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I recall watching this innings on TV and saying to myself that one day I will tell my children about this great innings!

He was in sublime touch that day and a great future awaited him but guess fate had other plans.
 
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I recall watching this innings on TV and saying to myself that one day I will tell my children about this great innings!

He was in sublime touch that day and a great future awaited him but guess fate had other plans.
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I’m my opinion. Inzi’s semi final knock and Babar’s 101* against the same opposition > pure quality of innings wise.
 
It was an iconic knock and without a doubt one of the greatest or the greatest by a Pakistani batsman. Had it been India I would have countered it with other gigantic knocks but in Pakistan's ODI history, 150+ ODI knocks are very rare. There are two hacks Imran Nazir and Fakhar Zaman with big scores rest everyone is in 130s-140s zone

You have 70-100 zone with Inzamam, Razzaq knocks

But Saeeed Bhai's 194 against rch rivals India does indeed stand out.

I will give it my vote

Yes, it is the greatest ever ODI knock by a Pakistani cricketer.
 
As great as innings as the 194 by Saeed Anwar was , if you are looking for an innings where a batsman announces himself as King and leaving horrific memories for bowlers that they will never forget - well that innings by a Pakistani batsman also came against India and in 1997 just a few months after Anwar’s 194.

Ijaz Ahmad’s 139* off 84 balls at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore was special, making every Indian bowler get down on their knees and fans in awe. Every six was a treat to watch.

I’ve seen countless of quick fire 100s in ODI and T20 cricket since then, but aside from AB De Villiers fastest 100 nothing else comes close to the brutality of that innings by Ijaz.

Tendulkar who was also Indian captain in that game, his words at the end of the match were that we feel we couldn’t win even if we scored 400 the way Ijaz was batting :-)
 
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Misbah's 96* at the Oval is up there.
In a match where 342 runs were scored for 18 wickets falling and he made 96*. In a world tournament as Captain in his first ODI in England.
 
Majid Khan said:
As great as innings as the 194 by Saeed Anwar was , if you are looking for an innings where a batsman announces himself as King and leaving horrific memories for bowlers that they will never forget - well that innings by a Pakistani batsman also came against India and in 1997 just a few months after Anwar’s 194.

Ijaz Ahmad’s 139* off 84 balls at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore was special, making every Indian bowler get down on their knees and fans in awe. Every six was a treat to watch.

I’ve seen countless of quick fire 100s in ODI and T20 cricket since then, but aside from AB De Villiers fastest 100 nothing else comes close to the brutality of that innings by Ijaz.

Tendulkar who was also Indian captain in that game, his words at the end of the match were that we feel we couldn’t win even if we scored 400 the way Ijaz was batting :-)
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Bro what a dramatic fall for batting in Pakistan.

Some players kept it going stats wise but Pakistani batsmen really stopped being impact players long ago.

Ironically Mohammad Hafeez in his retirement years emerged as an impact ODI batsman but still only god for 70-100 runs.
 
Some unbelievable strokes by Anwar that day.

Still find it hard to rate an innings when you have a runner through out.
 
freelance_cricketer said:
It was an iconic knock and without a doubt one of the greatest or the greatest by a Pakistani batsman. Had it been India I would have countered it with other gigantic knocks but in Pakistan's ODI history, 150+ ODI knocks are very rare. There are two hacks Imran Nazir and Fakhar Zaman with big scores rest everyone is in 130s-140s zone

You have 70-100 zone with Inzamam, Razzaq knocks

But Saeeed Bhai's 194 against rch rivals India does indeed stand out.

I will give it my vote

Yes, it is the greatest ever ODI knock by a Pakistani cricketer.
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Imam Ul Haq 151 vs England last year
 
Good shots. Poor spirit. He practically misused the runner rule. Great innings nonetheless. Just not the best as it has an asterisk.
 
No way. Inzamam's 60 in the semi final, Zaheer's 108 vs Lillee, Thomson, Lawson and Alderman at nearly a run-a-ball, and Salim Malik's 72 off 36 in Calcutta are ahead just for starters.

