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Your MOTM for the 1st Test between West Indies and Pakistan?

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Yasir Shah strong candidate but for me its Misbah.
 
Should be Misbah for sticking around and building the lead along with being the top scorer, but I wouldn't be angry or anything if given to Yasir, 8 wickets is no small feat
 
Sarfarazian92 said:
Batmen are heavily favored while awarding MOM.

Do you think Misbah's innings was more impactful than the spells of Amir and Yasir?
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yes. simply because he was the best batsman on either side. bowling you can argue: aaamir because he set up the match in the first innings? yasir because he closed it the second innings?
ultimately misbah's batting gave them the cushion to win the match despite losing a day
 
Misbah will probably get it due to captaincy but the stand out performer was Amir. His 6-fer in the first innings set up the match.
 
Amir and Misbah equally for me.

Misbah - brilliant under pressure batting, like always. His hallmark. Saving our grace.

Excellent captaincy - batting 2nd in a 4 day Test match, and STILL able to snatch victory!!!

Bad day at the office for haters. [MENTION=141839]moghul[/MENTION] [MENTION=133745]silent ischemia[/MENTION]
 
Misbah definitely, without West Indies being under a lead of over 100 , the match would have been a draw.
 
This is a difficult one, as it was a whole team effort.

Giving a MOTM to anyone is like robbing the credit from another player.

Its because of matches like these i believe that a top 3 award should be given out and not a man of the match award only.

The MOTM candidates are obviously Amir, Yasir and Misbah.

But if we have to cut the candidates down, then it has to be between Yasir and Misbah.

Yes Amir took 6 wickets in an innings and 7 overall, but that performance didn't really changed our fortunes to a win, as the score went quite high.

Misbah played a very good innings, he hanged on in their while others departed. Everyone scored, but Misbah stayed in their till we not only got a lead, but the lead got over 100. Remember, if we gave no lead and were chasing 150+, it would had been very tricky as you could see right now how we lost 2 wickets for 10 runs.

But then again, after Misbah came back scoring the runs, the draw was more likely then a win.

Yasir bowled really well, it was his 4 wickets from yesterday what made this match a result one. Then took 2 to wrap things up.


I think Yasir deserves the MOTM, Misbah comes in second while Amir in Third.

Though, i would love it if Misbah gets it.

And before Amir fans start attacking me. I'm not taking anything away from Amir, but realistically its Yasir who has a chance.
 
Amir - he set up the match, that 6/44 was of 26 overs, in a score of 280+ @ 3+. Also, he took the most vital wicket today - 1st break through of the day, which happen to be the last recognized batsman.

The game was won on 1st morning at 71/5 - as Ian Chappel said, if you put someone in, unless you take 4 wickets by lunch, there is a 70% chance of losing the match.

I hope, unless PAK loses 8 wickets in next 18 runs, Amir is going to win it.
 
Major said:
This is a difficult one, as it was a whole team effort.

Giving a MOTM to anyone is like robbing the credit from another player.

Its because of matches like these i believe that a top 3 award should be given out and not a man of the match award only.

The MOTM candidates are obviously Amir, Yasir and Misbah.

But if we have to cut the candidates down, then it has to be between Yasir and Misbah.

Yes Amir took 6 wickets in an innings and 7 overall, but that performance didn't really changed our fortunes to a win, as the score went quite high.

Misbah played a very good innings, he hanged on in their while others departed. Everyone scored, but Misbah stayed in their till we not only got a lead, but the lead got over 100. Remember, if we gave no lead and were chasing 150+, it would had been very tricky as you could see right now how we lost 2 wickets for 10 runs.

But then again, after Misbah came back scoring the runs, the draw was more likely then a win.

Yasir bowled really well, it was his 4 wickets from yesterday what made this match a result one. Then took 2 to wrap things up.


I think Yasir deserves the MOTM, Misbah comes in second while Amir in Third.

Though, i would love it if Misbah gets it.

And before Amir fans start attacking me. I'm not taking anything away from Amir, but realistically its Yasir who has a chance.
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A good bowling performance is dismissing a team for about 200. So aamir did ok, as any good bowler should on a first day pitch.
A legspinner is supposed to take wickets on the last day.
misbah's innings came at a critical time: he took match from even to pakistan's favor. hence he should be MOM
 
Pete Rose said:
A good bowling performance is dismissing a team for about 200. So aamir did ok, as any good bowler should on a first day pitch.
A legspinner is supposed to take wickets on the last day.
misbah's innings came at a critical time: he took match from even to pakistan's favor. hence he should be MOM
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If you're gonna count Misbah, then count Babar and YK too. Because they all did same thing.

In what world are bowlers expected to take 6-fers?
 
Rayyman said:
If you're gonna count Misbah, then count Babar and YK too. Because they all did same thing.

In what world are bowlers expected to take 6-fers?
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babar and yk departed with the match even they did not take it forward: misbah took it forward. its not just about any performance. its about what that performance does in the context of the game. I dont think aamir taking 6 wickets and west indies scoring 278 is particularly impactful
 
Yasir got both set batsmen Dowrich and Chase out in the 1st innings and then got 4 top batsmen out in the 2nd innings. That he got one more wicket than Amir tilt the odds in his favor.
 
Pete Rose said:
babar and yk departed with the match even they did not take it forward: misbah took it forward. its not just about any performance. its about what that performance does in the context of the game. I dont think aamir taking 6 wickets and west indies scoring 278 is particularly impactful
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While that is downplaying Amir's bowling too much, I understand the point you're trying to make.

