Afridi ke chakkay – 300

Owais Mughal

When Shahid Afridi his his second of the 3 sixes against South Africa on March 10, 2013, he completed his personal tally of 300 sixes in ODIs. As of today the number of sixes hit by Afridi stand at 308. This is also the record of most sixes hit by a batsmen in ODI career. Here is the top 10 list of most six hitters in their ODI careers. Note that in the following list, Shahid Afridi also has the highest sixes/innings ratio.

1. Shahid Afridi (Pak) – 308 sixers in 351 Matches, 325 Innings, 0.95 sixes/inn
2. S.T. Jayasuria (SL) – 270 sixers in 445 Matches, 433 Innings, 0.62 sixes/inn
3. S.R. Tendulkar (Ind) – 195 sixers in 463 Matches, 452 Innings, 0.43 sixes/inn
4. C.H. Gayle (WI) – 193 sixers in 242 Matches, 237 Innings, 0.81 sixes/inn
5. S.C. Ganguly (Ind) – 190 sixers in 311 Matches, 300 Innings, 0.63 sixes/inn
6. R.T. Ponting (Aus) – 162 sixers in 375 Matches, 365 Innings, 0.44 sixes/inn
7. C.L. Cairns (NZ) – 153 sixers in 215 Matches, 193 Innings, 0.79 sixes/inn
8. M.S. Dhoni (Ind) – 152 sixers in 219 Matches, 196 Innings, 0.78 sixes/inn
9. A. C. Gilchrist (Aus) – 149 sixers in 287 Matches, 279 Innings, 0.53 sixes/inn
10. B.B. McCulum (NZ) – 145 sixers in 212 Matches, 183 Innings, 0.79sixes/inn

Karachi becomes National Cricket Champion 2012-13

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Year-by-Year Tabulation of QeA Trophy Winners and Runners Up:

Karachi Blues beat Sialkot by 9 wickets in the Finals of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2012-13 to regain the Premier Cricket Title of Pakistan. This title has come back to Karachi after 3 years. Fourteen regional teams took part in this year’s tournament and Karchi Blues is the only team that remained unbeaten throughout the tournament.

Final points table of the tournament can be seen here. The scorecard of the Finals can be seen here.

Following table gives the complete listing of years the tournament has been played and the winners and runners up of every year.

1. 1953/54: Bahawalpur (1st) and Punjab (2nd)
2. 1954/55: Karachi (1st) and Pakistan Combined Services (2nd)
3. 1956/57: Punjab (1st) and Karachi Whites (2nd)
4. 1957/58: Bahawalpur (1st) and Karachi C (2nd)
5. 1958/59: Karachi (1st) and Pakistan Combined Services (2nd)

Misbah-ul-Haq: Most Successful down to an Average Test Captain in a Year

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Following post was first written on Feb 6, 2012 when it was true that Misbah-ul-Haq was the most successfull Test Cricket Captain of Pakistan. His Win perecentage was more than 60%. By today however, things have changed a bit and Misbah is now at number 4. Things may change again tomorrow as they always do and I’ll update the following text. The criteria of this list is that anybody who has captained Pakistan in atleast 10 test matches qualiefies for it.

(M – W – L – D – W%)
1. Waqar Younis 17 – 10 – 7 – 0 – 58.82%
2. Salim Malik 12 – 7 – 3 – 2 – 58.33%
3. Wasim Akram 25 – 12 – 8 – 5 – 48.0%
4. Misbah-ul-Haq 20 – 9 – 4 – 7 – 45.0%
5. Mushtaq Muhammad 19 – 8 – 4 – 7 – 42.1%
6. Javed Miandad 34 – 14 – 6 – 14 – 41.17%
7. Inzamam-ul-Haq 31 – 11 – 11 – 9 – 35.48%
8. Moin Khan 13 – 4 – 2 – 7 – 30.76%
9. Imran Khan 48 – 14 – 8 – 26 – 29.16%
10. A.H. Kardar 23 – 6 – 6 – 11 – 26.08%
11. Zaheer Abbas 14 – 3 – 1 – 10 – 21.42%
12. Fazal Mahmood 10 – 2 – 2 – 6 – 20.00%
13. Hanif Muhammad 11 – 2 – 2 – 7 – 18.18%
14. Intikhab Alam 17 – 1 – 5 – 11 – 5.88%

Ten Years of T20 Cricket in Pakistan

Owais Mughal

In the tenth edition of National T-20 cricket cup of Pakistan, Lahore Lions defeated Faisalabad Wolves to win the National Title for the second time. Sialkot Stallions who have won the National Title for 7 out of 9 times couldn’t qualify for the Semi Fainals this year. Same was true for 5 time Runners up team Karachi Dolphins who also couldn’t qualify for the Semi Finals either. Following is the list of winners and runners up of National T-20 title since its inception in 2004.

