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On This Day April 18th, 1986 : Javed Miandad hits last ball six at Sharjah vs India

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25 years since THAT six by Javed Miandad...

18th April 1986, the scenes from that day are still etched in my memories. I was a 6 year old kid then, did not understand much about cricket except for playing with a plastic ball and a small sized light wooden bat.

But somehow that day I watched almost the entire match with my uncles without realising how big it was. Still remember the swear words my uncles used against the captain Kapil and especially Chetan Sharma. The first time I heard the word "paise khaye honge".

I am sure scenes in Pakistan would have been completely different.
 
I know a few Indians (doctors) who lost interest in cricket after that six by Javed Miandad.. :))
Classic.
 
It was just another regular beating from Pakistan to India in Sharjah. I miss those Sharjah series. Never understood BCCI logic that games are fixed there, that's why they stopped playing over there. In the end it was always India losing so never understood the logic...or obviously it was just plain cowardly act. :wasim

That six was great though :jm
 
Kriketer said:
It was just another regular beating from Pakistan to India in Sharjah. I miss those Sharjah series. Never understood BCCI logic that games are fixed there, that's why they stopped playing over there. In the end it was always India losing so never understood the logic...or obviously it was just plain cowardly act. :wasim

That six was great though :jm
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Actually it was after this match that we started beating them regularly
 
That SIX by Miandad kicked off Pakistan's dominance over India in cricket for the coming 20 years. That six hit the Indians quiet badly mentally.
 
Let's just put it this way. If I ever see footage of this in passing (in fact on one occasion they were playing the TV commentary from the last over on the RADIO!), I have to watch the whole thing. Even after all these years, it still gives you goosebumps.

Though now I much prefer this version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xqLsIyKAUI
 
5 years before I was born :p

Seen the clip and any batsman that hit's a winning 6 of the final ball become a legend overnight especially in a Pak-Indo match.

Guess 25years later and India has the upper hand and has the bragging rights :(
 
It was just another regular beating from Pakistan to India in Sharjah.
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Shows how much you know Indo-Pak cricketing history.
 
Never understood BCCI logic that games are fixed there, that's why they stopped playing over there. In the end it was always India losing so never understood the logic...or obviously it was just plain cowardly act.
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One day you might convince yourself about the truthfulness of this.
 
SG said:
Shows how much you know Indo-Pak cricketing history.
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okay more precisely before that game...we played 3 games in Sharjah and India had a massive lead of 2-1. and then by the time Sharjah clash ended, India had 6 wins in total and Pakistan 18 against them.

My comment was more so in general terms.....maybe I didn't phrase it correctly, but you all got the "dominant" point :waqar
 
The days of Sharjah were the super days, remember in the early 2000 period, was a joy wathcing those matches and that is what created my passsion.

Still remember vividly at a age of about 8-10, was allowed to walk a mile to my uncle's house alone to watch the match, I don't remember the result :p
 
Here is a story of this past friday.

It was an 8 over match. We had to make 67 to win the game. I was the captain of my team. I went last to bat since I am more of a bowler then a batsmen. I was on the non-striker end. 7.3 over were gone and we had 61 runs. The other batsmen was able to make 1 run on the next ball. Now 2 balls were left and we needed 5 to win. The bowler bowled and the ball bounced very close to my feet and came to my waist. I tried to swing it but it edged and the ball dropped right there. Now we needed 5 runs to win on the last ball. The bowler bowled a bouncer. It was right below my shoulder. I swung the bat as fast as i could. The ball flew so high and past the boundary with a sixer. My whole team jumped me. It was one of the best feeling. I don't know how Javaid Miandad felt but i felt like i was Javaid Miandad.

****In no way i am comparing myself to Javaid Miandad. I know how people like to twist words.
 
Looking at the scorecard, we let Qadir score 34 runs that day!!

Plus Chetan Sharma was the best bowler for us in that game, from 236/7, he got it to 241/9 but that last ball 6 made him a villain!
 
