Misbah-ul-Haq Khan Niazi born on 28 May 1974 at Mianwali, Punjab. He is the current Test and One Day International ODI captain of the Pakistan national cricket team.
He is a solid middle-order batsmen best known for his composure with
the bat whilst also having the ability to be an aggressive big shot
player when required. He is the top scorer in ODI cricket among those
players who haven't scored a century in ODI.
Misbah ul Haq played his ODI against Newzealand on 27th April, 2000. He was initially noticed for his technique and his temperamen.
There is a widely held perception that Pakistan is a team of mercurial match winner who are hot when they are ON and terrible when tjey are OFF but the Captain Misbah Ul Haq is unlike other Pakistan Team Members he has the batting average of 50.80 in Test matches and 43.59 in ODIs.
Pakistan team suffered during England tour
in 2010 with spot-fixing controversy, Misbah was appointed as full time captain, he was the sixth to hold post in three years since Inzimam Ul Haq retirement. Misbah was
preferred over Younus Khan, Mohammad Yousuf and Kamran Akmal as captain.
Wasim Akram stated that although the decision was surprising if Misbah bats and fields well everything else will go according to plan. Former Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson
stated that he believed Misbah has the best cricketing brain within
Pakistan and he will do incredibly well in the plans for the captaincy
Misbah hit back at those who criticized the decision to appoint him
captain and stated that he should be given a chance to prove himself. In his first match as test captain he set an example for his team when
he scored 71* in a 168 run partnership with Younus Khan this helped
Pakistan salvage a draw from the match. Misbah has led Pakistan in 33
test matches, with the most (15) wins as Pakistani Captain, losing 9 with 8 draws.
In a recent Test Series with Australia, Pakistan White-washed Australia. Pakistan won the first match in Dubai by 221 runs, which had been their previous record-winning margin in terms of runs against Australia.
The Pakistan captain Misbah-Ul-Haq went on to match the 56-ball century mark set by West Indies legend Viv Richards in 1986.
Misbah ul Haq played his ODI against Newzealand on 27th April, 2000. He was initially noticed for his technique and his temperamen.
There is a widely held perception that Pakistan is a team of mercurial match winner who are hot when they are ON and terrible when tjey are OFF but the Captain Misbah Ul Haq is unlike other Pakistan Team Members he has the batting average of 50.80 in Test matches and 43.59 in ODIs.
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In a recent Test Series with Australia, Pakistan White-washed Australia. Pakistan won the first match in Dubai by 221 runs, which had been their previous record-winning margin in terms of runs against Australia.
The Pakistan captain Misbah-Ul-Haq went on to match the 56-ball century mark set by West Indies legend Viv Richards in 1986.
#GoodByeMisbah this one is for you! pic.twitter.com/NF7VmZojOP
— wkwasikhan (@wkwasikhan) March 20, 2015
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