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Nickname(s) | Shaheens (lit. 'Falcons')[1] Green Shirts[2] Men in Green[3] Cornered Tigers[4][5] | ||||||||||||
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Association | Pakistan Cricket Board | ||||||||||||
Personnel | |||||||||||||
Test captain | Shan Masood | ||||||||||||
One Day captain | Babar Azam | ||||||||||||
T20I captain | Babar Azam | ||||||||||||
Test coach | Jason Gillespie | ||||||||||||
One Day & T20 coach | Gary Kirsten | ||||||||||||
Manager | Naveed Akram Cheema | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Test status acquired | 1952 | ||||||||||||
International Cricket Council | |||||||||||||
ICC status | Full Member (1952) | ||||||||||||
ICC region | ACC | ||||||||||||
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Tests | |||||||||||||
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Last Test | v ![]() | ||||||||||||
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World Test Championship appearances | 2 (first in 2019–2021) | ||||||||||||
Best result | 6th place (2019–2021) | ||||||||||||
One Day Internationals | |||||||||||||
First ODI | v ![]() | ||||||||||||
Last ODI | v ![]() | ||||||||||||
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World Cup appearances | 12 (first in 1975) | ||||||||||||
Best result | Champions (1992) | ||||||||||||
Twenty20 Internationals | |||||||||||||
First T20I | v ![]() | ||||||||||||
Last T20I | v ![]() | ||||||||||||
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T20 World Cup appearances | 8 (first in 2007) | ||||||||||||
Best result | Champions (2009) | ||||||||||||
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As of 25 August 2024 |
The Pakistan national cricket team has represented Pakistan in international cricket since 1952. It is controlled by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the governing body for cricket in Pakistan, which is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Pakistan compete in cricket tours and tournaments sanctioned by the PCB and other regional or international cricket bodies in Test, One Day International (ODI), and Twenty20 International (T20) formats. Pakistan are current ICC Champions Trophy holders.
Pakistan were given Test status in 1952 following a recommendation from India, but faced limited international success until the 1980s, when they became fixtures in the latter stages of tournaments. They won their first international trophy, the ICC World Cup, in 1992, and then won the Asia Cup in 2000. They saw increased success in the 21st century, winning the T20 World Cup in 2009, the Asia Cup in 2012, and ICC Champions Trophy in 2017. Pakistan won the first Asian Test Championship in 1999, and was the fourth team to win the now-defunct ICC Test Championship in 2016.[18][19] Pakistan have the second-highest win percentage in international T20 cricket (with a minimum of 150 games played),[20] the fourth-highest win percentage in ODI cricket,[21] and the fourth-best win-loss ratio in Test cricket (both with a minimum of 400 games played).[22]
Pakistan has been plagued by security concerns and domestic instability due to terrorism and the war on terror, restricting it as a venue for international cricket in the 21st century. Despite hosting the 1987 and 1996 World Cups (with the 1996 final played in Lahore), cricket was not played in the country after an attack against the Sri Lanka national team in 2009; Pakistan then played one-day games in the United Arab Emirates until 2016 and Test games in the UAE until 2019.[23][24] International cricket was resumed in Pakistan from 2016, which coincided with the debut of the Pakistan Super League, following improvements in security and overall reduction in terrorism.[25][26]
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