Kamran Akmal

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Kamran Akmal Biography
Full name Kamran Akmal

Born January 13, 1982, Lahore, Punjab

Major teams Pakistan, Asia XI, Lahore, Lahore Blues, Lahore City, Lahore Eagles, Lahore Lions, National Bank of Pakistan, Punjab Stallions, Rajasthan Royals

Playing role Wicketkeeper batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Relation Brother - Adnan Akmal, Brother - Umar Akmal

Kamran Akmal may well be the most emphatic proof of cricket's changed priorities post Adam Gilchrist. Sides now search for an explosive batsman who can change a day, an innings, a phase with the bat and so long as you can identify right wicketkeeping glove from left, the place is yours.There has been little doubt about Akmal's batting. The purity of his drives and the strength of his cutting and pulling, particularly on slower subcontinent surfaces, has always held a strong allure. And when it comes together as it did one January morning in Karachi against India - one of the Test innings of that decade - he makes it in the side as a batsman alone.

But his glovework, which began so promisingly when he effectively ended the dogfight between Rashid Latif and Moin Khan in late 2004, has deteriorated alarmingly and few Pakistan matches are complete without a clumsy Akmal error. It wasn't always thus, for he was good when he began, good enough to impress Ian Healy. But non-stop cricket in all three formats have let technical errors creep in and critics and experts have long pushed for the need for him to take a break.To quality spin, he is often as lost as the batsmen and Danish Kaneria, over the years, has suffered in particular. In a string of error-ridden performances, the one nobody will forget will be the four dropped catches (and a missed run-out) in the Sydney Test of 2009-10, which allowed Australia to escape with a remarkable, traumatic win. Against this the memory of his Karachi hundred will always battle, with no clear winner ever likely to emerge. The tryst with controversy does his cause no good, with his refusal to accept his demotion from the side in the aftermath of a disastrous Sydney Test in 2009, eliciting a harsh fine and a disciplinary probation from the PCB.

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Misbah Ul Haq

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Misbah Ul Haq Biography
Misbah-ul-Haq Khan Niazi (born May 28, 1974) is a Pakistani cricketer. Misbah is known for his cool headed batting especially under pressure. Outside of cricket he has done an MBA from the University of Management Technology, Lahore. Misbah was initially noticed for his technique and his temperament in the Tri-nation tournament in Nairobi, Kenya in 2002, as he scored two fifties in the three innings in which he played, however, over the next three Tests he played against Australia, he failed to score more than twenty runs and was soon dumped from the team. Having witnessed Pakistan being eliminated in the opening phase of the 2003 Cricket World Cup, Misbah was part of the changes made to the team in the aftermath of these results, but failed to make much of an impact and was soon dropped again. At the age of 33, Misbah was chosen to play in the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 in 2007, filling the middle order spot vacated by Inzamam-ul-Haq. He had been regularly making runs in Pakistani domestic cricket and in the years before his recall he was consistently one of the top run scorers at each season's end, with his first-class average briefly climbing above 50. Misbah was one of the stars of the tournament, playing a large part in many thrilling run chases. The first was in the group stage against India where he scored a half century in a tied match. He was run out attempting the winning run off the last ball of the match. In their Super 8s encounter with Australia he was named Man of the Match with an unbeaten 66 off 42 deliveries to see his side home with 5 balls to spare. Another unbeaten innings in the semi final against New Zealand saw Pakistan book a spot in the final against India. He played an instrumental role in Pakistan's recovery in the inaugural 2007 ICC World Twenty20 final against arch-rivals India, with 3 consecutive sixes. The sixes came off Harbhajan Singh's last over of the match. With 6 runs needed to win off 4 remaining balls, Misbah tried to scoop the ball over short fine leg, but was caught out by Sreesanth. Misbah scored his maiden Test hundred against India at Kolkata in the 2nd Test of the 2007 series. After India managed 616 in their first innings, Pakistan were at 5 for 150 in reply and in danger of following on when Misbah and Kamran Akmal put together a match saving 207 run stand. Misbah finished on 161 not out. In the 3rd & final Test of the series, Misbah made another fluent century this time finishing on 133 not out. 2008 began with some high points for Misbah as he was elevated to the post of Vice - Captain of the Pakistan team and was awarded a Grade A Contract. Since returning to International Cricket for Pakistan, Misbah has gone through a sustained patch of prolific run scoring. In his last 5 Test Match innings for Pakistan, he has notched up 458 runs at a very high batting average of 152.67 against India.In his last 5 ODIs as well, Misbah has made 190 Runs at an average of 63.33 & in Domestic Cricket for Punjab, he has amassed an astounding 586 runs at an average of 195.33 with 2 centuries and his highest first-class score of 208 not out.

