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How Pakistan fares in World Cups

By RAJNEESH GUPTA
June 01, 2019 09:30 IST

Rajneesh Gupta highlights important numbers featuring the Pakistan team from the World Cups.

 

Result Summary

IMAGE: Pakistan Captain Imran Khan celebrates winning the 1992 World Cup final. Photograph: Joe Mann/Allsport/Getty Images
YearMatchesWonLostTiedNo ResultRemarks
1975 3 1 2 0 0 Could not qualify for semi finals
1979 4 2 2 0 0 Lost in semi final
1983 7 3 4 0 0 Lost in semi final
1987 7 5 2 0 0 Lost in semi final
1992 10 6 3 0 1 Champions
1996 6 4 2 0 0 Lost in quarter-final
1999 10 6 4 0 0 Runner-up
2003 6 2 3 0 1 Knocked out in first round
2007 3 1 2 0 0 Knocked out in first round
2011 8 6 2 0 0 Lost in semi-final
2015 7 4 3 0 0 Lost in quarter-final
Total 71 40 29 0 2  

 

Playing Record

VersusMtsWonLostTiedNR
Australia 9 4 5 0 0
Bangladesh 1 0 1 0 0
England 9 4 4 0 1
India 6 0 6 0 0
New Zealand 8 6 2 0 0
South Africa 4 1 3 0 0
Sri Lanka 7 7 0 0 0
West Indies 10 3 7 0 0

 

Highest Team Totals

TotalVsVenueYear
349 Zimbabwe Kingston 2007
339/6 v UAE Napier 2015
338/5 Sri Lanka Swansea 1983
330/6 Sri Lanka Nottingham 1975
317/7 Kenya Hambantota 2011

 

Lowest Team Totals

105West IndiesTrent Bridge2019
TotalVsVenueYear
74 England Adelaide 1992
132 Ireland Kingston 2007
132 Australia Lord's 1999
134 England Cape Town 2003
151 England Leeds 1979

 

Highest Individual Innings

IMAGE: Imran Nazir. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images
RunsPlayerVsVenueYear
160 Imran Nazir Zimbabwe Kingston 2007
119* Ramiz Raja New Zealand Christchurch 1992
114 Aamir Sohail Zimbabwe Hobart 1992
113* Saeed Anwar New Zealand Manchester 1999
113 Ramiz Raja England Karachi 1987
111 Aamir Sohail South Africa Karachi 1996
103* Zaheer Abbas New Zealand Nottingham 1983
103 Javed Miandad Sri Lanka Hyderabad 1987
103 Saeed Anwar Zimbabwe The Oval 1999
102* Imran Khan Sri Lanka Leeds 1983
102* Ramiz Raja West Indies Melbourne 1992
101* Sarfraz Ahmed Ireland Adelaide 2015
101 Saeed Anwar India Centurion 2003
100 Salim Malik Sri Lanka Faisalabad 1987

 

LEADING BATSMEN

 MatchesRunsHighest ScoreAverageStrike Rate10050
Javed Miandad 33 1,083 103 43.32 67.72 1 8
Saeed Anwar 21 915 113* 53.82 79.08 3 3
Inzamam-ul Haq 35 717 81 23.90 74.22 0 4
Ramiz Raja 16 700 119* 53.84 64.22 3 2
Imran Khan 28 666 102* 35.05 65.61 1 4
Misbah-ul Haq 15 598 83* 49.83 74.56 0 7
Aamir Sohail 16 598 114 37.37 69.29 2 4
Zaheer Abbas 14 597 103* 49.75 78.34 1 4
Salim Malik 27 591 100 32.83 82.65 1 4
Ijaz Ahmed 29 516 70 23.45 72.67 0 4

 

Highest Partnership for each wicket

WicketRunsPlayersVenueYear
1st 194 Saeed Anwar and Wajahatullah Wasti New Zealand (Manchester) 1999
2nd 167 Ramiz Raja and Salim Malik England (Karachi) 1987
3rd 145 Aamir Sohail and Javed Miandad Zimbabwe (Hobart) 1992
4th 147* Zaheer Abbas and Imran Khan New Zealand (Nottingham) 1983
5th 118 Misbah-ul-Haq and Umar Akmal Kenya (Hambantota) 2011
6th 144 Imran Khan and Shahid Mahboob Sri Lanka (Leeds) 1983
7th 74 Azhar Mahmood and Wasim Akram West Indies (Bristol) 1999
8th 54 Rashid Latif and Wasim Akram Australia (Johannesburg) 2003
9th 66 Abdul Razzaq and Umar Gul New Zealand (Pallekele) 2011
10th 54 Saqlain Mushtaq and Shoaib Akhtar England (Cape Town) 2003

 

Best Bowling in a match

Wicket/RunsPlayerVsVenueYear
5/16 Shahid Afridi Kenya Hambantota 2011
5/23 Shahid Afridi v Canada Colombo RPS 2011
5/28 Wasim Akram v Namibia Kimberley 2003
5/35 Saqlain Mushtaq Bangladesh Northampton 1999
5/44 Abdul Qadir Sri Lanka Leeds 1983
5/46 Wahab Riaz India Mohali 2011
5/55 Sohail Khan India Adelaide 2015

 

Leading Bowlers

IMAGE: Wasim Akram celebrates Matthew Hayden's wicket. Photograph: Getty Images
 MatchesWicketsAverageRuns Per OverBest4W
Wasim Akram 38 55 23.83 4.04 5/28 3
Imran Khan 28 34 19.26 3.86 4/37 2
Shoaib Akhtar 19 30 25.50 5.14 4/46 1
Shahid Afridi 27 30 27.70 4.51 5/16 4
Mushtaq Ahmed 15 26 21.11 4.06 3/16 0
Abdul Qadir 13 24 21.08 3.72 5/44 3
Wahab Riaz 12 24 21.91 5.26 5/46 2
Saqlain Mushtaq 14 23 21.47 4.39 5/35 1
Waqar Younis 13 22 21.18 5.00 4/26 1

 

Most Appearances

 MtsYears
Wasim Akram 38 1987-2003
Inzamam-ul-Haq 35 1992-2007
Javed Miandad 33 1975-1996
Ijaz Ahmed 29 1987-1999
Imran Khan 28 1975-1992
Salim Malik 27 1987-1999
Shahid Afridi 27 1999-2015

 

Most Captaincies

CaptainPlayedWonLostTiedNo ResultWin%
Imran Khan 22 14 8 0 0 63.63
Wasim Akram 15 10 5 0 0 66.66
Shahid Afridi 8 6 2 0 0 75.00
Misbah-ul Haq 7 4 3 0 0 57.14

 

RAJNEESH GUPTA

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