Pakistani cricket team

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Legends

Captains: Abdul Kardar, Imran Khan, Javed Miandad, Wasim Akram, Majid Khan

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Abdul Kardar - Imran Khan - Javed Miandad - Wasim Akram - Majid Khan

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Kardar led the first Pakistani team to victory over all the Test playing nations of the 1950s, including historic victories over England in England in 1954, and against Australia in Karachi in 1956. Imran Khan led Pakistan to a World Cup victory in 1992 in Australia.

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Fast Bowlers: Wasim Akram, Imran Khan, Waqar Younis, Fazal Mahmood, Sarfaraz Nawaz, Shoaib Akhtar

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Wasim Akram - Imran Khan - Waqar Younis - Fazal Mahmood - Sarfaraz Nawaz - Shoaib Akhtar

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Wasim Akram has taken 502 wickets, the highest by any bowler in ODI cricket. These Pakistani fast bowlers were the innovators and masters of reverse-swing, a mastery unparalleled in any other cricketing culture.

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Batsmen: Hanif Mohammad, Saeed Anwar, Mushtaq Mohammed, Inzamam ul Haq, Javed Miandad, Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan

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Hanif Mohammad - Saeed Anwar - Mushtaq Mohammed - Inzamam ul Haq - Javed Miandad - Mohammad Yousuf - Younis Khan

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Hanif Mohammad scored 337 against the West Indies in 1958, the first triple hundred by an Asian cricketer. Saeed Anwar holds the record for scoring 194, the highest ODI innings, scored against the Indian cricket team in Chennai in 1997.

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Indian cricket team - Chennai

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Spin Bowlers: Abdul Qadir, Mushtaq Ahmed, Saqlain Mushtaq, Danish Kaneria

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Abdul Qadir - Mushtaq Ahmed - Saqlain Mushtaq - Danish Kaneria

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Abdul Qadir is considered the reviver of the art of leg-spin bowling, and Saqlain Mushtaq is regarded as one of the best off-spin bowlers in cricket history.

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