A sublime knock nonetheless from Anwar.
 
Razzaq’s innings against SA in 2010 is the greatest ODI Pak innings that I have seen.
 
Afridi's 120 odd against SL was better than this and Razzaq one..
 
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Its the greatest ODI knock by a Pakistani batsman.
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If we are talking about the greatest ODI inning, no one comes close to Miandad's last ball 6er inning. That won a lost match against India. For many years after that inning, Pakistan was dominant against India.

Second has to be Fakhar's century in Championship final match against India again. That won us a championship against a much superior team.

Third in my books is Inzi's semi final inning against NZ. That got Pakistan in the finals and a belief that Pakistan will win the world cup.

My humble opinions :)
 
ChinaMan said:
If we are talking about the greatest ODI inning, no one comes close to Miandad's last ball 6er inning. That won a lost match against India. For many years after that inning, Pakistan was dominant against India.

Second has to be Fakhar's century in Championship final match against India again. That won us a championship against a much superior team.

Third in my books is Inzi's semi final inning against NZ. That got Pakistan in the finals and a belief that Pakistan will win the world cup.

My humble opinions :)
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God those were some brilliant knocks.
 
Remember watching that innings live on TV. What a massacre that was! I was just 10 back then. Won't say it was the best ever ODI innings by a Pakistani batsman, but it is surely in the top 10.
 
Not the greatest but definitely the most destructive inning by a Pakistani batsmen. What an ODI player he was!
 
Very good but not the greatest, he used runner for a large portion of his innings. Also it wasn't a high profile match. His controlled 100 in the 1999 WC semi against that NZ team was his best ever effort.

Greatest for me will be Inzi's 60 in the 92 semi against NZ, because of the occasion,pressure, opponent. Among the top 3 greatest WC knocks IMO.

Against India the GOAT Pak knock will always be Miandad's 116* in the Australasia final 1986, last ball 6, final of a global tournament (only WI, Eng didn't play and SA was banned), came while chasing which was tougher those days, against double world champs (83 WC, 85 WCC), when Pak was trailing the H2H. Epic stuff, many ATG ODI innings against India including Fakhar's 100 in 2017, Inzi's 2004 Karachi special, but that Miandad 100 was era defining.
 
BoomBoomCricket said:
Misbah's 96* at the Oval is up there.
In a match where 342 runs were scored for 18 wickets falling and he made 96*. In a world tournament as Captain in his first ODI in England.
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?????

You really one of the most deluded Misbah fans I have ever come across.
 
Pakpak said:
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You really one of the most deluded Misbah fans I have ever come across.
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If you think scoring 96* in English conditions in a world tournament event in a game where 170 All Out Plays 172/8 isn't a special innings then you don't get cricket I'm afraid. 28% of the total runs in the game and not out. 56% of the runs in the team innings and not out. A very underrated innings. Next best score in the game was 50. Scoring 96* in a game where bowlers dominated is a big deal. Worth 140 or 150 in a 300 plus game.

https://www.pcb.com.pk/icc-champions-trophy-2013/match/24985.html
 
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I'd say so, 194 is a monstrous score (world record at the time) and effectively helped Pakistan bat India out of the game. Also, against the arch rivals on their own patch in a hostile environment.
 
Statistically, Fakhar Zaman's 210* against Zimbabwe was the best innings by a Pakistani batsman.

But, subjectively speaking, I think Shahid Afridi's 37-ball century was the best. It came against the world champions (SL) against a decent bowling attack.

I don't rate Saeed Anwar's 194 that highly because Indian bowling attack at that time was garbage.
 