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Imran Khan

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Imran Khan Biography

   He dazzled the world with his amazing talent, he gave cricket another name, he

is and always will be remembered by cricket fans worldwide. Imran khan, an

unbelievably talented all rounder is the Legend of cricket and has reached the

top like no one else.

          This cricketer was born no differently than any other person. He was born in

Lahore, Pakistan into a family of six. He entered the world on November 25,

1952, the only boy and seventh member of his family. His parents gave him the

name Imran Khan Niazi and truly loved him since he is the only boy in their

family. 

          Imran was part of a well-educated family. His parents believed that their

children should get the best of education, and become something. Imran's parents

have believed this and followed through with it, and that is why Imran's sisters

are so successful today. His older sister Robina is an alumnus of the LSE and

has a senior position in the United Nations in New York; his other sister Aleema

has a master's degree in business administration and runs a successful business;

Uzma is a highly qualified surgeon is working in a Lahore hospital; while his

other sister Rani is a University graduate who coordinates charity work. When it

was time for Imran to go attend a college, he went to the prestigious public

school in Lahore, the Aitchison College. There he was by far the best player on

his team, being a very fine batsmen. He was still though quite far from becoming

the best in the world. As Imran grew older, his interests went from being a

batsmen to being a fast bowler.

          When sixteen, Imran made his debut for Lahore. Imran's cousins Javed Burki, and

Majid Khan were a great part of cricket therefore when he made his test debut

people thought that he made it because his family was on the Pakistan's Cricket

Team. (Nepotism)

          Later, Imran had to put cricket to the side and focus more on his studies.

Undoubtedly he was back again at the age of eighteen. He played admirably which

resulted in him moving to England as he was chosen to play for a private school

there.

         As the year 1971 approached, he made his test debut while visiting England.

During this tour, he was fined many times by the management because he was

looked upon by his peers as being a very snobby and wild player. Also on this

tour, Imran did not play as well. Because of his "not so good" bowling, Pakistan

was costed to settle for a draw. This was the only test match on the tour.

          When Imran was twenty-one, he was admitted in the Oxford University. For three

years he studied economics and politics. In 1974 Pakistan toured England and

therefore he was selected because of his form for Oxford University and his

experience with speaking English. He had not succeeded to make a big mark

because all three of his tests were drawn.

          In 1976 Imran returned to Pakistan after being away for four years. During the

1976-77 season, Imran got a place in the Pakistan cricket team. He had impressed

the team with his fantastic bowling. Later he moved to play with Sussex. The

biggest reason for Imran to do this was because of his love affairs with the

nightlife of London. He was quite angry at Worcester (a team he played for

before he played for Sussex), because of the racism he found there. During the

time he had been playing for other teams, Imran had become quite a big star.

Everyone was able to see that this guy had talent and played very well. At this

point, not only was he playing well, but had basically become a superstar.

          Imran continued to play for Sussex, because he enjoyed it there. At this point

he had become the "father" of the reverse swing. His most famous partner was

Sarfaraz Nawaz, in which the partners could make a lot of runs.

          Soon after, under the orders of the top official, Imran came back to Pakistan

to play test cricket for the series against India. During this match, Imran hit

two sixes and a four with only seven balls remaining. Because of Imran's huge

success, one could easily say that Imran was one of the most adored cricketer

through the land at this point.

