Re: 2nd ODI: Pakistan v South Africa at Abu Dhabi - Oct 31, 2010
agreed…dont want to sound an emotional idiot but probably it was the best ODI innings ever played taking into account zero support provided by other players, quality of hitting, pressure, quality of bowling etc…the only thing that was missing was the importance that this match carried…it was not a world cup match and it was not against india…so probably it was not as tense as some other matches could be…
what was breathtaking was the fact that razzaq maintained the momentum for so long singlehandedly..there are many more performances that are probably more dramatic but they are more of instantaneous in nature..35 runs in 12 balls or 40 odd runs in 18 balls, 26 runs in last 6 balls etc but scoring almost last 100 runs single handedly with no support from the other end against a quality bowling attack is something else…
i also rate tendulkar’s 175 against australia also one of the best ODI innings because tendu maintained the momentum singlehandedly for so long under very tough conditions but he could not finish it….razaq finished it and that is the different between a great and an immortal innings….imagine had razzaq gotten bowled out on the last ball…. Our emotions would have been different…