Misbah-ul-Haq

Personal information
Full name Misbah-ul-Haq Khan Niazi
Born 28 May 1974 (1974-05-28) (age 36)
Mianwali, Pakistan
Batting style Right-hand batsman
Bowling style Right arm leg break
Role Batsman
International information
National side Pakistan
Test debut (cap 166) 8 March 2001 v New Zealand
Last Test 26 December 2009 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 142) 27 April 2002 v New Zealand
Last ODI 30 September 2009 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years Team
2008–present Baluchistan
2006–2008 Punjab (Pakistan)
2003–2007 Faisalabad
2003–present Sui Northern Gas Pipelines
2000–2003 Khan Research Laboratories
1998–2001 Sargodha
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 18 56 152 158
Runs scored 997 1,523 11,042 5,218
Batting average 35.60 39.05 50.65 45.77
100s/50s 2/4 0/9 32/51 8/31
Top score 161** 79** 284* 129**
Balls bowled – 24 318 144
Wickets – 0 3 1
Bowling average – – 80.66 179.00
5 wickets in innings – 0 0 0
10 wickets in match – n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling – 0/30 1/2 1/10
Catches/stumpings 21/– 32/– 152/– 81/–

Misbah-ul-Haq Khan Niazi (Urdu: مصباح الحق خان نیازی), born May 28, 1974) is a Pakistani cricketer. Misbah has been in and out of the team for much of his career. Currently he has been dropped and is trying to regain his place on the team he also wants a valid reason as to why he has been dropped.

Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi

Personal information
Full name Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi
Born 1 March 1980 (1980-03-01) (age 30)
Khyber Agency, FATA, Pakistan
Nickname Boom Boom Afridi
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm leg break
Role All rounder
Domestic team information
Years Team
2009–present South Australia
2008–present Deccan Chargers
2007–present Sind
2006 Ireland
2004 Kent
2003–04 Griqualand West
2003 Derbyshire
2001 Leicestershire
2001 Marylebone Cricket Club
1997–2008 Habib Bank Limited
1995–present Karachi
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I
Matches 27 296 35
Runs scored 1,716 6,222 584
Batting average 37.40 23.93 18.83
100s/50s 5/8 6/30 0/3
Top score 156 124 54*
Balls bowled 3,194 12,555 816
Wickets 48 278 44
Bowling average 35.60 34.73 19.13
5 wickets in innings 1 3 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0
Best bowling 5/52 6/38 4/11
Catches/stumpings 10/– 99/– 11/–

Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi (Urdu: صاحبزادہ محمد شاہد خان آفریدی) (born 1 March 1980 in Khyber Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas)[1], popularly known as Shahid Afridi (Pashto: شاهد ‏افریدی) is a Pakistani cricketer and current ODI and Twenty20 captain of the Pakistani national team in the international circuit. He made his ODI debut on 2 October 1996 against Kenya in Nairobi[2] and his Test debut on 22 October 1998 against Australia at Karachi.[3]

He is known for his aggressive batting style, and currently holds the highest career strike rate in the history of international cricket. He also holds the record for the fastest one day century which he made in his debut innings,[4][5] as well as scoring 32 runs in a single over, the second highest scoring over ever in an ODI.[6] He also holds the distinction of having hit the most number of sixes in the history of One Day International cricket.[7] In a survey, Afridi was named as the most popular cricketer in Pakistan