JAVED MIANDAD

Mohammad Javed Miandad Khan  (born June 12, 1957), popularly known as Javed Miandad  is a former Pakistani cricketerwho played between 1975-1996. He is the Pakistan's leading run scorer in Test cricket. He has served as a captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. He is widely known for his big Six against India in 1986 where 4 runs were required out of 1 ball.^[1] After his playing career, he has remained the coach of Pakistan cricket team at various occasions, as well as held positions in the Pakistan Cricket Board. He had three coaching stints with the Pakistan national team.

Last ball six

In 1986 Sharjah Cup Final, Pakistan needed four runs from last ball to win from India. Javed Miandad was on the strike, he received a leg sidefull toss which he hit for a six to win the Cup for Pakistan.

With an ODI career spanning from 11 June 1975 to 9 March 1996 (20 years and 272 days), Miandad holds the world record for the longest ODI career.^[11]

Miandad was amongst the three Pakistani players to have his name in the Hall of Fame at Lords.

Miandad is the only cricketer to appear in six World Cup competitions.^[12]

In 1982, Wisden named him as one of the cricketers of the year.^[13]

Javed Miandad scored 1083 runs in 33 matches and 6 World Cup tournaments.^[12]

He was also declared the 44th best Cricketer of all time in ESPN Legend Of Cricket.

Miandad holds the world record for the maximum number of consecutive half centuries in One Day Internationals- 9

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Aamer Sohail

Aamer Sohail  (born Mohammad Aamer Sohail Ali on 14 September 1966 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan) is a former professional Pakistani cricketer and PCB Chief Selector. With Saeed Anwar, he formed one of the best opening combinationsPakistan has ever had.

Sohail made his first-class debut in 1983, a left-handed opening batsman and occasional left-arm spin bowler. In a playing career that spanned eighteen years, Sohail played in 195 first-class and 261 List A Limited Overs matches, including 47 Test matches and 156 One Day Internationals for Pakistani.

After retiring from cricket in 2001, Sohail became chief selector for the national team, his tenure ending in January 2004 when he was replaced by former national team wicketkeeper Wasim Bari. He continues to work as a cricket broadcaster.

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WASIM AKRAM

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ABDUL QADIR

Abdul Qadir Khan (Urdu: عبد القادر خان) (born September 15, 1955 in Lahore, Punjab) is a former Pakistani international cricketer, later commentator and was recently the Chief Selector of Pakistan Cricket Board. His main role was as a leg spin bowler

Abdul Qadir made his first-class debut in the Pakistan local competition during the 1975/76 season and, within two years, his Test debut on his home ground in Lahoreagainst England in December 1977.

Natural talent combined with aggression and passion made Qadir one of the most successful spinners of his era. He had a distinct run-up, bounding in to the crease, and a great variety of deliveries: there was the orthodox leg-break, the topspinner, two googlies and the flipper. He was unique for bowling leg spin at a time when it was not only rare but considered obsolete, and he kept the torch alight for a generation of leg spinners. His fervent appeals made him a great favourite with the spectators but sometimes got him into trouble with umpires.

Qadir's second Test series, in England in 1978, was an injury-plagued let-down, but he was a strong and established force by his return in 1982, when his six wickets in the Lord's Test played a major role in a historic Pakistani victory.

In 1982/83, Qadir picked up 22 wickets in just three Tests as Pakistan made a clean sweep of its home rubber against Australia. Qadir became the first bowler to take 100 wickets in a Pakistani season.

Qadir took nineteen wickets in three Tests the following season as Pakistan cruised to its first-ever series triumph over England. At the Kennington Oval in 1987, his ten-wicket haul ensured another series win, this time in England.

Three months later, Qadir brought his art to an all new level, taking nine for 56 (an innings record for a Pakistani bowler in Test cricket) and four for 45 in a Test against England at Lahore. During this crusade, he moved past the 200-wicket mark, becoming the first man from his country ever to do so.

Qadir played first-class cricket for twenty years, finishing with 960 wickets at the bowling average of 23.24. He was not shy of authority and frequently rebelled against it. His bowling and character are among the most zealous ever known in Test cricket

ABDUL QADIR

PAKISTAN

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