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

33 year old Mohammad Hafeez has been a regular pick for the Pakistani selectors in recent times in all three formats. Since returning to Test cricket in 2010, Hafeez had forged a solid and reliable opening partnership with Taufeeq Umar. However after struggling in Tests in 2013, he was dropped for the series against South Africa in the United Arab ... Read More

A top performer in domestic cricket for a number of years, Punjab-born, Mohammad Ayub Dogar is a right-handed middle order batsman who moved to Sialkot after starting his career at Sheikhupura. He scored over 1000 first-class runs in three consecutive seasons and was the second top scorer in the 2011-12 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy with 1,013 runs at an average of 66.55. ... Read More

Former Yorkshire and England batsman Geoff Boycott had a prolific playing career from 1962 to 1986. He established himself as one of England's most successful opening batsmen and since retiring as a player, he has found further success as a renowned cricket commentator. After 108 Test match appearances for England, Boycott ended his international career in 1982 as the leading Test ... Read More

Mohammad Sami burst on to the international scene in New Zealand in 2001 with a hostile spell of pace bowling and reverse swing. His performance in his debut Test match made Pakistani fans sit up and take note of this youngster and many hoped that he was the next star to come off the conveyor belt of Pakistani pace bowlers. However ... Read More

Born in Port Elizabeth, Ashwell Prince played 66 Tests Matches for South Africa between scoring 2002 and 2011. A gritty batsmen who made the opposition work for his wicket, Prince made 3665 runs in Test cricket with 11 centuries at a very good average of just over 41. He also featured in 52 one day internationals scoring over a thousand ... Read More

In April 2013, the Pakistan Cricket Board appointed Trent Woodhill as a temporary batting coach for Pakistan in what turned out to be a disastrous Champions Trophy campaign for the country. The Woodhill appointment suprised many as he was preferred over some of Pakistan's top names such as Inzamam ul Haq, Salim Malik and Zaheer Abbas, all of whom had ... Read More

Born 6th June, 1957 and described variously as "pugnacious, bold, brave and belligerent", Michael "Mike" Gatting OBE started his Test career with a match in Karachi against Pakistan in 1978. Gatting would go on to play 79 Tests in before his retirement in 1995 having scored 4,409 runs at an average of 35.55.  With 10 centuries and 21 fifties in Test ... Read More

Bilawal Bhatti is a 22 year old right-arm medium-fast bowler hailing from the same town of Muridke as the more famous Pakistan batsman, Imran Nazir. His passion and desire to play cricket started early when he was in school (8th grade) in Muridke and continued at Gujranwala where he played district level cricket, before moving to play Under 19 cricket ... Read More