Famous cricket player of Pakistan: Javed Miandad

Thousands of sixes have been hit in the ODIs but a few carry the fame that the six hit by Javed Miandad in Sharjah carries. A lively character and the pioneer of reverse sweep, the great right handed batsman is considered by many as the best that ever played for Pakistan cricket team.

Born in Karachi, Pakistan in 1957, Mohammed Javed Miandad Khan, often known as ‘Javed Miandad’ made his one day international debut against the West Indies cricket team in 1975. During a mammoth a career that spanned a total of 21 years, he played a total of 233 ODI matches in which he scored a total of 7381 runs at an average of 41.70. To his credit, Miandad has 8 centuries and 50 fifties to his name. His highest score came against Indian cricket team in which he scored a 119* and subsequently helped his side win the match.

The World Cup seemed to be the stage that brought out the best of Miandad; interestingly his debut game and his last match were both during the world cup. He is the first player to have played 6 world cups and the only second player to do it is ‘Sachin Tendulkar’ . It was Miandad’s skillful stroke play and sharp mind that led Pakistan to it’s first ever Cricket World Cup in 1992. He played two vital innings in the semi final and final which meant that Pakistan lifted the crystal trophy.

Miandad, to date is an inspiration for all upcoming batsmen and the world would till eternity recognize his fantastic contributions to the game of cricket.

Cricket records: Longest careers in ODI cricket

Continuing a long career in cricket is not easy for players as it requires consistent performances. People don’t like to see players who don’t have the ability to deliver a good cricket game anymore. But little master SR Tendulkar has a long career of 21 years and 28 days and he has played 444 matches in his entire cricket career. He reached a century in his recent matches. He started playing cricket on Dec 18, 1989 and is still playing. Another longest career building player is Javed Miandad from Pakistan. He has played for more than 20 years and has played 233 matches. Building such a long career is really difficult as it’s not easy to deliver consistent performances. If you want to see who made this impossible thing possible and built a long career in ODI matches, you will find the list here.

Longest career in one day international cricket:

Player	From		Span
SR Tendulkar	18 Dec 1989		21y 28d
Javed Miandad	11 Jun 1975		20y 272d
ST Jayasuriya	26 Dec 1989		20y 1d
PA de Silva	31 Mar 1984		18y 352d
GA Gooch	26 Aug 1976		18y 137d
Wasim Akram	23 Nov 1984		18y 101d
GW Flower	25 Oct 1992		17y 357d
Imran Khan	31 Aug 1974		17y 207d
Saleem Malik	12 Jan 1982		17y 147d
A Ranatunga	14 Feb 1982		17y 105d

Best partnership in test cricket for Pakistan

Pakistan has produced many great players in test cricket. It is a long list, but some of them are  distinguished like Mudassar Nazar and Javed Miandad. They are both among  the greatest players of  cricket. They set the highest partnership record for Pakistan, and they still hold this record. Below is the list of the best partnerships in test from Pakistan. The list shows the great caliber of Javed Miandad and shows his class.

Serial No	Partners	Runs
1	Mudassar Nazar, Javed Miandad	451
2	Qasim Umar, Javed Miandad	397
3	Younas Khan, M. Yousaf	363
4	Ijaz Ahmed, Inzmam Ul Haq	352
5	Mushtaq Muhammad, Asif Iqbal	350
6	Younas Khan, Inzmam Ul Haq	324
7	Amir Sohail, Inzamam Ul Haq	323
8	Javed Miandad, Saleem Malik	322
9	Younas Khan, M Yousuf	319
10	Wasim Akram, Saqlain Mushtaq	313

Dream team–Pakistan XI in focus

In the midst of no cricketing events in Pakistan due to security concerns by ICC and team’s in-house rifts and spot fixing issues, Pakistan’s cricket team does not seem all geared up for the forthcoming 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. Although the spot fixing case loomed during the recent T20 Series between New Zealand and Pakistan in New Zealand where Pakistan lost the series by 2-1, hopes still spring that the team will soon come out from troubled waters and go with their head high in World Cup.

To keep a pinch of interest for low spirited Pakistan Cricket fans, our Dream Team for Pakistan is as follows which comprises of the top players Pakistan has ever produced.

• Saeed Anwar (Opening batsman)
• Aamir Sohail (Opening batsman)
• Inzamam ul Haq (Top Order Batsman)
• Javed Miandad (Middle Order Batsman)
• Zaheer Abbas (Middle Order Batsman)
• Moin Khan (Wicketkeeper/Batsman)
• Imran Khan (Fast Bowler/ all rounder)
• Waseem Akram (Fast Bowler/all rounder)
• Sarfaraz Nawaz (Fast Bowler)
• Waqar Younis (Fast Bowler)
• Abdul Qadir (Spinner)

2007-2010 ICC World T20: Best partnerships World Cup wise

The importance of partnerships in a cricket match cannot be ruled out. The best example in this regard is 1992 Cricket World Cup final where Pakistan batting first was in troubled waters due to the fall of early wickets but an outstanding partnership between skipper Imran Khan and sweep shot King Javed Miandad led Pakistan to win the World Cup against England.

Partnerships at the crease have their own significance not only in Test cricket and ODIs but even in T20 game. Looking at the best partnerships at the 2007 ICC World T20, Chris Gayle and DS Smith’s match winning first wicket partnership of 145 runs for West Indies did not do any wonders for them. With the fall of first wicket, West Indies batting line fell like a pack of cards against South Africa at Johannesburg.

During 2009 ICC World T20, most runs partnership record is held by Tilikaratne Dilshan and Sanath Jayasurya of Srilanka who made first wicket partnership record of 124 runs against West Indies.

Mahela jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara holds the second wicket partnership record of 166 runs against West Indies during 2010 ICC World T20.

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