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A triumph of concentration

A triumph of concentration

01/08/2016 0
Written on Hanif Muhammad's longest test innings By Saad Shafqat and Published in ESPN Cricinfo On Feb 2nd 2008http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/334540.html It was made half a century ago, yet it is still the highest Test score away from home. There have been 20 other triple-hundreds, yet this remains the only one made in the second innings. In fact, it was made after following on - not from any mere 200-run deficit, but from an almost bottomless abyss of 473. It was January 1958 in Bridgetown, Barbados. Pakistan, the latest entrants to Test cricket, were playing their first T...
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The Passion that Cricket Is

The Passion that Cricket Is

18/05/2016 0
I remember it in super-slow motion. India vs. Zaheer Abbas (avg 87.0 in 19 Tests). The ball is going to hit the stumps in the next frame….Zaheer Abbas, or his bat, are not even in the picture. The next instant, the flash of a blade, and the most exquisite of late cuts that I have ever seen. Batting Heroes, Giants, Maestros, whatever you wish to call them. Everyone has memories. Favourites. Players, Innings or even Single Shots (can you ever forget that six in Sharjah). The classical technique of Hanif Mohammad-The Little Master. The Man of Crisis-Asif Iqbal. The flamboyance that was Javed Mian...
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