Former Pakistan skipper Javed Miandad was celebrated as a celebrity in his nation within the Eighties. The ace cricketer was simply 17 years previous when he was picked in Pakistan’s squad for Prudential World Cup in 1975. The veteran batsman went on to symbolize Pakistan in six World Cups and was additionally the primary participant to document 9 consecutive fifty-plus scores in ODIs. He represented Pakistan in 124 Tests and 233 ODIs and amassed 8832 and 7381 runs, respectively.
As Miandad celebrates his sixty fourth birthday immediately; we check out his 5 spectacular innings from the previous:
163 vs New Zealand (Lahore, 1976)
A 19-year-old Miandad etched his title within the historical past guide by scoring a Test century in opposition to New Zealand in his debut match and within the course of, turned the youngest debutant to smash 100. He walked to bat at quantity 5, when Pakistan was reeling at 44/3. He additionally stitched a 281-run partnership for the fifth-wicket with Asif Iqbal. He was ultimately dismissed at 163. Pakistan gained the match by six wickets.
119* vs India (Lahore, 1982)
Miandad smashed an unbeaten 119 runs off simply 77 balls in opposition to India in an ODI match in Lahore. Miandad’s blistering knock was laced with six fours and fives. He stitched a 158-run partnership with Zaheer Abbas in an ODI match shortened to 33 overs as Pakistan posted 252 runs for the lack of three wickets. However, his efforts went in useless as India gained the match by 18 runs.
116* vs India (Austral-Asia Cup Final, 1986, Sharjah)
Miandad guided Pakistan to a one-wicket win over arch-rival India within the Austral-Asia Cup closing in 1986 in Sharjah. In the tip, the match took an attention-grabbing flip with Pakistan wanted 4 runs off the final ball to win the sport. Miandad gave Pakistan cricket followers an unforgettable reminiscence to cheer for by clubbing Chetan Sharma for a six on the final ball. He remained unbeaten at 116 runs.
280* vs India (Hyderabad (Sindh), 1983)
It was arguably Miandad’s finest knock in red-ball cricket and his highest rating in Test. Miandad was simply 20 run shy from scoring his maiden triple hundred within the longest format of the sport when then Pakistan skipper Imran Khan declared the nation’s first innings at 581/3. Miandad’s 280 runs got here off 460 balls and was laced with 19 boundaries and one six. Pakistan went on to win the match by an innings and 119 runs.
114 vs West Indies (Georgetown, 1988)
Miandad was within the limelight throughout Pakistan’s tour of the West Indies in 1988 for his lack of runs in away video games. And the previous Pakistan skipper shut down his critic with some good batting show within the Caribbean Island. He scored 114 runs off 235 balls within the first innings of the primary match of the sequence in opposition to the in a position bowling unit of West Indies, comprising Curtly Ambrose, Courtney Walsh, Patrick Patterson and Winston Benjamin. Pakistan gained the Test match by 9 wickets.
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