e of 208 not out. Misbah-ul-Haq Khan Niazi (born May 28, 1974) is
a Pakistani cricketer. Misbah is known for his cool headed batting especially
under pressure. Outside of cricket he has done an MBA from the University of
Management Technology, Lahore. Misbah was initially noticed for his technique
and his temperament in the Tri-nation tournament in Nairobi, Kenya in 2002, as
he scored two fifties in the three innings in which he played, however, over
the next three Tests he played against Australia, he failed to score more than
twenty runs and was soon dumped from the team. Having witnessed Pakistan being
eliminated in the opening phase of the 2003 Cricket World Cup, Misbah was part
of the changes made to the team in the aftermath of these results, but failed
to make much of an impact and was soon dropped again. At the age of 33, Misbah
was chosen to play in the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 in 2007, filling the
middle order spot vacated by Inzamam-ul-Haq. He had been regularly making runs
in Pakistani domestic cricket and in the years before his recall he was
consistently one of the top run scorers at each season's end, with his
first-class average briefly climbing above 50. Misbah was one of the stars of
the tournament, playing a large part in many thrilling run chases. The first
was in the group stage against India where he scored a half century in a tied
match. He was run out attempting the winning run off the last ball of the
match. In their Super 8s encounter with Australia he was named Man of the Match
with an unbeaten 66 off 42 deliveries to see his side home with 5 balls to
spare. Another unbeaten innings in the semi final against New Zealand saw
Pakistan book a spot in the final against India. He played an instrumental role
in Pakistan's recovery in the inaugural 2007 ICC World Twenty20 final against
arch-rivals India, with 3 consecutive sixes. The sixes came off Harbhajan
Singh's last over of the match. With 6 runs needed to win off 4 remaining
balls, Misbah tried to scoop the ball over short fine leg, but was caught out
by Sreesanth. Misbah scored his maiden Test hundred against India at Kolkata in
the 2nd Test of the 2007 series. After India managed 616 in their first
innings, Pakistan were at 5 for 150 in reply and in danger of following on when
Misbah and Kamran Akmal put together a match saving 207 run stand. Misbah
finished on 161 not out. In the 3rd & final Test of the series, Misbah made
another fluent century this time finishing on 133 not out. 2008 began with some
high points for Misbah as he was elevated to the post of Vice - Captain of the
Pakistan team and was awarded a Grade A Contract. Since returning to
International Cricket for Pakistan, Misbah has gone through a sustained patch
of prolific run scoring. In his last 5 Test Match innings for Pakistan, he has notched
up 458 runs at a very high batting average of 152.67 against India.In his last
5 ODIs as well, Misbah has made 190 Runs at an average of 63.33 & in
Domestic Cricket for Punjab, he has amassed an astounding 586 runs at an
average of 195.33 with 2 centuries and his highest first-class scor
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