From: vigneswa@ecs.umass.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket,soc.culture.pakistan
Subject: J Miandad: Pakistan's Best Batsman and Captain....
Date: 28 Aug 92 12:59:46 GMT

There was an incomplete list of Miandad's hundreds.  There were discussions
on my earlier comment [Best Captain: Miandad]. I have a statistical summary
for you.  Javed.....  A man of records.......
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	Javed Miandad, born at Karachi on June 12, 1957, has been  the best
batsman and captain of Pakistan, despite temperamental quirks, for the last
16 years ever since he made a glorious Test debut on  October 9, 1976, as a  
19-year-old, scoring a  scintillating century on  first appearance (163) vs
New Zealand at Lahore, reaching his hundred with three successive fours off
Richard Collinge.

	Javed Miandad thus become the second  Pakistani to hit a Test debut
ton after Khalid  Idadulla [166 vs Australia at  Karachi, October 1964, his
only century in his brief 4-Test career]. Only other Pakistani has scored a 
century on Test debut is the present vice-captain, Salim Malik [100 not out 
vs Sri Lanka at Karachi in March 1982]

	After his debut century, he slammed a tremendous 206 [with 29 fours
and 2 sixes] on  his third  Test appearance  at Karachi in the  same series 
against New Zealand  and set up a new record (unsurpassed  to this date) of
becoming the youngest ever to score a double century in Test cricket at the
age of 19 years and 141 days. [He erased the record  held by George Headley
of West Indies who  scored 223 vs England at Kingston in  April 1930 at the 
age of 20 years and 315 days].

	In the 1976-77 debut series against New Zealand, Miandad created an-
other record by aggregating 506 runs [3 tests, 5 innings, 126 average]. The
only others to top 500 in a  rubber on debut are, Sunil Gavaskar [774 vs WI,
70-71], George Headley [703 vs Eng, 29-30], Conrad Hunte [622 vs Pak, 57-58],
Herbie Collins [557 vs Eng, 20-21], Barry Richards [508 vs WI, 57-58], Saeed
Ahmed [508 vs WI, 57-58] and Arthur Morris [503 vs Eng, 46-47].

	Javed Miandad scored a Test century in his first appearance against
India, an unbeaten 154 at Faisalabad in October 78, in the  course of which
he  completed his  first thousand Test runs in the 23rd innings of his 14th
Test at the age of 21 years and 126 days - the second youngest ever in Test
history  to perform this feat after India's Kapil Dev who was 21 years  and 
26 days when he  completed his 1000 runs [vs Pakistan in February 1980, his
25th test, 34th innings].

	He raced on to reach 2000 runs in 42nd innings of his 24th Test - a 
new record for a Pakistani to do so in the least number of tests as well as
fewer  innings. [Haniff Mohammad 27 T, 47 I; Saeed Ahmed 25T, 48I]. However,
the world record  holder Don Bradman scored his 1000 in 7 T, 13 I, and 2000
in 15 T, 22 I.

	Javed Miandad towers like a colossus at  the pinacle of  Pakistan's 
Test cricket, having  played in the  most Tests (117) and the  most innings
(177), scored  the most runs (8465) with the  best average (54.26), and hit 
the most  centuries (23) with the  most fifty-plus  scores (63).  He scored 
more than 1000 runs against four Test playing nations (2000+ against India).
Javed scored 100s in each innings once [v New Zealand, 104 and 103*, Hydera-
bad, Pakistan in 1984-85].  Except West Indians, he scored double centuries
against all bowlers he faced.  Out of 21 Pakistani double centuries in Test
matches, Javed scored six. He was in three 300+ partnerships too. Miandad's
career average never droped below 50.

	In addition to his batting records, he took ninty plus catches, kept
wickets, and captured wickets with his part-time bowling.

Javed:  A batsman....
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Opp   T    I    N     R     H      Av    100   50   0   Ct/St  W
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Ind   28   39   6   2228   280*   67.51   5    14   1   18     1
NZ    17   27   4   1815   271    82.50   7     5   -   20     8
Aus   25   40   2   1797   211    47.28   6     7   1   12/1   6
Eng   22   32   6   1329   260    51.12   2     8   3   22     1
WI    13   23   -    714   114    31.04   2     4   -   12     1
SL    12   16   2    582   203*   41.57   1     2   1   11     -
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Tot  117  177  21   8465   280*   54.26  23    40   6   95/1  17    
===================================================================
** Note **  Test 5 vs England (1992) : According to my record, Miandad 
            took 2 catches, neither scored 50 plus nor a duck.  I want
	    to clarrify this.  Can somebody help?
	