          During the early 80's Imran was not only at his cricketing peak, but had quite

a few relations with women. He had a relationship with Susannah Costantine,

ex-model Marie Helving, and artist Emma Sargeant. Some of his relations ended

simply because of difference in culture and because of the busy and travelling

life of Imran. He brought some of his relationships back home to Pakistan in

which he was frowned upon because he was an individual of Muslim faith.

          When Imran was thirty, he became the captain of the Pakistan cricket team. He

lead them to a victory against England in their second test match.

          During the years of his captaincy, Imran had broken his shin. Even though this

was so, Imran continued to bowl, whether there was pain or not. Because of his

injury, Imran was able to put bowling to the side and concentrate more on his

batting. Imran improved his batting greatly which led him to his first century

in a one day match.

          In 1987, Imran decided to retire from cricket. Javed Miandad took his place.

Because Pakistan's best captain was gone; the team was in somewhat of crisis.

President Zia put a lot of pressure on Imran, therefore he was back as a captain

in 1988.

          In 1992, the world cup final was Imran's exit from cricket. He led Pakistan to a

great victory over India. Pakistan had won the World Cup. It was time for Imran

to retire, which brought a lot of grief to Pakistan. He ended his career with an

outstanding score of 3807 runs and 362 wickets in only test matches. During his

career, Imran had turned the Pakistan cricket stars into the stars they are

today. The day that Imran retired was a very big day. So big that the President

of that time, Zia personally tried to stop him from retiring. Imran said that he

wanted to retire at the highest point of his popularity so that people would be

able to remember him forever.4 He wanted his name to be in all hearts and be

recognized for all his accomplishments. Imran had officially ended his career as

a cricketer and is truly remembered by all.

          When Imran won the world cup, he had raised twenty five million dollars to

build a cancer hospital in memory of his mother. About ten years ago when

Imran's mother had cancer; Imran was desperately looking for some place to take

her, but none of the hospital's in Pakistan had the right facilities to treat

her. When Imran took her to an outside country, it was too late; she had lost

her battle against cancer. Eversnice then, Imran has wanted to build a cancer

hospital. Today he has a wonderful hospital standing in Lahore, Pakistan. It is

named after his mother Shawkat Khanam. Imran does not charge anything to

patients who cannot afford the treatment. 

          In 1995, Imran decided to settle down and marry. He married Jemima Goldsmith who

is the daughter of a millionaire. She was Jewish and converted to Islam by

choice just before the two got married. Their wedding took place in Paris. When

they came back to London, they threw a party which was more for the public.

          On November 18th 1996, Imran and Jemima were the proud parent's of a baby boy.

The named him Suleiman Isa. On April 10th, 1999 Jemima gave birth to yet another

baby boy. They have named him Kassim.

          Today, Imran has entered the world of politics and has set up his own party. He

continues to fundraise for his hospital. He does this by taking tours with

popular stars. Some stars donate their money to Imran's hospital. Jemima designs

clothes and sells them overseas. The profit goes to the Shawkat Khanam Memorial

Hospital. Also the restaurant in London, Salt and Pepper gives its profits to

the hospital. 

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Wasim Akram

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Wasim Akram Biography
Wasim Akram born in Lahore, Punjab is a former Pakistani cricketer. He was a left-arm fast bowler and left-handed batsman, who represented the Pakistani cricket team in Tests and One Day Internationals. Widely regarded as one of the finest fast bowlers ever, Akram holds world records for the most wickets taken in both ODIs (502) and List A cricket (881), and was one of the pioneers of reverse swing bowling. The revolutionary nature of reverse swing initially resulted in accusations of ball tampering, although reverse swing has now been accepted as a legitimate feature of the game. Akram's later career was also tarnished with accusations of match fixing, although these remain unproven.
Wasim retired in 2003, after a brief spell with Hampshire in England. Since then, Wasim has taken up commentary and can currently be seen as a sportscaster for the ESPN Star network, and is also running shows on ARY Digital. He is married to Huma Mufti, daughter of Mr. Humayaun Mufti. Wasim and Huma have two sons from their marriage of fourteen years. Wasim has also appeared in Fuzon video as a model.

