Test XI, by our ratings

Best Pakistani Test XI

The pool is the 32 Pakistani players in the Beat My 11 database with at least 50 Tests, across every era, with one all-rounder in the side. The XI has 2 openers, 3 middle-order batters, 1 wicketkeeper, 1 all-rounder, 1 spinner and 3 fast bowlers, picked by our ratings: the highest-rated players at each position, in whichever of the three XI shapes in the game rates best as a team.

All eleven players are from Pakistan.

Career Test totals from the Beat My 11 database, as of 22 October 2026.

The XI, in batting order

#	Player	Position	Nation	Played in	Career Test stats
1	Saeed Anwar	opener	Pakistan	1990s	55 Tests; 4,052 runs at 45.5, 11 hundreds
2	Hanif Mohammad	opener	Pakistan	Legends	55 Tests; 3,915 runs at 44, 12 hundreds
3	Younis Khan	middle-order batter	Pakistan	2000s, 2010s	118 Tests; 10,099 runs at 52.05, 34 hundreds
4	Mohammad Yousuf	middle-order batter	Pakistan	2000s, 2010s	90 Tests; 7,530 runs at 52.3, 24 hundreds
5	Inzamam-ul-Haq	middle-order batter	Pakistan	1990s, 2000s	120 Tests; 8,830 runs at 49.6, 25 hundreds
6	Sarfraz Ahmed	wicketkeeper	Pakistan	2010s	54 Tests; 3,031 runs at 37, 4 hundreds; 182 dismissals
7	Imran Khan	all-rounder	Pakistan	Legends, 1970s, 1980s	88 Tests; 3,807 runs at 37.7, 6 hundreds; 362 wickets at 22.8, 23 five-wicket hauls
8	Danish Kaneria	spinner	Pakistan	2000s	61 Tests; 261 wickets at 34.8, 15 five-wicket hauls
9	Waqar Younis	fast bowler	Pakistan	Legends, 1990s, 2000s	87 Tests; 373 wickets at 23.6, 22 five-wicket hauls
10	Wasim Akram	fast bowler	Pakistan	Legends, 1980s, 1990s	104 Tests; 414 wickets at 23.6, 25 five-wicket hauls
11	Sarfraz Nawaz	fast bowler	Pakistan	1970s, 1980s	55 Tests; 177 wickets at 32.8, 4 five-wicket hauls

Next in line

Player	Position	Nation	Career Test stats
Majid Khan	opener	Pakistan	63 Tests; 3,931 runs at 38.9, 8 hundreds
Javed Miandad	middle-order batter	Pakistan	124 Tests; 8,832 runs at 52.6, 23 hundreds
Kamran Akmal	wicketkeeper	Pakistan	53 Tests; 2,648 runs at 30.8, 6 hundreds; 207 dismissals
Mushtaq Mohammad	all-rounder	Pakistan	57 Tests; 3,643 runs at 39.2, 10 hundreds; 79 wickets at 29.2, 3 five-wicket hauls
Iqbal Qasim	spinner	Pakistan	50 Tests; 171 wickets at 28.1, 8 five-wicket hauls

What stands out

Between them the eleven played 887 Tests. Inzamam-ul-Haq has the most (120) and Sarfraz Ahmed the fewest (54).
The best batting average in this XI is Mohammad Yousuf's 52.3, and the best bowling average is Imran Khan's 22.8.
The deepest position is middle-order batter, with 13 to choose from for 3 places. The thinnest is fast bowler, with 3 for 3 places.
Left out: Javed Miandad has the best batting average of anyone left out (52.6, 124 Tests, middle-order batter), and Iqbal Qasim the best bowling average (28.1, 50 Tests, spinner). An average is only part of a rating, which also counts how often a player takes wickets or scores hundreds, and how long he lasted.
Their Test careers run from 1952 (Hanif Mohammad's debut year) to the present day.
None of these eleven is in the all-time XI.

How this XI was picked

Pool by position: 5 openers, 13 middle-order batters, 4 wicketkeepers, 3 all-rounders, 4 spinners, 3 fast bowlers.

Our ratings use seven career measures. Openers, middle-order batters and wicketkeepers are rated on batting average, runs per player-match, century rate. Spinners and fast bowlers are rated on bowling average, wickets per bowler-match, five-wicket-haul rate, ten-wicket-match rate. All-rounders are rated on all seven. Every player is ranked against the whole database, and players with short careers are weighted toward the average so a hot streak cannot outrank a long career.

The XI takes the highest-rated players at each position, then uses whichever of the three XI shapes in the game rates best as a team. Ratings are not shown here: draft your own XI to see them.

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