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. 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. 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) 2003-2006 Dr. Naseem Ashraf (2006-2008)   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   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   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.  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.  Captains  Hafeez Kardar  Fazal Mehmood  Imtaiz Ahmad  Javed Burki  Haneef Mohammad  Saeed Ahmed  Intikhab Alam  Majid Khan  Mushtaq Mohammad  Wasim Bari  Asif Iqbal  Imran Khan  Javed Miandad  Zaheer Abbas  Rameez Raja  Saleem Malik  Aamer Sohail  Saeed Anwar  Wasim Akram  Waqar Younis  Rashid Latif  Moin Khan  Inzamam ul Haq  Muhammad Yousaf  Younas Khan  Shoaib Malik  Kardar led the first Pakistani team to victory over all the Test playing nations of the 1950s  Imran Khan led Pakistan to a World Cup victory in 1992 in Australia. Womens Captains *coming soon   Year Status / Approach Captain Status (Pak vs Team) 1975 1st Round Majid Khan vs Australia Aus won by 73 runs vs West Indies WI won by 1 wkts vs Srilanka Pak won by 192 runs 1979 Semi Finals Asif Iqbal vs Canada Pak won by 8vwkt vs Australia Pak won by 89 runs vs England Eng won by 14 runs vs WI (Semi Final) WI won by 43 runs 1983 Semi Finals Imran Khan vs Srilanka Pak won by 50 runs vs New Zealand NZ won by 52 runs vs England Eng won by 8 wkts vs Srilanka Pak won by 11 runs vs New Zealand Pak won by 7 wkts vs England Pak won by 11 runs vs WI (Semi Final) WI won by 8 wkts 1987 Semi Finals Imran Khan vs Srilanka Pak won by 15 runs vs England Pak won by 18 runs vs West Indies Pak won by 1 wkts vs England Pak won by 7wkts vs Srilanka Pak won by 113 runs vs West Indies WI won by 28 runs vs Aus (Semi Final) Aus won by 18 runs 1992 Champions Imran Khan vs West Indies WI won by 10 wkts vs Zimbaber Pak won by 53 runs vs England no result vs India Ind won by 43 runs vs South Africa RSA won by 20 runs vs Australia Pak won by 48 runs vs Srilanka Pak won by 4 wkts vs New Zealand Pak won by 7 wkts vs NZ (Semi Final) Pak won by 4 wkts vs England (Final) Pak won by 22 runs 1996 Quarter Finals Amir Sohail vs UAE Pak won by 9 wkts vs Netherlands Pak won by 8 wktss vs South Africa SA won by 5 wkts vs England Pak won by 7 wkts vs India (Quater Final) India won by 39 runs 1999 Runner up Wasim Akram vs West Indies Pak won by 27 runs vs Scotland Pak won by 94 runs vs Australia Pak won by 10 runs vs NewZealand Pak won by 62 runs vs South Africa (Super Six) RSA won by 3 wkts vs India (Super Six) Ind won by 47 runs vs Zimbabwe (Super Six) Pak won by 148 runs vs NewZealand (Semi Final) Pak won by 5 wkts vs Australia (Final) Aus won by 8 wkts 2003 1st Round Waqar Younas vs Australia Aus won by 82 runs vs Namibia Pak won by 171 runs vs England Eng won by 112 runs vs Netherlands Pak won by 97 runs vs India Ind won by 6 wkts vs Zimbabwe no result 2007 1st Round Inzamam ul Haq vs West Indies West Indies won vs Ireland Ireland won vs Zimbabwe Pak Won