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Lahore Qalandars have appointed Pakistan's ace fast bowler, Shaheen Afridi, as their new captain ahead of the seventh edition of PSL.

2022 Pakistan Super League

Edition: Seventh

Dates: 27 Jan – 27 Feb 2022

Administrator: PCB

Format: Twenty20

Venue: Pakistan

Champions: Lahore Qalandars (1st title)

Lahore Qalandars caption: Shahid Afridi

Lahore Qalandars won by: 42 runs

Runner-up: Multan Sultans

Participant: 6

Matches: 34

Player of the series: Mohammad Rizwan (Multan Sultans)

Mohammad Rizwan made: 546 runs

Most runs: Fakhar Zaman (Lahore Qalandars)

Fakhar Zaman made: 588 made

Most wickets: Shaheen Afridi (Lahore Qalandars)

Shaheen Afridi took: 20 wickets 

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On June 13, 2022, Spin sensation Tuba Hassan was voted the ICC’s Women’s Player of the Month for May (2022), becoming the first player from Pakistan to win the award.

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Shoaib Akhtar was the fastest bowler till 2017.

He set the record by bowling at 161.3 km/h (100.23 mph) during the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

He was nicknamed "Rawalpindi Express" for his pace.

He was a key player in the Pakistani cricket team from 1997 to 2011.

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Pakistan's Ahsan Ayaz has won Colleyville Open Squash 2024

He defeated Indian opponent Yash Bhargava in squash tournament final

Colleyville Open Squash held in August 2024

The Colleyville Open Squash Tournament had a total prize money of $3,000.

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Bano Butt made history by winning a gold medal for Pakistan in Mixed Martial Arts Asian Championship 2024 by defeating Kazakhstan’s Gulnaz Abdrakhmanova

Pakistan’s Emaan Khan clinched a gold medal at the Mixed Martial Arts Asian Championship 2024 by defeating Kazakhstan’s Dinara Ayapova in the final.

Category: Flyweight 56.7 kg

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Mixed Martial Arts Asian Championship 2024 held in Pakistan.

Starting date: Aug 18, 2024

Closing date: Aug 22, 2024

Participants: 12 countries

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On March 08, 2006

Pakistan appointed former captain and fast bowler Waqar Younis as their bowling coach until the 2007 World Cup.

Waqar Younis was re-appointed as Pakistan's bowling and fielding coach for their tour of Australia in December 2009

Waqar was appointed as the coach of the Pakistan cricket team on 3 March 2010.

He resigned as Pakistan's Cricket Coach on 19 August 2011 citing personal reasons.

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FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 (football)

Edition: 9th

Venue: Australia, New Zealand

Final held: 20 August 2023

Final venue: Sydney

Winner: Spain

Runner-up: England

Third position: Sweden

Participating teams: 32

Total matched: 64

Official mascot: Tazuni

Total goals scored: 164

Top scorer: Hinata Miyazawa from Japan (5 goals)

Best player: Aitana Bonmatí from Spain

Best young player: Salma Paralluelo from Spain

Best goalkeeper : Mary Earps from England

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Pakistan's stand-in captain Shadab Khan made history on 27 March 2023 by claiming his 100th Twenty20 International wicket during the third T20I against Afghanistan in Sharjah. 

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 Pakistan batting great Zaheer Abbas was formally inducted into the Pakistan Cricket Boards Hall of Fame on March 12, 2022.

The 74-year-old former batter received his commemorative cap and plaque from PCB chief executive Faisal Hasnain during the lunch break of the second Test between Pakistan and Australia at Karachi`s National Stadium.