The Karachi Dolphins were a limited overs cricket team based in Karachi which played in National One-day Championship and domestic Twenty20 in Pakistan. The Dolphins' home ground was National Stadium in Karachi's north end.
The Dolphins were considered one of the successful teams and had been runners-up on several occasions during the 2004/05, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2009/10, 2010/11, super 8 2011 and Super 8 2012 seasons.
Squad Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batsmen Babar Azam Righthanded Right-arm Leg-break Khalid Latif Righthanded Rightarm Off break Shahzaib Hasan Righthanded Rightarm Off break All-rounders Fawad Alam Lefthanded Slow left-arm orthodox spin Anwar Ali Righthanded Rightarm fast medium10 Shahid Afridi Righthanded Rightarm leg break Captain Wicket-keepers Sarfraz Ahmed Righthanded Bowlers Haaris Ayaz Righthanded Rightarm Off break Mohammad Sami Righthanded Rightarm fast Rumman Raees Righthanded leftarm fast medium Mir Hamza Righthanded leftarm fast medium Sohail Khan Righthanded Rightarm fast medium Tanvir Ahmed Righthanded rightarm fast medium
Sponsors YearTeam sponsor 2004-2008Mobilink2009Bilwani's Mobile2010Al-khair Group2011Chawla Group2012Nokia2013Haier2014Advance Telecom2015QMobile
Twenty20 records
Batting Most runs: 1057 Khalid Latif Highest score: 112 Moin Khan vs. Lahore Lions Highest average: 53.00 Hasan Raza Highest strike rate: 242.85 Iftikhar Ali Most fifties: 7 Khalid Latif Most ducks: 3 Mohammad Sami Highest strike rates in an innings: 416.66 Tariq Haroon vs. Lahore Eagles
Bowling Most wickets: 40 wickets by Shahid Afridi Best bowling figures in a match: 6/25 by Irfanuddin vs. Sialkot Stallions in 2006 Best average: 7.80 Irfanuddin Best economy rate: 5.74 Irfanuddin Best strike rate: 8.1 Irfanuddin Most 4 wickets in an innings (and over): 3 Irfanuddin Most 5 wickets in an innings: 1 Irfanuddin, Fawad Alam & Sohail Khan Best economy rate in an innings: 2.0 Mohammad Sami vs. Abbottabad Rhinos in 2006 Best strike rate in an innings: 3.0 Tahir Khan vs. Islamabad Leopards Most runs conceded in an innings: 58 Iftikhar Ali vs. Faisalabad Wolves in 2005 Most wickets in a series: 19 Irfanuddin in 2005/06
Wicket keeping Most dismissals: 33 Sarfraz Ahmed Most dismissals in an innings: 3 Afsar Nawaz (twice) & 3 Sarfraz Ahmed (three times) Most dismissals in a series: 11 Afsar Nawaz in 2005/06
Fielding Most catches: 20 by Mohammad Sami Most catches in an innings: 3 by Khurram Manzoor, Rameez Raja, Mohammad Sami & Asad Shafiq Most catches in a series: 5 by Rameez Raja
Notable players Khalid Latif Shahzaib Hasan Asad Shafiq Rameez Raja Fawad Alam Shahid Afridi Sarfraz Ahmed Mohammad Sami Sohail Khan Tanvir Ahmed Mohammad Rizwan Shan Masood Inzamam Ul Haq Babar Azam
Most matches as captain
Player Playing span Match Won Lost Tied NR % Shahid Afridi 2006present 35 30 05 00 00 85.71 Mohammad Sami 20102013 17 10 06 01 00 61.76 Faisal Iqbal 20062006 06 04 02 00 00 66.66 Moin Khan 20052005 05 03 02 00 00 60.00 Khalid Latif 20092009 02 01 01 00 00 50.00 Naumanullah 20062006 01 00 01 00 00 00 Sarfraz Ahmed 20142016 04 00 00 00 00 00
The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win
See also Pakistan Super League Faysal Bank T20 Cup Pakistan Cricket Board Cricket in Pakistan Larkana Bulls
References
External links Twenty 20 Record page for Karachi Dolphins Cricketarchive page for Karachi Dolphins