Hats off for Captain Misbah

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Congrats Misbah for Fastest Fifty in terms of Time and Balls in Tests with help of 4 fours and 4 sixes

Fifty on 21 Balls in 24 Minutes. and euqalling the record of fastest ton in Tests.

A gift for Pakistan :jhanda:

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Mohammad Ashraful
Bangladesh v India
Mirpur
2007
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28
JT Brown
England v Australia
Melbourne
1894-95
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29
SA Durani
India v England
Kanpur
1963-64
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30
EAV Williams
West Indies v England
Bridgetown
1947-48
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[TR=“class: data1”]
30
BR Taylor
New Zealand v West Indies
Auckland
1968-69
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31
WJ O’Reilly
Australia v South Africa
Johannesburg
1935-36
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32
R Benaud
Australia v West Indies
Kingston
1954-55
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32
WJ Cronje
South Africa v Sri Lanka
Centurion
1997-98
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JH Kallis
South Africa v Zimbabwe
Cape Town
2004-05
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25
S Shillingford
West Indies v New Zealand
Kingston
2014
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Shahid Afridi
Pakistan v India
Bangalore
2004-05
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Mohammad Ashraful
Bangaldesh v India
Mirpur
2007
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27
Yousuf Youhana
Pakistan v South Africa
Cape Town
2002-03
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28
EAV Williams
West Indies v England
Bridgetown
1947-48
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28
IT Botham
England v India
Delhi
1981-82
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28
CH Gayle
West Indiies v New Zealand
Port of Spain
2014
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Australia v West Indies
Bridgetown
1977-78
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TG Southee
New Zealand v England
Napier
2007-08
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30
N Kapil Dev
India v Pakistan
Karachi
1982-83
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TM Dilshan
Sri Lanka v New Zealand
Galle
2009
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31
A Ranatunga
Sri Lanka v India
Kanpur
1986-87
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31
WJ Cronje
South Africa v Sri Lanka
Centurion
1997-98
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32
IVA Richards
West Indies v India
Kingston
1982-83
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32
IT Botham
England v New Zealand
The Oval
1986
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32
V Sehwag
India v England
Chennai
2008-09
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32
MA Starc
Australia v South Africa
Perth
2012-13
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:jhanda:

Misbah ul Haq scores fastest half-century in Test cricket - Latest Cricket News, Articles & Videos at CricketCountry.com

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Misbah ul-Haq reached the landmark in 21 balls

Nov 2, 2014Misbah ul-Haq scored the fastest half-century in Test cricket during the second Test match against Australia at Abu Dhabi on Sunday. Misbah reached the landmark in just 21 balls, and broke the record of Jacques Kallis who had reached the landmark in 24 balls.The highlight of Misbah’s innings was the two sixes, one boundary and another six hit from consecutive deliveries off Steven Smith. He came after the dismissal of Younis Khan, who was on a three-match century streak before this innings.Australia are well and truly behind in this Test, trailing by 517 runs and will need to produce some exceptional batting to save the match.

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Misbah-ul-Haq slams fastest Test century | Cricket News | Pakistan v Australia | ESPN Cricinfo

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BBC Sport - Pakistan’s Misbah-ul Haq hits record Test half-century

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:jhanda: Congrats

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Whaaaat? Somewhere Afridi just had a nightmare.

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[/COLOR]Heartiest congratulations on making a world record for the fastest 50 in the test format. So happy for u !!!

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He is no longer a Mr Tuk-Tuk :smiley:

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From #MrTukTuk to #MrBoomBoom

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Great double achievement.

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Heard it on twitter:

Decrease in petrol has increased the efficiency of Misbah ul Haq. Alhamdullillah — PML N Minister
Agar dharna na hota tu Pakistan 1,000 runs par declare karta — Information Minister Pervert Rashid

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There was a day when Afridi dada was telling him : “Misbah, one of these days you’re going to have to slow down.”