Only Pakistanis keep harping on and on about this stupid match because they got nothing to gloat about. As if Hrishikesh Kanitkar didnt hit a four in that final over in that record 300 + run chase in Bangladesh, Rajesh Chauhan didnt hit a six in the final over in Karachi or Harbhajan didnt hit a six against Amir recently to win in Sri Lanka. Its getting boring already and shows how desperate some people are that they need to remember age old matches to feel better. :)))
 
willem said:
Only Pakistanis keep harping on and on about this stupid match because they got nothing to gloat about. As if Hrishikesh Kanitkar didnt hit a four in that final over in that record 300 + run chase in Bangladesh, Rajesh Chauhan didnt hit a six in the final over in Karachi or Harbhajan didnt hit a six against Amir recently to win in Sri Lanka. Its getting boring already and shows how desperate some people are that they need to remember age old matches to feel better. :)))
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2 from 1 ball is different from 4 from 1, plus mindad saab fought it out, from the impossible, we all know what happened to Aamir now, who knows he might have also done a bit of fixing there as well
 
willem said:
Only Pakistanis keep harping on and on about this stupid match because they got nothing to gloat about. As if Hrishikesh Kanitkar didnt hit a four in that final over in that record 300 + run chase in Bangladesh, Rajesh Chauhan didnt hit a six in the final over in Karachi or Harbhajan didnt hit a six against Amir recently to win in Sri Lanka. Its getting boring already and shows how desperate some people are that they need to remember age old matches to feel better. :)))
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Clearly you haven't seen "NEO Cricket" from your own country which shows repeats of the India's 1983 WC over and over again.
 
Chetan Sharma unfortunately (for India) bowled a full toss on that last ball, but he was probably trying to get a yorker. So it was an easy hit.
 
We have had our moments after that. Chetan Chauhan and Harbhajan's match ending sixes come to my mind apart from all the 7 world cup victories and Asia cup triumphs

willem said:
Only Pakistanis keep harping on and on about this stupid match because they got nothing to gloat about. As if Hrishikesh Kanitkar didnt hit a four in that final over in that record 300 + run chase in Bangladesh, Rajesh Chauhan didnt hit a six in the final over in Karachi or Harbhajan didnt hit a six against Amir recently to win in Sri Lanka. Its getting boring already and shows how desperate some people are that they need to remember age old matches to feel better. :)))
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yeahh exactly
 
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willem said:
Only Pakistanis keep harping on and on about this stupid match because they got nothing to gloat about. As if Hrishikesh Kanitkar didnt hit a four in that final over in that record 300 + run chase in Bangladesh, Rajesh Chauhan didnt hit a six in the final over in Karachi or Harbhajan didnt hit a six against Amir recently to win in Sri Lanka. Its getting boring already and shows how desperate some people are that they need to remember age old matches to feel better. :)))
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The recent Semi final Loss and India winning the world cup 2011 will also haunt all the Pakistani fans as well.
 
^ That's a complete whela statement and guys cut out the efforts to parry the euphoria of the six by Miandad.
comparing the harbhajan shot is even more ridiculous.

It was a shot which got registered in the minds of everybody who was watching and was probably the most talked about thing for people from either side. Much like the lbw decision which got overturned in the semi final in current times.
Miandad achieved a feat which ll bring a smile to his face everytime its mentioned and that is something to be accepted.

I gen take solace from the fact that it wasnt 6 needed off the last ball so maybe somebody will do that.
 
Hando said:
2 from 1 ball is different from 4 from 1, plus mindad saab fought it out, from the impossible, we all know what happened to Aamir now, who knows he might have also done a bit of fixing there as well
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In Kanitkar's case, it was 3 runs needed off 2 balls and it was a final of the tournament and a record chase at that time. No team chased 300 + if I remember correctly. Also the flood lights were poor and the batsmen could barely see the ball. You cant get better than that.
In Chauhan's case, he hit that six in front of Pakistan crowd.
The match in Sri Lanka where Bhajji hit the six was tense because the bilateral relations were not that good.
All three matches are memorable for Indian fans.
 
willem said:
Only Pakistanis keep harping on and on about this stupid match because they got nothing to gloat about. As if Hrishikesh Kanitkar didnt hit a four in that final over in that record 300 + run chase in Bangladesh, Rajesh Chauhan didnt hit a six in the final over in Karachi or Harbhajan didnt hit a six against Amir recently to win in Sri Lanka. Its getting boring already and shows how desperate some people are that they need to remember age old matches to feel better. :)))
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You are out of your mind or What? First check that who started this thread then give your stupid comments. And as far as nothing to gloat about go and check head to head records between Pakistan & India in all forms of the game and you will know that who is the DADDY.
 
LOL at Indians in denial. This was probably the biggest moment in Pakistan v India cricketing history. Fantastic FANTASTIC shot under pressure; and Kriketer's point is well made ... if the games in Sharjah were fixed and India lost most of the games there ... who was the fixer?

:inti

SG shows that you don't know much about India/Pak cricketing history to not know that we have pounded you guys for years on end.
 
