there is not much cricket left in me. If the series against India happens, it can be my last one." - Misbah-ul-Haq wants to retire from Test cricket after the India series. Misbah talks about the age factor and some upcoming talents for Pakistan.

Ajit Agarkar wrote his name on the Lord's honours board with a superb hundred.

Thirteen years ago, Ajit Agarkar wrote his name on the Lord's honours board with a superb hundred. Although India were walloped by England, Agarkar's superb knock has gone down in cricketing folklore.

Mitchell Johnson has thrown open the Edgbaston Test with a blistering first over early on Day 2.

Johnson became only the 2nd Aussie, behind Shane Warne, to reach 300 wickets and 2000 runs in Tests.

2003, on his first tour as South Africa's captain, Graeme Smith was finally dismissed for 259, the highest individual Test score by a visiting batsman at Lord's.


Craig Ervine overshadowed them all helping Zimbabwe upset New Zealand.


The fourth Test of the historic 2005 Ashes series saw 'Freddie' Flintoff lord over the visiting Aussies with a masterful performance.


n 2001, Steve Waugh had to be stretchered off the field with a calf injury but Mark Waugh and Damien Martyn made sure Australia retained the ‪‎Ashes‬ seventh time in a row.


Sikandar Raza's third ODI hundred and a record ninth wicket stand worth 89 runs has helped Zimbabwe post 235.

He walked in with his team in dire straits at 68/5, saw them get reduced to 146/8, before taking the attack to the opponents. Sikandar Raza's third ODI hundred and a record ninth wicket stand worth 89 runs has helped Zimbabwe post 235.

Martin Guptill (8th ODI hundred) and Tom Latham (maiden ODI hundred) were unstoppable as New Zealand squared the series 1-1

Highest ever opening stand against Zimbabwe in ODIs
• Highest ever opening stand in Harare.
• Joint Man of the Match award winners.