Misbah-ul-Haq

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Misbah-ul-Haq

Pakistan
Personal information
Full name Misbah-ul-Haq Khan Niazi
Born 28 May 1974 (1974-05-28) (age 34)
Mianwali, Punjab, Pakistan
Role Batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
International information
Test debut (cap 166) 8 March 2001: v New Zealand
Last Test 8 December 2007: v India
ODI debut (cap 142) 27 April 2002: v New Zealand
Last ODI 19 April 2008: v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no. 22
Domestic team information
Years Team
2004/05-2006/07 Faisalabad Wolves
2003/04-2006/07 Faisalabad
2003/04-2007/08 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited
2000/01-2002/03 Khan Research Laboratories
1998/99-2001/02 Sargodha
Career statistics
Tests ODIs FC LA
Matches 10 32 130 125
Runs scored 671 810 9749 4175
Batting average 41.93 35.21 52.41 45.87
100s/50s 2/1 0/3 30/46 8/22
Top score 161* 55* 208* 129*
Balls bowled 0 24 192 108
Wickets 0 0 3 1
Bowling average – – 49.66 137.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling – – 1/2 1/10
Catches/stumpings 8/0 14/0 117/0 58/0

As of 28 April 2008
Source: CricketArchive

Misbah-ul-Haq Khan Niazi (Urdu: مصباح الحق خان نیازی, born May 28, 1974) is a Pakistani cricketer. Misbah is known for his cool headed batting especially under pressure. Outside of cricket he has done an MBA from the University of Management & Technology, Lahore.

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[edit] Early career

Misbah was initially noticed for his technique and his temperament in the Tri-nation tournament in Nairobi, Kenya in 2002, as he scored two fifties in the three innings in which he played, however, over the next three Tests he played against Australia, he failed to score more than twenty runs and was soon dumped from the team. Having witnessed Pakistan being eliminated in the opening phase of the World Cup, Misbah was part of the changes made to the team in the aftermath of these results, but failed to make much of an impact and was soon dropped again.

[edit] Rebirth

At the age of 33, Misbah was chosen to play in the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 in 2007, filling the middle order spot vacated by Inzamam-ul-Haq. He had been regularly making runs in Pakistani domestic cricket and in the years before his recall he was consistently one of the top run scorers at each season's end, with his first-class average briefly climbing 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 3 consecutive sixes. The sixes came off Harbhajan Singh's last over of the match. With 6 runs needed to win off 4 remaining balls, Misbah tried to scoop the ball over short fine leg, but was caught out.

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 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.

2008 began with some high points for Misbah as he was elevated to the post of Vice - Captain of the Pakistan team and was awarded a Grade A Contract. Since returning to International Cricket for Pakistan, Misbah has gone through a sustained patch of prolific run scoring. In his last 5 Test Match innings for Pakistan, he has notched up 458 runs at a very high batting average of 152.67 against India.In his last 5 ODIs as well, Misbah has made 190 Runs at an average of 63.33 & in Domestic Cricket for Punjab, he has amassed an astounding 586 runs at an average of 195.33 with 2 centuries and his highest first-class score of 208*.


[edit] Test centuries

The following table illustrates a summary of the Test centuries scored by Misbah-ul-Haq.[1]

  • In the column Runs, * indicates being not out.
  • The column title Match refers to the Match Number of his career.
Test Centuries of Misbah-ul-Haq
# Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year
[1] 161* 9 India Kolkata, India Eden Gardens 2007
[2] 133* 10 India Bangalore, India M. Chinnaswamy Stadium 2007

[edit] References

  1. ^ Misbah-ul-Haq, Test matches - Batting analysis. Cricinfo.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-22.

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