Poison said:
LOL at Indians in denial. This was probably the biggest moment in Pakistan v India cricketing history. Fantastic FANTASTIC shot under pressure; and Kriketer's point is well made ... if the games in Sharjah were fixed and India lost most of the games there ... who was the fixer?

:inti

SG shows that you don't know much about India/Pak cricketing history to not know that we have pounded you guys for years on end.
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Definitely not. T20 wc final was the biggest we have ever played.
Credit to great Miandad for hitting it, but it was a sorry full toss by Chetan. He cracked under pressure

SG shows that you don't know much about India/Pak cricketing history to not know that we have pounded you guys for years on end.
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And we have always been pounding you in world cups, 7-0.
Keeps the bragging rights in balance, and any fan in the world would prefer a 7-0 supremacy over his arch rival than a 60-40 insignificant winning record
 
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At least read what he wrote.

It was just another regular beating from Pakistan to India in Sharjah.

Yes. India were getting beaten by Pak regularly at that point of time. In fact, as someone pointed out, India were leading 2-1 at that point of time in the ties played in Sharjah. So he was definitely wrong that it was just a regular Sharjah beating for India.
 
...no.

There was no deep mental trauma resultant from the T20 WC final, Harbhajan's six etc etc. Harbhajan's six was nowhere near as influential as Miandad's btw. Stupid comparison.
 
willem said:
Only Pakistanis keep harping on and on about this stupid match because they got nothing to gloat about. As if Hrishikesh Kanitkar didnt hit a four in that final over in that record 300 + run chase in Bangladesh, Rajesh Chauhan didnt hit a six in the final over in Karachi or Harbhajan didnt hit a six against Amir recently to win in Sri Lanka. Its getting boring already and shows how desperate some people are that they need to remember age old matches to feel better. :)))
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Grow up. Did Kanitkar and Chauhan score centuries in any of those innings? Any idiot can swing his bat under such circumstances and if luck goes his way his team will end up winning the match with a single 6 or 4 scored by that batsman. The Pakistani in question here scored a century before sealing that game with a 6.
 
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SG said:
At least read what he wrote.

It was just another regular beating from Pakistan to India in Sharjah.

Yes. India were getting beaten by Pak regularly at that point of time. In fact, as someone pointed out, India were leading 2-1 at that point of time in the ties played in Sharjah. So he was definitely wrong that it was just a regular Sharjah beating for India.
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Okay okay sorry :misbah
 
Poison said:
This was probably the biggest moment in Pakistan v India cricketing history.
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For you, definitely. But for rest of the cricketing world, that has got to be 2 knockout WC games in '96 and '11. That '03 tie was also not too far behind as that more or less sealed Pak's fate in that WC.

WCs are anyday GREATER than some obscure tri series/tourneys. Of course, you'll laught it off but it is true, ask any unbiased neutral.
 
Poison said:
...no.

There was no deep mental trauma resultant from the T20 WC final, Harbhajan's six etc etc. Harbhajan's six was nowhere near as influential as Miandad's btw. Stupid comparison.
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May be not for you. But till date, quite a few Pak fans look hurt by that loss.

But to each his own.
 
Poison said:
LOL at Indians in denial. This was probably the biggest moment in Pakistan v India cricketing history. Fantastic FANTASTIC shot under pressure; and Kriketer's point is well made ... if the games in Sharjah were fixed and India lost most of the games there ... who was the fixer?

:inti

SG shows that you don't know much about India/Pak cricketing history to not know that we have pounded you guys for years on end.
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For Pak fans, yeah sure. Not for the rest though. 96' WC QF blows it away any day of the week.
 
Poison said:
...no.

There was no deep mental trauma resultant from the T20 WC final, Harbhajan's six etc etc. Harbhajan's six was nowhere near as influential as Miandad's btw. Stupid comparison.
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So we were most dosappointed losing Australasia cup to you than you after losing the WC final to us when our rivalry and animosity had reached a level much higher than it was 26 years ago??????????

Liar :ajmal
 
Poison bhai you are really tripping if you put an Australasia cup win 26 years ago over the 7 world cup games we have played under much more heat of absolute hatred !
 
NAyyyy Sharjah, 4 runs to win 6 off the last ball, Chetan Sharma bowling full toss ??? Game was FIXED any tom dic and harry could figure that out...
 
freelance_cricketer said:
Poison bhai you are really tripping if you put an Australasia cup win 26 years ago over the 7 world cup games we have played under much more heat of absolute hatred !
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When did India reached No.1 rankings in ODI's as mentioned in your signature?