BoomBoomCricket said:
If you think scoring 96* in English conditions in a world tournament event in a game where 170 All Out Plays 172/8 isn't a special innings then you don't get cricket I'm afraid. 28% of the total runs in the game and not out. 56% of the runs in the team innings and not out. A very underrated innings. Next best score in the game was 50. Scoring 96* in a game where bowlers dominated is a big deal. Worth 140 or 150 in a 300 plus game.

https://www.pcb.com.pk/icc-champions-trophy-2013/match/24985.html
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That innings is so irrelevant that not a single poster has brought it up. And as someone who's been watching cricket for decades I actually had to look it up to see what innings you're talking about. :))
 
Swashbuckler said:
Very good but not the greatest, he used runner for a large portion of his innings. Also it wasn't a high profile match. His controlled 100 in the 1999 WC semi against that NZ team was his best ever effort.

Greatest for me will be Inzi's 60 in the 92 semi against NZ, because of the occasion,pressure, opponent. Among the top 3 greatest WC knocks IMO.

Against India the GOAT Pak knock will always be Miandad's 116* in the Australasia final 1986, last ball 6, final of a global tournament (only WI, Eng didn't play and SA was banned), came while chasing which was tougher those days, against double world champs (83 WC, 85 WCC), when Pak was trailing the H2H. Epic stuff, many ATG ODI innings against India including Fakhar's 100 in 2017, Inzi's 2004 Karachi special, but that Miandad 100 was era defining.
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Came here to say this, that innings by Inzi is probably the greatest ODI innings ever played.

Inzi was under pressure from all ends and boy did he deliver. A legend was born that night!
 
Pakpak said:
That innings is so irrelevant that not a single poster has brought it up. And as someone who's been watching cricket for decades I actually had to look it up to see what innings you're talking about. :))
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That is what knowledgeable cricket fans do.
They bring up innings that other people wouldn't normally think of.
It was a Champions Trophy fixture. Not an ordinary bilateral game.
An innings that helped him get into the official team of the tournament despite Pakistan going out in the first round.
 
Kroll said:
That says it all.
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An innings that put him in the team of the tournament despite Pakistan being winless in the tournament.
That is the quality of the innings and how highly they thought of it.
Harder to score runs when the team is struggling.
 
I have stopped rating bilateral ODI and T20 performances of late, maybe because I am annoyed with our lack of trophies since 2013 lol.

Apart from WCs even multi-nation tournament KOs are pretty important, I will rate those performances higher. Kohli got a 183 while chasing a huge total against Pak in Dhaka, I remember MS with a brutal 148 at Vizag in the 2005 series, both those matches we won. But I prefer Sachin's 98 at Centurion or Rohit's 140 last year simply because of the occasion. I think similar must be the case for most Pakistanis here. Even Malik's 100 in the 2009 Champions Trophy should be rated higher because it gave Pakistan a ticket to the SF at the expense of India. I understand he is hated by many here but that was one hell of a knock.
 
Definitely in the top 10

But id say razzaqs innings against south africa is the greatest He won the game pretty much singlehandedly with one ball and one innings to spare
 
He made kumble cry.
Favourite Pakistani batsman.
I am not one for nostalgia, but anwar would most definitely have averaged over 50 at a strike rate of over 100 in the modern game.
He was well ahead of his time.
 
It was the greatest innings until Sachin’s 200. Let’s not forget that the highest score at the time was Gary Kirsten vs UAE. Anwar not only outscored Gary against a much better team he did it in their backyard. No one got close to Anwar until many years later. And even the great Sachin couldn’t hold on to the 200 record for as long as Anwar held his.
 
BoomBoomCricket said:
If you think scoring 96* in English conditions in a world tournament event in a game where 170 All Out Plays 172/8 isn't a special innings then you don't get cricket I'm afraid. 28% of the total runs in the game and not out. 56% of the runs in the team innings and not out. A very underrated innings. Next best score in the game was 50. Scoring 96* in a game where bowlers dominated is a big deal. Worth 140 or 150 in a 300 plus game.

https://www.pcb.com.pk/icc-champions-trophy-2013/match/24985.html
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There’s tons of innings that were better and still resulted in a loss. Inzi’s 125 against India in karachi was a far better innings. Misbah’s 99* in NZ was far better than the one you’ve mentioned and that was in a winning cause. No point in listing innings that no one remembers.
 
