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Mohammad Yousuf Biography

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Mohammad Yousuf (formerly Yousuf Youhana, born 27 August 1974, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan) is a Pakistani cricketer who has been a member of the Pakistani national cricket team since 1998. He is best known for his achievement in 2006 when he broke the great West Indian batsman, Sir Vivian Richards', world record for the most Test runs in a single calendar year. Prior to his conversion to Islam in 2005, Yousuf was one of the few Christians to play in the Pakistan national cricket team. He made his Test debut against South Africa at Durban and ODI debut against Zimbabwe at Harare. He has scored over 9,000 ODI runs at an average of 43.63 (2rd highest batting average among Pakistani batsmen after Zaheer Abbas and 6,770 Test runs at an average of 55.49 (highest batting average amongst all Pakistani batsmen) with 23 Test centuries. He has the record of scoring the most runs without being dismissed in ODIs, 405 against Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe in 2002-03. He has also scored a 23-ball fifty in ODIs, and a 68-ball hundred. In Tests he has scored a 27-ball fifty, which is 3rd fastest by any player. He was top scorer during the successive years of 2002 and 2003 in the world in ODIs. In 2004, he scored a memorable 111 against the Australians in the Boxing Day Test. In December 2005, he scored 223 against England at Lahore, also earning him the man of the match award. Seven months later in July 2006, when Pakistan toured England, he scored 202 and 48 in the first Test, again earning himself the man of the match award. He followed up with 192 in the third Test at Headingley and 128 in the final Test at the Oval. Yousuf was named CNN-IBN�s Cricketer of the Year for 2006, ahead of the likes of Australian captain Ricky Ponting, West Indies Brian Lara, Australian spinner Shane Warne, South Africa�s bowling spearhead Makhaya Ntini and Sri Lanka�s Muttiah Muralitharan. He was selected as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in the 2007 edition. Yousuf became the fourth recipient of the ICC 'Test Cricketer of the Year' award for 2007, he scored 944 runs at an average of 94.40 including five centuries and two fifties in just 10 innings and that was enough to be awarded the honour ahead of Kevin Pietersen and Ricky Ponting. Yousuf was also named in the 2007 Test team of the Year alongside compatriot Mohammad Asif. A year that started on a promising note, Yousuf carried it forward to break two world records both held earlier by West Indian great Sir Vivian Richards. The 32-year-old smashed an unparalleled 1788 runs in just 11 Test matches with the help of nine centuries � his second record � taking him beyond the Windies great yet again. Yousuf is known for his ability to score runs at exceptional rate through his great technique and composed strokeplay. Although capable of hitting the ball hard, Yousuf is quick between the wickets, although he is prone to being run out. Yousuf is a skillful infielder, with a report prepared in late 2005 showing that since the 1999 Cricket World Cup, he had effected the ninth highest number of run-outs in ODI cricket of any fieldsman. He is also distinguished by his characteristic celebration after hitting one hundred runs for his country, where he prostrates in thankfulness to Allah in the direction of Mecca. He has observed this act (known as the Sajdah) recently since his conversion to Islam.

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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.

Major Team: Pakistan, Khan Research Labs, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sargodha

Playing Roll: Batsman

Batting Style: Right

Bowling Style: Legbreak

Current age 36 years 236 days

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak

Misbah-ul-Haq Profile

An orthodox batsman with reasonable technique, Misbah-ul-Haq caught the eye with his unflappable temperament in the tri-nation one-day tournament in Nairobi in 2002, scoring two fifties in three innings, including one in the final against Australia. But before Pakistan could hail him as a possible middle-order mainstay, Misbah's form slumped - he didn't manage a single 20-plus score in three Tests against Australia and was duly dumped. Pakistan's abysmal World Cup campaign - and the wholesale changes to the team in its aftermath - gave Misbah another chance to redeem himself, but he did little of note in the limited opportunities he got.