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While Misbah responded with:

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Boom tuk tuk boom

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I'll take it anyday :)

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Glad you tuk it.

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Another nice article on Misbah by Osama and I always say like this* “Maybe it was, as in the first innings, more release and some indulgence too. He once told a man that the pressure he usually arrives under for Pakistan has prevented him from hitting bowlers he knew he could hit for six, for six.”

*Pakistan v Australia, 2nd Test, Abu Dhabi, 4th day

Misbah gets his bucket-list hundred

Misbah-ul-Haq gives the impression of constantly being on the verge of doing something out of the ordinary, and on Sunday he did just that; he let go of all the self-restraint he has shown over the years and hit the hundred he knew he could hit
Osman Samiuddin
November 2, 2014
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Misbah-ul-Haq said after play that he could not remember walking out to bat during his captaincy under as little pressure as on Sunday © Getty Images**

Misbah-ul-Haq is the sanest man in Pakistan cricket, possibly even all of Pakistan. There is no way of proving this but he really is. He has, though, had the least sane career of any Pakistan cricketer, and that is a rich canon that includes Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Ilyas - among many others. The inability to reconcile those two facts has slowly driven a nation mad (but not, of course, Misbah himself).

So, in many ways, given the reputation of his batting - that if he batted any slower the scoreboard would tick backwards - the most sensible thing for him to do was to equal the record for the fastest Test hundred ever, and break the one for the fastest fifty. At the age of 40; against Australia; weeks after dropping himself for poor form; because, you know, what all Pakistanis need is for their heads to be messed with more.

That wonderful hundred in the first innings had felt like a grand release. His hundred on Sunday? It was not an explosion, because he does not do explosions. A retort? No, because he is not a vindictive man.

Maybe it was, as in the first innings, more release and some indulgence too. He once told a man that the pressure he usually arrives under for Pakistan has prevented him from hitting bowlers he knew he could hit for six, for six.

That is an impression of Misbah that does not fade, that he has perennially looked to be on the verge but has held back; on the verge of greatness; on the verge of breakdown; on the verge of responding to criticism; on the verge of playing that one innings which might silence everyone.

It is an abstinence that is especially evident when he stares at something in a room only he can see, like he wants to say something more but he does not, or he wants to smile but does not, or blink but he does not. It is a trait you suspect he has lived with, from when, maybe, his father did not let him pursue cricket and he only could after he passed away.

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This was personal. Into every six was present the ghost of each one of the thousands of similar balls that Misbah-ul-Haq has wanted to hit for six, but has instead stretched forward to defend: the tuk and tuk.

All the crazy that he has bottled up within, all of it has come out in the form and shape of his career. That is what his innings felt like in microcosm too, all the crazy coming out, especially those first sixes off Steven Smith. He said later he could not remember walking out to bat during his captaincy under as little pressure as on Sunday.

This was an opportunity for an outpouring, of four years of restraining himself, of four years of defending, of four years of grim hanging on, of four years of a Test strike rate of 43.05. If ever there is a bucket-list hundred, this was it.

Pakistan wanted quick runs for a declaration, so Misbah was always going to be aggressive. But this was personal. Into every six was present the ghost of each one of the thousands of similar balls that he has wanted to hit for six, but has instead stretched forward to defend: the tuk and tuk.

Once he had that start behind him, he showed us more of himself as the batsman that only he knows he was, or is, or can be. He said later he only actively thought of the record when someone pointed it out to him in the 80s, but he must have known it was on from earlier. He went for it too, which is even more impressive.

The two shots of the innings came off Peter Siddle, post-lunch. Siddle was actually bowling a good spell, finding a little reverse and his yorkers.

The first, in the third over after lunch, was driven through wide mid-on, off the back foot and along the ground. The second was four overs later. Again Misbah was positioned well back, but standing tall, he created the room to loft him over long-on for six, as if Siddle was Smith.

Both said the same thing. This was a man who was successfully convincing destiny he was its master, a man who had made circumstances his fiefdom. They are shots - and he has played them before - played inside dreams and here we were in his.

