Astonishing World Records Made By Pakistani Cricketers Will Make You Proud

(Source: parhlo)

Everyone knows that Pakistan is the most unpredictable team in the world of cricket. Whether it is ODI, test or T20s, Pakistani players know how to keep the interest of people alive in cricket.

Pakistan faced many ‘wax and wane’ in the last 9 years. First, we lost our one of the finest coach after defeated by Ireland in World Cup 2007. Then 3 players of the Pakistan cricket team, Mohammad Asif, Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir were convicted of taking bribes from the bookmaker Mazhar Majeed in 2010. However, in every aspect of cricket, there are Pakistanis who keep the ball rolling.
 

MOST SIXES IN INTERNATIONAL CRICKET (INCLUDING TEST,ODDS,T20) - BOOM BOOM AFRIDI – Shahid Afridi, the record of 476 sixes.
 

MOST RUNS BY A BATSMAN IN THE CALENDAR YEAR 2006 OF TEST CRICKET - Mohammad Yousuf scored 1788 in 11 tests at the average of 99.33.

MOST CENTURIES BY A BATSMAN IN THE CALENDAR YEAR 2006 OF TEST CRICKET- Mohammad Yousuf (again) who scored 9 centuries.
 

MOST WICKETS IN THE CALENDAR YEAR 1997 OF ODI CRICKET - Saqlain Mushtaq took 69 wickets.
 
A HAT-TRICK IN ODI AND TEST CRICKET - Mohammad Sami & Wasim Akram have both achieved in ODI and test cricket.
 
RECORD OF THE FIRST ODI HAT-TRICK - Jalal-Ud-din was the first bowler in international cricket to take a hat-trick in ODI in 1982.
 
MOST WICKETS IN A SINGLE GROUND - Wasim Akram has taken 122 wickets in 77 matches at Sharjah.
 
THE BEST BOWLING FIGURES IN AN ODI INNING BY A CAPTAIN - Waqar Younis holds the record, he picked 7 wickets against England for 36 runs in 2001.
 
9 CONSECUTIVE HALF CENTURIES IN ODI CRICKET - Between March and October of 1987, Javed Miandad scored 9 fifties in consecutive nodes.
 

MOST 50’S IN ODDS WITHOUT THE CENTURY - Misbah-ul-Haq is the only batsman who scored 42 ODI fifties without scoring a century.
 

LONGEST TEST INNINGS (MINUTES) - Hanif Mohammad batted for 970 minutes(16.16 hours) against West Indies in 1958.
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