Sohaib Maqsood made his international debut in August 2013 in a Twenty20 international during Pakistan's tour of Zimbabwe. The hard hitting batsman from Multan also went on to play his first one-day international against South Africa a couple of months later where he scored a belligerent half-century against an attack featuring Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel.  The composed right-hander followed up ... Read More

Mohammad Imran Khan made his first-class debut just over seven years ago and in that period he has played 64 first class matches, getting over 250 wickets at an average of 22, taking ten wickets in a match on three occasions. He also has 17 five-wicket hauls. Another in the long line of fast bowlers emerging from the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province (formerly ... Read More

Samir Iftikhar is a young aspiring tennis player from Pakistan. He is deemed as a special talent and has already won the clay court championship. He is the son of former Davis Cup player, Tayyab Iftikhar. He has been Pakistan's top junior player on the ITF circuit and has represented Pakistan in the Davis Cup ties alongside the likes of ... Read More

Wicket-keeper Jamal Anwar made his domestic debut in 2008 and since then has played 58 first-class, 27 List A and 34 Twenty20 matches. He has been involved in over 300 dismissals and made over 2,000 runs. A belligerent limited-overs batsman, the 23-year-old averages over 42 with the bat in the List A format. Anwar who is currently one of Pakistan's most ... Read More

32-year-old wicket-keeper Humayun Farhat played his one and only Test match for Pakistan in March 2001 against New Zealand in Hamilton. He was also selected for five one-day internationals a month later in the ARY Gold Cup contested between Pakistan, Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Sharjah, making his highest international score of 39 in the final.  In domestic cricket he ... Read More

Kamran Akmal has played 53 Tests, 154 ODIs and 50 T20Is for Pakistan, scoring over 6,000 international runs. He has six Test centuries and 12 fifties and has taken over 350 catches and completed 83 stumpings.  The 31-year-old made his debut in 2002 and was a regular for the Pakistan side in all three formats over the next decade. He made ... Read More

29-year-old Tabish Khan made his first-class debut ten years ago and in that period, has taken 327 wickets at an average of 26 from 77 matches, including 18 five-wicket hauls. He has also taken ten wickets in a match on three occasions. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, he has spent the majority of his career playing for major teams from Karachi including ... Read More

21 year old Sialkot born left arm spinner Raza Hasan was earmarked as a bowler with a bright future right from the beginning of his career. A bowler with a variety of tricks, Raza has however only managed to make seven appearances for Pakistan despite impressive performances particularly for his domestic sides Rawalpindi Rams and of late the Sialkot Stallions. Having ... Read More

Born in Swabi, 27-year-old leg-spinner Yasir Shah has represented Pakistan on three occasions, twice in T20Is as well as in one solitary ODI. His Pakistan debut came over nine years after his first-class debut in 2001, and he began his international career with a spell of 2-51 against Zimbabwe. He took the wickets of Vusi Sibanda and Tatenda Taibu as ... Read More

Peshawar-born Mohammad Kabir Khan represented the Pakistan national team on 14 occasions spread over four Tests and ten ODIs. A lively left arm-seamer, Khan struggled to break into a Pakistan side that already featured Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis. His best figures of 3/26 came in his final Test match against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo in 1995, and he ended his ... Read More

Rana Naved-ul-Hasan played nine Test matches, four T20s and 74 ODIs for Pakistan between 2004 and 2010.  A limited-overs specialist, he claimed 110 wickets at an average of 29.28 in one-day internationals and often saved his best for India. He was a key component of the touring Pakistan side that won the six-match ODI series in 2005 and Naved played in ... Read More

19-year-old fast bowler Usman Khan Shinwari recently hit the headlines after a breathtaking display of swing bowling in the final of the Faysal Bank T20 Cup for Departments, in which he picked up 5 wickets for just 9 runs to help ZTBL lift the trophy. Read More

28-year-old fast bowler Ajmal Shahzad represented England on 15 occasions between February 2010 and March 2011. He took four wickets at an average of 15.75 in his solitary Test outing, played against Bangladesh and has also had success in the the shorter formats. In 11 ODIs for his country, Ajmal took 17 wickets at an average of 28.82 and was ... Read More

PakPassion.net: Moving on to the current Ashes, what do you make of the way Australia have come back following their defeat in England earlier this year? Ajmal Shahzad : I think Australia have stamped a bit of authority on England. From an outsider's point of view watching it on TV, it adds a little bit of spice to it and it has ... Read More

Hamid Hassan is a right-arm fast bowler who made his ODI debut for Afghanistan in the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier. Hassan was the leading wicket-taker in that tournament and has since played 18 ODIs, taking 33 wickets at an excellent average of 19.30. A key member of the Afghan side that gained ODI status in 2009, he was also ... Read More

Sadaf Hussain is another in the seemingly endless line of Pakistani left-arm pacers coming through in recent times. The 23-year-old has an excellent domestic record, taking 190 wickets at 18.13 in just 39 matches in First Class cricket, and 28 wickets at 23 in List A matches. Sadaf's prolific form saw him selected for Pakistan's limited-overs series in the West Indies ... Read More

Shahzaib Hasan's first international call-up came four years ago, as he was selected for the 2009 ICC World T20. Top scorer on debut against New Zealand in the match considered to be the catalyst for the turnaround of Pakistan's fortunes in the 2009 tournament, the hard-hitting opener went on to play four matches in the World T20, including in the ... Read More

A swashbuckling opening batsmen in his playing days, Mohsin Khan was thrust into the limelight in his most recent role as Pakistan's coach and was deemed responsible for an incredible 3-0 victory against the then worlds No 1 Test side England. Under his tutelage, Pakistan also won Test series against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and became a force to be ... Read More

Mohammad Talha, a tall right arm fast bowler from Faisalabad first came to the attention of Pakistani cricket fans when he impressed at the age of 16 in a National Pace Competition set up by the PCB in conjunction with Pepsi. This attention resulted in him being brought into the Pakistan U19 squad where he participated in a number of ... Read More

A fearsome sight with the cricket ball in hand, Ian Bishop took 161 wickets in 43 Test matches at a strike rate of 52.2 during a career that was sadly curtailed by back problems. Tall, aggressive and with searing pace, Bishop was a sight to behold when in full flow and bowled a near perfect outswinger. Since retiring from ... Read More