The CT trophy win took the gloss of Misbah's retirement and now the World 11 series is now going to take the gloss of Misbah's tribute which will at best just be 3 minutes, Afridi and YK were wise to not attend, so much for Misbah carefully planning and crafting a selfish retirement.
Ridiculous , there was no need for that, did not deserve that, had more than enough appreciation for whatever he did or did not do for Pakistan. Hope they will not recommend a national holiday on Misbah's retirement day or will not name Qazzafi stadium after him. Was a selfish player after all.
Ofcourse because unlike the other two Misbah will take whatever he can get
The man has retired yet people are still whining about Misbah. Give it a rest guys.
He should give us a rest, why is he still in news, haven't he had enough "awards" already ? Why even a thread about him ?
Why turn up in this thread to spew your hatred and bitterness if you're tired about reading of him ?
Give it a rest, he's achieved more than you'll ever do in your life.
Losing so many matches from winnable positions. Yes definately much more than we will ever achieve in our lives. May we never achieve as much as Misbah in this regard
Yes, he achieved a lot for himself personally and hence prolonged his career at the cost of humiliation and defeat after defeat for the team, bravo.
Misbah's accomplishments:
As Captain
Tests
Became the first Pakistani Captain to win the mace en-route to attaining the no.1 ranking after drawing a 4 match Test series level in England vs England, this victory was also special given that Pakistan became the first team to win 2 Tests against England in England during a 4 match series since South Africa's Triumph in 2008.
Maintains an undefeated record over England in Test series, the last time England beat Pakistan was prior to Misbah ul Haq's reign as captain during the controversial 2010 series.
Only Asian captain to win 4 or more Test matches against England.
First Pakistani captain who white washed England in Pakistan's 58 years cricket history in 2012 in UAE.
Misbah ul Haq has never lost a Test series in the UAE and has dominated teams for almost a decade in the dessert.
Misbah ul Haq became the first Pakistani to win a Test Series in the West Indies.
He is the most successful Pakistan captain with 26 Test wins and the most successful Asian Test captain as well having won eleven Test series.
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First captain from South Asia to defeat South Africa in South Africa in an ODI series.
Only second captain from Pakistan to win the Asia Cup in 2012.
Defeated India in India during an ODI series.
As a player
Tests
Fastest fifty in Tests (21 Balls) completed in 24 minutes against Australia in Abu Dhabi.
Equalled the fastest century in Tests (56 balls) against Australia on 2 November 2014 in Abu Dhabi. Remains the second fastest in history.
Eighth Pakistani player to hit centuries in both innings of a test match.
Most Test centuries by a Pakistan Test captain (8).
The first batsman to make a Test hundred after the age of 41 since Geoffrey Boycott in 1981.
Misbah holds the record for scoring the most test runs as Pakistani captain.
Most sixes hit by a Captain in Test Cricket (72).
At Lord’s during the 2016 Test series against England in England Misbah was not merely the only batsman in the game to make a hundred, but the oldest to score a Test century since 1934, and the oldest captain ever to make one.
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Most ODI fifties (15) in a calendar year (2013)
Leading run scorer in ODIs during 2013.
He has the best batting average for any batsman without a career ODI hundred and with an aggregate of 5000 ODI runs (43.40).
Most half centuries without making an ODI century – Misbah has 42 half-centuries without a single century.
Holds the record for scoring the most number of runs in ODI cricket without a career hundred. Also, the only player to score 4000 as well as 5000 ODI runs without a career century.
Misbah ul Haq was the 3rd highest run scorer in the 2007 World T20 with 218 runs at an average of 54.50.
Misbah ul Haq was the 6th highest run scorer in the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy with an average of 86.50 (2nd highest).
In the 2011 World Cup, Misbah ul Haq was Pakistan's highest run scorer with 248 runs at an average of 50.
In the 2015 World Cup, Misbah ul Haq was once again Pakistan's highest run scorer with 350 runs at an average of 50; this time he also finished in the top 10 leading run scorers list.
Other Special Recognition's
Pride of performance award - President of Islamic Republic Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain awarded Misbah-ul-Haq thw pride of performance award on 23 March, 2014.
Received the prestigious Wisden Cricketer of the Year award in 2017.
Won the ICC Spirit Cricketer of the Year award in 2016.
Misbah has an MBA degree in HRM from the University of Management and Technology in Lahore, Punjab.
Misbah earned his Undergraduate BSc degree in Faisalabad, it was in double Maths and Physics.
Final thoughts
Misbah ul Haq's achievements are unprecedented and beyond his prowess on the cricket pitch he conducted himself with the utmost honour and dignity which was key in restoring respect to the country of Pakistan after the humiliating spot-fixing saga.
Misbah would become a great ambassador for Pakistan cricket and won the hearts of the international cricket community not only through his on field performances but due to his chivalry.
We salute him and will forever remain in debt to his monumental contributions, he remains an inspiration and role model not only for Pakistani's but all those around the world. Hard work, perseverance and honestly inevitably pay off so long you never give up and remain honourable; Misbah is the every man who has proved that despite all odds on a personal and professional level one can truly attain greatness.
Misbah ul Haq is the people's champion and we will never forget his contributions, take a bow sir and we can't thank you enough!
So, @ all the low life naysayers:
<a href="https://t.co/lLYmthh40Q">pic.twitter.com/lLYmthh40Q</a></p>— Babar Azam (@babarazam258) <a href="https://twitter.com/babarazam258/status/908374178960736256">September 14, 2017</a></blockquote>