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Javed Miandad

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Javed Miandad Biography
Javed Miandad was Pakistan’s enfant terrible and a batting warrior for Pakistan cricket. He became famous after hitting the winning six on the last ball of the match in the April 1986 match at Sharjah against the Indian bowler Chetan Sharma [ who no doubt was trying to bowl a Yorker , instead let loose with the famous ball type exemplified by the joke "umpire to batsmen taking guard – yes what do you want – batsmen – a full toss on the leg side" ]. This led many a Pakistani calling up their Indian friends on the phone and saying, " This is Miandad speaking ". His other memorable, gritty performances, and there are many, are documented in this delightful book which is a must for every South Asian cricket lover for a rainy day, weekend/ bedtime as well as a serious cricketer’s reading.

Miandad will always be remembered in the annals of Pakistan as not just a street fighting cricketer but a world class batsman and one whose understanding and deep knowledge of the game has led him to become the coach for the present Pakistan team. His current task [not an easy one] is to lead the Pakistani batting line-up out of the woods.

"Cuttting Edge" is his biography written with the help of his friend Dr. Saad Shafqat .For a cricket lover this is a gem of a book, describing how time and again, the Pakistan cricket team has been blessed with raw unknown outsiders who have made their mark in International cricket. From the anecdote of Wasim Akram, who bowled to him in the nets at Karachi in 1984 [ and was so green that he asked Miandad how much money he should take when he got selected for England] , to Miandad’s early childhood days playing street cricket in Ranchore Lines in Karachi [ using the secret weapon of a tennis ball wrapped up in plastic insulating tape to give extra bounce / swing ] and making his first Test hundred [ 163 ] in his first Test appearance in Lahore’s Gaddafi stadium on October 9, 1976 against a pace attack of Hadlee [ which reduced Pakistan to 44 for 3] , this book is Miandad’s way of telling the story of his rise and rise from the humble streets of Karachi to the sophisticated cricket grounds of Lords in London.

Miandad writes endearingly of how his father [a cotton expert and grader at the Karachi Stock Exchange ] and his father’s best friend A.R.Mahmood [ who taught him to play straight bat in the V area between cover and mid-wicket in the early opening of an innings] became the influences of his boyhood cricket days as a batsman, although he would do everything – bowling off-breaks, and wicket keeping in school.

There are 23 Chapters , with a chapter on the "Sharjah" match with India , another one on "Wars with India" , his batting in the World Cup of 1992. There is one entitled " In search of 365 " [ how to get into the bowlers frame of mind and anticipate his next type of ball ] another entitled " Tit for Tat with the West Indies " [ 1987-88 when West Indies and Pakistan were at their peaks –with players such as Lloyd , Richards , Walsh , Ambrose, Marshall . In all these chapters what finally comes through is that Miandad fought for his mark as a world class batsman [ in the league of the top 10 - ]. There are places where Miandad gets stuck on a sticky issue , where he is at pains to show that there was no squabble between him and Imran Khan, but this is contradicted in another chapter called " Picking the gaps " where he rants and raves against the "Oxbridge complex ".

His apologies to Amarnath in the Jaipur match show his character. Many of his words make him come out as a God fearing humble human being. In fact what comes out of this book and this is what Miandad also says is that character is what makes a batsman. Miandad’s praise for other cricketers – especially Gavaskar, his sense of humor and his famous remark to an opposition bowler to provide him with his hotel room number for he wanted to dispatch the ball straight there. Miandad’s opinion on the best batsmen, bowlers are interesting insights into the extreme competition within the sport [ only 8 countries play this game - 4 from south Asia]. These are wonderful joyous words that make one feel the game of cricket is indeed a great game – slightly colonial in its five-day test series - and that South Asians know that and have produced masters such as Miandad.

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