Misbah-ul-Haq Profile
Misbah-ul-Haq
Khan Niazi is a Pakistani Test and Odi captain of the Pakistan cricket
team. He is a talented middle-order batsman with enormous potential in
him.Misbah ul Haq has been called Mr. Sensible due to his cool.He has a
masters degree in business administration from the University of
Management and Technology, Lahore.At the age of 33, Misbah was chosen to
play in the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 in 2007 as a T20 expert, in
place of the middle order Batsman Mohammad Yousuf . He had been
regularly making runs in Pakistani domestic and in the years before
his recall he was again and again one of the top run scorers at each
season, his first class average above 50.Misbah was one of the stars of
the tournament, playing a large part in many thrilling run chases. The
first was in the group stage against India where he scored a half
century in a tied match. He was run out attempting the winning run off
the last ball of the match. In their Super 8s encounter with Australia
he was named Man of the Match with an unbeaten 66 off 42 deliveries to
see his side home with 5 balls to spare. Another unbeaten innings in the
semi final against New Zealand saw Pakistan book a spot in the final
against India.He played an instrumental role in Pakistan’s recovery in
the inaugural 2007 ICC World Twenty20 final against arch-rivals India,
with three sixes. He hit the second legitimate ball of the last over for
six. With 6 runs needed to win off 4 remaining balls, Misbah tried to
scoop the ball over short fine leg, but was caught out by
Sreesanth.Misbah scored his maiden Test hundred against India at Kolkata
in the 2nd Test of the 2007 series. After India managed 616 in their
first innings, Pakistan were at 5 for 150 in reply and in danger of
following on when Misbah and Kamran Akmal put together a match saving
207 run stand.
Misbah-ul-Haq finished on 161 not out. In the 3rd & final
Test of the series, Misbah made another fluent century this time
finishing on 133 not out.
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Profile |
No comments:
Post a Comment