P C B - Pakistan national cricket team
The Pakistan cricket team-(Urdu پاکستان کرکٹ
ٹیم), also known as The
Green Shirts or The Shaheens) is the national cricket team of Pakistan.
Represented by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the team is a full member of
the International Cricket Council, and participates in Test, ODI and Twenty20
International cricket matches.
Pakistan have played 866 ODIs, winning 457 (52.77%), losing
383, tying 8 with 18 ending in no-result.[8] Pakistan were the 1992 World Cup
champions, and were runners-up in the 1999 tournament. Pakistan, in conjunction
with other countries in South Asia, have hosted the 1987 and 1996 World Cups,
with the 1996 final being hosted at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. The team has
also played 110 Twenty20 Internationals, the most of any team, winning 64
losing 43 and tying 3.[9] Pakistan won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 and were
runners-up in the inaugural tournament in 2007.
Pakistan have played 404 Test matches, with winning 130,
losing 116 and drawing 158. The team has the third-best win/loss ratio in Test
cricket of 1.12, and the fifth-best overall win percentage of 32.17%.[10]
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 Ground, Delhi,
in October 1952, with India winning by an innings and 70 runs.[11] In the
1950s, several Pakistani Test players had played Test cricket for the Indian
cricket team before the creation of Pakistan in 1947.
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