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Pakistan
Test status granted	1952
First Test match	v India at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, 16-18 October 1952
Captain	Shoaib Malik[1]
Coach	Geoff Lawson[2]
Official ICC Test and ODI ranking	6th (Test), 5th (ODI) [1]
Test matches - This year	335 0
Last Test match	v India at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, 8-12 December 2007
Wins/losses - This year	{{{win 3/loss record}}} 11/0
As of 24 January 2008

The Pakistan National Cricket Team is an international cricket team representing Pakistan. It is administrated by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Pakistan is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status.

Before the independence of Pakistan, cricket was played well before the first Pakistan national team was granted test match playing status. Documentation and archives show that during the 18th century, cricket was played on the western side of India and many successful Indian cricketers played for the English cricket team.^[3] It was not until July 28, 1952 that Pakistan started playing test match cricket. Their first match took place in Delhi against India on October of the same year. Their first international tour was to England during 1954. Over the half century, Pakistan has become one of the most challenging and unpredictable teams in the world, the team won the 1992 World Cup and were runners up in the 1999 World Cup. The country has produced several world-class players such as Fazal Mahmood, Hanif Mohammad, Sarfaraz Nawaz, Mushtaq Mohammad, Imran Khan, Javed Miandad, Abdul Qadir, Wasim Akram, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Waqar Younis, Mohammad Yousuf and Shoaib Akhtar.^[4]

As of October 2007, the Pakistani team has played 332 Test matches, winning 31.02%, losing 26.50% and drawing 42.46% of its games.^[5] The team is ranked sixth in the ICC Test Championship and fifth place in the ICC ODI Championship.^[6] On 28 August 2006, Pakistan won its debut Twenty20 International match in England and were runners up in the inaugral ICC World Twenty20 in September 2007.

Laws of Cricket

Laws of Cricket Cricket is a game that owes much of its unique appeal to the fact that it should be played not only within its Laws but also within the Spirit of the Game. Any action which is seen to abuse this spirit causes injury to the game itself.

World Cup History The Cricket World Cup was first held in 1975 in England because it was the only nation at the time that had the resources to stage an event of such magnitude. The matches played consisted of 60 overs per team.

World Cup Teams

World Cup Teams All 16 teams are divided into 4 groups- Group A , Group B, Group C, and Group D. Each group has 4 teams, consisiting of two high ranking teams and two low ranking teams, with atleast one of the five ICC qualifiers.

Players Cricket has produced some great cricketers over the years. It was a very difficult task to choose among hundreds of players and among them the most cap - able and from those the most talented and from those the most entertaining.

ICC Cricket Rating

ICC Cricket Rating The LG ICC cricket ratings are a widely followed system of rankings for inter - national cricketers based on their recent performances. Until 19 January 2005 they were known as the PwC cricket ratings.

Matches and Venues The 9th ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 will be held in West - Indies, at 9 host venues with 11 world-class stadia, spread across the Caribbean Islands. A total of 67 matches will be played in the picturesque Caribbean venues.