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Khalid Latif Biography Photos Videos Wallpapers 2011

Khalid Latif Biography
Full name Khalid Latif
Born November 4, 1985, Karachi, Sind
Current age 25 years 267 days
Major teams Pakistan, Karachi, National Bank of Pakistan, Pakistan Under-19s
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
A right-handed opening batsman, Latif was captain of the Pakistani side which won the U-19 World Cup in 2004. He made his One Day International debut at Faisalabad against Zimbabwe in 2008.He scored a patient 64 runs from 112 balls in a 138 runs win against New Zealand at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on 3 November 2009.
During the 5th One Day International at Perth against Australia in January 2010, Latif was tackled from behind and brought down by a spectator who rushed onto the field. The ICC later asked Cricket Australia for a detailed report into the breach of security.[1]
Latif then captained the Pakistan Cricket team in the 2010 Asian Games he stated that his goal was to help his team win the gold medal in the games. [2] However, he had to settle for a bronze, after losing to Afghanistan in the semi finals.
 A right handed opening batsman, Latif was captain of the Pakistani side which won the Under-19 World Cup in 2004. He made his One Day International debut at Faisalabad against Zimbabwe in 2008.
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
ODIs 5 5 0 147 64 29.40 228 64.47 0 1 13 0 1 0
T20Is 5 5 0 30 13 6.00 33 90.90 0 0 3 1 1 0
First-class 82 150 12 5177 254* 37.51 14 21 50 0
List A 51 50 4 2102 204* 45.69 10 4 25 0
Twenty20 39 38 3 827 81 23.62 652 126.84 0 5 89 27 14 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
ODIs 5 - - - - - - - - - - - -
T20Is 5 - - - - - - - - - - - -
First-class 82 501 394 9 3/22 43.77 4.71 55.6 0 0 0
List A 51 54 50 0 - - - 5.55 - 0 0 0
Twenty20 39 3 30 40 2 2/11 2/11 20.00 8.00 15.0 0 0 0
Recent matches
Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
36* K Dolphins v R Rams Faisalabad 1 Jul 2011 Twenty20
0 K Dolphins v S Stallions Faisalabad 30 Jun 2011 Twenty20
46 K Dolphins v Wolves Faisalabad 28 Jun 2011 Twenty20
51 K Dolphins v Tigers Faisalabad 26 Jun 2011 Twenty20
1 K Dolphins v R Rams Faisalabad 24 Jun 2011 Twenty20
14, 11 Sind v Baluchistan Lahore 15 Mar 2011 First-class
4, 94 Sind v Federal Lahore 9 Mar 2011 First-class
21, 0/11 Sind v Khyber-Pak Lahore 3 Mar 2011 First-class
0/8, 88 Sind v Punjab (Pak) Lahore 19 Feb 2011 First-class
1, 25 Sind v Baluchistan Lahore 13 Feb 2011 First-class
Profile
Although Khalid Latif made his first-class debut five days shy of his 15th birthday, he wasn't really able to make an impression until after his Youth Test debut in 2003. Appointed captain of Pakistan Under-19s for the series against Sri Lanka, the right-hand opener scored 77 in the first match. He followed that up with perhaps his greatest achievement to date - captaining Pakistan U-19s to a World Cup win in 2004. The following season saw Latif score his maiden first-class century and he finished with almost 400 runs. Consistent performances with the bat followed and Latif, after scoring close to 600 runs in the 2007-08 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, was included in the Patron's XI line-up to play the touring Zimbabweans. With Pakistan searching for opening options, Latif duly made his ODI debut, albeit an unimpressive one, against Zimbabwe in Faisalabad.
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Salman Butt Biography Photos Videos Wallpapers 2011

Salman Butt Biography
Salman Butt (born October 7, 1984 in Lahore, Pakistan) is a Pakistani cricketer who regularly opens the batting for his national side in both Test and ODI matches. He made his Test debut on September 3, 2003 in the 3rd test against Bangladesh, and a year later made his ODI debut against West Indies on September 22, 2004. He started in the Under-17s and quickly progressed through to Under-19 level, although at the time he was much younger than the age limits suggest, making his senior debut for Lahore Whites in 2000 aged only 16. His talent was noticed immediately, which led to him being given a place in the Pakistan A team against England soon after. However, instead of rushing straight for the limelight of international cricket, he got his head down and consolidated by playing consistently for his region and the youth teams, until the Pakistan selectors finally drafted him in 2003. After his debut, Butt was dropped and struggled to regain his place due to some stiff competition for the openers' spots. He returned for the Champions' Trophy in 2004 and scored his first fifty for Pakistan in the Paktel Cup against Sri Lanka. He was not yet particularly famous. In the ODI against India on 13 November 2004, as Pakistan chased down 292, he formed partnerships first with Shoaib Malik, putting on 113, and subsequently with Inzamam-Ul-Haq. Despite having to retire hurt for seven overs due to severe cramp, he returned to steer Pakistan home, finishing on 108 not out. Yet 2005 saw little improvement, and doubts circulated about his defensive technique causing him to yo-yo in and out of the side. But things started looking up again during the winter Test series against England, in which he scored a century and two fifties with a more cautious attitude to his innings-building the he had previously shown.