1. 2004-05: Faisalabad Wolves (Winners), Karachi Dolphins (Run. Up)

2. 2005-06: Sialkot Stallions (Winners), Faisalabad Wolves (Runners Up)

3. 2006-07: Sialkot Stallions (Winners), Karachi Dolphines (Runners Up)

4. 2007-08: Sialkot Stallions (Winners), Karachi Dolphins (Runners Up)

5. 2008-09: Sialkot Stallions (Winners), Lahore Lions (Runners Up)

6. 2009-10: Sialkot Stallions (Winners), Faisalabad Wolves (Run. Up)

7. 2010-11: Lahore Lions (Winners), Karachi Dolphins (Runners Up)

8. 2011-12: Sialkot Stallion (Winners), Rawalpindi Rams (Runners Up)

9. 2012: Sialkot Stallion (Winners), Karachi Dolphins (Runners Up)

10. 2012-13: Lahore Lions (Winners), Faisalabad Wolves (Runners Up)

Views on News

Owais Mughal

Do you read news? Do you watch news? Do you listen to news? What do you get from all the news sources? In my opinion. these days news only mean reporting of crime, disasters, accidents and all the bad happenings in the World. The constant barrage of negative news from all around the world and through all major news outlets means making all human race paranoid. I am not a psychologist but still I can say with confidence that constant feeding of bad news is not good for our collective mental health. Why do news channels concentrate on negative news? My thinking is because fear sells. People get hooked to bad news even if not wanting to watch it. It is like this bitter pill which you can neither swallow nor spit.

There is another dimension to it. That is of time. With distances shrinking and communications improving a bad happening in a remote corner of the World can be broadcasted all across the globe in real time. People who listen or watch it get affected by it in real time while they cannot do much to control or improve the situation. In olden days when news travelled slow people in one part of the World would not have been affected by happenings across continents away.

Shahid Afridi 7000

Owais Mughal

Shahid Afridi completed 7000 ODI runs on March 18, 2012 when he scored his first run against India. He thus became 30th batsman in the World and 6th from Pak to achieve this milestone. The next person to look for in 7000 club is Younis Khan. As of today Younis is 186 runs short of the milestone. Following is the list of all Pak batsmen with atleast 5000 runs in ODIs. The number in parenthesis is their world ranking in terms of highest career runs in ODIs.

1st (4th): Inzamam-ul-Haq 11739 runs at 39.52

2nd (11th): M Yousuf 9720 runs at 41.71

3rd (15th): Saeed Anwar 8824 runs at 39.21

4th (27th): Javed Miandad 7381 runs at 41.70

5th (28th): Salim Malik 7170 runs at 32.88

6th (30th): Shahid Afridi 7040 runs at 23.62

7th (33rd): Younis Khan 6814 runs at 32.6

8th (40th): Ijaz Ahmed 6564 runs at 32.33

9th (48th): Ramiz Raja 5841 runs at 32.09

10th (54th): Shoaib Malik 5253 runs at 33.03

11th (61st): Abdul Razzak 5080 runs at 29.70

hum bhi to paray haiN raahoN meiN

Owais Mughal

A common happening in street cricket is that there are usually more players than a street can accomodate or more than eleven that are allowed by cricket rules. In such case all the aspiring junior players line up and the ‘khalifa’ captain chooses his pick according to match situation or his likeness.

Many a times I’d found myself in this line hoping to get picked up by the seniors.

Once i got picked up over a player who was 2 years my senior. To this the guy said aloud:

“dil toRne waale dekh ke chal……hum bhi to paray hain raahoN maiN.”

Younis Khan – 6000 Runs in Test Cricket

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When Younis Khan reached 60 in the test match against Bangladesh today he also completed 6000 runs in test cricket. Following is the list of highest run scoreres in test matches for pk.

1. Javed Miandad 8832 at 52.57

2. Inzamam ul Haque 8830 at 49.60

3. Mohd Yousuf 7530 at 52.29

4. Younis Khan 6005 at 51.76

5. Salim Malik 5768 at 43.69

6. Zaheer Abbas 5062 at 44.79

Abdul Waheed Khan and Hockey

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ONE: Let us go back to 1978

Let us go back in time. In 1978, Argentina was hosting two World Cup Tournaments. Hockey World Cup started at Buenos Aires in March 1978 and Soccer World Cup in June 1978. Pakistan won the hockey World Cup by defeating Holland in the final.

Throughout the hockey world cup, a wonderful Pakistan team managed by Abdul Waheed Khan and capatined by Islahuddin displayed a breathtaking attacking game. Crowd and connoisseurs got attracted alike.

Argentina’s soccer manager Cesar Luis Menotti became intrigued by Pakistan’s sublime technical skills. Midway through the hockey world cup, on a rest day, Pakistan manager Abdul Waheed Khan was informed that the manager of Argentine soccer team, Menotti, had arrived on his personal plane to see him. The Argentine chain-smoking coach always favored a stylish, attacking game based on skill and technique.

Menotti wanted to discuss in detail with Waheed, the tactics to penetrate packed defences. He watched a training session of Pakistan team with Abdul Waheed.

Warne and Lehmann playing Street Cricket

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