Two men Army we “the Pakistan Cricket” will “MISYOU”
Adrees Malik
Pakistan Cricket will miss forever
two greats of Cricket from 14th may 2017, when both will caped off
from the Windsor Park after completion of 3rd and last test of
Pakistan tour to west indies.
The mighty middle order have no
more both the greats after end of tour but their is lot of things to learn from
them before leaving the ground in last 6 innings of their test career.
Misbah ul Haq and Younas khan are
the two names of solid foots on the crease and nobody can shake them without
their will.
The mother club of Cricket
awarded them the Wisden Cricketers of the year. Both players never required any
form of praise and writings because they are the cricket books now fro the
world but i will definitely write on Misbah because of his services to Pakistan
nation and Cricket and in later days will write on Younas khan.
Pakistan cricket team was
suffering with spot fixing in 2010 when i was with team to cover Pakistan tour
to England in 2010 and after the incident i was afraid how team will got its
height in international cricket again. The team manager Yawar Saeed was not
picking the phone to answer the quires even though at that time i suggest him
as sports journalist to send back all the boys to Pakistan and handle with care
at the homeland but he and chairman board of that time Ejaz Butt refused the
idea.
Fake sheikh had done an excellent
job for his organization News of the World
(the Sunday tabloid of the England which was laterally closed on the order of
the court) but damaged the Pakistan cricket for the life time. The ban was not
life time for the trio fixers but the damage was permanent which also shake the
confidence of Pakistan Cricket not only the boys in the team.
It was the time to lead the team
from the front with cool calm and passion to clean the menace of fixing in
2010. Misbah is the man who meet all above mentioned much needed qualities as
team leader.
The chairman PCB called him for
captaincy and he accepted the challenge and in last 7 years he proved his
selection was fabulously right.
Misbah done unforgettable job with
his mind and bat in both on and off the field to commemorate the cricket in
history after spot fixing.
Misbah who will celebrate his 43rd
birthday exactly after 2 weeks (14 days) of his retirement from international
cricket about which the venue was yet to decide by his wife, has played 72 test
matches and will complete Diamond jubilee of 75 matches at the completion of
his test career and the on going series with west indies in west indies.
Mighty Misbah made 10 centuries
and 36 fifties in his 16 year test career,
he was debut against new Zealand on march 8 2001 at Auckland. Misbah was not
impressive on his debut as he made 28 in first inning and only 10 in the 2nd
inning but the match result was in favor of Pakistan. Than after a while he was
of the screen and made come back again almost after 5 years .
During his career there were dozens of panic
situations he handled with his calmness and solid style of batting which
criticized also but a middle order batsman captain who came on the crease when
the score board showing 45/4 doing nothing other than to hold the wicket and Misbah always done this with solid defense.
He lead the team almost 7 years
and now only 35 days left for him to be part of Pakistan Cricket as a team
leader but it will never end his services because his education, knowledge of
Cricket and love to cricket can give more to Pakistan in three dimensions Domestic,
National and on international level.
There are only two players in the
team who has the ability to replace the mighty pair and these are Azhar Ali and
Asad Shafique. His follower Azhar ali had to learn a lot and should tribute him
with 100’s in last test match to dedicate his role model of the cricket as he
shared with me before leaving to West Indies.
Pakistan Cricket fans have now
tow most interesting and arguing questions
1.Mighty middle order going to miss
the mighty pair ????
2.The Two Greats need greet from
Azhar Ali and team Pakistan
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