After appearing in his first Cricket World Cup final in 2007, what award did Aleem Dar of Pakistan win for three consecutive years from 2009 to 2011?
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2007 Cricket World Cup umpires The umpiring panel for the 2007 Cricket World Cup comprised nine umpires from the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires (the only member not included was Darrell Hair), and nine umpires from the international panel. The refereeing panel comprises seven members from the Elite Panel of ICC Referees, with Clive Lloyd not being included due to his role as West Indies' team manager. Aleem Dar went on to stand as an umpire in his first World Cup final, alongside Steve Bucknor who was appearing in his fifth final in a row - extending his record of four from the 2003 World Cup.
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Aleem Dar Aleem Sarwar Dar (born 6 June 1968) is a Pakistani cricket umpire and a member of the ICC Elite umpire panel. He won three consecutive ICC Umpire of the Year awards 2009, 2010 and 2011, after being nominated twice in 2005 and 2006. Aleem Dar, Marais Erasmus, Richard Kettleborough, Kumar Dharmasena and Simon Taufel were the only umpires to have received the award from its inception until 2016. Before becoming an umpire, he played first-class cricket for Allied Bank, Gujranwala Cricket Association, Lahore and Pakistan Railways as a right-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler. Since his retirement as a player, he has gained prominence as one of the leading umpires in international cricket. He was educated at Islamia College, Civil Lines, Lahore.
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Gautam Gambhir Gautam Gambhir (   ; born 14 October 1981) is an Indian cricketer, who played all formats of the game. He is a left-handed opening batsman who plays domestic cricket for Delhi, and captains Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Bangladesh in 2003, and played his first Test the following year against Australia. He captained the Indian team in six ODIs from late-2010 to late-2011 with India winning all six matches. He played an integral part in India's wins in the finals of both the 2007 World Twenty20 (75 runs from 54 balls) and the 2011 Cricket World Cup (97 from 122).
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Inzamam-ul-Haq Inzamam-ul-Haq (   ;Punjabi, Urdu: ‎ ; born 3 March 1970), also known as "Inzy", is a former Pakistani cricketer, and former captain. The leading run scorer for Pakistan in one-day internationals, and the third-highest run scorer for Pakistan in Test cricket, after Younis Khan and Javed Miandad, Inzamam is considered one of all time legends of world cricket. He was the captain of the Pakistan national cricket team from 2003–07 and is considered to be one of the best leaders in Pakistan Cricket history. Inzamam currently serves as the chief selector of Pakistan cricket team.
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Yasir Hameed Yasir Hameed Qureshi (Urdu: یاسر حمید قریشی) (born 28 February 1978 in Peshawar, originally from Kukmang, District Abbottabad) is a Pakistani cricketer. He scored two centuries on his Test debut against Bangladesh, becoming only the second player to do so just after Lawrence Rowe. During his first thirty One Day International innings, he scored more runs than any other batsman, as well as scoring four successive opening partnerships of 100 or more with Imran Farhat, a unique achievement. He scored first 1000 ODI runs in just 22 matches, Fastest in Asia and third fastest in world.
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Mohammad Naeem (cricketer, born 1982) Mohammad Naeem (born 10 November 1982) is a former Pakistani cricketer. From Faisalabad, Punjab, Mohammad made his first-class debut during the 1999–2000 season, playing twice for REDCO Pakistan Limited in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. His List A debut came the following season, when he played five matches for Faisalabad in the 2000–01 One Day Tournament. A right-arm fast bowler, Mohammad was quite successful in limited-overs matches, and finished the season as Faisalabad's leading wicket-taker, with eleven wickets at an average of 16.00. He took another five wickets in the 2001–02 season of the tournament, at a similarly low average. However, that was to be his last limited-overs season for Faisalabad, and aside from a single first-class match against Lahore Blues during the 2002–03 season, in which he went wicketless, he did not play at a major level again. However, Mohammad did continue to play in regional competitions for Faisalabad well into the late 2000s.