	Javed Miandad's Centuries:
	--------------------------
	280*	vs India 		Hyderabad, Pak		1982-83
	217	vs New Zealand		Auckland		1988-89
	260	vs England		The Oval		1987
	211	vs Australia		Karachi			1988-89
	206	vs New Zealand		Karachi			1976-77
	203*	vs Sri Lanka		Faisalabad		1985-68
	163	vs New Zealand		Lahore			1976-77
	160*	vs New Zealand		Christchurch		1978-79
	154*	vs India		Faisalabad		1978-79
	153*	vs England		Edgbaston		1992
	145	vs India		Lahore			1989-90
	138	vs Australia		Lahore			1982-83
	131	vs Australia 		Adelaide		1983-84
	129*	vs Australia 		Perth			1978-79
	126	vs India		Faisalabad		1982-83
	118	vs New Zealand		Wellington		1988-89
	114	vs West Indies		Georgetown		1987-88
	107	vs Australia		Faisalabad		1988-89
	106*	vs Australia		Faisalabad		1979-80
	104	vs New Zealand		Hyderabad, Pak		1984-85
	103*	vs New Zealand		Hyderabad, Pak		1984-85
	102	vs West Indies		Port-of-Spain		1987-88
	100 	vs India		Karachi			1978-79

	9 Pakistani batsmen collected 3000+ test runs:
        ---------------------------------------------
	8465 - Javed Miandad     (23 100+, 117 tests)
	5062 - Zaheer Abbas      (78 tests)
        4114 - Mudassas Nazar    (76 tests)
        3931 - Majeed Khan       (63 tests)
        3915 - Hanif Mohammad    (55 tests)
        3807 - Imran Khan        (88 tests)
	3743 - Salim Malik       (71 tests)
	3643 - Mushtaq Mohammed  (57 tests)
        3575 - Asif Iqbal        (58 tests)

	300+ partnerships:
        ------------------			 
        451- Mudassar Nazar and JAVED MIANDAD
             vs India at Hyderabad (Sind), Jan 1983
        397- Qasim Omar and JAVED MIANDAD
             vs Sri Lanka at Faisalabad, Oct 1985
        350- Mushtaq Mohammad and Asif Iqbal
             vs New Zealanad at Dunedin, Feb 1973
        322- JAVED MIANDAD and Salim Malik
             vs England at Edgbaston, June 1992
        308- Waqar Hassan and Imtiaz Ahmed
             vs New Zealand at Lahore, Oct 1955


	Miandad became Pakistan's youngest-ever Test captain at the age of
22 years 260 days [at Karachi in  February 1980 against Australia] and the 
third  youngest in the  Test  annals after  India's Mansur Ali Pataudi [21 
years 77 days at Bridgetown in March 1962 vs West Indies] and  Australia's
Ian Craig [22 years 194 days at  Johannesburg in December 1957 v S Africa].
Pakistan defeated Australia to give Miandad the first  Test victory in the 
very first Test he captained. Miandad led Pakistan in 33 tests, as detailed 
hereunder:

Javed: A Captain......
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                                        Tests   Won   Lost   Drawn
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
vs Australia   (79-80, 81-82, 88-89)      9      3      2      4 
vs West Indies (80-81)                    4      0      1      3
vs Sri Lanka   (81-82, 85-86)             6      4      0      2
vs New Zealand (84-85, 90-91)             6      3      2      1 
vs England     (87-88, 92)                8      3      1      4
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Home                                     22     10      1     11
Away                                     11      3      5      3
                                         ------------------------------
Total                                    33     13      6     14
=======================================================================

Test Record of Pakistani Captains:
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========================================================================
                   Tests      Won    Drawn    Lost   Success  Undefeated	
                   Captained (2pts)  (1 pt)            (%)       (%)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Javed Miandad       33        13      14      06      60.62      81.82     
Mushtaq Mohammad    19        08      07      04      60.52      78.95
Zaheer Abbas        14        03      10      01      57.14      92.86
Imran Khan          48        14      26      08      56.25      83.33
Fazal Mahmood       10        02      06      02      50.00      80.00
Hanif Mohammad      11        02      07      02      50.00      81.82
AH Kardar           23        06      11      06      50.00      73.91
Majid Khan          03        00      03      00      50.00      100.0
Saeed Khan          03        00      03      00      50.00      100.0
Intikhab Alam       17        01      11      05      38.23      70.59
Asif Iqbal          06        00      04      02      33.33      66.67
Wasim Bari          06        00      04      02      33.33      66.67
Imtiaz Ahmed        04        00      02      02      25.00      50.00
Javed Burki         05        00      01      04      10.00      20.00
                   ------------------------------------------------------
Total              202        49     109      44      51.24      78.22
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	Miandad is the most successful captain based on statistical records.
Though Imran Khan won most number of games for Pakistan as the captain (14),
Miandad is only  one short to reach that mark.  Miandad  captained Pakistan 
in 33 games  compared to  Imran's 48.  However, the  Zaheer Abbas leads the
list of "defensive" captains.  Unlike Imran Khan, Javed Miandad is a "team"
captain.  Yes!  Qualitatively and quantitatively Javed Mianad  qualifies to
claim the honor, "the best batsman and the best captain of Pakistan".

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Thanks to Mr BB Mama and the Sportstar for the statistics.  
Updates, comments, type setting and typos are my own.

Vicky:
UMass, Aug 28
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