What Cricketers Have you met in person?

[Civil]

Had any interesting conversations with any?
Did your encounter change your view of them?
Growing up in Canada I've met three when they came for the Sahara Cup.

Moin Khan, very funny guy, nice person

Chris Gayle before he was gonna play his first match!! never imagined what he'd become.

and Mohsin Khan who grew up in the same Karachi Airport Mohala as my Father. (Mohsin was kind of a snob in my personal opinion)

How about you guys?

[waquas_uk]

ive met waqar younis murali shane warne razzaq who is a very nice guy mr actor saeed anwar afridi simon jonnes all in cardiff

[Shayan]

I've met Shoiab Akhtar, Salim Malik, Saqlain, and Shahid Afridi. It was when they came to Leeds to play Australia during the 99 World cup. I went to their hotel.

[Civil]

Does Shoaib act in person like he acts in the media?

[Rudi hater]

I have met:

Imran Khan, Javed Miandad, Rashid Latif, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Salim Malik, Misbah-ul-Haq, Inzi, Imran Nazir, Moin Khan, Aaqib Javed, Mushtaq Ahmed, Zahid Fazal, Naveed Anjum, Asif Mujtaba and Shoaib Malik.

[sy]

i met the 99 world cup Pak team at the Pakistani embassador's house when i was 12. Moin Khan was the nicest guy.

[Karchie19]

i have met shahid afridi and rashid latif.

both seemed nice - although pis sed off with the pakistani fans who kept chasing them for photos.

Latif isn't very tall.

[waquas_uk]

akhtar can b nice but thinks off himself to be too much ive met him few times and hes always on his mobile

[suhaib]

SHAHID AFRIDI: i met him at someones house in london during 99 wc, he was nice, he said i can come and meet him any time at his hotel too, but wen i went there the next day he was with wajatullah wasti and there was about 100 ppl in the hotel corridor.

waqar younis: when i went to see afridi, he was in his room sleeping, there was so much noise that he just woke up it was about 6 pm. he gave everyone autographs and went back to sleep.

shoaib aktar: waqar told us were his room was, we were knocking on it for ages and after 10 minutes he opened the door with a towel wraped around him and shaving cream all over his face and said ''sorry im having a shower'' and shut the door.

razzak: i saw him shopping in london during world cup, the most shy guy ive ever met, he hardly speaks.

i also saw the whole team coming out there coach once after wc cup final and i had front seat, right next to the door , saqlain was the only one who gave an autograph and i had to run shoaib to get one, he looked like he wanted to cry. |-Q [/b]

[Uzi]

Ive met Javed Miandad, Inzy, Aaqib javed, Mushtaq Ahmed, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Amer Sohail, Salim Malik, Ijaz Ahmed. They were here in England on tour and were playing a warm up match against Cambridge University.

[Oxy]

Met all the players from Pakistan teams from 1986-1992. They meant nothing to me.

However, my most treasured moment is meeting the GREAT Viv Richards. Spoke to him for 20 mins, got a photo taken with him and a few autographs-this was in 1987 and then again in 1991 when he was Glamorgan player.

[pakdesi]

iv met afridi,waqar in Cardiff,azhar mahmood imran farhat and when i was little mohsin kamaal and abdul qadir

Pakistani players met - Salim Malik, Javed Miandad, Wasim Akram, Imran Khan, Younis Ahmed (who he?), Saeed Ahmed, Waqar Younis, Abdul Qadir.

However list of players played with - not against include Ian Bell, Richard Montgomery (Sussex), Wasim Khan (Sussex), Alamgir Sheriyar, Dominic Ostler. Against is much longer but I won't bore you!

[Faisal Akhtar]

Met the whole Pakistan team when they came to a mosque in Dewsbury (Markazi mosque, anyone heard of it?)

Met Razzaq in person, hes a brilliant lad........ Afridi, seen him but havent really met him, he's much bigger than he looks on telly.