International Debut: 2003
Batting and fielding records
M Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St  
Test 33 62 0 1889 122 30.47 4002 47.20 3 10 276 1 12 -
ODI 78 78 4 2725 136 36.82 3572 76.29 8 14 343 7 20 -
T20I 24 23 2 595 74 28.33 551 107.99 - 3 66 10 3 -
Bowling records
M Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Eco SR 4W 5W 10W  
Test 33 5 137 106 1 1/36 1/41 106.00 4.64 137.00 - - -
ODI 78 6 69 90 - - - - 7.83 - - - -
T20I 24 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Career Statistics
Test Debut: Pakistan v Bangladesh at Multan, 03-06, Sep 2003
ODI Debut: Pakistan v West Indies at Southampton, Sep 22, 2004
Twenty20 Debut: Bangladesh v Pakistan at Nairobi, Sep 02, 2007
Because he is left-handed and possessed of some supple wrists, it is easy to compare Salman Butt with the delightful Saeed Anwar. His drives and cuts through the arc between extra cover and backward point are inevitably flicked, often scooped and it is a high-scoring region. He doesn't mind pulling either and off his toes, he is efficient rather than whippy as Anwar was. Further, like Anwar, Butt's footwork doesn't really hold him back. But in attitude and temperament Butt is more Anwar's long-time partner, Aamir Sohail.
 He has a confident air about him, a spikiness and is one of the few younger players confident when speaking English. His breakthrough period was the winter of 2004, where he first scored an ODI century against India at Eden Gardens and then went further by scoring a fifty and a maiden Test century in Sydney later in the year. For most of 2005, he failed to build on that and despite another ODI century, also against India, doubts about his defensive technique and overt dash crept in, resulting in him dropping in and out of the team. But against England to end the year, he responded to criticism by unveiling a startling restraint and change of tempo, hitting a century and two fifties in the Tests, each innings commendably restrained. Though his consistency isn't up to the mark, he still remains a vital member of the Test team. Following the disastrous tour of Australia in 2009-10, where senior players were slapped with serious punishments by the PCB, Butt came through unharmed and was given the vice- captaincy for the Asia Cup and England tour in 2010.
 He had made impressive strides at age-level matches before making his Test debut against Bangladesh in 2003-04, playing in the Under-19 World Cup and touring South Africa with Pakistan's Academy team, smashing 233 against the South African Academy side. His strokeplay has never been in doubt and he is capable of providing electrifying starts when needed but with the tightening of his defense, Butt could be one half of the opening conundrum that has so haunted Pakistan since...well, Anwar and Sohail left the scene.
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Imran Farhat Biography Photos Videos Wallpapers 2011

Imran Farhat Biography
Imran Farhat (born 20 May 1982 in Lahore) is a Pakistani cricketer who has played 20 Tests and 26 One Day Internationals for Pakistan, opening the batting in 47 of his 49 international innings. When in form, Farhat is an excellent player of the pull shot. However, he has the tendency to fall for one too many. A fine player of the drives either side of the wicket Farhat made his senior debut aged 15 in a one-day match for Lahore City against Malaysia, together with three other players who went on to play Test cricket (Taufeeq Umar, Bazid Khan and Kamran Akmal). Three years later, in February 2001, Farhat made his One Day International debut, against New Zealand in Auckland, scoring five runs in a chase of 150 to win. After the tour of New Zealand, where Farhat played three Tests and three ODIs, he was sent back to domestic cricket before returning against Australia in the third Test of the 2002–03 series, where he made 29 and 18 in an innings defeat. However, he was retained for the home two-Test series against South Africa in 2003–04, where he scored 235 runs including a maiden Test century in a 1–0 series win, second behind fellow opener Taufeeq Umar. A month later, Farhat played in an ODI-only series against New Zealand, which Pakistan won 5–0, and Farhat made three fifties along with his second international century, ending with 348 runs at a batting average of 69.60, once again the second-highest amount of runs — this time behind Yasir Hameed. The season was rounded off with another century, this time against India, where he made 101 to help Pakistan gain a 202-run first-innings lead and eventually won the match by nine wickets. However, Farhat tallied 81 runs in the other two matches, which Pakistan lost to lose the series 1–2. Farhat was less impressive the following season, however, and in four Tests, two against Sri Lanka and two against Australia, he only passed fifty twice, ending the season with 199 runs at 24.87 before the selectors left him out for the third Test of the series with Australia. In September 2004, just before the 2004–2005 season, he had been dropped from the ODI side following the 2004 Champions Trophy, as he had failed to pass 40 with any of his last ten innings, and that included 38 not out against the non-Test nation of Kenya, 20 against ODI debutants Hong Kong and 24 against bottom-ranked Bangladesh. He continued to score heavily in the domestic competitions and a century in a practise game against the visiting Indian team was rewarded with a place in the squad to take on India in the Test series (2006). He returned to Test cricket in style, with an important half century in the deciding third Test at Karachi. His brother Humayun Farhat has also played International cricket for pakistan
