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[Cover_Drive]

What a wonderful innings he played today. Came into the side after a long time and smashed a unbeaten century on day five for his team.

What a player I must say!

[RoCo Da Pixie]

Shame he was useless for surrey, Did not rate him at all in the innings i saw.

[Alvaro]

I'm sure Surrey was the zenith of his career and the pressure got to him... Over this past year he has been treated nothing short of shabbily after winning a world cup and his head must have been all over the place.

I rate him because of this:
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/43652.html?class=1;orderby=batted_score;template=results;type=batting;view=innings

Particularly his 173 at Leeds when Inzi ran him out.

[roco]

A good player just not great

[Alvaro]

I agree Roco - but has some temperament for the big occasion. A Colly with shots.

[roco]

Would have liked to have seen him in a settled side but can't argue with those stats at test level

[Jeet]

Fine player. Adds a lot of grit to the pakistan batting line up. Similar style player to Dravid.

[Cover_Drive]

I'm sure Surrey was the zenith of his career and the pressure got to him... Over this past year he has been treated nothing short of shabbily after winning a world cup and his head must have been all over the place.

I rate him because of this:
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/43652.html?class=1;orderby=batted_score;template=results;type=batting;view=innings

Particularly his 173 at Leeds when Inzi ran him out.

Run outs are always there for Pakistani cricketers. I was sad after seeing him get run out for 199 against India.

[Cover_Drive]

He is one of the best 4th innings batsman, stats;

# 92 batsmen have scored 500 or more runs in 4th innings.
# Only 15 batsmen average more than 50.00.
# Younis is 5th on the list with an average of 62.00.
# Only 4 batsmen (Younis, Ponting, Sarwan & Gavaskar) have scored 4 100s each in 4th innings.
# Younis scored his 4 100s in least number of innings (19).
# Only 7 batsmen have scored 3 or more 100s each in 4th innings.
# Out of 3 batsmen scoring 3 100s in 4th innings, Sachin has taken most innings ... 49 of them.
# Of the current batsmen, Hussey has the best 4th innings average (63.12).
# Sehwag averages 29.19 in 4th innings.

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;innings_number=4;orderby=batting_average;qualmax1=50000;qualmin1=500;qualval1=runs;size=200;template=results;type=batting

[Cover_Drive]

He might not be a great player in some people eyes but he surely is one of the best batsman in pressure situation. I remember in a Kitply Cup he got two 0 and in his third mach he smashed a century against India in final so he certainly is a match winner for Pakistan

[Buzz]

Cover Drive - anyone would think you were a fan!
the stats work is excellent by the way...

[Alvaro]

Either that or he has had a slow day.

[Cover_Drive]

I think there aim was to stay at the crease as long they can and they didn't care about the score.

Azhar Ali did the same thing by playing 150+ balls innings.

[Alvaro]

I meant you old thing. Never mind.
Misbah will take some confidence for the not out - it may enhance his authority.

[19reading87]

And he's all ours next year.... (warwickshire)