ehsan
July 11, 2016, 6:00am
20
Re: Why Misbah ul-Haq is Pakistan’s greatest Test captain
no sarkar, i did not forget any name…let me give you my logic, agay aap kee marziee
guzarish yae hai kay waqar younis and saeed anwar hardly played any cricket under imran’s captaincy. they played few tournaments in sharja in late 1989 and 1990 and that is it. They were not playing cricket when Imran was at his peak as a captain 1982-1989. they were not part of those test teams who beat india in india in 1987 , beat england in england in 1987, drew against mighty WI in1988 , won sharja cup in 1986 and nehru cup in india in 1989 . Hence i eliminated waqar and saeed anwar names
zaheer abbas already retired in 1984 and did not play in any of imran’s defining moment type series away from Pakistan described above. So he did not contribute anything to Imran’s success
I did not ignore mudassar and already mentioned Mudassar name in my list of mediocre players under imran…good on dead pitches in pakistan but pretty toothless and pathetic outside pakistan. averaged 53 in Pakistan in 35 tets and 25 outside Pakistan in 41 tests…that says it all
Mohsin khan was OK and score one double century at lords in 1982 i think but not a very good record. average 37 in 48 tests, was just like mohd hafeez and taufeeq umar type players plus he retired in 1986!
so I maintain that minus javed, qader and akra, imran played with extremely mediocre players between 1984-1989 as skipper and achieved unbelievable results in england, india and WI…agay aap kee marziee
When Pakistan won at Lords in 1982 the first time since the 50’s zaheer was part of the team. That was a pretty defining moment. Agay aap kee marzee. And it was Imran who introduced Waqar to the team.