This doesn’t have to be about cricket, but I thought it’s a good one to start with
who can forget the day when a fresh-faced youngster named Aaqib Javed tore through the Indian batting line up culminating in the famous hatrick ball which trapped Tendulkar plumb in front?
As Aaqib scythed through the upper order, India’s chamion Tendulkar strode to the crease determined not to be Aaqib’s hatrick victim. But the young pace ace sent a searing delivery through the little maestro’s defences to rap his pads and the neutral sri lankan umpire had no choice but to raise the finger which signalled defeat for Sachin.
The whole of India was plunged into despair and in a desperate act of petty small-mindedness, India vowed never to return to Sharjah to save from such humiliation in future.
To this day, Indians shudder with horror at the thought of cheeky young aaqib humbling their hero with what became the most famous hatrick in the history of ODI’s.
Another Great Sporting Moment and One of the Best Matches Between India and Pakistan -
2ND Quarter Final - World Cup 1996.
Despite being the two most Cricket Frenzy Countries in the world - It was the First match between India and Pakistan on Indian soil after 1989 Nehru Cup (Which Pakistan won). This Match was full of ups and downs. After winning the Toss India elected to Bat and Navjot Sidhu responded with a Superb 93, before he was bowled by Mushtaq Ahmad (Mushy), Indian middle order once again failed to take advantage of the Good start made by Sidhu and Sachin, Until Ajay Jadeja came on the ground - Jadeja what a gutsy performer he is - he tore apart the Bowling of Pakistan by scoring 45 runs in 25 Balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes of its fast bowlers Waqar Younis and Aaquib Javed.Although Waqar had the last laugh when he had Jadeja caught by Aamir Sohail, yet it was too late and damage was done India ended up with a score of 287 in 50 overs. Pakistan's Best bowler of the day was Ata-ur-rehman who ended with 40 runs in his 10 overs. Waqar and Aquib both went for 67 in their 10 overs
In contrast to the Indian innings Pakistan Innings started in a blazing way and its openers Saeed Anwar and Amir Sohail blasted 84 runs in first 10 overs and it appeared that these two fine players were going to re-write the history and take the game away from India, Srinath Got Saeed Anwar's Wicket. But on the other end Aamir Sohail (Captain for the match in Akram's Absence) was still in blazing form and was particularly harsh on Venkatesh Prasad. But he lost his concentration after blasting Prasad for 2 fours and exchanged few words with the bowler. Prasad took advantage of that and clean bowled him in next bowl.And that started the down fall of the Pakistan middle order and it folded like pack of cards and only man who was standing between the Indian Victory and the game was Javed Miandad who was out when the score was 239. Pakistan lost the match by 31 runs and the defending Champions were knocked out of the world cup and India advnaced to the Semis (only to be thrashed by Sri Lankans). Highlights of the match were
It was last ODI match of Javed Miandad's Career - It was sad to see this gutsy great performer go on a losing note. He will always be one of the great players of the game
Navjot Sidhu was given man of the match for his score of 93, but the real Man of the match were Jadeja and Prasad. Prasad finished with the figures of 3/45 in his 10 overs.
Pakistan captain Wasim Akram was not playing the match because he was supposed to be suffering from fever.
India scored 57 runs of last 4 overs (including 22 of Waqar's last over), That turned the match in to a real contest - untill then it was going pakista's way.
History repeated itself and Pakistan is yet to Beat India in a World cup match
This match will remain one of the greatest matches for Indian fans for its sheer Emotional exchange and enormous ups and downs during the entire match.
AK
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Right on... Aaqib's hatrick got him the best figures until wasim came up with 5/15.
In my opinion, the best moment in Sharjah was that Miandad six match!!! It was fun to see some whine after tha match!! and yes, the scene where Tauseef got hit by a wicket when hes running along with Miandad in joy.
Other moments of glory... Imran khan gives a whitewash to India, in India when the decide to invite over the Pakistanis for the first ever Nehru Cup (3-0 test series). IM JUST SAYING THAT IMRAN HOLDING THAT TROPHY IN INDIA WAS ONE OF THE MOST JOYOUS MOMENTS IN SPORTS for me
If you ask me the Pak India match 96 was dull, it turned out to be a one sided game in the end so wheres the fun in that? On the otherhand that miandad six match was awesome and exhilerating. I remember Mujtaba also hit a six in Hobart in 93-94 to level a match when Pak needed 7 off the last ball.
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For me it has to be the six Miandad hit to win the match in Sharjah. 44 runs in the last four overs including that six off the last ball, it was breathtaking to say the least. Ravi Shahstri stated on one TV programme that it destroyed the psychic of the Indian cricket team against Paskitan for a very long time. Before that match India used to have an upper hand at Sharjah, since that match they have struggled at Sharjah against Pakistan. That's why that six was so much more than just a six.
No adoubt about that, Shastri is very right about that. India was under that psychological shock esp when it came to playing against Pakistan in Sharjah. No one can take any credit away from Javed Miandad for that. But It sickens me to see you discuss that performance in the same breadth with Aquib Javed's 7/37. To me the best Bowling performance by a Pakistani against India was 6/14 by Imran Khan in Rothmans cup (India all out for 125). But unfortunately no-one remembers that match just because pakistan lost that match and were all out for 87.