Kroll said:
I'd say so, 194 is a monstrous score (world record at the time) and effectively helped Pakistan bat India out of the game. Also, against the arch rivals on their own patch in a hostile environment.
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It was in Chennai, lol at hostile.
 
BoomBoomCricket said:
If you think scoring 96* in English conditions in a world tournament event in a game where 170 All Out Plays 172/8 isn't a special innings then you don't get cricket I'm afraid. 28% of the total runs in the game and not out. 56% of the runs in the team innings and not out. A very underrated innings. Next best score in the game was 50. Scoring 96* in a game where bowlers dominated is a big deal. Worth 140 or 150 in a 300 plus game.

https://www.pcb.com.pk/icc-champions-trophy-2013/match/24985.html
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Baffling how you think this was a great innings. West Indies chased down the target with 10 overs to spare! (yes I had to look it up as well because I don't remember it either) Pak scored that paltry 170 in 48 overs with Misbah on 96*.

So the question arises, how come Misbah didn't score more runs in that innings? He could have easily have got a century which he failed to do in his whole ODI career. This innings exemplifies the fact that Misbah more often than not played for his average rather than trying to get team to win.

Misbah's score of 96 in itself was good, I'll give him that but he finished with a SR of 75, now that's poor in the context of the innings considering he started batting from the 7th over and was there till the end. All the players mentioned above at least helped Pakistan win and went all out in most cases.

When it comes to ODI's, Misbah is probably better known for his failures than whatever else he's achieved. Mohali comes to mind and the fact he could not get a century. Don't get me wrong, when he finished his career, I really wished he had got one but I can see why he never managed it.
 
Best would be Razzaq Razzler Raspberry vs South Africa. Or top 2-3 for sure along with Inzi.
 
Kroll said:
Baffling how you think this was a great innings. West Indies chased down the target with 10 overs to spare! (yes I had to look it up as well because I don't remember it either) Pak scored that paltry 170 in 48 overs with Misbah on 96*.

So the question arises, how come Misbah didn't score more runs in that innings? He could have easily have got a century which he failed to do in his whole ODI career. This innings exemplifies the fact that Misbah more often than not played for his average rather than trying to get team to win.

Misbah's score of 96 in itself was good, I'll give him that but he finished with a SR of 75, now that's poor in the context of the innings considering he started batting from the 7th over and was there till the end. All the players mentioned above at least helped Pakistan win and went all out in most cases.

When it comes to ODI's, Misbah is probably better known for his failures than whatever else he's achieved. Mohali comes to mind and the fact he could not get a century. Don't get me wrong, when he finished his career, I really wished he had got one but I can see why he never managed it.
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West Indies chased the target 8 down. They needed 28 with only 3 wickets left. It was a low scoring thriller. Like Test Match drama.

15/3.
Aged 39.
Captain of Pakistan.
Playing his first ODI in England.
Early season English conditions.
Playing at an iconic venue in the capital city.
In a low scoring tournament where very few batters got 3 figures.

It was an outstanding innings.

Leading ODI run scorer worldwide in 2013 in a year Pak won 7 bilateral ODI series.
In the top 10 run scorers in the 2015 World Cup.
How is that a poor ODI batter?

Keep bringing up Mohali

World Cup matches vs India.

1992 Miandad 40 from 110 balls.
Lost chasing.

1996 Miandad 38 from 64.
Lost chasing.

1999 Inzamam 41 from 93.
Lost chasing.

2011 Misbah 56 from 76.
Lost chasing.

2015 Shehzad 47 from 73.
Misbah made 76 from 84.
Lost chasing.

2019.
Again lost chasing.

Why blame Misbah?

And 2015 tour of Aus/NZ in all 50 over contests check out Misbah's performance from a 40 year old in Aus/NZ conditions with a weak batting line up around him while having to captain the side. Phenomenal stuff. Included are side games in NZ, ODI series in NZ, WC warm ups and World Cup.

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Despite performing like this he still called it a day after this in 50 over cricket.

Misbah can be very proud with how he consistently led from the front as an ODI batter while being Captain in addition to his Test captaincy and Test batting performances as Captain.

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Saeed Anwar one of my favourite pakistani cricketers ever, he was most defeinetly ahead of his time and his career came to an abrupt end, Aamir Sohail was made one of the selectors and he decided to drop him from the team based on his fielding, if thats the case how come Inzamam and other pakistanis kept their place in the side, we all know sohail was jealous of Saeed Anwar as they were both opening partners for a while and there was a (un) healthy rivalry between the two, or at least Sohail kept that attitude towards anwar, I dont think anwar ever bothered with sohail.

Anwar had a few more years ahead of him but then didnt try to hard once he was out of the team.
 
princeuk said:
Saeed Anwar one of my favourite pakistani cricketers ever, he was most defeinetly ahead of his time and his career came to an abrupt end, Aamir Sohail was made one of the selectors and he decided to drop him from the team based on his fielding, if thats the case how come Inzamam and other pakistanis kept their place in the side, we all know sohail was jealous of Saeed Anwar as they were both opening partners for a while and there was a (un) healthy rivalry between the two, or at least Sohail kept that attitude towards anwar, I dont think anwar ever bothered with sohail.

Anwar had a few more years ahead of him but then didnt try to hard once he was out of the team.
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Sohail should never have been chief selector so soon after retirement He played with most of the guys he now was picking or dropping

There has to be a statute of limitation after retirement so unfair bias doesnt creep into decision making
 
Zaz said:
Sohail should never have been chief selector so soon after retirement He played with most of the guys he now was picking or dropping

There has to be a statute of limitation after retirement so unfair bias doesnt creep into decision making
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Exactly, And sohail's bias couldnt be more obvious, I will never forgive him for that (mis) selection.
 
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It’s sad to see the negative and somewhat predictable comments by a few of Ashwin’s fellow countrymen in response to that tweet - clearly you can’t be praising or admiring someone from Pakistan in their eyes, even be it a sportsman or artist that is worthy of that admiration.
 
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It’s sad to see the negative and somewhat predictable comments by a few of Ashwin’s fellow countrymen in response to that tweet - clearly you can’t be praising or admiring someone from Pakistan in their eyes, even be it a sportsman or artist that is worthy of that admiration.
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It's actually a crime in their eyes. You can't praise a Pakistani player or an artist over here. You will be asked to leave this country by these same pendus. Don't believe me? Just look at some of the posters here who are quick to question your patriotism if you don't share their opinion here. Funnily most of them are NRI's themselves lol. :inti
 
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He used runner for most of the knock that itself puts a question mark on the legacy of the knock. No wonder it doesn’t make it to the top lists despite being the highest score for a very long time. Batting is not about 4’s and 6’s, running between wickets, running your partners runs, defense etc are a major part. While there is no doubt that there was some elegant hitting but I am sure there are better Saeed Anwar knocks and that too against India if it makes you guys feel better than this one. Also he didn’t show up to field.
 
In my opinion Abdul Razzaq's 100 vs South Africa during that chase in UAE was probably the best ODI innings by a Pakistani.
 
Majid Khan said:
As great as innings as the 194 by Saeed Anwar was , if you are looking for an innings where a batsman announces himself as King and leaving horrific memories for bowlers that they will never forget - well that innings by a Pakistani batsman also came against India and in 1997 just a few months after Anwar’s 194.

Ijaz Ahmad’s 139* off 84 balls at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore was special, making every Indian bowler get down on their knees and fans in awe. Every six was a treat to watch.

I’ve seen countless of quick fire 100s in ODI and T20 cricket since then, but aside from AB De Villiers fastest 100 nothing else comes close to the brutality of that innings by Ijaz.

Tendulkar who was also Indian captain in that game, his words at the end of the match were that we feel we couldn’t win even if we scored 400 the way Ijaz was batting :-)
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Ijaz 100 was brutal, Was lucky enough to have watched the game live in the stadium. Some of the sixes in that inns were huge and he put all bowlers to the sword.

India were lucky that afridi got out when he did also in that game of pakistan would have chased indias total inside 1st 20 overs of the game.
 
Amjid Javed said:
Ijaz 100 was brutal, Was lucky enough to have watched the game live in the stadium. Some of the sixes in that inns were huge and he put all bowlers to the sword.

India were lucky that afridi got out when he did also in that game of pakistan would have chased indias total inside 1st 20 overs of the game.
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That was definitely a surreal knock. I saw the Indian innings and knew Pakistan was going to chase down the sub par total. I turned on the Tv a hour or so into the Pakistan innings and couldn’t believe what I saw. I don’t think I have ever seen Ijaz play like that before or even after that,he was surely motivated that day :))

After a while you couldn’t help but enjoy watching trundlers getting smashed even if they were my country men. That was one hell of a brutal knock.

I would definitely put it above Anwars 194.
 
I thought that 128 by Shoaib Malik in the 2008 Champion’s trophy v India was the best ODI innings I had witnessed by a Pakistani batsman

Also that 85 odd by Harris Sohail against South Africa in the 2019 World Cup
 
ChinaMan said:
If we are talking about the greatest ODI inning, no one comes close to Miandad's last ball 6er inning. That won a lost match against India. For many years after that inning, Pakistan was dominant against India.

Second has to be Fakhar's century in Championship final match against India again. That won us a championship against a much superior team.

Third in my books is Inzi's semi final inning against NZ. That got Pakistan in the finals and a belief that Pakistan will win the world cup.

My humble opinions :)
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This, it set a precedent of dominance for the next 2 decades vs india.
 
Not a single mention for Basit Ali scoring a century in 60 odd balls against WI, although Prince Lara played an even better innings to chase down the target.
 
SensiblePakFan said:
This, it set a precedent of dominance for the next 2 decades vs india.
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Pak hasn't been able to find his replacement for more than 15 years. This suggests how good he was for Pakistan. Surely, e had the ability to be one of all time great (ATG). I don't know why he underachieved. On his day, he looked the best batsman on the field.
 
Kroll said:
Baffling how you think this was a great innings. West Indies chased down the target with 10 overs to spare! (yes I had to look it up as well because I don't remember it either) Pak scored that paltry 170 in 48 overs with Misbah on 96*.

So the question arises, how come Misbah didn't score more runs in that innings? He could have easily have got a century which he failed to do in his whole ODI career. This innings exemplifies the fact that Misbah more often than not played for his average rather than trying to get team to win.

Misbah's score of 96 in itself was good, I'll give him that but he finished with a SR of 75, now that's poor in the context of the innings considering he started batting from the 7th over and was there till the end. All the players mentioned above at least helped Pakistan win and went all out in most cases.

When it comes to ODI's, Misbah is probably better known for his failures than whatever else he's achieved. Mohali comes to mind and the fact he could not get a century. Don't get me wrong, when he finished his career, I really wished he had got one but I can see why he never managed it.
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I watched this game live at the oval . It was a great Knock. The innings was anything but selfish . He actually turned down about 10-15 singles once he got to the 80s as he was batting with Irfan . So it shows he played for the team rather than his milestone .
 
The double century by Fakhar Zaman is the greatest ODI innings by a Pakistani. He joins a very elite and select group of people that have achieved it. Opponents are irrelevant. Nobody else is going to reach this milestone from Pakistan. Not in a million years.
 
I think Fakhar Zaman's knock away from the sub-continent does come close to the Anwar innings.
 
Who did Saeed Anwar smash?

Kumble..??...??..??

Who did Fakhar smash?

Rabada...Nortje...Ngidi...Phelukwayo...Shamsi

That too in South Africa. 3 of those 5 bowlers are very well sought in the IPL market.
 
Obviously, an ATG inning but you also have to keep in mind that Anwar had a runner with him for the majority of his time on the crease.
 
Fakhar Zaman is the Saeed Anwar of this era for Pakistan. He can win Pakistan matches which even Babar can't in LOIs.
 
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If you think scoring 96* in English conditions in a world tournament event in a game where 170 All Out Plays 172/8 isn't a special innings then you don't get cricket I'm afraid. 28% of the total runs in the game and not out. 56% of the runs in the team innings and not out. A very underrated innings. Next best score in the game was 50. Scoring 96* in a game where bowlers dominated is a big deal. Worth 140 or 150 in a 300 plus game.

https://www.pcb.com.pk/icc-champions-trophy-2013/match/24985.html
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I know this discussion is a year old but i had to add my own opinion as i saw this match live and it is the only reason why i remember Misbah's knock. He got out early on (overturned) then was able to resort to typical tuk-tuk as everyone else collapsed around him. It was a good innings but against an average attack on a wicket which wasn't hooping nor bouncing. Pakistan were simply hopeless with the bat that day but then bowled their hearts out. The bowling resulted in a tight finish but really Pakistan were about 80 runs short.

As for Misbah, it was a notable innings for sure but nowhere near ATG level and righly no-one considers it to be.
 
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List of centuries by Pkistan's players in ODI tournament finals

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[tr][td]Player [/td][td]Runs [/td][td]SR [/td][td]Inns [/td][td]Opposition [/td][td]Ground [/td][td]Start Date [/td][td]4s [/td][td]6s [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Saeed Anwar [/td][td]140 [/td][td]106.06 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]v India [/td][td]Dhaka [/td][td]Jan-98 [/td][td]14 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Salman Butt [/td][td]129* [/td][td]94.85 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]v India [/td][td]Dhaka [/td][td]Jun-08 [/td][td]12 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mohammad Yousuf [/td][td]129 [/td][td]98.47 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]v Sri Lanka [/td][td]Sharjah [/td][td]Apr-02 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Basit Ali [/td][td]127* [/td][td]160.75 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]v West Indies [/td][td]Sharjah [/td][td]Nov-93 [/td][td]12 [/td][td]5 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Ijaz Ahmed [/td][td]117 [/td][td]104.46 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]v India [/td][td]Dhaka [/td][td]Jan-98 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Javed Miandad [/td][td]116* [/td][td]101.75 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]v India [/td][td]Sharjah [/td][td]Apr-86 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Fawad Alam [/td][td]114* [/td][td]85.07 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]v Sri Lanka [/td][td]Dhaka [/td][td]Mar-14 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Fakhar Zaman [/td][td]114 [/td][td]107.54 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]v India [/td][td]The Oval [/td][td]Jun-17 [/td][td]12 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Saeed Anwar [/td][td]110 [/td][td]104.76 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]v Sri Lanka [/td][td]Sharjah [/td][td]Feb-93 [/td][td]9 [/td][td]1 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Ramiz Raja [/td][td]109* [/td][td]94.78 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]v Sri Lanka [/td][td]Sharjah [/td][td]Feb-93 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Younis Khan [/td][td]108 [/td][td]109.09 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]v India [/td][td]Dhaka [/td][td]Jun-08 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
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The swashbuckling southpaw from Pakistan, Saeed Anwar had a knack for sending jitters down the spines of bowlers, with his aggressive batsmanship. He was a terrific batsman with extraordinary skills under his belt. Batting in the MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai, Saeed Anwar on this day way back in 1997, smashed his way to a record-shattering 194 run knock, that stood on its feet for 13 long years before Sachin Tendulkar scored a double century in 2010. Fans at the Chennai ground were treated to some heart-throbbing action from the willow of the Pakistani as his knock was packed with 22 fours and 5 sixes.

Batting first, the “Men in Green” smashed their way to an imposing total of 327 for the loss of 5 wickets. This was primarily possible because of Saeed Anwar’s blitzkrieg. But there is a slight catch over here, as 118 runs out of those 194 runs, which came by running between the wickets, was the courtesy of Shahid Afridi. Afridi was essentially the runner of Anwar as the latter was suffering from muscle cramps on that hot and sultry afternoon at Chennai. He ruled the bowlers that day, notwithstanding.

