The Pakistan cricket team is the national men's cricket team of Pakistan. It is administrated by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Pakistan is a full member of the International Cricket Council, and thus participates in Check, ODI and Twenty20 International cricket matches.
Pakistan have played 358 Test matches, with winning 108, losing 100 and drawing 150. The team has the 3rd-best win/loss ratio in Test cricket of 1.08, and the 4th-best overall win percentage of 30.16%Pakistan was given Test status on 28 July 1952, following a recommendation by India, and made its Test debut against India at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, in October 1952, with India winning by an innings and 70 runs.
Previously, Pakistani cricketers had competed as a part of the Indian national team before the partition of India . Pakistan have played 749 ODIs, winning 401, losing 326, tying 6 & with 16 ending in no-result.
Pakistan were the 1992 World Cup champions, & also came runners-up in the 1999 event. Pakistan, together with other countries on the Subcontinent, have hosted the 1987 & 1996, with the 1996 final being hosted at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. The team has also played 46 Twenty20 Internationals, the most of any team, winning 27, losing 18 & tying one.Pakistan won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 & came runners-up in the inaugural event in 2007.
On 21 June 2009 Pakistan won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, beating Sri Lanka in the final by eight wickets. Pakistan had begun the tournament slowly losing two of their first three matches but after dismissing New Zealand for 99 runs in the Super 8 stage they had a run of four consecutive wins including beating previously unbeaten South Africa, in the semi-final and Sri Lanka.
2011 Cricket World Cup Pakistan started well in the ICC Cricket World up, which was held in India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh, after beating Kenya, Sri Lanka of the match favourites) & narrowly beating Canada. After a giant loss against New Zealand, Pakistan defeated Zimbabwe by 7 wickets.'. of the highlights of the match for Pakistan was when they beat Australia, who were led by three wonderful pace bowlers, Brett Lee, Shaun Tait & Mitchell Johnson. However Pakistan defied the odds & defeated Australia, courtesy of a wonderful bowling display. In the Quarter-Finals they played West Indies. Pakistan were ruthless, as they emphatically beat the West Indies by ten wickets,due to another wonderful bowling display. In the Semi-Finals on 30 March, Pakistan had a match with its fiercest rival, India. India, due to Tendulkar who was dropped several times, managed 260 after they batted first. Due to a slow chase, Pakistan were 29 runs short as India reached the final(India went on to win the final).
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