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<div align="center"><font color="#009933" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif" size="6">Heartiest Welcometo All PAKISTAANIS!!</font></div>
<div align="center"><font face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif" size="4">T<font color="#009933">his is an</font><font color="#999999">Invites Only</font><font color="#009933">Club STRICTLY and NO STALKERSSS ALLOWED... [STRICTLY] and that is the reason we have shifted from the FC section, to CC!</font></font></div>
<div align="center"><font face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif" size="4"><font color="#009933">We've had a lot of stalkers lately and this is pathetic as there are some</font><font color="#999999">Faaltuu</font><font color="#009933">people who actually surf their time STALKING us!😆God!</font></font></div>
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<div align="center"><font face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif" size="4"><font color="#009933">Im sorry, but uhave tobe a Pakistani to have access to this club, now we have ways to "know" who the stalkers are, so nothing much, just</font><font color="#ccc">Beware!</font></font></div>
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<div align="center"><font color="#009933" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif" size="2">Firstly, Thankk youu everyone from the previous FC.. for making this 9th CC happen!</font></div>
<div align="center"><font color="#009933" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif" size="2">Keep it up!! :P</font></div>
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<div align="center">The Pakistan National Cricket Teamis an Internationalcricketteam representingPakistan. It is administrated by thePakistan Cricket Board(PCB). Pakistan is a full member of theInternational Cricket Counciland has professional teams representing inTest cricket,One Day InternationalandTwenty20matches.</div>
<div align="center">Pakistan are theICC Cricket World Cup1992 champions, ICCU-19 Cricket World Cupchampions
twice in 2004 and in 2006 making them the first and the only team to
become back to back champions in the U-19 Cricket World Cup tournaments
and they are also theICC World Twenty202009 champions. Pakistan have been semi finalist 3 times in theICC Champions Trophyin 2000, 2004 and 2009.</div>
<div align="center">After gaining independence from theBritish Empirein 1947, Pakistancricketwas
played before the first Pakistan national team was granted test match
playing status. Documentation and archives show that during the 18th
century, cricket was played on the western part ofIndiaand many successful Indian cricketers played for theEnglish cricket team.[2]It was not until 28 July 1952 that Pakistan started playing test match cricket. Their first match took place inDelhiagainstIndiaon
October of the same year. Their first international tour was to England
during 1954. Over the half century, Pakistan has become one of the most
challenging and unpredictable teams in the world, the team won the1992 Cricket World Cupand were runners up in the1999 Cricket World Cup. The country has produced several world-class players such asFazal Mahmood,Hanif Mohammad,Sarfaraz Nawaz,Mushtaq Mohammad,Imran Khan,Javed Miandad,Abdul Qadir,Wasim Akram,Inzamam-ul-Haq,Saeed Anwar,Waqar Younis,Mohammad YousufandYounis Khan.[3]</div>
<div align="center">As of October 2007, the Pakistani team has
played 332 Test matches, winning 30.29%, losing 26.76% and drawing
42.94% of its games.[4]The team is ranked sixth in theICC Test Championshipand fourth place in theICC ODI Championship.[5]On 28 August 2006, Pakistan won its debutTwenty20 Internationalmatch in England and were runners up in the inauguralICC World Twenty20in September 2007. They won the2009 ICC World Twenty20, beating Sri Lanka by eight wickets.</div>
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<div align="center">Main article:History of the Pakistani cricket team</div>
