Pakistani Profiles

 Name: Umar Gul

Occupation: Cricketer

Born On: 14-April

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A fast bowler of growing repute, Umar Gul is the latest in Pakistan’s assembly-line of pace-bowling talent. He had played just nine first-class matches when called up for national duty in the wake of Pakistan’s poor 2003 World Cup. On the flat tracks of Sharjah, Gul performed admirably, maintaining excellent discipline and getting appreciable outswing with the new ball. Gul isn’t in the Shoaib Akhtar category in terms of pace, but his exceptional control and ability to extract seam movement marks him out. Further, his height enables him to extract bounce on most surfaces and from his natural back of a length, it is a useful trait. His first big moment in his career came in the Lahore Test against India in 2003-04. Unfazed by a daunting batting line-up, Gul tore through the Indian top order, moving the ball both ways off the seam at a sharp pace.

Name: Younus Khan

Occupation: Cricketer

Born On: 29-November

Websites: None

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Younus Khan is an aggressive middle-order batsman with flourishing stroke-play. He made his debut against Sri Lanka in 2000 and has progressed rapidly since. He was one of the few batsmen who retained his place in the team after Pakistan’s disastrous 2003 World Cup campaign.

With a smiling and merry attitude, Younus Khan is capable of playing the big innings time and again. He is particularly strong in the arc from backward point to extra cover. Khan is a flamboyant batsman, but this is coupled with grit which makes him such a solid middle order bat.

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 Name: Aamir Sohail

Occupation: Cricketer

Born On: 14- September

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A combative left-hand opener, Aamir Sohail was a predominantly back-foot player whose forte was improvisation. He loved to attack, and almost found it impossible to control his aggression. He showed no fear, epitomised by his baiting of Venkatesh Prasad in a 1996 World Cup quarter-final in front of a hostile Bangalore crowd. He was an effective left-arm spinner, more a one-day bowler than a Test wicket-taker. Aamir played a big part in Pakistan’s World Cup triumph in 1992, and famously told Ian Botham that he might want to send his mother-in-law in to bat after Botham was controversially given out for 0 in the final. He captained Pakistan at the height of the match-fixing controversy, and was one of the whistle-blowers. His career suffered as a result, and he left the international scene early to work in broadcasting, where he might have tried harder to suppress his personal prejudices.

He is currently the director media, PCB.

Name: Shahid Khan Afridi

Occupation: Cricketer

Born On: 1 - March

Websites: None

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A flamboyant allrounder introduced to international cricket as a 16-year-old legspinner, he surprised everyone but himself by pinch-hitting the fastest one-day hundred in his maiden innings. He is at his best when forcing straight and at his weakest pushing at the ball just outside off. The biggest improvement has been in Afridi’s legspin; previously underrated, they are now integral in the ODI side and curiously effective at key moments in Tests. When the conditions are with him, he gets turn as well as some lazy drift, but his box of tricks is the key, boasting a vicious faster ball and a conventional off-spinner as well.

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Name: Waqar Younis

Occupation: Cricketer

Born On: 16- November

Websites: None

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Waqar developed into a premier strike bowler for Pakistan in the late 80s and 90s. He made his First class debut in the 1987/88 season. His Test debut for Pakistan came in 1989- just a couple of seasons later- against perennial rivals India.

Waqar was renowned for the late, in-swinging Yorker that catapulted the stumps or speared into the boots of batsmen. It was his wicked pane and in-swing that earned his an amazing Test match bowling strike-rate of 43.4.

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Name: Wasim Akram

Occupation: Cricketer

Born On: 3 June

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Pakistan’s ace fast bowler and former captain, Wasim Akram has the distinction of getting more than four hundred wickets in both forms of the game. The highest wicket-taker in One-dayers (432), he is fourth in the world.

Wasim Akram has been the strength and guiding force of Pakistan’s much-feared bowling line-up ever since his international debut in January 1985 at the age of 18. Referred to as the “Prince of Pakistan” during Imran Khan’s era, Wasim matured and grew under Imran’s guidance to become one of the most dreaded bowlers in the world.

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Name: Cyma Ashraf

Occupation: Trainer/ Psychologist

Born On: July 15

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Cyma has almost seven years extensive experience in planning, managing and facilitating different projects and initiatives with development sector. Designed and conducted more than 100 trainings (maximum of ten days)with various groups which include Project Managers, Community workers, Project Field Workers, Parents, Teachers, Police Officials, Government Officials, on different issues which include, Self -awareness, Behavior Change and Communication (BCC), Life trauma and psychosocial rehabilitation, Physical Abuse and Positive Disciplining, Gender, Violence against Women(VAW), Child Protection specifically Child Sexual Abuse and commercial sexual exploitation( CSA/CSEC) and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights issues(SRHR), HIV/AIDS, facilitation skills, counseling skills and stress management.

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