Even though Misbah had not represented Pakistan for about three years, a run-filled domestic season, followed by club cricket in England, and Inzamam's retirement from ODIs prompted the board to award Misbah a central contract in July 2007. A month later, he was surprisingly picked, ahead of Mohammad Yousuf, for the 15-man squad for the Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa. He repaid the selectors' faith by finishing the tournament as Pakistan's best player and nearly taking them to victory in the final. He was duly named in the team for the Test and ODI series that followed against South Africa.

After an unremarkable series against South Africa, Misbah was by far Pakistan's best batsman through the Tests against India, amassing 464 runs in three matches, including two centuries. He was ice-cool in crisis, rescuing Pakistan on several occasions with spirited rearguard efforts. His remarkable rise continued as a mere six months after being picked for the ICC World Twenty20, he was made vice-captain and handed a top-category contract in January 2008. His form deserted him again in 2009, and he dropped from all three squads for the series against New Zealand - but made yet another return to the side in October 2010, this time as captain for the Tests against South Africa .

Is a qualified MBA student.

He is the current Test captain.

Did not play for Pakistan for three years from October 2004-October 2007.

Best remembered for his valiant knock in the final of the ICC WT20 2007 against India.

Member of the winning Pakistan squad at the ICC WT20 2009.

Major teams Pakistan, Khan Research Labs, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sargodha

Playing role Middle-order batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak

But before Pakistan could hail him as a possible middle-order mainstay, Misbah's form slumped - he didn't manage a single 20-plus score in three Tests against Australia and was duly dumped. Pakistan's abysmal World Cup campaign - and the wholesale changes to the team in its aftermath - gave Misbah another chance to redeem himself, but he did little of note in the limited opportunities he got.

Pakistan on Thursday named Misbah-ul-Haq as captain for the test, one-day and Twenty20 teams against Zimbabwe.Misbah to captain Pakistan in all three formatshttp://news.yahoo.com/misbah-captain-pakistan-three-formats-115710210.htmlhttp://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=pakistan&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrtpakistan – Yahoo! News Search Resultspakistan – Yahoo! News Search ResultsYahoo! News5

Former Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson believes Misbah-ul-Haq has the “best cricket brain” in Pakistan and is well-placed to handle the Test captaincy, surprisingly handed to the 36-year-old last week. Misbah ul Haq was thought to be out of national reckoning when he wasn’t picked for the Asia Cup or the tour to England earlier this year. But a disastrous sequence of captaincy appointments left the board, in their own words, with little choice. Geoff Lawson is well-placed having been coach during Misbah’s return to international cricket 3 years ago during the 2007 World T20, a tournament which he nearly won for Pakistan. That sparked ...

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Misbah-ul-Haq Profile

An orthodox batsman with reasonable technique, Misbah-ul-Haq caught the eye with his unflappable temperament in the tri-nation one-day tournament in Nairobi in 2002, scoring two fifties in three innings, including one in the final against Australia. But before Pakistan could hail him as a possible middle-order mainstay, Misbah’s form slumped – he didn’t manage a single 20-plus score in three Tests against Australia and was duly dumped. Pakistan’s abysmal World Cup campaign – and the wholesale changes to the team in its aftermath – gave Misbah another chance to redeem himself, but he did little of note in the limited opportunities he got.

Even though Misbah had not represented Pakistan for about three years, a run-filled domestic season, followed by club cricket in England, and Inzamam’s retirement from ODIs prompted the board to award Misbah a central contract in July 2007. A month later, he was surprisingly picked, ahead of Mohammad Yousuf, for the 15-man squad for the Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa. He repaid the selectors’ faith by finishing the tournament as Pakistan’s best player and nearly taking them to victory in the final. He was duly named in the team for the Test and ODI series that followed against South Africa.

