Wasim Akram
Wasim Akram was born on 3rd june,1966 in Lahore, Pakistan.He made his test debut at Auckland in a match against New Zealand and his ODI debut was against the same team at Faisalabad.At his best Wasim Akram plays with full freedom. He has complete mastery over swing and seam, and sometimes moves the ball [...]
Waqar Younis
Waqar Younis was born on November 16, 1971 as Waqar Younis Maitla is a Pakistani cricketer, a fast bowler, from Burewala, Punjab. He is arguably the greatest fast bowler produced by Pakistan. At his peak, he received international acclaim for his ability to reverse swing the ball. Waqar Younis bucked the 1980s trend of pitching [...]
Shoaib Akhtar
Shoaib Akhtar, born in Rawalpindi in the year 1975, was brought up to be fast bowler! He showed his skill in the 1999 World Cup with a long, hurtling run-up and a mind boggling speed. In a smilar fashion did he aquire his nichname-the ‘Rawalpindi Express’. A huge ego and his blind ambition to break [...]
Shahid Khan Afridi
Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi was born on 1 March 1980 in Khyber Agency to Pashtun parents of the Afridi tribe.Popularly known as Shahid Afridi is an all-rounder who has represented Pakistani cricket since 1996 at international level. He made his ODI debut on October 2, 1996 against Kenya at Nairobi and his Test [...]
Saqlain Mushtaq
Saqlain Mushtaq born December 29, 1976 is a Pakistani cricketer. Born in Lahore, he made his international debut against Sri Lanka at Peshawar in 1995 and last played a Test in 2004, against India at Multan.
A new-age offspinner who loves variation, Saqlain Mushtaq was perhaps the first offspinner to master the doosra, a delivery that [...]
Saeed Anwar
Saeed Anwar - Well, the name says it all. Born on Septmber 6th 1968 in Karachi, Pakistan grew up being inspired and having a fell for the game. Thatss why he is known as a natural! He made his test debut in a game between Pakistan and West Indies at Faisalabad in 1990 and made [...]
Abdul Razzaq
Abdul Razzaq was once rapid enough to open the bowling and remains composed enough to bat anywhere, though he is discovering that the lower-order suits him nicely. His bowling - the reason he was first noticed - is characterised by a galloping approach, accuracy, and reverse-swing. But it is his batting that is more likely [...]
Javed Miandad
Javed Miandad was born in Karachi, Sind Pakistan.His test debut happened in a game vs New Zealand in 1976 and he debut ODI was one against West Indies in 1975.A thoroughly experienced player, he played 124 test matches and 233 ODI’s. The only thing that remained consistent was his performance. So, he’s known as a [...]
Inzamam ul haq
Born on 3rd March, 1970 in Multan, Pakistan; is and has always been one of Pakistan’s leading cricket players and one of the team’s main strengths.He made his test cricket debut in Birmingham in a match England vs Pakistan in 1992 while his ODI debut was in a game of West Indies vs Pakistan at [...]
Imran Khan
Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi - son of Ikram Ullah khan Niazi Shermankhel) born November 25, 1952, in Mianwali is a Pakistani former cricketer turned politician. Imran played Test cricket for Pakistan between 1971 and 1992, and was captain of the national team when they won their maiden World Cup in 1992. Currently, Imran is a [...]
Russel Arnold
Arnold began his Test career as an opener alongwith Sanath Jayasuriya. A tall, angular left-hander and a patient accumulator but despite some good scores then he lost out to Marvan Atapattu as Sanath Jayasuriya’s partner and was recalled for the Asian Test Championship two years later. Short of runs by late 2000, he dropped into [...]
Lasith Malinga
Malinga or Separamadu Lasith Malinga was born on August 28, 1983 in Galleans and is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He bowls at a very fast pace with a slinging action and releases the cricket ball very low. This distinctive action has earned him the nickname called “Slinga Malingaâ€. In his test debut, he [...]
