Re: Misbah-Ul-Haq Performance
Yar, Misbah pressure kiya dalta … He should have played average ‘ODI’ cricket. Less than 3 runs per over is considered low run rate even for test cricket and he was consuming valuable ‘ODI’ overs at that run rate. The way Misbah (and yunus played), I do not know what they were doing other than wasting overs. Could not understand what these two could have achieved by making less than 3 runs per over.
Just imagine, Pakistan needed around 261 runs in 50 overs or ~5 runs per over.
When 7th wicket of Shahid Afridi fell and loss was certain, Misbah at that point made around 26 runs in 51 balls (at the end of 42nd over). If we include Yunus 13 runs in 32 balls, both culprits together made 39 runs in 83 balls (@ 2.8 runs per over).
As for rest of the team (Kamran, Hafiz, Asad, Umar, Razzak, Shahid) at the end 42nd over, together made 148 runs in 165 balls (@ 5.4 runs per over)
Pakistan was 187 for 7 in 248 balls (42nd over).
I am not going to play numbers game with you, just go and check out the final of T20 in 2007 how Misbah turned the table, from a dead lost game to nail-biting finish, it didn’t matter how many overs/bowls were left, he just smashed sixes and fours and suddenly his SR rose from low to high.