<div align="center">See also:Cricket in Pakistan,History of cricket in Pakistan from 1947 to 1970,History of cricket in Pakistan from 1971 to 1985,History of cricket in Pakistan from 1986 to 2000,andHistory of cricket in Pakistan from 2001</div>
<div align="center">Following thePartition of Indiain
1947 and the establishment of the separate province of Pakistan,
cricket in the country developed steadily and Pakistan was givenTest matchstatus at a meeting of theImperial Cricket ConferenceatLord's Cricket Groundin England on 28 July 1952 following recommendation by India,[6]which, being the successor state of theBritish Raj, did not have to go through such a process. The first captain of the Pakistan national cricket team wasAbdul Kardar.</div>
<div align="center">Pakistan's first Test match was played inDelhiin October 1952 as part of a five Test series whichIndiawon 2-1. Pakistan made their first tour of England in 1954 and drew the series 1-1 after a memorable victory atThe Ovalin which fast bowlerFazal Mahmoodtook 12 wickets. Pakistan's first home Test match was inDaccain January 1955 against India, after which four more Test matches were played inBahawalpur,Lahore,PeshawarandKarachi(all five matches in the series were drawn, the first such occurrence in test history[7]).</div>
<div align="center">Pakistan playing againstAustraliaatLord'sinEngland.</div>
<div align="center">The team is considered a strong but
unpredictable team. Traditionally Pakistani cricket has been filled with
players of great talent but limited discipline, making them a team
which could play inspirational cricket one day and then perform less
than ordinarily another day. Over the years, competitions between India
and Pakistan have always been emotionally charged and provide for
intriguing contests, as talented teams and players from both sides of
the border elevate their game to new levels to produce high-quality
cricket. Pakistani contest with India in theCricket World Cuphave seen packed stadiums and elevated atmospheres no matter where the World Cup has been held.</div>
<h3><font color="#00ff00">1986 Australasia Cup</font></h3>
<div align="center">Main article:Australasia Cup</div>
<div align="center">The1986 Australasia Cup, played inSharjahin theUnited Arab Emirates, is remembered as a famous last-ball victory for Pakistan against arch-rivals India, withJaved Miandademerging as a national hero.[8]India batted first and set a target of 245 runs, leaving Pakistan with a required run rate of 4.92 runs per over.Javed Miandadcame
in to bat at number 3 and Pakistan lost wickets at regular intervals.
Later recalling the match, Miandad stated that his main focus was to
lose with dignity. With 31 runs needed in the last three overs, Miandad
hit a string of boundaries while batting with his team's lower order,
until four runs were required from the last delivery of the match.
Miandad received aleg sidefull tossfromChetan Sharma, which he hit for six over the midwicket boundary.[8][9]</div>
<h3><font color="#00ff00">1992 Cricket World Cup</font></h3>
<div align="center">Main article:1992 Cricket World Cup</div>
<div align="center">At the1992 World Cup Semi Final,
having won the toss, New Zealand chose to bat first and ended with a
total of 262 runs. Pakistan batted conservatively yet lost wickets at
regular intervals. With the departure of Imran Khan andSaleem Malikshortly thereafter, Pakistan still required 115 runs at a rate of 7.67 runs per over with veteranJaved Miandadbeing the only known batsman remaining at the crease. A youngInzamam-ul-Haq,
who had just turned 22 and was not a well-known player at the time,
burst onto the international stage with a match-winning 60 off 37 balls.
Once Inzamam got out, Pakistan required 36 runs from 30 balls, which
wicketkeeperMoin Khanended
with a towering six over long off, followed by the winning boundary to
midwicket. The match is seen as the emergence of Inzamam onto the
international stage.[10][11][12]</div>
<div align="center">The1992 Cricket World Cupin
Australia and New Zealand marked Pakistan's first World Cup victory. It
is remembered for the comeback Pakistan made after losing key players
such asWaqar YounisandSaeed Anwarand being led by an injured captain inImran Khan.