There is no 60 over WC, it was just a WC but matches at that time played in England were consisting of 60 overs.
 
Well i heard a lot from people older then me that it was one of the most demorelising shot they ever seen against Indians but we have long avenged that shot with kanitker hitting a last ball 4 (mind you kanitker was a joke of a batsman) , rajesh chauhan's 4 of saqlain (saqlain was at his peak then and chauhans batting sucked) and the latest harby hitting sixes of akhtar and aamir the so called FAST bowlers and chasing a 250+ total in sri lanka was next to impossible!

Then there are the world cup cup victories againt pakistanis with this years Semi final and T20 final being the most demorelising and is going to haunt the pakistani fans for ages!
 
cric_fan82 said:
Well i heard a lot from people older then me that it was one of the most demorelising shot they ever seen against Indians but we have long avenged that shot with kanitker hitting a last ball 4 (mind you kanitker was a joke of a batsman) , rajesh chauhan's 4 of saqlain (saqlain was at his peak then and chauhans batting sucked) and the latest harby hitting sixes of akhtar and aamir the so called FAST bowlers and chasing a 250+ total in sri lanka was next to impossible!

Then there are the world cup cup victories againt pakistanis with this years Semi final and T20 final being the most demorelising and is going to haunt the pakistani fans for ages!
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We are immune to demoralizing because we have BIG hearts.:afridi
 
The real pain for true Indian fans would be losing the Chennai test match, we shouldve won that game and series..............
 
Lol at Indians saying Sharjah was fixed even though they regularly lost

I'd say the 2011, 1996 and 2007 matches were probably bigger...
 
1137moiz said:
Lol at Indians saying Sharjah was fixed even though they regularly lost

I'd say the 2011, 1996 and 2007 matches were probably bigger...
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Its not a one way street buddy we have been listening to so expert analysis from Pak fans about how WC 11 was fixed, hey what went around must come around I guess..
 
That Six was millions time better than the examples given by bitter Indian fans. (willem)

Comparing that to the Harbhajan six is a crime.
 
cric_fan82 said:
Well i heard a lot from people older then me that it was one of the most demorelising shot they ever seen against Indians but we have long avenged that shot with kanitker hitting a last ball 4 (mind you kanitker was a joke of a batsman) , rajesh chauhan's 4 of saqlain (saqlain was at his peak then and chauhans batting sucked) and the latest harby hitting sixes of akhtar and aamir the so called FAST bowlers and chasing a 250+ total in sri lanka was next to impossible!

Then there are the world cup cup victories againt pakistanis with this years Semi final and T20 final being the most demorelising and is going to haunt the pakistani fans for ages!
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I have already forgotten them, whats the big deal?:salman
 
njamal574 said:
When did India reached No.1 rankings in ODI's as mentioned in your signature?

There is no 60 over WC, it was just a WC but matches at that time played in England were consisting of 60 overs.
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We become #1 ranked in 2009. For a short while though but it has been achieved !

#2- So what would you say? We won the 50 over world cup in 1983??
 
madhurjyaadhikary said:
Grow up. Did Kanitkar and Chauhan score centuries in any of those innings? Any idiot can swing his bat under such circumstances and if luck goes his way his team will end up winning the match with a single 6 or 4 scored by that batsman. The Pakistani in question here scored a century before sealing that game with a 6.
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The century wouldnt have mattered if the team didnt win in the end. Miandad had scored other centuries too, why dont you bring them up time and again ? What matters is how Kanitkar, Chauhan and Harbhajan finished the matches for India. Mind you, none of them are great batsmen which makes it more humiliating for the losing side. :p
 
I agree with the thought that Chennai test loss in '99 has to be the most sorrowful moment for an Indian fan. That '86 game comes nowhere close to it.
 
The number of Indian posters in this thread clearly suggests that Miandad's SIX was bigger than any SIX ever hit on a cricket field and that it really hurt the Indians till this day.
 
cric_fan82 said:
Well i heard a lot from people older then me that it was one of the most demorelising shot they ever seen against Indians but we have long avenged that shot with kanitker hitting a last ball 4 (mind you kanitker was a joke of a batsman) , rajesh chauhan's 4 of saqlain (saqlain was at his peak then and chauhans batting sucked) and the latest harby hitting sixes of akhtar and aamir the so called FAST bowlers and chasing a 250+ total in sri lanka was next to impossible!

Then there are the world cup cup victories againt pakistanis with this years Semi final and T20 final being the most demorelising and is going to haunt the pakistani fans for ages!
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That was a six.
 
njamal574 said:
The number of Indian posters in this thread clearly suggests that Miandad's SIX was bigger than any SIX ever hit on a cricket field and that it really hurt the Indians till this day.
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What a logic!!! Don't go there. Logic is not your forte.

