In this quiz, you have to name every batter who opened for Pakistan in Test cricket since the start of 2000.
A total of 36 openers have batted at the top of the order for Pakistan in men’s Tests this century. Of them, only one played as an opener in more than 50 games, between 2003 and 2018. Two others batted in 40 or more games, with all three also making over 2,000 runs each at the top of the order.
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In the last five years, as many as nine openers have batted at the position, with just one playing more than 20 games. No other player from the side has opened more than 15 times since August 2020.
This quiz has some easy-to-remember players, but some will need more thought. The real challenge will be thinking of players who have opened in fewer than 10 Tests, which are 21 in number. Of them, seen have opened in just one game, while six others have played two Tests at the top of the order.
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To make it slightly easier, we have provided the players’ career spans as well as the number of games they opened in.
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Quiz! Every Test opener for Pakistan since 2000
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