Misbah Ul Haq's Bradmanesque Stats
Dropped from the team and chances of wearing the green top for your nation again bleak. Top players are missing due to fixing scandal. Morale at its lowest as match-fixing accusations plague country's celebrated national team.
But cometh the hour, cometh the man. Sometimes it is during disasters that people really step up and prove themselves. And Misbah did just that stepping up for his country, for his fellow countrymen and for his team. when Pakistan team was at the lowest ebb EVER, due to the match fixing controversy. Misbah came and resurrected the faltering team.
Here is a look at Misbah's Bradmanesque stats since making his comeback to International Cricket.
In Test Matches :
Misbah's last seven innings in test matches have yielded scores of :
Misbah's seven Innings since making his comeback:
9, 76* , 77 and 58* ( All four Vs South Africa ) and 62, 99 and 70* ( All three Vs New Zealand)
Vs South Africa:
In the Pakistan v South Africa Test Series (in United Arab Emirates) Misbah ended the series with an astronomical Average of 110.
Vs New Zealand:
In the Pakistan v New Zealand Test Series Misbah improved his average further ending the series with an Average of 115.50.
Misbah's heroics with bat saved Pakistan from defeat v South Africa in the Test series and he later helped Pakistan claim their first series victory since 2006 after beating New Zealand.
In ODI Matches :
Misbah has been often criticized by certain fans rather unfairly, a look at his ODI stats since making his comeback would hopefully silent all the doubters.
Vs South Africa:
Misbah had a rather unfruitful series with the bat shortly after his comeback against South Africa where he managed only 31 runs on 2 games at an average of 15.50 and strike rate of 58.49.
Vs New Zealand:
Misbah scored 203 runs in 4 innings Vs New Zealand at an Average of 67.66 maintaining a healthy strike rate of 70.73 in the process.
The World Cup so far :
Misbah has been instrumental in Pakistan's batting performances in the opening two games of the World Cup, he scored 65 runs in the opening game v Kenya and later made a match winning contribution of 83* v Sri Lanka to help the team post a total of 277.
Misbah is currently averaging 148.00 in the World Cup at a strike rate of 92.50.
