Pakistan at Cricket World Cup Player by Player Analysis
Pakistan at Cricket World Cup Player by Player Analysis: Pakistan has announced its 15-man World Cup squad. Misbah-ul-Haq will be serving as the leader of the team while legendary Shahid Afridi will be his vice-captain. There were numerous speculations on who should be in and who should be out? The biggest problem was the position of no. 6 and the inclusion of an all-rounder who could fight alongside Shahid Afridi.
Many names were in circulation which included former Pakistan Captain Shoaib Malik and the newbie Anwar Ali and Bilawal Bhatti. Asad Shafiq was also in contention after performing so well in the on-going Pentangular Cup. Veteran Kamran Akmal was thought to make a comeback but none of the mentioned made it to the final 15.
Fans of a specific country are very vigorous about their team’s chances in mega-events. A team’s prospect to win rests in its player’s individual performances. Like drop by drop makes a pool, player by player makes a collective team effort. We have combined the meticulous data of Pakistan’s representation at the World Cup. The stats include each player’s contribution in Australia and New Zealand as well as in previous world cups.
Most experienced in Australia/New Zealand: Shahid Afridi – 41 matches
Most experienced in World Cups: Shahid Afridi – 20 matches
| Players | Performance in AUS/NZ | Performance in WCs | |||||
| Matches | Runs | Wickets | Matches | Runs | Wickets | ||
| Misbah-ul-Haq | 5 | 203 | – | 8 | 248 | – | |
| Ahmed Shehzad | 5 | 188 | – | 5 | 44 | – | |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 12 | 241 | 8 | 10 | 230 | 11 | |
| Younis Khan | 15 | 262 | – | 16 | 306 | 0 | |
| Haris Sohail | First Experience | First Experience | |||||
| Sohaib Maqsood | First Experience | First Experience | |||||
| Shahid Afridi | 41 | 891 | 45 | 20 | 209 | 28 | |
| Umar Akmal | 11 | 281 | – | 7 | 240 | – | |
| Sarfraz Ahmed | 1 | 6 | – | First Experience | |||
| Ehsan Adil | First Experience | First Experience | |||||
| Yasir Shah | First Experience | First Experience | |||||
| Wahab Riaz | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | |
| Mohammad Irfan | First Experience | First Experience | |||||
| Junaid Khan | First Experience | First Experience | |||||
| Sohail Khan | First Experience | First Experience | |||||
As many as 8 players will be making their World Cup Debut this year while Shahid Afridi will be playing his 5th World Cup. Younis Khan will be playing his forth World Cup and Mohammad Hafeez will be playing his 3rd WC. Captain Misbah-ul-Haq and Umar Akmal will be playing their 2nd World Cup.
*All the stats are updated until January 7th, 2015.
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