International Debut: 2001

Batting and fielding records

M Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St

Test 25 44 7 1640 161* 44.32 4092 40.08 3 11 185 15 30 -

ODI 78 67 16 2125 83* 41.67 2740 77.55 - 15 147 31 37 -

T20I 32 28 10 637 87* 35.39 562 113.35 - 3 36 24 9 -

Bowling records

M Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Eco SR 4W 5W 10W

Test 25 - - - - - - - - - - - -

ODI 78 1 24 30 - - - - 7.50 - - - -

T20I 32 - - - - - - - - - - - -

Career Statistics

Test Debut: New Zealand v Pakistan at Auckland, 08-12, Mar 2001

ODI Debut: Pakistan v New Zealand at Lahore, Apr 27, 2002

Twenty20 Debut: Pakistan v Bangladesh at Nairobi, Sep 02, 2007

Misbah-ul-Haq Batting, Fielding and Bowling

The above stats are as per date of this post.

Misbah-ul-Haq Career

Test:

2001-2011

ODI:

2002-2010

T20:

2007-2010

IPL:

2008-2008

Misbah-ul-Haq Test

Debut:

Pakistan Vs New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland - Mar 08, 2001

Last played:

Pakistan Vs New Zealand at Seddon Park, Hamilton - Jan 07, 2011

Misbah-ul-Haq ODI

Debut:

Pakistan Vs New Zealand at Gaddafi Stadium (Lahore Stadium), Lahore - Apr 27, 2002

Last played:

Pakistan Vs South Africa at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi - Oct 31, 2010

Misbah-ul-Haq T20

Debut:

Pakistan Vs Bangladesh at Nairobi Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi - Sep 02, 2007

Last played:

Pakistan Vs South Africa at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi - Oct 27, 2010

Misbah-ul-Haq IPL

Debut:

Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Deccan Chargers at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore - Karnataka - May 03, 2008

Last played:

Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Mumbai Indians at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore - Karnataka - May 28, 2008

Pakistan team got all out after scoring 276 runs. They were chasing 256 runs total scored by New Zealand team. This test match belongs to captains of both teams as Kiwi’s captain Vettori scored 110 runs and took his teams total to 356 runs. Pakistani captain Misbah Ul Haq also played well and he secure lead of 20 runs for his team. There were four half centuries scored from Pakistani batsmen. Toufeeq Umar scored 70 runs. While Azher Alimade 67 runs before he got out. Younis khan gained form and scored 73 runs. Misbah played captain’s inning and he fell just 1 run short ...

Misbah-ul-Haq Batting, Fielding and Bowling

The above stats are as per date of this post.

Misbah-ul-Haq Career

Test:

2001-2011

ODI:

2002-2010

T20:

2007-2010

IPL:

2008-2008

Misbah-ul-Haq Test

Debut:

Pakistan Vs New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland – Mar 08, 2001

Last played:

Pakistan Vs New Zealand at Seddon Park, Hamilton – Jan 07, 2011

Misbah-ul-Haq ODI

Debut:

Pakistan Vs New Zealand at Gaddafi Stadium (Lahore Stadium), Lahore – Apr 27, 2002

Last played:

Pakistan Vs South Africa at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi – Oct 31, 2010

Misbah-ul-Haq T20

Debut:

Pakistan Vs Bangladesh at Nairobi Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi – Sep 02, 2007

Last played:

Pakistan Vs South Africa at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi – Oct 27, 2010

Misbah-ul-Haq IPL

Debut:

Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Deccan Chargers at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore – Karnataka – May 03, 2008

Last played:

Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Mumbai Indians at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore – Karnataka – May 28, 2008

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There were four half centuries scored from Pakistani batsmen. Toufeeq Umar scored 70 runs. While Azher Alimade 67 runs before he got out. Younis khan gained form and scored 73 runs. Misbah played captain’s inning and he fell just 1 run short of his century.

Martin and Vettori bowler well for Kiwis and both bowlers took 4 wickets each. Martin also took wicket of Pakistani captain Misbah Ul Haq at 99 runs. He was disappointed after falling 1 run short of hi century.

New Zealand trail by 20 runs has started their innings again. At the end of day 3 they have scored 9 runs with losing any wicket and needing 11 more runs to level the Pakistani lead. Guptill and McCullum looked good while batting. Two more days to go in the test match. It is hoped that this will be result oriented test match.