PAKISTAN
The Pakistan cricket team is the national cricket team of Pakistan. Pakistan, represented by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), is a full member of the International Cricket Council, and thus participates in Test, ODI and Twenty20 International cricket matches.
Pakistan have played 363 Test matches, with winning 112, losing 100 and drawing 152. The team has the 3rd-best win/loss ratio in Test cricket of 1.12, and the 4th-best overall win percentage of 30.16%. 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, Delhi, in October 1952, with India winning by an innings and 70 runs. Previously, Pakistani cricketers had competed as a part of the Indian national team before the partition of India.Pakistan have played 760 ODIs, winning 411, losing 327, tying 6 and with 16 ending in no-result. Pakistan were the1992 World Cup champions, and also came runners-up in the 1999 tournament. Pakistan, in conjunction with other countries on the Subcontinent, have hosted the 1987 & 1996, with the 1996 final being hosted at Gaddafi Stadium inLahore. The team has also played 50 Twenty20 Internationals, the most of any team, winning 31, losing 18 and tying1. Pakistan won the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 and came runners-up in the inaugural tournament in 2007.
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