Pakistan national cricket team
| Nickname(s) | Shaheens (lit. 'Falcons') Green Shirts Men in Green Cornered Tigers | ||||||||||||
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| Association | Pakistan Cricket Board | ||||||||||||
| Personnel | |||||||||||||
| Test captain | Shan Masood | ||||||||||||
| One Day captain | Mohammad Rizwan | ||||||||||||
| T20I captain | Salman Ali Agha | ||||||||||||
| Coach | Mike Hesson (interim) | ||||||||||||
| Fielding coach | Muhammad Masroor | ||||||||||||
| Manager | Naveed Akram Cheema | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Test status acquired | 1952 | ||||||||||||
| Hong Kong Cricket Sixes wins | 5 | ||||||||||||
| International Cricket Council | |||||||||||||
| ICC status | Full Member (1952) | ||||||||||||
| ICC region | ACC | ||||||||||||
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| Tests | |||||||||||||
| First Test | v India at the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi; 16–18 October 1952 | ||||||||||||
| Last Test | v West Indies at Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan; 25–27 January 2025 | ||||||||||||
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| World Test Championship appearances | 3 (first in 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Best result | 6th place (2021) | ||||||||||||
| One Day Internationals | |||||||||||||
| First ODI | v New Zealand at Lancaster Park, Christchurch; 11 February 1973 | ||||||||||||
| Last ODI | v New Zealand at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui; 5 April 2025 | ||||||||||||
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| World Cup appearances | 12 (first in 1975) | ||||||||||||
| Best result | Champions (1992) | ||||||||||||
| T20 Internationals | |||||||||||||
| First T20I | v England at the Bristol County Ground, Bristol; 28 August 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Last T20I | v Bangladesh at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore; 1 June 2025 | ||||||||||||
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| T20 World Cup appearances | 8 (first in 2007) | ||||||||||||
| Best result | Champions (2009) | ||||||||||||
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| As of 1 June 2025 | |||||||||||||
The Pakistan men's national cricket team represents Pakistan in international cricket. It is controlled by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the governing body for cricket in Pakistan, which is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Pakistan compete in cricket tours and tournaments sanctioned by the PCB and other regional or international cricket bodies in Test, One Day International (ODI), and Twenty20 International (T20) formats.
Pakistan were given Test status in 1952 following a recommendation from India, but faced limited international success until the 1980s, when they became fixtures in the latter stages of tournaments. They won their first international trophy, the ICC World Cup, in 1992, and then won the Asia Cup in 2000. They saw increased success in the 21st century, winning the T20 World Cup in 2009, the Asia Cup in 2012, and ICC Champions Trophy in 2017. Pakistan won the first Asian Test Championship in 1999, and was the fourth team to win the now-defunct ICC Test Championship in 2016. Pakistan have the second-highest win percentage in international T20 cricket (with a minimum of 150 games played), the fourth-highest win percentage in ODI cricket, and the fourth-best win-loss ratio in Test cricket (both with a minimum of 400 games played).
Pakistan has been plagued by security concerns and domestic instability due to terrorism and the war on terror, restricting it as a venue for international cricket in the 21st century. Despite hosting the 1987 and 1996 World Cups (with the 1996 final played in Lahore), cricket was not played in the country after an attack against the Sri Lanka national team in 2009; Pakistan then played one-day games in the United Arab Emirates until 2016 and Test games in the UAE until 2019. International cricket was resumed in Pakistan from 2016, which coincided with the debut of the Pakistan Super League, following improvements in security and overall reduction in terrorism.