Once he had pulled Mitchell Starc to move to 96 off 55 balls, it had to happen. He was not in control of the shot that brought up the century and equaled the record, but never has he been more in control of the stars.

Pakistan v Australia, 2nd Test, Abu Dhabi, 4th day : Misbah-ul-Haq gets his bucket-list hundred | Cricket Features | Pakistan v Australia | ESPN Cricinfo

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May be no one noticed but it was Misbah’s 50th Test Match and he has made it memorable by scoring 100 in each inning and of course world record too :lajawab:

akistan v Australia, 2nd Test, Abu Dhabi, 4th dayMisbah slams fastest Test centuryStats highlights from a day dominated by Misbah-ul-Haq, in Abu Dhabi
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November 2, 2014
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Misbah-ul-Haq’s ton was the fastest in terms of balls and second fastest in terms of minutes © Getty Images**

**56 Number of balls in which Misbah-ul-Haq got his century - the fastest, in terms of deliveries, equaling Viv Richards.

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*74 Number of minutes in which Misbah got to his hundred, the second-fastest in terms of time. Australia’s Jack Gregory scored a century in 70 minutes against South Africa in 1921.

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**138 The partnership strike rate for Pakistan’s fourth wicket. Misbah and Azhar Ali posted 141 runs from 102 balls. This is the the best rate for a 100-plus partnership by a Pakistan pair, and the third-fastest ever.

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**1 Number of times that the opposition captain has scored twin hundreds in a Test against Australia - Misbah is the first. Misbah is only the second Pakistan captain, after Inzamam-ul-Haq, to score twin Test hundreds.

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**2 Number of instances where two batsmen from a team have scored twin hundreds in a Test. Misbah and Azhar scored two hundreds each in this Test. The only previous instance involved Greg Chappell and Ian Chappell, in Hamilton in 1974. There are two other instances of batsman from opposing teams scoring twin hundreds in a Test. Andrew Jones and Asanka Gurusinhna scored twin hundreds in Hamiton in 1991, as did Denis Compton and Arthur Morris during the fourth Ashes Test in 1947.

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**21 Number of balls in which Misbah got to his fifty - a record. The previous fastest fifty in Test cricket was by Jacques Kallis, off 24 balls, against Zimbabwe, in Cape Town, in 2005.

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**24 Number of minutes in which Misbah got to fifty, also a record. The previous record holder was Mohammad Ashraful, who scored a fifty in 27 minutes, against India, in Mirpur in 2007.

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**522 Number of runs produced by Pakistan’s third wicket in this series, by far the most productive partnership wicket for either team. Pakistan’s fourth wicket is the next best, having contributed 405 runs. Australia’s opening wicket has been their most productive, contributing a relatively meager 212 runs.

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**1 Number of previous occasions when Pakistan have set their opposition a 600-plus target in a Test. Pakistan beat India after setting them a 607-run target in 2006. In Tests, there have been 16 previous instances of teams being set a 600-plus target, in which the chasing teams have drawn three and lost 13.

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**3 Number of 100-plus partnerships between Younis Khan and Azhar Ali in this series. For Pakistan, only Younis and Mohammad Yousuf have posted more century partnerships in a series - against India in 2006. The overall record is held by David Boon and Mark Waugh who shared five 100-plus partnerships during the 1993 Ashes.

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**7 Number of Tests in which Pakistan have declared twice. However, Pakistan only lost nine wickets in this entire Test, which is the second-fewest when they have declared in both innings.

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**468 Number of runs scored by Younis Khan in this series. This is the best by a Pakistan batsman in a two-match series, or in a longer series where the concerned batsman has played only two matches. The overall record is 571 runs, by Sanath Jayasuriya against India, in 1997.

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misbah is the man!! :k::k::k:

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The best tests captain ever??

Not a virgin but…

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And more reactions coming..!!

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Brilliant performance by Misbah and the team :salute: