Hammad Shakil
With
Pakistan’s victory in the first of the three Tests against West Indies came a
bunch of facts and statistics, which are listed below:
2 – the number
of Tests Pakistan have won under Misbah in the West Indies, the most for any
Pakistan captain.
2 – is also
the number of consecutive Tests Pakistan have won in the West Indies for the
first time in history. They lost the first Test in 2011, but won the second
Test and now with this victory, they have won 2 back to back Tests.
4 – the number
of teams to have won 2 consecutive Tests in West Indies. Pakistan just became
the 5th entry in the list after Australia, England, South Africa and
Bangladesh – albeit Bangladesh beat a second string West Indies side.
1 – the number
of Pakistan captain to remain not out in both innings of a Test previously;
Imran Khan. Misbah just became the 2nd Pakistan captain to achieve this
feat after scoring 99* and 12* in 2 innings.
78 – the sixes
tally of Misbah ul Haq in Tests, joint equal with MS Dhoni – albeit the latter
hit those in 90 Tests compared to Misbah’s 73.
78 – is also
the most sixes by a Pakistan batsman in Tests. Younis Khan follows Misbah and
resides at the 2nd position, with 67 sixes.
25 – the number
of Tests Pakistan now have won under Misbah, easily the most for any Pakistan
captain. In fact, he currently sits at No. 9 among captains with most victories.
If Pakistan win the next 2 Tests, Misbah will join MS Dhoni, Vivian Richards
and Hansie Cronje at No. 7 with 27 victories.
72.30 – is Misbah’s
batting average in winning causes as captain. Among captains with at least 25
victories in their bag, Misbah tops this chart by a long margin, with Graeme
Smith (61.56) coming at No. 2.
0 – the number
of Asian captains who have won more Tests outside Asia than Misbah. This
victory marked Misbah’s 7 victory in non-Asia. Saurav Ganguly comes next with
6.
7/64 –
Mohammad Amir’s best bowling figures in Tests surpassing 7/105 in that infamous
Lord’s Test 2010.
9 – the number
of 5-wicket hauls Yasir Shah has now in Tests. Among Pakistan leg-spinners,
Danish Kaneria tops the list with 15 in 61 Tests, while Mushtaq Ahmed comes
next with 10 in 52. Yasir currently has 9 in just 24 games, and looks all set
to surpass Mushtaq in this series.
4 – the number
of 5-fors Mohammad Amir has now in Tests. Since his debut in 2009, no Pakistan
fast bowler other than Junaid Khan (5) has taken more 5-wicket hauls than him.
88 – wickets
Mohammad Amir has now in Tests. He went past Mohammad Sami (85) to occupy the
10th spot among Pakistan fast bowlers with most wickets.
1 – the number
of Pakistan left-arm pacers who have more wickets than Mohammad Amir’s 88 in
Tests. The great Wasim Akram tops the chart with 414 wickets. Wahab Riaz comes
at No. 3 with 78 scalps, followed by Junaid Khan with 71.
27 – Tests taken
by Waqar Younis to grab 150 wickets, the second fastest to this feat ever.
Yasir Shah currently has 132 wickets in 24 Tests, and needs 18 more in 3 Tests
to equal Waqar Younis.
44.7 – the Strike
Rate of Yasir Shah in 4th innings of a Test, easily the best for any
leg-spinner. Mushtaq Ahmed comes next with 50.8, followed by Anil Kumble with
51.8. Shane Warne has a SR of 52.9 in the last innings of Tests.
56.8 – the overall
Strike Rate of Yasir Shah in Tests. Among spinners with at least 100 wickets,
only R Ashwin, S MacGill and M Muralitharan have a better SR than Yasir Shah.
Among Pakistan spinners, Saeed Ajmal follows Yasir Shah with a SR of 65.1.
13 – the number
of scores between 75 and 99 for Misbah in Tests. Among Pakistan batsmen, only
Inzamam (17) and Javed Miandad (15) have more such scores. While these two have
200-plus match experience, Misbah has scored those in only 73, which shows
Misbah isn’t prone to scoring much
centuries.
56.24 –
Younis Khan’s average since his comeback in 2010 till date. In this period,
only Steve Smith (62.81) has scored at a better average than Younis Khan (min
cut off: 4500 runs).
4054 – runs Misbah
has now scored as captain. During his 99*, he became only the 9th
batsman to score more than 4000 runs while captaining.
51.97 –
Misbah’s batting average as captain, 3rd best ever among batsmen
with at least 4000 runs while captaining.
51.97 –
Misbah’s average as captain is also the 3rd best among Pakistan
captains with at least 2000 runs. Imran Khan tops the chart with 52.34,
followed by Inzamam ul Haq (52.10).
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