Spock, Long before 7/37 and 5/15 - Imran Bowled a spell of 6/14. and that will remain the best bowling performance for-ever.
AK
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*Srikant is given "handled the ball" out,he is frustrated,swears on his way to the pavilion,Imran calls him back,Waqar clean bowls Srikant the next ball he faces; Classic. People,That Is All.*
EDIT: AND THIS IS THE REASON YOU BANNED ME X-1,YOU SHMUCK.......THESE COMMENTS WERE F'ING HARMLESS.
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I have loads of memories to share from crcket. But right now i will share my favorite from hockey. Pakistan Vs Holland 1994 world cup final. Bovelandur (considered the best) missing the penality stroke and also holland’s best player in that tournament missed his too (don’t remember his name), giving us a chance to win the world cup. Mansoor stopped the last stroke to seal a victory for Pakistan.
The semi-final of the same world cup remains a memorable one too. It was decided on penalty strokes too. I still remember i was the only one in my home watching it, everyone else was busy eating lunch. But it was there loss they missed all the action, all i missed were aloo wali rotiyaan
Andha, if India would have won that match narrowly, it would have been interesting. The Pakistan team wins matches with huge margins, and even though they win easily, I consider those matches pretty dull unless it gets really close. You on the other hand support a team which wins only on occasions, so the '96 wcup match must have been a twist for you
Pak vs Holland was a treat to watch. The worlds best penalty corner shooter misses a penalty corer! That was something! Too bad mansoor didnt stay on in the team after that for long. However, shahbaz is back, and Id bet my money on this new team which is set to play the next world cup! Sohail Abbas is another version of the exiciting Kamran Ashraf, who was the real hero behind the 94 world cup.
razzaq bowls an inswinging yorker and clean bowls the last man to draw the match between PAK and SL when PAK posted only 195 on the board and SL were on their way to victory....
and then PAK bowlers struck back....
wasim, azhar and razzler....
was a great match....
ended in a draw - a rare result for an ODI....
A great come back by Pakistan. The bowlers were once again brilliant.
Another fine match was Pakistan vs Australia in the Benson and Hedges cup 1992-93. Pakistan needed 7 runs to win the match on the last ball. Asif Mujtuba hit the last ball for a six and the match ended in a tie. And ofcourse i kept jumpin up and down rest of the day
Ok, this great moment does not involve Pakistan but it did us good.
England vs South Africa, 1992 world cup semi-final in sydney, SA needing 20 runs to win in 12 balls, then comes the rain pouring down and leaving SA with 20 runs in 1 ball to win. That was a exciting moment for me, if South Africa would have that day, Pakistan would have never won the 92 world cup.
and if i am correct …pakistan was bowled out for 52 or something in the worldcup 91-92 by england..and the the rain god played a remarkable innings and saved the match for pakistan..
pakistan eventually won that world cup
remember when Shoaib burst onto the scene in India? In the test match that we won which was part of the beginning of the world test championship.
once again, tendulkar strode to the crease in a bid to save India who were reeling under Shoaib’s fiery onslaught. The Indian crowd cheered wildly as their little champion came out to face our pace sensation. But the ground was stunned into horror as the Rawalpindi Express tore through his defences knocking the stump 10 yards out of the ground. India’s champion was defeated once again by the irresistable force known as Shoaib akhtar.
WRONG AGAIN… Before posting something go and actually read what happened…
Pakistan made 81, I believe(tolerance of ± five runs allowed), and there was alot of rain in that match two or three batsman even slipped. DID YOU KNOW THAT MATCH ACTUALLY ENDED UP IN A DRAW, so it doesnt matter, on the record books its a draw
But then again, you guys dont believe in record books as the record books are managed by the ISI.
all of your greatest moments in cricket seem to revolve around the Pakistani team, and to be honest, those matches were hardly interesting…
South Africa vs Australia 99, now that was a match!! I think it was Allan Donald who made the mistake and not Lance. Earlier in that match Gibbs also dropped a crucial catch of waugh whilst he was trying to rejoice by throwing the ball in the air, waugh went on to make a high score…
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Did Shaoib send the midget master back with the four letter word that he normally uses when he bowls out a batsman?
There was also one other match I’d like to mention. It was Pakistan vs Windies… Im posting it here so that someone can tell me more about it as that was very long ago and I dont remember properly…
Pakistan vs Windies, 88 WorldCup. Pakistan needed to win this game to qualify for the semis. Pakistan won the match with just one wicket I believe… Walsh was bowling and Pak needed about 3 runs to win the match… The batsman at the runner end went on as the bowler approached the stumps to bowl the delivery. Walsh saw him well ahead of the crease, and instead of taking the bails out, he just gave the batsman a warning. Now this is something isnt it!! He could have removed the bails to end pakistans world cup campaign, but instead he proved what a great sportsman he was by not doing that. He certainly earned Pakistans respect that day.
Kapil Dev did something similar, but instead of giving the batsman a warning, he removed the bails. I think it was Peter Kirsten. Although there was nothing wrong with him removing the bails, as a good sportsman one should not have done that. I remember right there was a fight b/w Peter Kirsten and Kapil on that incident, and wessels got invovled. Peter Kirsten was banned from playing cricket after that and as usual India lost the series poorly