Malinga Bandara
Charitha Malinga Bandara or Bandara was born on 31 December 1979, Kalutara, Sri Lanka. He is member for both Sri Lankan Test and one-day international cricket team. He is a right hand batsman and can also bowls legbreaks. Bandara made his Test debut against New Zealand in 1998, but was dropped subsequently due his poor [...]
Chaminda Vaas
Chaminda Vaas or Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas, was born 27 January 1974 in Mattumagala and is SriLanks’s team fast bowler. Pass out from the prestigious St. Joseph’s College in Colombo, he made his debut for the Sri Lankan cricket team in 1994.He is their most successful fast bowler having taken 300 Test wickets [...]
Muttiah Muralitharan
Muttiah Muralitharan commonly known as Murali was born on April 17, 1972 in Kandy, Sri Lanka. He is regarded as the greatest off-spin bowler in cricket history but his career has not been without controversy. The legality of his bowling action remained under question for some time but later it was scientifically proven that [...]
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan (born 14 October 1976 in Kalutara) was known as Tuwan Mohammad Dilshan prior to his conversion from Islam to Buddhism. Quite an aggressive right-hand batsman, he is also capable of bowling spin and his off breaks are useful in the one-day arena.
Dilshan debuting in his test against Zimbabwe in 1999 scored his [...]
Kumar Sangakkara
Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara (born 27 October 1977 at Matale) is a left hand batsman, batting in the third position of the Sri Lankan attack. He is a specialist wicketkeeper also. He shall also be playing English county cricket for Warwickshire CCC in 2007.
He is now considered, by the LG ICC Test ratings, the best current [...]
Sanath Jayasuriya
Sanath Teran Jayasuriya (born 30 June 1969 in Matara) a superb allrounder has been a member of the Sri Lankan cricket team since 1989. Son of Sri Lankan kabaddi great, Tanath Om Panath Jayasuriya, he is powerfully-built, and one of the finest cricketers to emerge from the island. One of the most fearsome strikers, his [...]
Marvan Atapattu
Marvan Atapattu (born 22 November 1970 in Kalutara) captained Sri Lanka until a back injury forced him to miss the England series in May 2006 where Mahela Jayawardene took over as Test and ODI captain.
He is a technically sound and correct batsman, although he occasionally shows an initial tendency to chop inswinging deliveries back onto [...]
Mahela Jayawardene
Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene, known to us as Mahela Jayawardene was born on 27 May 1977. Currently the captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team, he is one of the top Sri Lankan batsmen with a Test average touching 50, and an ODI average in the 30s. The International Cricket Council named his [...]
Zaheer Khan
Zaheer Khan, the name brings to mind the image of a strongly built man, with fire in his eyes running to the crease with all his might. One recalls that majestic jump just before delivery when one thinks of Zaheer Khan. The jump before the delivery is so much like the calm before the storm. [...]
Yuvraj Singh
Tall, handsome and an established member of the Indian cricket team, Yuvraj Singh is one of the most eligible bachelors today. At 25, he is already a veteran, having played more than 150+ ODIs and is being touted as a future Indian captain.
The son of former Indian bowler, Yograj Singh, Yuvraj wouldn’t even have been [...]
Virender Sehwag
Virender Sehwag or “Veeru†as he is popularly known is the player of the masses. His name is enough to draw the people from all over India and the rest of the world to the Tv sets. An exceptionally talented player, with superb hand-eye co-ordination and the gift of timing, he truly represents the new [...]
Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar, you’ve probably not heard of cricket but the name surely sounds familiar. Sachin Tendulkar is arguably the greatest cricketer the world has ever seen, featuring in the dream teams of every cricketer- past and present – in both forms of the game. While great players take the game to a next level, Sachin [...]
Rahul Dravid
Mention Rahul Dravid and the words “The Wall†come instinctively to your mind. Rahul Dravid is no ordinary wall though. Every wall must come down with time but the wall the Indian captain personifies is a wall not made of bricks and mortar but steely determination and resolve, desire and courage, and boundless human spirit. [...]
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