I once walked into one of my gujraati friends house......there was smoke all around which was unusuall coz i knew no1 in his family smokes. As i walked through his hallway and the smoke cleared, i saw the most horrific site ever a site which to this day gives me nightmares.... it reminded me of 'gorillas in the mist' ....... as the smoke cleared there 'it' was .... sitting there, gold braclets.. gold rings ... cigarette in mouth ... VINOD KAMBLI !!
I swear guys, this guy was really really dark skinned..... i wasnt really into cricket back then, i asked my mate who that was an he told me. I'm never gonna forget .... scarred for life!

Tendulkar was another who used to walk around in Dewsbury, he once nearly got beat up by my cousins (coz he was indian )

Did anyone know Mohammed Kaif used to work in Batley (near Dewsbury) he used to pack nappies. :-D This wasnt that long ago either, maybe 3 yrs ago.

[badxhah]

I met the whole Pakistan and Indian Cricket team when india toured in 1988.
Had the honur of talkin with Imran Khan and Wasim Akram.
Sachin and Majrekear were making their debuts on that tour.
Wasim was so broad that u can hide 4 normal pplz behind him.

[Oxy]

Originally Posted by Amoeba Younis Ahmed (who he?)

He played for Glamorgan...also holds the record for the biggest gap between 1st and 2nd test (something like 15 years!!!!!)

[Fessal]

I have seen quite a few from a yard or so, but shook hands with Akram and can't believe he asked me how do I do. I also had a little chat with Mushtaq Mohammad.

Oh and Ramiz waved personally to my nephews and I...lol

However, for me what beats all that is the very interesting and livley conversation with Geoffrey Boycott on Talk Sports telephone line when we had a few laughs and he just laughed when I told him u English have an excuse for everything. I gave him a list of classic english excuses for losing and he cracked up. Eg, diarrohea as an excuse for losing in India in 1993, ball tampering, umpires, sight screen, colour of someone hair etc etc. The list is endless with England but Boycott did actually agree that when England lose they make too many pathetic excuses and not look at the real reason. Sadly the tables have turned and England are no longer the whipping boys but quite the opposite.

[Kashif]

I've met Imran Khan when he started his charity appeal in 1991.

Met Moin-ul-Atiq (played 2 odi's for Pak in late 80's). He lived in our local neighbourhood in Karachi. When he came back from his tour of Australia (1988/89), he gave his green coloured kit to his small brother who played cricket with us in the mohala. We all got a chance to wear the bright green pads (which at the time was a big deal for us young teenagers then)...and fought to no ends over them.

Moin was the proffesional player for Scottish club East Kilbride. Once we were going home from the ground. A **** kindly offered to drop us off to the nearest rail station. Once we got to the station, Moin told us to lie to the **** that all trains were cancelled. The poor guy dropped us back home which was an hours drive away :-D

Met Manzoor Elahi at Kelburne, where he was the proffessional. Very nice approachable guy, told me to spend equal time on studies. :-)

Went to meet Razzaq in his hotel room in Multan during last years tour by India. Very down to earth guy, quiet and simple.

[Saqlain_doosra]

Sami, Afridi and 2 others were shopping in Bullring (BIrmingham), just before Indian match

None :o^

[Saqlain_doosra]

I had few chance meeting my fav player Saqi, but always been in wrong place for some reason. Can't wait to meet him and asking about the doosra |-c

[safehands46]

my dad once recalls playing in a side match and mohsin khan thought he was a star so. My father invited all of his friends sisters into the pavilion. so like 15 girls came asked autogrphs from father sher afghan. Mohsin was so shocked that the girls blew him off. That was funny. I met imran khan majid bazid javed burki. I have also met akter sami ramiz, abdul qadir, ashraf ali he some how new because i looked me father. mujahid jamshed. kamran akmal. wasim akram.

[zulfiqar]

Inzi
Afridi
Saeed Anwar
Saqlain
Ramiz Raja
Hasan Raza

I met these guys all in the london airport after they were returning 4-1 series defeat in Sahara. Others were there too but I only talked to them. Me and sister talked to Hasan Raza for quite a while , he was injured on his right hand and i gave him a strong handshake and he started wimpering; was funy I think he was 16 bak then (i myself was only 11).