Windies scoring 286 in the first innings isn't a bad total at Sabina Park given that the average total for teams put in to bat on the first day is 305 runs. So Amir bowled well, but the game was still pretty even at that point.

When Shafiq departed, we were still 50 runs behind and there was a chance that we might not get much of a lead at all. When Safraz departed after a wonderful fifty, we had a lead of less than 40 and the game was still up in the air.

By the time the innings ended, Misbah had added 80-something runs with the tail and given us what turned out to be a match winning 121 run lead.

Yasir taking the Windies top order apart last night has had a bigger impact than Amir's first innings bowling so it's between him and Misbah imo.

I think top scoring on a wicket that had a bit for the bowlers should give Misbah the nod ahead of Yasir but you can make a strong argument either way.
 
I just changed my mind. For nonchalantly hitting those 2 sixes, my vote is now with Misbah.
 
It was always between the 2 bowlers, but they went for the highest wicket take - fair enough.
 
shaz619 said:
But the big question brother, who was your MOM?
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Amir - the game was set on Day 1. They way PAK other bowlers bowled, without Amir WI would have reached 450 ............ the way PAK batted on 2nd innings, you would have seen the fun after that.

Once PAK had 100+ lead, it was only a matter of time that hacks will crumble against Yasir (you can check my post on day 3). It was that 1st morning that won the Test, rest contributions are just solidification of won grounds - inch by inch. In that regard, Babar & YK's contribution was also significant - they neutralized the WI pace attack, when they were fresh.
 
It was between Amir and Yasir and I would have given it to Amir as he was the best bowler in the match for me.
 
It's a hard one for me between all three but I have to give it to Misbah. He ended his innings not out and had they not been all out he might have been able to drag Pakistan to an Innings win total given how effectively he was rotating strike on the 11th wicket to limit Abbas's exposure (and full credit to Abbas for generally playing solid defense).
That said, Yasir deserves it only a little less because while Misbah turned the match to Pakistan and put the first nails in WI's coffin, he took the momentum and slammed the door shut by sending the top order packing.
 
mmhs said:
amir - the game was set on day 1. They way pak other bowlers bowled, without amir wi would have reached 450 ............ The way pak batted on 2nd innings, you would have seen the fun after that.

Once pak had 100+ lead, it was only a matter of time that hacks will crumble against yasir (you can check my post on day 3). It was that 1st morning that won the test, rest contributions are just solidification of won grounds - inch by inch. In that regard, babar & yk's contribution was also significant - they neutralized the wi pace attack, when they were fresh.
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precisely !!
 
Misbah for me.

A whole day rained off so the only way to force a win was to get a score that gave us enough to bowl at. Had we collapsed to say 280 odd and then bowled out Windies for the same score as we did in the second innings then things could have turned out very differently.

Wicket had everything in it for the the bowlers and the fact that we were 3 down for nothing gives even more credence to Misbah's innings. Chasing anything over 130 on day 5 would have been extremely difficult.

Without Misbah's innings we would have struggled to draw let alone win a game in 4 days.
 
Pete Rose said:
babar and yk departed with the match even they did not take it forward: misbah took it forward. its not just about any performance. its about what that performance does in the context of the game. I dont think aamir taking 6 wickets and west indies scoring 278 is particularly impactful
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I would argue that in batting YK/Babar took us to 200, Misbah/Sarfraz to 400. Misbah impact in batting was not there till Sarfraz got out at 300/315, he made possible Pakistan to take the lead, Misbah was way too slow, imagine if Sarfi has done that, in the same time we would have crawled to 340/350.

Amir to me was standout bowler in both innings. In first innings Amir made it 71/5, he not only took wickets, but gave no runs, that was double impact, then it was Yasir and Wahab who really screwed up, they bowled too many hit me balls, gave away too many runs to lower order, sort of nullify impact of Amir. Even in second innings Amir created the pressure upfront, he gave like 11 runs in 9 overs, that pressure allowed Yasir to attack...

Yasir changed the match in second innings, but he gave away a lot in first innings too, it could have been 200 or less all out in first innings, if Yasir was just economical.
 
Yasir rightly given specially after a long rough patch Misbah n Amir did the supporting work but Yasir did the ace work
 
The wicket was a rank turner when Yasir did most of his damage.
Also, the Windies batting lineup was inexperienced, with two debutants so I woud have been extremely disappointed had Yasir not picked up crucial wickets in the second innings.

Amir bowled beautifully throughout the match BUT the wicket did have more grassy patches on the first day and the first two days were played out in cloudy conditions.

There was only once chance for us to win this game and that was by batting through to Tea on day 4. Mishbah insured we did this and imho without his innings the game was going to be a draw or even a loss for us, given our capacity to fold under pressure.

On top of everything, Misbah was the captain and his field placings and bowling changes were absolutely spot on.
 
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Misbah, the man was unbeaten in the first innings and the second...

Misbah >>>>>>>>all the rest of the batsmen playing.

The bowlers had some good competition amongst them.
 
Without that lead, we wouldn't have been able to put the pressure! Misbah for me.
 
yasir got it fairly IMO, had the biggest impact. Decimated the WI in 2nd innings leading to a win.
 
This was misbah’s last series . He scored two 99s in the series and ended with a series average of 60 plus and add the last day drama of the third test it was an epic way to end a career .

The best in recent memory for Pakistani player along with Younis .
 
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