Saturday 10 January 2015

Misbah ul Haq Rise and Fall, the story of a legend in Urdu

Misbah ul Haq has always helped Pakistani cricket team when there was a need for someone to stay at the pitch and make steady score. He was always known for his cool temparament and steady cricket. This temperament, at many times has helped him and also Pakistani cricket team because in the game of cricket you always want a batsman who can stay at the pitch and not let the team fall.
Misbah ul Haq ki asal taqat us ka thanda mizaj hai jo usay maidan main ziyada dair tak kharay rakhta hai, laikin Australia aur New Zealand kay khilaf us nay centuries bana ka sabit kar diya hai kay woh taiz khailnay ki bhi salahiyat rakhta hai. Haal hi main us ki zabardast batting nay sabit kar diya hai kay woh har taran kay halaat ka muqabla kar sakta hai aur team ko achay tareeqay say agay lay kar ja sakta hai.
So Misbah ul Haq has always been doing this role since he joined Pakistani cricket team, but as we know that Pakistani nation likes to see the batsmen making scores at a high rate while scoring fours and sixes and Shahid Afridi has always been the favorite of Pakistanis due to this characteristic of him. So the cricket lovers labeled the cool Misbah ul Haq with the title "Tuk Tuk" which means stopping the balls without any runs and staying at the pitch for long 
time. 
It was in 2011 that Misbah truly rose above the crowd and established his merit as a top-class batsman and a leader of men. He was leading the team when Pakistan completed one of their greatest Test series wins – a 3-0 sweep over the No. 1 side, England in early 2012. He proved to be a successful captain and a good manager of the affairs in the 
cricket ground and proved his credentials in the field of cricket.

In the current series against Australia and New Zealand in UAE he once again has proved that he has all the required merits of a strong batsman capable to play in all the forms of cricket whether its the test match or a one day. He along with other batsman like Younas and Azhar Ali started making centuries in a spree and won the hearts of People of Pakistan.

Below is the details about Misbah ul Haq:

Full name Misbah-ul-Haq Khan Niazi

Born May 28, 1974, Mianwali, Punjab

Current age 40 years 174 days

Major teams: Pakistan National, Faisalabad Wolves, Khan Research Labs, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sargodha, St Lucia Zouks 
Playing role -- Middle-order batsman 
Batting style -- Right-hand bat
Bowling style -- Legbreak

Saturday 13 December 2014

Imran Khan, An Account of Cricket Vs Politics

Imran Khan is a well known and legendary cricketing all rounder of Pakistan. He has the honor to play international cricket for two decades for Pakistan in the late twentieth century and, after retiring, entered politics. Besides his political career, Khan is also a philanthropist, cricket commentator, chancellor of the University of Bradford and founding chairman of the Board of Governors of Shaukat Khanum Hospital. He also laid the foundation of Namal College, in the backward city of Mianwali in 2008 where the students get the degree from Bradford University of London.

He was the leading and  most successful cricket captain, leading his country to victory at the 1992 Cricket World Cup, playing for the Pakistani national cricket team from 1971 to 1992, and serving as its captain time and again throughout 1982–1992.  After retiring from cricket at the end of the 1987 World Cup in 1988, because of the popular demand he was requested to come back by the president of Pakistan Zia ul Haq to lead the national team once again. At the age of 39, Khan led his team to Pakistan's first and only One Day World Cup achievement in 1992. He got 3807 runs and 362 wickets in Test cricket, he is one of those fine eight world cricketers to have achieved an 'All-rounder's Triple' in Test matches. He earned the honor to be included into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

Imran Khan made first-class cricket debut at the age of sixteen in Lahore. Khan made his test cricket debut against England team in 1971 in the city of Birmingham. Three years later, he debuted in the One Day International (ODI) match against the same England team at Nottingham for the Prudential Trophy. After being graduated from Oxford and having finished his tenure at Worcestershire, he returned to Pakistan in 1976 and secured a permanent place in his native national team from the 1976–1977 season, in which they faced New Zealand and Australia. 
Following the series of Australia, he toured the West Indies, where Tony Greig signed him up for Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket. His credentials as a  fast bowler  started to become established when he finished at third position at 139.7 km/h in a fast bowling contest at Perth in 1978, behind Jeff Thomson and Michael Holding, but leading Dennis Lillee, Garth Le 
Roux and Andy Roberts.
As a fast bowler, Khan reached the peak  in 1982. In 9 Tests, he secured 62 wickets at 13.29 each, the lowest average of any bowler in Test history.  

Imran Khan achieved the all-rounder's triple record (securing 3000 runs and 300 wickets) in 75 Tests, the second fastest record behind Ian Botham's 72. He is also recognized as having the second highest all-time batting average of 61.86 for a Test batsman playing at position 6 of the batting order. He played his last Test match for Pakistan cricket team in January 1992, against Sri Lanka at Faisalabad. Imran Khan retired permanently from cricket six months after his last ODI, the historic and memorable 1992 World Cup final against England in Melbourne, Australia. 
He completed his career with 88 Test matches, 126 innings and scored 3807 runs at an average of 37.69, having six centuries and 18 fifties. His highest score was 136 runs. As a bowler, he secured 362 wickets in Test cricket, which enabled  him to stand as the first Pakistani and world's fourth bowler to get this credit. In ODIs, he participated in 175 matches and scored 3709 runs at an average of 33.41. His highest score in an ODI remains 102 not out. His best ODI bowling figure is documented at 6 wickets for 14 runs.