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2007 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches The 2007 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches were held prior to the 2007 Cricket World Cup, between March 5 and March 9, 2007. All 16 nations that were qualified to take part in the World Cup participated in a series of matches to prepare, experiment with different tactics and to help them acclimatise to conditions in the West Indies. The warm-up matches were not classified as One Day Internationals by the International Cricket Council (ICC), despite sharing some of main features of this form of cricket, but some of the playing regulations were different from standard internationals in order to allow teams to experiment. For example, the main change allowed for thirteen different players to play in a match – nine players being allowed to both bat and bowl, with two only being able to bowl and two only being able to bat – instead of the eleven players normally allowed.
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Pakistani cricket team in Bangladesh in 2011–12 The Pakistan national cricket team toured Bangladesh from 29 November to 21 December 2011. The tour consisted of one Twenty20 International (T20I), three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and two Test matches, all of which were won by Pakistan.
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Nauman Anwar Nauman Anwar (born 12 October 1995) is a Pakistani cricketer. He represents Sialkot Stallions in domestic circuit. He was leading scorer (270) in his debut 2015 Haier Super 8 T20 Cup. He had played just 4 First-class, 3 List A and 5 Twenty20 games before being selected in the Pakistan squad for the Zimbabwe series in 2015.
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Warne–Muralidaran Trophy The Warne–Muralitharan Trophy is awarded to the winner of the Australia–Sri Lanka Test cricket series from 2007–08 season onwards. The trophy is named after the two leading wicket takers in Test cricket, Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan (who prefers to romanise his name as "Muralidaran") and Australia's Shane Warne. The trophy celebrates the 25th anniversary of Australia–Sri Lanka Test cricket. The trophy features casts of the two bowlers' right hands and match-used cricket balls bowled by them during their careers. Sri Lanka Cricket, the governing body of cricket in Sri Lanka had written to its Australian counterpart, Cricket Australia, that the winner of the series should be awarded a trophy named after the two bowlers. Cricket Australia had responded positively to the Sri Lankans' proposal. In unveiling the trophy, Cricket Australia said in a statement,
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Zimbabwean cricket crisis Cricket in Zimbabwe was a crisis that lasted from 2003 to 2011 where player withdrawals such as the "Black-armband protest" by Andy Flower and Henry Olonga along with a mass loss of players in 2004 due to a general strike resulted in very poor performances by the national team. Presently Zimbabwe is in the period of rebuilding itself as the domestic structure was re-structured in 2009. Many people allege that the administration of cricket in Zimbabwe is corrupted by the influence of Robert Mugabe's government, who are widely accused of following racist, in particular anti-white, policies. Positive signs began to emerge for Zimbabwe after the 2007 Cricket World Cup especially when in the 2007 World Twenty20 Zimbabwe defeated what was arguably the strongest side in the world at the time, Australia. Along with this Zimbabwe gradually began to show encouraging signs of improvement and four years later they returned to the highest format of the game, Test Cricket. In their first match since their return in August 2011 they comprehensively defeated Bangladesh.
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Hasan Dar Hasan Ahmed Dar (born 18 July 1989) is a Pakistani cricketer who has played for several Lahore-based teams in Pakistani domestic cricket. He is a right-arm pace bowler.
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South African cricket team in Pakistan in 1997–98 The South African national cricket team visited Pakistan in October to November 1997 and played a three-match Test series against the Pakistani national cricket team. South Africa won the Test series 1–0. South Africa were captained by Hansie Cronje and Pakistan by Saeed Anwar. In addition, the teams played in a Limited Overs International (LOI) tournament which South Africa won.
