Watch: Former captain Javed Miandad named into PCB hall of fame

KARACHI: Former captain Javed Miandad was honoured with a commemorative cap and plaque by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chief Executive Faisal Hasnain as he was formally entered into the PCB hall of fame.

Javed Miandad said, “I feel humbled and honoured to have been inducted into the PCB Hall of Fame. It is appropriate that these inductions are taking place when an international cricketer is at the helm of Pakistan cricket affairs as he understands better than anyone else the hard work and sacrifices a cricketer makes to reach the top pedestal.

“Every time I stepped on to the field of play, I wanted to contribute for my team and country through my performance. To make this happen, I developed my own training and preparation plans using innovative methods visualising the oppositions and conditions I would encounter. I am delighted my efforts produced good results and I was able to serve my team and country with performances that made us a proud cricketing nation.

“One thing I did with great success throughout my career was to quickly forget my previous performance and switch focus towards the next challenge. Of course, I took learnings from the previous game into the next match and tried to improve, but I didn’t dwell on what I had achieved in the past matches.

“I was fortunate to always have had excellent and outstanding contemporaries who supported and encouraged me and I want to especially thank the people of Pakistan for their overwhelming support and love till date. This always remained my inspiration and motivation in the pursuit for excellence.”

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Faisal Hasnain said, “On behalf of the Pakistan Cricket Board, I want to congratulate Javed Miandad on his induction into the PCB Hall of Fame. This small gesture is a reward and recognition of his immense services towards Pakistan cricket and for providing unprecedented happiness to cricket fans all over the world.

“Whenever Javed Miandad batted, nothing seemed impossible. For his never-say-die approach, Miandad has left an everlasting impression on his fans and opponents who respect, admire and credit him for the way he constructed his career and played with dignity, pride and consistent performance.”

Miandad, 64, was Pakistan cricket’s beating heart from 1975 to 1996, with 16,213 international runs and 31 centuries in 357 appearances. Miandad scored 28,663 runs at an average of over 53 in 402 first-class matches from 1973-74 to 1993-94, with 80 centuries and 139 half-centuries.

Miandad, who was 18 at the time of the 1975 World Cup, went on to play in five more World Cups, winning the 1992 event in Australia under Imran Khan. Miandad scored 1,083 runs at an average of over 43 in 33 World Cup games.

In the first Test against New Zealand in Lahore in 1976, Miandad struck a century (163) and then the first of his six double-centuries (206) in the third Test in Karachi. Miandad struck 145 in his 100th Test at Lahore in 1989, becoming only the second batter (after Gordon Greenidge) to record hundreds in both his debut and 100th Test.

Miandad amassed over 1,000 Test runs against Australia (1,797 in 25 Tests), England (1,329 in 22 Tests), India (2,228 in 28 Tests), and New Zealand (1,919 in 18 Tests), as well as over 1,000 ODI runs against Australia (1,019 in 35 matches), India (1,175 in 35 matches), Sri Lanka (1,141 in 35 matches), and the West Indies (1,141 in 35 matches) (1,930 in 64 matches).

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