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Following the Partition of India in 1947, and
the establishment of the separate nation state of Pakistan, cricket
in the country developed steadily and Pakistan was given Test Match
status at a meeting of the Imperial Cricket Conference at Lord's
Cricket Ground on 28 July 1952.
When the cricket team of West Indies was due to undertake a tour of India in the winter of 1948 and all of a sudden, few members of the Lahore Gymkhana , thought of inviting the mighty team to Pakistan for one-off test match. this gave the birth to the idea of forming the board of control for cricket in Pakistan.(BCCP), so that an official invitation could be extended to the West Indies cricket board.
Justice A.R Cornelus who later became the chief Justice of Pakistan was the captain of Lahore gymkhana, with his other fellow cricketers like Mian Muhammad Saeed, Dr. Jahangir Khan, Sheikh Muhammad Nisar, Dr. Dilawar Hussain, QD Butt and AR. Collector invited then Chief Minister Punjab, Khan Iftikhar Hussain, the Khan of Mamdot to form the BCCP Khan Iftikhar Hussain became the first president of Board of Control for cricket in Pakistan (BCCP) also.
Pakistan's first Test match was
played in Delhi in October 1952 as part of a five Test series which
India won 2-1. Pakistan made their first tour of England in 1954
and drew the series 1-1 after a memorable victory at The Oval in
which fast bowler Fazal Mahmood took 12 wickets. Pakistan's first
home Test match was in Dacca in East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh
) in January 1955 against India, after which four more Test matches
were played in Bahawalpur , Lahore , Peshawar and Karachi (all
five matches in the series were drawn).
The team is considered one of the best teams in international cricket,
with top rankings in both Test and One-day International matches. Traditionally
Pakistani cricket has been filled with players of outrageous 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 from both sides
of the border elevate their game to new levels to produce high-quality
cricket.
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| Presidents and Chairmen chain |
In 1995, the organization was renamed BCCP acquired a new name the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). New rules were adopted and Arif Ali Khan Abbasi become its first Chief Executive.
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| Name |
Period |
| Khan Iftikhar Hussain Khan of Mandot(Late) |
1948-1950 |
| Chaudhary Nazir Ahmad Khan(Late) |
Mar, 1950 - Sept, 1951 |
| Abdus Sattar Pirzada(Late) |
Sept, 1951 - May, 1953 |
| Mian Aminuddin (Late) |
Mar, 1953 - Jul, 1954 |
| Muhammad Ali Bogra (Late) |
Jul, 1954 - Sept, 1955 |
| Maj. Gen Iskander Mirza (Late) |
Sept, 1955 - Dec, 1958 |
| Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan(Late) |
Dec, 1958 - June, 1963 |
| Justice A R Cornelius (Late) (Chairman Ad hoc Committee) |
1960-1963 |
| Syed Fida Hussain (Late) |
June, 1963 - May, 1969 |
| I A Khan (Late) |
May, 1969 - May, 1972 |
| Abdul Hafeez Kardar (Late) |
May, 1972 - Apr, 1977 |
| Chaudhry Muhammad Hussain (Late) |
Apr, 1977 - Jun, 1978 |
| Lt Gen (Retd) K M Azhar |
June, 1978 - Feb, 1980 |
| Air Marshal (Retd) Muhammad Nur Khan |
Feb, 1980 - Feb, 1984 |
| Lt Gen. (Retd) Gulam Safdar Butt (Chairman Ad hoc Committee) |
Feb, 1984 - Feb, 1988 |
| Lt Gen. (Retd) Zahid Ali Akbar Khan |
Feb, 1988 - Sept, 1992 |
| Justice Dr Nasim Hasan Shah |
Oct, 1992 - Jan, 1994 |
| Javed Burki (Chairman Ad hoc Committee) |
13th Jan, 1994 - 20th Mar, 1995 |
| Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah Bukhari |
Mar, 1995 - Jan, 1998 |
| Khalid Mahmood |
Jan, 1998 - Jul, 1999 |
| Mujeeb ur Rehman (Chairman Ad hoc Committee) |
1999-1999 |
| Dr. Zafar Altaf (Chairman Ad hoc Committee) |
1999-1999 |
| Lt. Gen. Tauqir Zia (Chairman Ad hoc Committee) |
1999-2003 |
| Shaharyar Muhammad Khan (Chairman Ad hoc Committee) |
2003-2007 |
| Dr. Naseem Ashraf |
(2007-till yet) |
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| Secretaries |
| Name |
Period |
| Bashir Ahmad |
1965-1971 |
| Dr. Zafar Altaf |
1972-1975 |
| Khalid Mahmood |
1975-1976 |
| Lt Col (Retd) Zafar Ahmad |
1977-1978 |
| Lt. Col (Retd) Rafi Nasim |
1978-1980 |
| Arif Ali Khan Abbasi |
1980-1984 |
| Shakoor Ahmad |
1984-1985 |
| Lt. Col (Retd) Nasim |
1985-1986 |
| Zulfaqar Ahmad |
1986-1986 |
| Ijaz Butt |
1986-1988 |
| Arif Ali Khan Abbasi |
1988-1991 |
| Shahid Rafi |
19911994 |
| Ghulam Mustafa Khan |
1995-1997 |
| Waqar Ahmad |
1997-1999 |
| Shafqat Rana |
1999 |
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| Chief Executives |
| Name |
Period |
| Arif Ali Khan Abbasi |
1995-1996 |
| Majid Khan |
1996-1999 |
| Yawar Saeed (Director) |
1999-2000 |
| Brig Munawar Ahmad Rana (Director) |
2000-2002 |
| Chishti Mujahid (Director) |
2002-2003 |
| Ramiz Hasan Raja |
2003-2004 |
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| Batting Summary |
Hanif Mohammad scored 337 against the West Indies in 1958, the first triple hundred by an Asian cricketer. This is also the longest innings by any batsman in terms of time spent at the wicket. Saeed Anwar holds the record for scoring 194, the highest ODI innings, scored against the Indian cricket team in Chennai in 1997. Shahid Afridi holds the record for the fastest ODI century reaching the milestone off just 37 balls and also equalled the second fastest hundred by scoring a century off 45 balls.
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| Bowling Summary |
Wasim Akram has taken 502 ODI wickets, the highest by any bowler in ODI cricket. Shoaib Akhtar is the fastest bowler in the world, regularly bowling at around 92-95 miles/h, and also has the record of the fastest delivery ever recorded, clocking at 100.2 miles/h.
Abdul Qadir is considered the reviver of the art of leg-spin bowling, and Saqlain Mushtaq is regarded as one of the best off-spin bowlers in cricket history, credited with inventing the delivery now known as the doosra . Danish Kaneria is only the second Hindu to play Test cricket for Pakistan.
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Kardar led the first Pakistani team to victory over all the Test playing nations of the 1950s