Pakistan lost 4 of their first 5 matches and were nearly eliminated in
the first round of the tournament after being bowled out for 74 runs
against England, until the match was declared as a "no result" due to
rain. Imran Khan famously told the team to play as "cornered tigers",
after which Pakistan won five successive matches, including, most
famously, the semi-final against hosts New Zealand and the final against
England.[13]</div>
<h3><font color="#00ff00">2007 Cricket World Cup</font></h3>
<div align="center">The2007 Cricket World Cupwas one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history when Pakistan was knocked out of the competition in a shock defeat toIreland,
who were playing in their first competition. Pakistan, needing to win
to qualify for the next stage after losing to the West Indies in their
opening match, were put into bat by Ireland. They lost wickets regularly
and only 4 batsmen scored double figures. In the end they were bowled
out by the Irish for 132 runs. The Irish went on to win the match,
afterNiall O'Brienscored 72 runs. This meant that Pakistan had been knocked out during the first round for the second consecutive World Cup.[14][15][16]Tragedy struck the team when coachBob Woolmerdied one day later on 18 March 2007 in a hospital inKingston,Jamaica. Jamaican police spokesman, Karl Angell, reported on 23 March 2007 that, "Mr Woolmer's death was due toasphyxiationas
a result of manual strangulation" and that, "Mr Woolmer's death is now
being treated by the Jamaica police as a case of murder."[17]Assistant coachMushtaq Ahmedacted as temporary coach for the team's final group game of the tournament.[18]Subsequent
to his team's defeat and the death of Woolmer, Inzamam-ul-Haq announced
his resignation as captain of the team and his retirement from one-day
cricket, stating that he would continue to take part in Test cricket but
not as captain.[19]Shoaib Malikwas announced as his successor.[20]Following his return to the squad,Salman Buttwas appointed as vice-captain until December 2007.[21]</div>
<div align="center">On 23 March 2007, Pakistan players and
officials were questioned by Jamaican police and submitted DNA samples
along with fingerprints, as part of the routine enquiries in the
investigation into Woolmer's murder.[22]Three
days after leaving the West Indies for Pakistan, via London, the
Pakistan team were ruled out as suspects. The deputy commissioner of
Jamaican police. Mark Shields, the detective in charge of the
investigation, announced, "It's fair to say they are now being treated
as witnesses." "I have got no evidence to suggest it was anybody in the
squad."[23]A
memorial service was held in Sacred Heart Church, Lahore, for Bob
Woolmer on 1 April 2007. Among the attendees were Pakistan players and
dignitaries, including Inzamam-ul-Haq, who was quoted as saying, "After
Woolmer's family, the Pakistan team was the most aggrieved by his
death."[24]After
the World Cup ended, serious doubts were raised about the
investigation, with increasing speculation that Woolmer died of natural
causes. This has now been accepted as fact, and the case has been
closed.[25]Pakistan Qualified for Final Of T20 2009 beating SouthAfrica by 7 runs in 1st semifinal.</div>
<div align="center">Lasith Malingabowling forSri Lankain the ICC World Twenty20 Final against Pakistan atLord'sinEngland.</div>
<div align="center">On 20 April 2007, a PCB official announced that former Test cricketerTalat Aliwould act as interim coach, in addition to his role as team manager, until a new coach had been appointed.[26]On 16 July 2007,Geoff Lawson,
previously head coach of New South Wales, was appointed coach of the
Pakistan for two years, becoming the third foreigner to take on the
role.[27]In the2007 ICC World Twenty20,
Pakistan exceeded expectations to reach the final but ended as
runners-up, after losing the final to India in a nail-biting finish. On
25 October 2008,Intikhab Alamwas named as a national coach of the team by thePCB.</div>
<h3><font color="#00ff00">2009 ICC World T20</font></h3>
<div align="center">On 21 June 2009 Pakistan won the2009 ICC World Twenty20,
beating Sri Lanka in the final by eight wickets. Pakistan had begun the
tournament slowly losing two of their first three matches but after
dismissing New Zealand for 99 runs in the Super 8 stage they had a run
of four consecutive wins including beating previously unbeaten South
Africa, in the semi-final and Sri Lanka.</div>
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<div align="center">Main article:Pakistan Cricket Board</div>
<div align="center">The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is
responsible for all first class and Test cricket played in Pakistan and
by the Pakistan cricket team. It was admitted to theInternational Cricket Councilin
July 1953. The corporation has been run by former cricketers,
professional administrators and trustees, who are often respected
businessmen. The Board governs a network of teams sponsored by
corporations and banks, city associations and clubs including
advertising, broadcasting rights and internet partners.[28]</div>
<div align="center">After taking heavy flak for corruption and
match fixing, the PCB re-emerged by taking the initiative to sponsor the
wildly successful 2004 tour of Pakistan by arch rivals India. The PCB's
experiment with the Twenty20 cricket model has also proven popular and
hopes to similarly revive popular interest in domestic games,which it
did. The PCB also set up major domestic competitions such as the
Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and the ANZ Trophy.[29]</div>
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