AFridi/Inzi were quite rude ... I say that becuse we were practically the only pakistanis there and the only people who actually recognized they were stars yet they didn't give us attention like one would expect. Oh well, they think they'r too good for every1 else can't blame them. Saeed, Saqi, and Hasan Raza were who I found to have xcellent personlities; gave their time and just chatted to me and dad etc; cool guys

O ya.. met Amresh Puri too Pretty nice dude

[Oxy]

Mohsin was so shocked that the girls blew him off.

I bet he was ;-?

It certainly explains his slurred commentary for ARY Digital

[MIG]

Have met Shoaib in person but he was so rude to my son who wanted an autograph on one of those small bats... I couldnt explain to my son why this person is also a Pakistani ( Met Miandad, Haroon Rashid in the same surroundings and they were polite and friendly )

[Officer Barbrady]

I played against Kamran Akmal a long time back and had his legstump uprooted. :-D No kidding !

[Khalil]

The only international cricketer I met was Gary Kirsten while he was raising funds for the Victoria Childrens Red Cross hospita in Cape Town, South Africa.

I met Hershell Gibbs mother at her curio shop at the V& A Waterfront Cape Town, South Africa

I once saw a guy that looked like the mirror image of Paul Adams at a beach in Cape Town. It may or may not have been Paul Adams

[MIG]

Marooned - ya bully !!!

[Abdul Qadir 236]

Ijaz Ahmed jnr
Wasti
Shoaib Khan
Sanjay Raul

[MIG]

and of course, the great Asif Iqbal !

[Waseem]

I met Ponting, Gilchrist, Symonds, Katich and Martyn TODAY.

According to all of them there is almost no chance of play tomorrow. said there is 25% chance of game going ahead.

[Saqlain_doosra]

Playes against Humyan Farhat and with Imran Qadir. Cleaned up thsi carribean domestic player on first ball :?d

[MIG]

Eh Waseem ? Wow - were they limping or coughing or sneezing ? any chance of them not playing tomorrow ?

[Waseem]

Originally Posted by MenInGreen Eh Waseem ? Wow - were they limping or coughing or sneezing ? any chance of them not playing tomorrow ?

100% chance they won't play :-)

[MIG]

:oD :oD

[tahaqureshi]

were they talking about rain or injuries etc.?

[Amjid Javed]

Ive met whole pakistan side during tour in S.africa in late 90s and also during 99 world cup.

ive also met paul strang, muhammed asif, wasim khan, usman tariq, nathan astle, abey kuruvilla, atiq ul zaman to name a few.... :?d

[fair_play]

I met Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Qurban and Mohammad Shakil.

They were outstanding sportmen no kidding. They used to play in the field adjacent to the cricket ground - and wack the gully till the cows came home. They were cricketers as well - the gully danda wack was their speciality.

They tried to introduce me to the finer points of the game - which was coming along well and fine till I wacked one right up someone's dhoti! No kidding there either!

I took a graceful retirement then, but these three epitomised the best of Pakistan cricket/gully danda.

They played for the love of it - not money or fame.

I was touched and carried the spirit onto a cricket field. The sound of danda mettng gully will stay with me forever.

[Sage]

Shakil was overrated.

[fair_play]

Yep Sage I agree with you there!

[Saj]

I was lucky enough to meet the whole squad in Sharjah 91, Imran Khan, Salim Malik, Wasim, Waqar, Ijaz, Mushy etc.

Also met Shoaib Akhtar in Durham, met Mohammed Zahid too - fantastic bloke. Met Nadeem Ghauri, Shahid Anwar, Saeed Anwar, Shahid Afridi and quite a few others.

The only guy who I found rude was Aaqib Javed, the others were spot on.

[Rizie]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/conte...yer/31067.html

I met this guy he is a Coach/Player of a Dutch Cricket team.

He told me he captained a team of Mumbai where Tendulkar was playing under him

He scored heavily and had the highest average a that time in the domestic league but was overlooked by Ganguly, Dravid.

[Legend Killer]

Have only met one,

[Masterji]

Met Saqlain in 2002 at a coaching session. Had a picture taken with my son for the sponsers.Brilliant guy and genius bowler. Met Mushtaq Mohammed at a club match and was so happy to see him and went to talk to him and but when i saw him with a glass of beer in his hand i felt sick and just walked away. Yrs later Hasan Raza did exactly the same with his can of fosters and i felt disgusted again. Met Mohammed Amir in Leicester in 2008 at an under u19 match and found him to be an arrogant git although our villages are within walking distances. Mark Wagh the ex Warwick player came and played in our club and was a star. Down to earth and amazingly intelligent.

