Misbah Ul Haq Biography
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Misbah-ul-Haq Khan Niazi (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.
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 2003 Cricket 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.
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 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 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 not
out.
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