In April 1996, He founded the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ("Movement for Justice") as a political party  and Khan became its chairman. He represented his native city Mianwali as a member of the National Assembly from November 2002 to October 2007, he was again elected on 11 May 2013, on the same seat while his party gained 35 seats in the National Assembly. He has raised allegations on the general elections of 2013 as heavily rigged of which he gained the support of all the parties and he filed the cases against the winning candidates in Election Tribunals and courts but to this date no outcome has come out of the cases and he has started the agitation against the government by protesting and bringing his supporters on the roads and by a four months prolonged Dharna (Sit-in) in the famous D-Chowk , (D-Square) of the capital Islamabad.

  
Global Post has recorded him as third in a list of nine world leaders of 2012 and recognized Khan as the face of the anti-drone movement in Pakistan. According to the Asia Society, Khan was voted as Asia’s Person of the Year 2012.  As the Pew Research Center, in 2012 a majority of Pakistani public offered a favorable opinion of Khan. The survey also has revealed Khan's fame among youth.

Tuesday 18 November 2014

Younus Khan Returns Back to Glory for Pakistan Cricket


Younus Khan is one of Pakistan's great batting giants, Younis Khan is the kind of batsman  who is always helpful in the time of need. He has a Test average of over 50, a triple-hundred, a famous double-hundred against India in India, and a wonderful rearguard partnership to secure Pakistan's 3-0 Test whitewash over England, leave no doubt about his quality and class. He has also been one of the most successful fielders for Pakistan, and can bowl a good slow-medium. As a captain, Younis has enjoyed great success in leading Pakistan to the world Twenty20 title in 2009. 

Much of his personality depicts the typical  Pathan warrior - committed, inspired, capable, and bearing the burden of conflict with fortitude and courage. He was born in Mardan  in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Younis was brought into the main stream cricket world by Rashid Lateef and Saeed Anwar who saw him playing at Malir Gymkhana, Karachi. The relationship with Latif developed into a nurturing mentorship, guiding Younis towards entry onto the World Cricket Stage. After two remarkable domestic seasons, he got a Test call-up, and started it with a century on debut. When Younis gets going in his own style, he produces results in the face of difficult times. 
Indeed, the more the hard time is it, the more Younis seems to thrive. His match-winning 267 and 84 not out in Bangalore came into limelight after many sarcastic comments from the team manager, so one thing can be said that he plays well after the criticism on him.

By October 22 2014, Younus Khan reached his 25th test match century against Australia and completed his 26th century in the 2nd innings of the same test match, the highest number of centuries of a Pakistani Batsman and the only sixth Pakistani batsman to hit centuries in both innings of same test match.

Tuesday 28 October 2014

Zaheer Abbas, One of the legendary Cricketers of Pakistan

Zaheer Abbas will always be known in the history of Pakistani and international cricket with respect and dignity. He is one of the finnest cricketers Pakistan has ever produced. He always used spectacles in his career. He was entitled as the first batsman to score three consecutive centuries in one day cricket. 

Zaheer Abbas started his test career in 1969 by playing against England and made 274 runs which was the fourth ever highest at that time. He made four test double centuries. He was known as the "Run Machine" and also made a great success in first class cricket was the first Asian player to make 100 centuries. He was attached with Gloucestershire county club for thirteen years starting in 1972.

Indian players as quoted by Sunil Gawaskar often said to Zaheer Abbas "Zaheer Ab Bas Karo" meaning Zaheer please stop it now. Zaheer became the captain of national team in 1981 and 1984. He retired from international cricket in 1985. He was the referee of a test match and three ODI matches. He also worked as the manager of National team. 
Zaheer Abbas's Test Centuries
No.
Runs
Match
Against
City/Country
Venue
Year
1.
274
2
Birmingham, England
1971
2.
240
15
London, England
1974
3.
101
21
Adelaide, Australia
1976
4.
176
27
Faislabad, Pakistan
1978
5.
235*
28
Lahore, Pakistan
1978
6.
135
31
Auckland, New Zealand
1979
7.
134
46
Lahore, Pakistan
1982
8.
126
51
Faislabad, Pakistan
1982
9.
215
53
Lahore, Pakistan
1982
10.
186
54
Karachi, Pakistan
1982
11.
168
55
Faislabad, Pakistan
1983
12.
168*
70
Lahore, Pakistan
1984


 One Day International centuries

Zaheer Abbas's One Day International Centuries
No.
Runs
Match
Against
City/Country
Venue
Year
1.
108
20
Sydney, Australia
1981
2.
123
26
Lahore, Pakistan
1982
3.
109
31
Lahore, Pakistan
1982
4.
118
34
Multan, Pakistan
1982
5.
105
35
Lahore, Pakistan
1982
6.
113
36
Karachi, Pakistan
1983
7.
103*
42
Nottingham, England
1983