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Zaheer Abbas Syed Zaheer Abbas Kirmani (in Punjabi and Urdu: سید ظہیر عباس کرمانی; born 24 July 1947), popularly known as Zaheer Abbas, is a former Pakistani cricketer. He is among few professional cricketers who used to wear spectacles. In 1982/1983, he became the first batsman to score three consecutive centuries in one-day internationals.. Zaheer Abbas is known as the Asian Bradman
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Pakistani cricket team in Ireland in 2011 The Pakistan national cricket team visited Ireland in May 2011 to play two One Day Internationals. The series was played from 27 to 30 May, 2011. Misbah-ul-Haq was the captain of the Pakistanti team while William Porterfield was the captain of the Irish team. Both the matches were won by Pakistan. Paul Stirling of the Irish team scored the maximum number of runs in the series while Saeed Ajmal of Pakistan took 7 wickets in the series.
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Sana Mir Sana Mir (born 5 January 1986) is a cricketer and the former captain of the Pakistan national women's cricket team in ODIs and T20Is. She is ranked 6th in ODI Bowlers in the World. Sana Mir has led Pakistan to two Gold medals in Asian Games 2010 and 2014. She was announced "Player of the Tournament" at the 2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, and currently ranks 8th in the Women's ODI Bowlers in the ICC Player Rankings. She has been in Top 20 ICC rankings for last 9 years. During her Captaincy 8 players from Pakistan have made their way into the top 20 ICC rankings.
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2005 ICC Trophy The 2005 ICC Trophy was a cricket tournament held in Ireland between 1 July and 13 July. It was an international one-day tournament played over 50 overs per side between 12 associate members of the International Cricket Council. It came with the prize of a place in the 2007 Cricket World Cup (and together with it a share of US$2.5 million for future development) for the five top-ranked teams, and with the prize of official One Day International status from 1 January 2006 (until the 2009 ICC Trophy) for the five top-ranked teams along with Kenya, who had already been given official one-day status until the 2009 Trophy and a spot in the 2007 World Cup.
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ICC World Cup Qualifier The ICC World Cup Qualifier (formerly ICC Trophy) is an international one-day cricket tournament run under the auspices of the International Cricket Council. Any Associate or Affiliate member of the ICC may attempt to qualify for the ICC Trophy by means of a system of regional qualifying events. The test-playing Full members do not take part. Zimbabwe have won the event the most, with three successive titles from 1982 to 1990.
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Saleem Elahi Saleem Elahi (Urdu: سلیم الہی) (born 21 November 1976) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played 13 Tests and 48 ODIs from 1995 to 2004. Making his international debut against Sri Lanka in September 1995, he made 102 not out, thus becoming the first player from Pakistan to score a century on ODI debut.
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Anwar Ali (cricketer, born 1987) Anwar Ali Gujjar (born 25 November 1987 in Swat) is a Pakistani cricketer who guided Pakistan to win the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cupfinal in Sri Lanka by securing 5 wicket for 35 and was declared man of the match. He represents Karachi Zebras and Sindh Dolphins in domestic circuit. He cites Wasim Akram and Imran Khan as his childhood heroes and idols.
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List of One Day International cricket hat-tricks A hat-trick in cricket is when a bowler takes three wickets on consecutive deliveries, dismissing three different batsmen. It is a relatively rare event in One Day International (ODI) cricket with only 43 occurrences in more than 3,800 matches since the first ODI, between Australia and England on 5 January 1971. The first ODI hat-trick was taken by Jalal-ud-Din of Pakistan, playing against Australia in Hyderabad, Sindh in September 1982 and the first world cup hat trick was taken by Chetan Sharma of India against New Zealand.
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1983 Cricket World Cup The 1983 Cricket World Cup (officially the Prudential Cup '83) was the 3rd edition of the Cricket World Cup tournament. It was held from 9 June to 25 June 1983 in England and Wales and was won by India. Eight countries participated in the event. The 1983 World Cup was full of dramatic cricket all through the tournament. Teams like India and Zimbabwe who were not playing well during those times scored upset victories over the West Indies and Australia respectively. England, Pakistan, India and tournament favourites West Indies qualified for the semi-finals. The preliminary matches were played in two groups of four teams each, and each country played the others in its group twice. The top two teams in each group qualified for the semi-finals.