http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972: A player of great temperament and patience
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755’s right hand middle-order batsman, Misbah-ul-Haq is considered to be a great player with a tremendous amount of talent and skill. His batting temperament and patient stroke-play, has earned him the respect of team-mates and opponents alike. Misbah
has the uncanny ability to stay at the crease and anchor the team during pressure situations. His contribution to Pakistan’s middle-order is with a doubt, a direct reflection on the type of competitive player that he is. At 36, he may not be the youngest player,
but he is one of the hardest working.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746. Misbah has played 23 Test matches and has
scored 1459 runs with an average of 42.91. His test career includes two splendid hundreds and 10 fifties, including 161 runs high score.
Misbah made his One Day International debut against New Zealand in Lahore during 2002, in which he contributed 28 runs in Pakistan’s win on 51 deliveries. In his 63 ODI’s, he has 93 as highest runs with total score of 1757 runs, setting average of 39.93.
Misbah has 11 fifties in ODI’s.
When Inzimam-ul-Haq retired in 2007, Misbah was brought back into the national squad. He was included in the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, where he performed brilliantly and managed to secure his place in the team. In the final match of the T20 Championship in
2007, Misbah took the fight to their rivals http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 and brought the team to an unbelievable point of almost winning, as he was caught on a slow delivery by Sreesanth to lose the match.
The right-hand batsman has a very decent record in T20 International cricket. In his 31 matches, he has 637 runs including 87 as highest with an average of 37.47. He has three fifties in this format of game.
In 2010, Misbah was recalled to the national squad as Test captain against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013. Misbah showed his great technique
and a patient temperament, as the team rallied behind him.
Misbah has an impressive overall cricketing record. He has played in 159 first-class matches and has 11680 runs with an average of 51.45. Misbah has 32 hundreds and 59 fifties including 284 runs as highest. However, in 171 List-A matches, he has 5942 runs
in total and in domestic T20 matches he has 1320 runs in 61 matches.
Misbah is looking in great touch for the World Cup matches after performing well in the recent tour of New Zealand. In the first World Cup warm-up match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 at Mirpur, he scored a brilliant knock of 100 runs from 100 balls and 25 runs on 35
balls against England in the second warm-up match was tremendous.
The pressure of playing in the World Cup can be immense, as most players are unable to live up to the expectations of their fans and respective countries. The Pakistan team is filled with young players all wanting to perform to their highest levels, but
it is players like Misbah that are the most crucial component for any type of success. His unflinching temperament and patience balance the team in the middle-order and it will be interesting to see how Misbah manages to bring his unique skills to the field
and handle the intensity of playing in the World Cup, as the hopes and dreams of Pakistan are riding on his shoulders.
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