The Pakistan national cricket team against New Zealand during the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 at The Oval .
The Pakistan national cricket team represents Pakistan in international cricket and is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International (ODI) status.[ 1] Pakistan first competed in international cricket in 1952, when they played against India in a four-day Test match; India won the match by an innings and 70 runs at the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground , Delhi .[ 2] [ 3] In the same series, Pakistan recorded their first Test win, the second match by an innings and 43 runs at the University Ground , Lucknow .[ 4] [ 5] As of August 2024[update] , Pakistan have played 457 Test matches; they have won 148 matches, lost 143 matches, and 166 matches have ended in a draw .[ 6] They have also won the 1998–99 Asian Test Championship ,[ 7] defeating Sri Lanka in the final by an innings and 175 runs.[ 8] [ 9] Pakistan played their first ODI match against New Zealand in February 1973 at the Lancaster Park , Christchurch ,[ 10] but registered their first win against England at Trent Bridge , Nottingham , in August 1974.[ 11] As of September 2022[update] , Pakistan have played 945 ODI matches, winning 498 matches and losing 418; they also tied 9 matches, whilst 20 had no result .[ 12] They also won the 1992 Cricket World Cup ,[ 13] [ 14] the 2000 and 2012 Asia Cups ,[ 15] [ 16] and the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy .[ 17] Pakistan played their first Twenty20 International (T20I) match at the County Cricket Ground , Bristol , on 28 August 2006, against England, winning the match by five wickets.[ 18] In 2009, they won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 , defeating Sri Lanka by eight wickets.[ 19] As of September 2022[update] , Pakistan have played 200 T20I matches and won 122 of them; 70 were lost and 3 were tied whilst 7 ended in no result .[ 20]
As of September 2022[update] , Pakistan have faced ten teams in Test cricket, with their most frequent opponent being England, playing 86 matches against them.[ 21] Pakistan have registered more wins against New Zealand than any other team, with 25.[ 21] In ODI matches, Pakistan have played against 18 teams; they have played against Sri Lanka most frequently, with a winning percentage of 61.25 in 148 matches.[ 22] Pakistan have defeated Sri Lanka on 92 occasions, which is their best record in ODIs.[ 22] The team have competed against 18 different teams (including World XI ) in T20Is, and have played 25 matches against New Zealand and 21 against Sri Lanka. Pakistan have defeated New Zealand on 15 occasions and Sri Lanka on 13 occasions in T20Is.[ 23] They have lost to England nine times in this format of the game.[ 23]
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^ "Asian Test Championship, 1998/99 – Final" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013 .
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^ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Team records / Results summary" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013 .
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^ "Pakistan beat India by 180 runs to win ICC Champions Trophy 2017 final" . The Guardian . 18 June 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017 .
^ "Pakistan in England T20I Match" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013 .
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^ "Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Team records / Results summary" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2013 .
^ a b "Records / Pakistan / Test matches / Result summary" . ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013 .
^ a b "Records / Pakistan / One-Day Internationals / Result summary" . ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013 .
^ a b "Records / Pakistan / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary" . ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013 .