'Phenomenal achievements in a short span'

ISLAMABAD : The Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) in a short span of time has achieved to great heights and made H

Pakistan Blind Cricket team reached in the final of all the three editions of Blind Cricket World Cup and has won the last two World Cups consecutively.

Besides this Pakistan won 9 international series out of 10 played.

According to details provided here by PBCC, Pakistan Blind Cricket team whitewashed Australia at Adelaide (3-0 in ODI's and 3-0 in T-20's), South Africa (3-0 in ODI's and 3-0 in T-20's), England (3-0 in ODI's and 1-0 in T-20's) and Nepal (3-0 in ODI's and 2-0 in T-20's).

Pakistan scored the 517 runs against South Africa on December 9, 2010 (Cape Town) which was the highest in ODI's and also attained the World record of highest margin win of 399 runs.

Pakistan also holds the record of highest total successfully chased of 439 runs against England (Sharjah April 2010), which is the highest total successfully chased in any form of cricket.

Pakistan also holds the world record for the highest score in Twenty-20 cricket of 274 runs, set against England in April 2010.

The PBCC is a sole administrative authority over cricket for the blind in Pakistan.

The body is a full member of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and founder member of the World Blind Cricket Council (WBCC).

The PBCC was founded in 1997.

Besides this, there are many other world records set by Pakistan individually and as a team.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2011

 

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