Full Name: Imran Farhat
Date of Birth: May 20, 1982, Lahore, Punjab
Major Team: Pakistan, Biman Bangladesh, Habib Bank Limited, ICL Pakistan XI, Lahore, Lahore Badshahs, Lahore Eagles, Lahore Lions, Pakistan Reserves
Playing Roll: Batsman
Batting Style: Left
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Nick Name: Romi
Current age 29 years 14 days
 Major teams Pakistan, Biman Bangladesh, Habib Bank Limited, ICL Pakistan XI, Lahore, Lahore Badshahs, Lahore Eagles, Lahore Lions, Pakistan Reserves
 Also known as Romi
 Batting style Left-hand bat
 Bowling style Legbreak
 Relation Father-in-law - Mohammad Ilyas, Brother - Humayun Farhat
A gifted young left-handed opener who threatened at one stage to solve Pakistan's perennial opening conundrum, Imran Farhat had a brief spell in the Pakistan side after success with the national under-19 and A sides. Farhat also evokes Saeed Anwar but only fleetingly; he bludgeons rather than times his runs. He was rather too cavalier in his early appearances in the Test arena, and was promptly discarded after the tour to New Zealand in 2000-01. However, he tightened his game and achieved much more success in the 2003-04 season. Tempering his impressive array of shots with better defensive technique, Farhat scored a deluge of runs in the home series against South Africa and New Zealand, being involved in a record four successive hundred partnerships with Yasir Hameed in the one-day internationals against New Zealand. He also notched up his first century in both Tests and ODIs during this season, and then went on to score a vital 101 in Pakistan's victory against India in the Lahore Test. But since the India series, he has fallen away. A mediocre series at home to Sri Lanka and away to Australia saw him falter, especially with the emergence of the other left-handed opener, Salman Butt. When Pakistan included only one specialist opener in the squad for the series against England in 2005 - Butt - seemingly it confirmed that Farhat, temporarily, was out of national reckoning. But as an opener in Pakistan, you are never out of national reckoning and sure enough Farhat was back for the final Test against India, where he scored a fifty. That performance saw him on the plane to Sri Lanka and an average series. But with openers becoming as rare as dinosuars in Pakistan, he was retained for the summer tour to England, where he again produced some mixed results. Despite failures in the first two Tests, a broken finger and a spate of dropped catches, he came back to score a cavalier 91 in the final, fateful Oval Test. Runs against West Indies at home were followed by a barren patch in South Africa. A first away hundred followed by a patient half-century in the Napier Test of 2009 has set him up for a long sojourn in the Test side. His ODI career has however hit roadblocks since he was dropped after an indifferent run of scores in 2006. 
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A gifted young left-handed opener who threatened at one stage to solve Pakistan's perennial opening conundrum, Imran Farhat had a brief spell in the Pakistan side after success with the national under-19 and A sides. Farhat also evokes Saeed Anwar but only fleetingly; he bludgeons rather than times his runs. He was rather too cavalier in his early appearances in the Test arena, and was promptly discarded after the tour to New Zealand in 2000-01. However, he tightened his game and achieved much more success in the 2003-04 season. Tempering his impressive array of shots with better defensive technique, Farhat scored a deluge of runs in the home series against South Africa and New Zealand, being involved in a record four successive hundred partnerships with Yasir Hameed in the one-day internationals against New Zealand. He also notched up his first century in both Tests and ODIs during this season, and then went on to score a vital 101 in Pakistan's victory against India in the Lahore Test. But since the India series, he has fallen away. A mediocre series at home to Sri Lanka and away to Australia saw him falter, especially with the emergence of the other left-handed opener, Salman Butt. When Pakistan included only one specialist opener in the squad for the series against England in 2005 - Butt - seemingly it confirmed that Farhat, temporarily, was out of national reckoning. But as an opener in Pakistan, you are never out of national reckoning and sure enough Farhat was back for the final Test against India, where he scored a fifty. That performance saw him on the plane to Sri Lanka and an average series. But with openers becoming as rare as dinosuars in Pakistan, he was retained for the summer tour to England, where he again produced some mixed results. Despite failures in the first two Tests, a broken finger and a spate of dropped catches, he came back to score a cavalier 91 in the final, fateful Oval Test. Runs against West Indies at home were followed by a barren patch in South Africa. A first away hundred followed by a patient half-century in the Napier Test of 2009 has set him up for a long sojourn in the Test side. His ODI career has however hit roadblocks since he was dropped after an indifferent run of scores in 2006. 
