Pakistan is the only Test playing team to have never reached the finals in CT. Reaching semifinals thrice have been their best finish. But 2013 championship was catastrophic for them. They not only lost all the league matches but also could not maintain a clean record against India..
Best Results
- Semifinalist: 2000, 2004, 2009
Interesting Facts
- Only Test playing team to have not even reached the final.
Lost all three matches to New Zealand before 2013.
Never played England.
15 appearances make Shoaib Maliks the most experienced Pakistani players in CT. Afridi (13), Mohammad Yousuf (13) and Abdul Razzaq (10) have also played 10 or more matches.
7 players have captained Pakistan in 7 editions.
Pak Performance in all Editions
1998:
- Captain: Aamer Sohail, Wicket Keeper: Moin Khan
1. QF: WI def Pak by 30 runs
2000:
- Captain: Moin Khan, Wicket Keeper: Moin Khan
1. QF: Pak def SL by 9 wkts
2. SF: NZ def Pak by 4 wkts
2002:
- Captain: Waqar Younis, Wicket Keeper:
Group D: Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Netherlands
1. SL def Pak by 8 wkts
2. Pak def Netherlands by 9 wkts
2004:
- Captain: Inzamam, Wicket Keeper:
Group C: Pakistan, India, Kenya
1. Pak def Kenya by 7 wkts
2. Pak def Ind by 3 wkts
3. SF: WI def Pak by 7 wkts
2006:
- Captain: Younis Khan, Wicket Keeper: Kamran Akhmal
Group B: South Africa, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
1. Pak def SL by 4 wkts
2. NZ def Pak by 51 runs
3. SA def Pak by 124 runs
2009:
- Captain: Younis Khan, Wicket Keeper: Kamran Akhmal
Group A: Australia, Pakistan, India, West Indies
1. Pak def WI by 5 wkts
2. Pak def Ind by 54 runs
3. Aus def Pak by 2 wkts
4. SF: NZ def Pak by 5 wkts
2013
Captain: Misbah, Wicket Keeper: Kamran Akhmal
Group B: West Indies, Pakistan, India, South Africa
- Pak (170) lost to WI (172/8) by 2 wickets
Pak lost to SA by 67 runs
Pak lost to Ind by 8 wkts
Pakistani Match Results at Champions Trophy
| Team | M | W | L | NR |
| Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| West Indies | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| England | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| South Africa | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 0 |
Captains:
- Younis Khan 6 matches (2 won, 4 lost)
Inzamam 3 matches (2 won, 1 lost)
Misbah 3 matches (3 lost)
Moin Khan and Waqar Younis 2 each (1 won, 1 lost)
Afridi 1 (1 won)
Aamer Sohail 1 match (1 lost)
Team Records
Highest Scores: 302/9 (India)
Lowest Scores: 89 (WI), 131 (WI)
Biggest Wins: 54 runs (Ind), 9 wkts (SL, Netherlands), 202 balls (Netherlands), 188 balls (Kenya), 117 (WI)
Smallest wins: 3 wkts (Ind), 4 balls (Ind)
100+ Partnerships: 2 (Includes 2nd biggest partnership of CT)
Biggest Partnerships by Wickets:
- 1st 90 Saeed Anwar, Imran Nazir (SL), 2000
2nd 105* Saeed Anwar, Yousuf Youhana (SL), 2000
3rd 33 Imran Farhat, Mohammad Yousuf (SL), 2006
4th 206 Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Yousuf (Ind), 2009
5th 94 Mohammad Yousuf, Shoaib Malik (NZ), 2006
6th 58* Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi (WI), 2009
7th 59 Abdul Razzaq, Wasim Akram (NZ), 2000
8th 14* Yousuf Youhana, Naved-ul-Hasan (Ind), 2004
9th 30 Yasir Arafat, Umar Gul (SA), 2006
10th 38* Saqlain Mushtaq, Arshad Khan (WI), 1998
Batting Records
- Best Batsman: Md. Yousuf (484 runs in 12 innings), Shoaib Malik (326 runs in 15 innings)
Centuries: 3 (Saeed Anwar 2, Shoaib Malik 1)
50s: 12 (3 Md. Yousuf)
Best in one edition: 209 (Saeed Anwar in 2000), 200 (Md. Yousuf in 2009)
Bowling Records
- Highest wickets: Afridi (14), Saaed Ajmal (12), Shoaib Malik, Umar Gul, Naved-ul-Hasan, Abdul Razzaq (10)
Best Performances: 5/11 Afridi (Kenya)Parnell (NZ)
Most Expensive: 4/65 Azhar Mahmood (NZ), 2/60 Abdul Razzaq (NZ)
Most wickets in a series: 8 (Ajmal in 2009)
MOMs: 7
Afridi has maximum two MOMs.
- 2009: Umar Akhmal (WI), Shoaib Malik (Ind)
2006: Abdul Razzaq (SL)
2004: Afridi (Kenya), Yousuf Youhana (Ind)
2002: Afridi (Netherlands)
2000: Saeed Anwar (SL)
1998: None
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