[Sledger]

Originally Posted by Faisal Akhtar I once walked into one of my gujraati friends house......there was smoke all around which was unusuall coz i knew no1 in his family smokes. As i walked through his hallway and the smoke cleared, i saw the most horrific site ever a site which to this day gives me nightmares.... it reminded me of 'gorillas in the mist' ....... as the smoke cleared there 'it' was .... sitting there, gold braclets.. gold rings ... cigarette in mouth ... VINOD KAMBLI !! I swear guys, this guy was really really dark skinned..... i wasnt really into cricket back then, i asked my mate who that was an he told me. I'm never gonna forget .... scarred for life!

How did this not get POTW?

[BoiWonder]

i got a picture with akhtar when he came to canada in 2008

[CORNERED-TIGER]

many 99 pk wc cup team @ old trafford met many fo them there
arshad khan was walking down my street lol no joke in 2000 lol
playing for a club in bolton. mudasar nazar also in bolton thats england wala bolton

[anshu1]

Had dinner with Imran Khan at my Uncle's house ( Patna, India ). He had come for a charity match , I think it was 87. I was a kid. My Uncle was the director general of Police, and hence the dinner... He seemed a reserved person, is what I recall. Met Salil Ankola, Srinath, Saba Karim, Sachin ( through a family friend who was Sachin's classmate in shardashram school ) . Pataudi, Heath Streak, Arjuna Ranatunga..Of all of them, I found Ranatunga to be the most warm person.

[Cricket_Guy]

Originally Posted by anshu1 Had dinner with Imran Khan at my Uncle's house ( Patna, India ). He had come for a charity match , I think it was 87. I was a kid. My Uncle was the director general of Police, and hence the dinner... He seemed a reserved person, is what I recall. Met Salil Ankola, Srinath, Saba Karim, Sachin ( through a family friend who was Sachin's classmate in shardashram school ) . Pataudi, Heath Streak, Arjuna Ranatunga..Of all of them, I found Ranatunga to be the most warm person.

cool !!! was it because he was the only one who gave you a hug..lol

just kidding

[Rizie]

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[z2_daredevil]

met at dubai airport

[themask1]

Met Afridi, Inzi, Waqar, Yousaf at Hajj.
Abdul Qadir in his cricket academy and Saeed Anwar in a Restuarant with his tableegi Friends
Also met Collinwood, kevin Pieterson and i guess Liam Plunket In PC hotel when they were here last time in 2005.

I went to meet afridi with my little cousin..When he was giving autograph my little cousin said
"Ap jab bhe chaka martay hay out hojatay hay!!!"
he smiled and just said bus ap Dua kardia karay...Seems a nice lad!!

[emclub]

Mohammed Yousuf, Mushtaq Ahmed, Shoaib Akhtar, Saqlain Mushtaq, Danish Kaneria, Faisal Iqbal, Shoaib Malik, Dirk Nannes, Michael Hussey, David Hussey, Cameron White, Ryan Harris, Albie Morkel, Henry Olanga, Nic Pothas cant remember others atm.....

[Markhor]

Danish Kaneria,Yasir Hameed,Shabbir Ahmed (a giant !) and Mohammad Sami.

Also met Samiullah Khan Niazi,he was at Headingley and fans kept asking who was he

[PB]

Met Wasim Akram today!

[KFC_Zinger]

• Ajit Agarkar
• Viv Richards

Did my Engg from Mumbai.... used to go to Chandrakant pandit clinic .... inaugrated it.... Met Ajit there twice...

Viv's daughter Masaba used to play tennis in an adjacent court, once viv came there and decided to pay the clinic a visit..... boy were we thrilled.... a life time opportunity... on our request he bowled a few balls in his formals.....Its been 12 yrs since but the memory is itched for good.... Long live the King

[Desi_Joker]

Kaneria in a grumpy mood after he had lost a match with Essex.

