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Just one step away from that memorable victory; Goose bumps thinking about this game as I recall thinking there is no way we would make it!
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[VIDEO] On This Day: March 21, 1992 - Inzamam-ul-Haq's knock helped Pak beat NZ to reach WC92 final
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the day Inzi became a hero, Moin Khan gave an excellent clutch performance after a responsible innings by Miandad.
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Great innings by inzi on this day. A great day for Pakistan cricket.
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Everyone talks about inzamams clutch knock but Miandad doesn't get enough credit. He played exactly how a senior player should in a pressure game. Our best batsman
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Must've been a great match to watch.
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Inzis greatest ever knock
What a way to announce yourself on the world stage. Great knock from young Inzy and Miandad played a vital knock too. Imran though would've been crucified had Pakistan lost, was a very slow innings from him.
One of the most memorable Pakistan performances of all time - beating a formidable NZ team on their own patch in a WC SF.
One of the most memorable Pakistan performances of all time - beating a formidable NZ team on their own patch in a WC SF.
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Exactly my view, he had 5 fifties in that World cup including the final. Everyone talks about Imran coming in up the order but people forget he almost got out early playing a reckless shot only to be dropped by Gooch. It was Miandad who battled fever and exhaustion to play the sheet anchor role yet again.
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And they beat them 2 times in the WC (once in group stage and then in semi's). And anyone who saw New Zealand play in that world cup would have termed them unbeatable but Pakistan managed to do that twice!!
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Those late nights during Ramadan staying up to watch Pak matches.
Was great watching very tense & exciting finish to this match.
Great innings by Javed, Inzi & Moin to finish it off.
Was great watching very tense & exciting finish to this match.
Great innings by Javed, Inzi & Moin to finish it off.
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What a champion Inzi. played a true gem.
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One of only 2 decent inns from Inzi in a world cup, Miandad was the one who really should have got most of the credit for victory. He really got under the kiwis skins during the game and most of all the way he worked the ball around into gaps and ran between wickets and built his inns was a master class for any player to see on how to build an ODI inns in that era.
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Finally someone noticed it!
92 world cup win is almost always attributed to Imran but Miandad played such a huge role that it is sad nobody mentions it.
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Why didn't he do anything in World Cups after that? 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OnThisDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OnThisDay</a> in 1992. A World Cup semi-final win for the Cornered Tigers in Auckland. New Zealand made 262 for 7 thanks to Martin Crowe's 91. Pakistan started slowly until Inzamam-ul-Haq smashed 60 off 37 balls. Javed Miandad & Moin Khan saw Pakistan home by 4 wickets <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/kj4z51DUp5">pic.twitter.com/kj4z51DUp5</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1241294313880985600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2020</a></blockquote>
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1 day in many that got us that trophy.
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Inzi of today admiring that bat!
That shot at 7:00...
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Lovely picInzi of today admiring that bat!
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We're just destined never to win that trophy.
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Crowe actually had a point; he was a great captain and NZ only lost one game chasing (against PAK where the target was 167) and NONE defending.
The subbed-captain clearly did not have as intuitive a grasp as Crowe but the latter could have fed some of his plans down to the team.
NZ has thrown away 3 opportunities for a WC.
The subbed-captain clearly did not have as intuitive a grasp as Crowe but the latter could have fed some of his plans down to the team.
NZ has thrown away 3 opportunities for a WC.
A team-mate of Inzamam's at UBL had told me about him 3 or 4 years before he played for Pakistan. He had told me that he would be a Pakistani great and someone who the world would remember
When I saw him batting at the 92 World Cup, I thought is this really the same guy. But then the semi-final innings made me recall what had been mentioned to me.
When I saw him batting at the 92 World Cup, I thought is this really the same guy. But then the semi-final innings made me recall what had been mentioned to me.
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nah. no way were n.z beating pakistan in 92 regardless who played.
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Very interesting. The irony is that it needed the eye of Imran and not the national selectors to realise that talent. Imran had to fight them to pick him as the selectors called Inzi useless at the time.
Wonder how many such talents have been flushed down the drain over the years due to the incompetent or biased eyes of our selectors.
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Inzamam became an icon after this game. This is the game that really made him.
One of the best ODI games of all time.
One of the best ODI games of all time.
To be fair though Imran didn't pluck Inzi from nowhere, he had been doing well for UBL in domestic cricket before the 92 World Cup.
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Doing well at UBL? One of the Pakistani selectors protested Inzamam's selection for the national side and had even resigned because Inzi had failed in many competitions but Imran was adamant after watching him in the nets against a peak Wasim and Waqar that this guy was special. We have seen how many Pakistani players get lost or never found in the system hence if Imran never saw Inzi, no guarantee he would have ever played for Pakistan
Yes doing well at UBL in terms of potential, even though he wasn't breaking any records. People had seen his potential at UBL before he played for Pakistan.
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People seeing his potential at ubl is pointless if he was not in the reckoning for national team selection.
So many domestic current and present cricketers come on TV talking about players they feel have potential but what good is all of it if those players don't get to play for Pakistan
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Brilliant knock by Inzi here and in the final to.
Its a shame after this his performances in world cups after this one was pretty shamefully poor to say the least.
Its a shame after this his performances in world cups after this one was pretty shamefully poor to say the least.
What an occasion. I had Sky set up just a few hours before the match.
Of course it was Ramazan and when Imran was struggling I had a splitting headache, a couple of hours later that was forgotten. It was all destined and bizarrely I find this game even more memorable than the final.
It had been a quiet WC for Inzy prior to this, he had been a bit up and down the order, though he played very well against South Africa before the famous incident with Jonty Rhodes. It’s true he didn’t come from nowhere, he’d been a star of the first youth WC four years earlier and had also played for Pakistan A ( or B back then). Had also scored a ten of runs against SL at home just before the WC.
I’ve never overlooked Miandad’s role in the win, a masterful knock.
Of course it was Ramazan and when Imran was struggling I had a splitting headache, a couple of hours later that was forgotten. It was all destined and bizarrely I find this game even more memorable than the final.
It had been a quiet WC for Inzy prior to this, he had been a bit up and down the order, though he played very well against South Africa before the famous incident with Jonty Rhodes. It’s true he didn’t come from nowhere, he’d been a star of the first youth WC four years earlier and had also played for Pakistan A ( or B back then). Had also scored a ten of runs against SL at home just before the WC.
I’ve never overlooked Miandad’s role in the win, a masterful knock.
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Yes. Bumble knew that Miandad had the determination and character to see Pakistan home.
Brilliant day.
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Miandad mustve been like a peak inzy
When he was out there the only cause of concern was the other end You knew a top class batter like that would more often than not see the side home
When he was out there the only cause of concern was the other end You knew a top class batter like that would more often than not see the side home
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Memories that give you goosebumps every time you think about them. Was not born yet but have seen the highlights and oh boy, what a moment it would have been to witness with your very own eyes. Inzamam's best inning of his life for me.
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Legendary knock from legendary Inzi.
NZ were favorites to win the semi-final. Inzi played a blinder out of nowhere and won it for Pakistan.
NZ were favorites to win the semi-final. Inzi played a blinder out of nowhere and won it for Pakistan.
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