A look at Pakistan's star performances at previous Champions Trophy tournaments

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Pakistan have played at every ICC Champions Trophy but are yet to lift the trophy – with their previous best performances being semi-final appearances in 2000, 2004 and 2009.

They are the lowest-ranked team at this summer’s tournament, and will be hoping to spring a surprise and get their hands on the ICC Champions Trophy for the first time.

Ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 in England and Wales, we take a look back at their best performers in previous tournaments…

Shoaib Malik is Pakistan’s leading appearance maker at the ICC Champions Trophy with 15. He has played at the 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009 and 2013 editions of the tournament and is named in their squad for CT17

Malik hit Pakistan’s highest score at the tournament with his knock of 128 against India in 2009

Top of the run-scoring list for Pakistan is Mohammad Yousuf, who scored 484 runs across five tournaments

Top of the averages is Saeed Anwar, who is streets ahead of his countrymen with an extraordinary average of 114.50 at the tournament! He scored 289 runs in just four innings

209 of Saeed Anwar’s runs came in the 2000 edition, the highest number of runs scored by a Pakistan player at one edition of the ICC Champions Trophy

Anwar also has the most centuries for Pakistan at the tournament with 2

Saeed Anwar shares the record for most scores of 50+ for Pakistan at the tournament with Mohammad Yousuf – who both passed the half-century mark on three occasions

It’s no surprise that the most destructive Pakistan batsman – in terms of sixes hit – is Shahid Afridi, who hit ten maximums at the tournament

Saeed Anwar’s 209 runs in the 2000 edition were the highest number of runs scored by a Pakistan player at one edition of the ICC Champions Trophy

Saeed Anwar’s 209 runs in the 2000 edition were the highest number of runs scored by a Pakistan player at one edition of the ICC Champions Trophy

Six of his sixes came in one innings against Netherlands in 2002 – when he scored the fastest-ever 50 at the tournament off 18 balls – the most by a Pakistan batsman in an innings

Afridi also has the highest strike rate of any Pakistan batsman at the tournament – 123.62 across his 13 innings

With the ball, Afridi has had just as big an impact, taking the most wickets for Pakistan at the ICC Champions Trophy with 14

He also recorded Pakistan’s best-ever figures at the tournament when he took 5 for 11 v Kenya in 2004

Off-spinner Saeed Ajmal took 8 wickets for Pakistan at the ICC Champions Trophy 2009 – the most in a single edition by a Pakistan bowler

The best average at the tournament goes to former fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, who took 7 wickets at an average of 16.28

Akhtar also has the best economy rate for his country at the ICC Champions Trophy – going at a rate of just 3.01 off his 37.5 overs

Azhar Mahmood tops the best strike rate list; with his 8 wickets from 25 overs giving him a strike rate of 18.7 at the tournament

In the field, Shoaib Malik has taken more catches than any other Pakistan player with eight in 15 games

Behind the stumps, Kamran Akmal leads the way for wicket-keeping dismissals, having a hand in 14 dismissals at the ICC Champions Trophy (11 catches and 3 stumpings)

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[marlonbrowndo]

Records about to be broken. Afridi's strike rate record is in danger especially since Azhar Ali and Ahmed Shehzad will be opening the batting for us.

 

[ExplicitAI]

2013 was all about Misbah with his batting and fielding. The entire team went missing )

 

[KyoOne]

Malik has almost always gotten a free ride in ICC tournaments, just like Kami. Both have been mediocre usually.

Hope we move on from the two once Malik shows his true English pitches colours this tour

 

[waleed88]

Misbah's 96* is probably the best innings I have witnessed by a Pakistani batsman in Champions Trophy..

Swinging conditions with the team reeling at 96/6, and then 128/9... the guy bats with Mohammad Irfan of all people.. and adds a 50 to the total

 

[Hamza_]

Shoaib Malik century against India in 2009 brings finest memories. What a knock it was and we all cheered up in joy after that win.

Mohammad Amir taking Sachin's wicket was another highlight.

 

[Daniyal 13]

Mohammad Yousuf played very
important innings on both occassion against India in 2004 and 2009. He was the MoM in former.

What a champion he was!

 

[salman24]

So we played and beat India the last time in the Champions trophy in 2009 (Yousuf scored close to 90 and Malik scored 128) before playing the semi final against them in the 2011 World Cup. However, in the semi final I the 2011 World Cup in Mohali we had Younis and Misbah in the team instead of those 2. Summarizes Pakistan cricket. I still believe if we had Yousuf and Malik in that match the result would have been different...

 

[DRsohail]

So we played and beat India the last time in the Champions trophy in 2009 (Yousuf scored close to 90 and Malik scored 128) before playing the semi final against them in the 2011 World Cup. However, in the semi final I the 2011 World Cup in Mohali we had Younis and Misbah in the team instead of those 2. Summarizes Pakistan cricket. I still believe if we had Yousuf and Malik in that match the result would have been different...

point to be taken seriously....we believe in stabality approach means safety first approach so we select players with that mentality thts why we are far behind .....we are stuck in 80s..

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

2004: Yousuf 81 not out in a successful chase last over against India.
2009: Yousuf and Malik 87 and 128 respectively setting a 300 target.

But but but Yousuf is a master of soft runs.
Is there any bigger pressure match than against India in a global tournament?

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Another notable performance.

Amir wicket against Tendulkar. Big wicket!