The whole Lancashire team in 2009 during one of their net sessions at Old Trafford. (included names like Saj Mahmood & Ashwell Prince)

[BoiWonder]

Originally Posted by PB Met Wasim Akram today!

whaaaat he came today!? where did you meet him? i bet he's here to see the iifa awards

[PB]

Originally Posted by BoiWonder whaaaat he came today!? where did you meet him? i bet he's here to see the iifa awards

On Dixie and Sandalwood.
He played a 5 over exhibtion match.
I got my bats signed and took a picture with him.

and LOL yeah, he dipped early

[emclub]

Originally Posted by PB Met Wasim Akram today!

WOWWWWWW, do tell more

[ballabrest]

met razzaq akhtar asim kamal imran nazir saeed ajmal umar akmal in LCCA

[mastermind_quad]

almost All Delhi players + the UV ..
SRT
Dravid
Rohit Sharma
Kaif
Raina
RPSingh

never met Dada ..unfortunately

[miandadrules]

Met the 1992 touring team.

Played with Wasim in 1999.

[sakss]

shoaib malik
shoaib akhtar
sarfaraz nawaz
irfan pathan
saeed anwer
rao iftikhar
rana naveed
waqar younis
Intikhab alam
nowroz mangal
kevin o brien
shapoor zardan
ramiz raja
mohammad akram

a few more i cant remember

a few of the UAE players

[Saqs]

How has moiz not posted here?

[shahidafridi123]

Originally Posted by Saqib Salman How has moiz not posted here?

was about to ask the same thing, he's met like all the cricketers!!

[emclub]

I would love to meet Wasim Bhai and Afridi

[Toe Crusher]

There was another thread on this "Meeting our cricket stars":
http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/sh...d.php?t=115819

from memory I've met:

Malcolm Marshall
Viv Richards
Clive Lloyd
Imran Khan
Javed Miandad
Wasim Akram
Waqar Younis
Inzamam
Kapil Dev
Curtley Ambrose
Courtney Walsh
Alan Border
Dean Jones
Shoab Mohammed
Majid Khan
Asif Mujtaba
Patrick Patterson
Mark Nicholas
Mark Ramprakash
Richie Richardson
Desmond Haynes
Gordon Greenidge
Jeffrey Dujon

prob some others but can't remember em now..

[z2_daredevil]

oh yeah just remembered also met

[Teesra]

adeel malik
shahid yousuf
usman qadir
kamran akmal
mohammed asif
hammad azam
azhar ali
ali khan
raza hasan

met them all last year in pak

[Cricketismylife]

instead of "mine is bigger" lists give us some accounts.

Loving some of the stories so far....the Kambli one was a gem!

[Toe Crusher]

^ can't answer for others, but I provided a link that provides accounts, if u'd care to look..

[Shoaib Akhtar's Fan]

Imran Khan. He came to my school when I was 6 years old. He was collecting donations for his cancer hospital at that time. Got a chance to shake the great man's name.

Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis. Met them at the golf club in Lahore in late 1997. It was a few days before the four nation tournament featuring Pakistan , Sri Lanka , South Africa and West Indies took place. I was accompanied by my parents and got the chance to have a little chat with them.

Asif Mujtaba and Nadeem Khan ( Moin Khan's broher , played a couple of test matches , I think ). Met them in Liberty Market , Lahore. It was in 2001 I think and I was getting food at One Potato Two Potato. I recognized Asif Mujtaba but my cousin told me who the other guy was.

Shahid Afridi at the Karachi Airport in 2008 , on my way to San Francisco.

Misbah-ul-Haq. Last year in Karachi. I have a friend who studies at Defence Business College and there is cricket ground nearby. I was hanging out with my friend there and we heard that Misbah was practicing nearby so we went over. Had a little chat with him.

[Teesra]

Originally Posted by Teesra adeel malik shahid yousuf usman qadir kamran akmal mohammed asif hammad azam azhar ali ali khan raza hasan met them all last year in pak

oh yeah imran khan 2 i forgot

[Romali_rotti]

Met Shoib At a Night Club in Melbourne.

Use to see and talk to Damien Fleming regularly, as we both worked out at the same gym at one point....