Keep living in your lala land. As if you really know which defeat has hurt Indians more.
 
njamal574 said:
The number of Indian posters in this thread clearly suggests that Miandad's SIX was bigger than any SIX ever hit on a cricket field and that it really hurt the Indians till this day.
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I have no problem with this logic, only if going by this you also admit it today in front of us all that :sachin is by far and i mean by faaaarrr the greatest cricketer ever to walk on earth !

http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/showthread.php?t=112530

http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/showthread.php?t=113812

http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/showthread.php?t=118692

come back soon
 
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SG said:
What a logic!!! Don't go there. Logic is not your forte.

Keep living in your lala land. As if you really know which defeat has hurt Indians more.
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This is actually a very good logic and i support this logic completely ! :D
Refer to post #59 to know why :)))
 
Guys dont worry, there is bilateral series soon with Pakistan and now it would be the best time to improve our records agains them. Sure BCCI should schedule 5 or 7 ODI Matches and Indians should comfortably win it. Cummon BCCI. Give us chance to improve the records
 
aanand said:
Guys dont worry, there is bilateral series soon with Pakistan and now it would be the best time to improve our records agains them. Sure BCCI should schedule 5or 7 ODI Matches and Indians should comfortably win it. Cummon BCCI. Give us chance to improve the records
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Oh I will be happy with a 10 match ODI series. We will get a chance to widen the gap.
 
Ausman Ginai said:
That Six was millions time better than the examples given by bitter Indian fans. (willem)

Comparing that to the Harbhajan six is a crime.
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Miandad hit a trundler like Sharma for a 6

Bhajji hit someone like Aamir for a 6

Aamir vs Sharma, you decide :p
 
cricketindiafan said:
Tum overall record rakho, ham 7-0 ka record aage badhayenge :p
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Yup !
And like i said before any fan in the world, of any sport in any country will prefer a 7-0 WC supremacy, 3-2 wc trophies record and 5-1 Asia cup trophies record over a 60-40 win loss record.
 
cricketindiafan said:
Miandad hit a trundler like Sharma for a 6

Bhajji hit someone like Aamir for a 6

Aamir vs Sharma, you decide :p
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Looking at the ball bowled, it was harder for Harbhajan, but the pressure and the harder job was clearly for Miandad, and there is no comparison between the two.
 
freelance_cricketer said:
Yup !
And like i said before any fan in the world, of any sport in any country will prefer a 7-0 WC supremacy, 3-2 wc trophies record and 5-1 Asia cup trophies record over a 60-40 win-loss record
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Sure, you only care about the matches which happen once in 8 years, but you don't care about the matches which happen within a few months.

Why lie?
 
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cricketindiafan said:
Miandad hit a trundler like Sharma for a 6

Bhajji hit someone like Aamir for a 6

Aamir vs Sharma, you decide :p
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Dare you call a fighter like Chetan trundler comparing to a cheat who sold his motherland for a few bucks !
Chetan has a wc hat trick to his name and is a top bloke
 
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:fawad
freelance_cricketer said:
Dare you call a fighter like Chetan trundler comparing to a cheat who sold his motherland for a few bucks !
Chetan has a wc hat trick to his name and is a top bloke
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Oh come on...

Tendulkar was caught ball tampering, therfore a cheat...

But that doesn't mean he is worse than Fawad Alam.

:fawad
 
Ausman Ginai-Sure, you only care about the matches which happen once in 8 years, but you don't care about the matches which happen within a few months.

Why lie?
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I would like to have a better record in the over all stats but will take the record in bigger tournaments anyday ! You would do the same.

Now ,why lie? :salman
 
freelance_cricketer said:
I would like to have a better record in the over all stats but will take the record in bigger tournaments anyday ! You would do the same.

Now ,why lie? :salman
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Well obviously World cup matches are more important, but beating India in any form feels great.

So why not do that (^) frequently rather than waiting or years.
 
Ausman Ginai said:
:fawad

Oh come on...

Tendulkar was caught ball tampering, therfore a cheat...

But that doesn't mean he is worse than Fawad Alam.

:fawad
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We took that umpire to court and then the great man let him go, showing mercy once he got to know he was having heart problem.

Did Amir the chea win his court case? No he got banned for 5 years.
Did Tendulkar get a ban? It only proved to be a false allegation.

Anything else? I am here for a while, keep throwing
 
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