Modern figure
Wasim Akram
ਵਸੀਮ ਅਕਰਮوسیم اکرم
Left-arm fast bowler from Lahore, the 'Sultan of Swing', whose two balls in the 1992 World Cup final won Pakistan the trophy.
Wasim Akram learned his cricket in Lahore and was picked for Pakistan almost straight from club cricket. Bowling fast left-arm with late swing and reverse swing, he took more than 900 international wickets.
In the 1992 World Cup final in Melbourne he bowled two unplayable deliveries in a row to break England's batting and was named man of the match.