Saeed Anwar took the Indian bowlers to the cleaners and toyed around with the pacers. The spinners too did not have any respite and ace spinner Anil Kumble was at the receiving end of his ferocious batting in the 41st over. He conceded 26 runs in that over and the figures of the over were: 2, 2, 6, 6, 6, 4.

Saeed Anwar’s fairy-tale innings was brought to a screeching halt by Sachin Tendulkar as the “Little Master’s” bowling did the trick for India. Sourav Ganguly took the catch of the southpaw. On a spin-friendly Chepauk track, it was only a spinner who could bring about an end to Anwar’s fabulous knock. In response, India could manage to score 292 runs before being bundled out. Rahul Dravid had brought about his maiden century in that game and Aaqib Javed had notched up 5 wickets.

This historic knock from Saeed Anwar stood intact for 13 years before Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar became the first person from this planet to score a double hundred. The knock came against South Africa on the 24th February 2010 and essentially transformed the beautiful game in a lot of ways.

https://www.timesnownews.com/sports...ks-with-194-run-knock-against-india-in/759596
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">22 fours and five sixes &#55357;&#56490;<br>194 runs off 146 balls &#55358;&#56814; <br><br>On this day in 1997, <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRealPCB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheRealPCB</a>’s Saeed Anwar blasted the then highest individual score in ODI history in a 35-run win over India. <a href="https://t.co/N5QUhzMpdU">pic.twitter.com/N5QUhzMpdU</a></p>— ICC (@ICC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ICC/status/1395567827076190211?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
JM's 116* vs India in Australasia cup 1986 for me is the greatest ODI innings by a Pakistani. It was against arch rivals in a final he played with tail enders and scored at run a ball. Last ball six Woah..amazing
 
Shahid Afridi regarding Saeed Anwar's innings:

A few minutes after my dismissal when I was back in the pavilion, I was asked to return to the middle to run for Saeed Anwar, who was injured but still batting well. He was dehydrated thanks to the extreme humidity in Chennai. When he was at 50 or 60, he began to experience severe cramps too.

For Saeed bhai and for Pakistan, I ran a lot that day. It was rough for me – and I ran for almost three hours – and can’t imagine how it was for Saeed; he was there for 206 minutes. The heat and humid weather were crazy. But so was the atmosphere, and Saeed bhai was in great touch. He just kept connecting bat to ball, non-stop. By the time he was in the middle of his mammoth 194, setting up what would become a world record for years – beating Viv Richards’s thirteen-year-old record of 189 not out against England – the crowd was deflated.

Pin-drop silence descended in the stand after he reached a century and it became obvious that Saeed bhai had no intention of giving up. I think my own calls for runs – ‘yes’, ‘no’, ‘wait’, ‘double’ – were
the only audible shouts in the field for most of his innings.

What a day! What an innings! Saeed Anwar at his finest. 194 from 146 balls.
 
<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 1990. One of Pakistan's greatest batsmen Saeed Anwar made his Test debut against West Indies. Saeed scored 0 and 0 on Test debut but ended his career with over 4000 Test runs at an average of 45.52 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/49vpIUDTMX">pic.twitter.com/49vpIUDTMX</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1463069539281874949?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2021</a></blockquote>
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MenInG said:
<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 1990. One of Pakistan's greatest batsmen Saeed Anwar made his Test debut against West Indies. Saeed scored 0 and 0 on Test debut but ended his career with over 4000 Test runs at an average of 45.52 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a> <a href="https://t.co/49vpIUDTMX">pic.twitter.com/49vpIUDTMX</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1463069539281874949?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Just goes on to show the quality of West Indies bowling back then ....
 
Saeed Anwar was pure elegance. The best opener we ever had.

However I think Fakhar 190 against SA was Pakistan best ODI innings. If you watched the full innings it was an amazing innings and single handedly almost won us the game
 
As Clougie would say, it might not be the best, but it’s in the top one.

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Another anniversary of this amazing knock!
 
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