Pakistan National Cricket Team

Pakistan is one of the most dangerous, yet unpredictable teams in One Day International cricket. Unbeatable on one day, the Pakistanis’ performance can be atrocious the next, and finding consistency seems to be the biggest challenge facing this potentially world-beating team. Despite their volatility Pakistan still boasts an impressive record in the Cricket World Cup.

Captain: Shoaib Malik
Coach: Intikhab Alam
Best Cricket World Cup Performance: Winners (1992)

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World Cup - World Cup Winner -
India	10/3	10/3	10/3	10/3	3	7/2	10/3	10/3	10/3	3
England	5	5	5	11/2	5	5	5	5	5	9/2
Australia	9/2	9/2	11/2	5	11/2	9/2	9/2	11/2	5	11/2
South Africa	11/2	11/2	5	5	11/2	11/2	11/2	5	11/2	5
Sri Lanka	5	5	9/2	9/2	9/2	5	5	9/2	5	5
Pakistan	15/2	9	15/2	11	8	8	9	8	9	9
New Zealand	12	18	20	17	16	14	18	18	14	14
West Indies	17	16	16	19	20	16	16	22	16	20
Bangladesh	33	40	33	43	40	50	40	40	50	50
Zimbabwe	175	150	250	259	200	150	150	150	200	300
Ireland	499	500	500	379	500	500	500	500	500	750
Kenya	999	-	-	639	1000	-	-	1000	1000	750
Canada	-	-	-	639	1000	-	-	2000	1000	1000
Netherlands	999	-	-	639	1000	-	-	2000	1000	1000

2011 Cricket World Cup

Pakistan - Cricket World Cup Pakistan can only improve on its dreadful World Cup experience in 2007. The team will go into the 2011 Cricket World Cup as one of the favourites, and will have the benefit of playing many of its games both in front of home crowds and on familiar pitches. Whether Pakistan can win another Cricket World Cup will depend on how well a new generation of Pakistani stars adapt to the psychological pressures of World Cup Cricket.

Cricket World Cup History

Pakistan participated in the inaugural Cricket World Cup in 1975, exiting the tournament in the first round. Four years later the Pakistani national cricket team had an impressive run in the tournament, reaching the first of four consecutive Cricket World Cup semi-finals.

Whilst Pakistan was one of the most consistent performers in the Cricket World Cup during the late 1970s and the 1980s, the team failed to progress to the final on its first three attempts, losing out to the West Indies in 1979 and 1983, before Australia put pay to their World Cup dreams in 1987.

However, these failures helped to prepare the Pakistani national cricket team for its greatest moment, the 1992 Cricket World Cup.

The team paced its performance at the tournament to perfection, sneaking into the semifinals ahead of Australia, before destroying New Zealand in the semifinals. Pakistan came up against a highly rated English side in the final, and proceeded to claim their first World Cup title, winning the match by 22 runs.

Pakistan’s bid to defend the Cricket World Cup in 1996 was unsuccessful, as they were comprehensively defeated by archrivals India in the quarterfinals. Three years later the Pakistanis came very close to winning back the Cricket Council (International) Cricket World Cup trophy, before they were comprehensively defeated by Australia in the final of 1999 Cricket World Cup.

Subsequent Cricket World Cup tournaments have indicated a Pakistani team in steep decline. The team failed to progress beyond the first round of the 2003 Cricket World Cup, and had a disastrous tournament in 2007, suffering a defeat by Ireland in the group stages, after which their coach, Bob Woolmer, was found dead in his hotel room. The Pakistanis, devastated by the loss of their coach, exited the tournament in the first round.