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One Day Internationals for Pakistan, opening the batting in most of his international innings. Farhat made his senior debut aged 15 in a one-day match for Lahore City against Malaysia, together with three other players who went on to play Test cricket (Taufeeq Umar, Bazid Khan and Kamran Akmal). Three years later, in February 2001, Farhat made his One Day International debut, against New Zealand in Auckland, scoring 20 runs in a chase of 150 to win. After the tour of New Zealand, where Farhat played three Tests and three ODIs, he was sent back to domestic cricket before returning against Australia in the third Test of the 2002–03 series, where he made 30 and 22 in an innings defeat. However, he was retained for the home two-Test series against South Africa in 2003–04, where he scored 235 runs including a maiden Test century in a 1–0 series win, second behind fellow...
International Debut: 2001
Batting and fielding records
M Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St  
Test 39 75 2 2327 128 31.88 4819 48.29 3 14 340 4 40 -
ODI 37 37 1 1114 107 30.94 1591 70.02 1 7 120 14 13 -
T20I 5 5 0 41 14 8.20 45 91.11 - - 7 - 4 -
Bowling records
M Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Eco SR 4W 5W 10W  
Test 39 15 427 284 3 2/69 2/69 94.67 3.99 142.33 - - -
ODI 37 8 116 110 6 3/10 3/10 18.33 5.69 19.33 - - -
T20I 5 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Career Statistics
Test Debut: New Zealand v Pakistan at Auckland, 08-12, Mar 2001
ODI Debut: New Zealand v Pakistan at Auckland, Feb 17, 2001
Twenty20 Debut: Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, Feb 05, 2010
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 39 75 2 2327 128 31.87 4819 48.28 3 14 340 4 40 0
ODIs 37 37 1 1114 107 30.94 1591 70.01 1 7 120 14 13 0
T20Is 5 5 0 41 14 8.20 45 91.11 0 0 7 0 3 0
First-class 144 249 13 9643 242 40.86 23 41 134 0
List A 141 139 10 4670 164 36.20 11 22 63 0
Twenty20 22 22 1 596 115 28.38 404 147.52 1 3 78 20 11 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 39 15 427 284 3 2/69 2/69 94.66 3.99 142.3 0 0 0
ODIs 37 8 116 110 6 3/10 3/10 18.33 5.68 19.3 0 0 0
T20Is 5 - - - - - - - - - - - -
First-class 144 5380 3062 103 7/31 29.72 3.41 52.2 2 0
List A 141 2765 2398 83 4/13 4/13 28.89 5.20 33.3 3 0 0
Twenty20 22 14 292 382 24 5/26 5/26 15.91 7.84 12.1 0 1 0
Recent matches
Bat & Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
5, 3/56, 15 Punjab (Pak) v Khyber-Pak Lahore 9 Mar 2011 First-class
4, 128 Punjab (Pak) v Baluchistan Lahore 3 Mar 2011 First-class
65, 0/1 Punjab (Pak) v Federal Lahore 25 Feb 2011 First-class
75, 2/77 Punjab (Pak) v Sind Lahore 19 Feb 2011 First-class
0 Habib Bank v National Bnk Lahore 8 Feb 2011 List A
0/10, 89 Habib Bank v WAPDA Lahore 6 Feb 2011 List A
1/17, 12* Habib Bank v PIA Rawalpindi 3 Feb 2011 List A
164, 1/28 Habib Bank v Leopards Islamabad 1 Feb 2011 List A
1, 1/8 Habib Bank v K Dolphins Rawalpindi 30 Jan 2011 List A
150 Habib Bank v Sui Gas Islamabad 28 Jan 2011 List A
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Imran Farhat and Azhar Ali 100 run Partnership V Australia