#OnThisDay in 1957. Javed Miandad was born in Karachi. He made 163 in his 1st Test innings & is one of only 2 men to have a Test average that never dropped under 50. He scored 206 in his 4th Test innings & made 6 double-hundreds. He also hit the most famous 6 in history #Cricket
#OnThisDay in 1997. One of the greatest ever ODI innings as the brilliant Saeed Anwar scored 194 against India in Chennai to help Pakistan to a 35-run win #Cricket
#OnThisDay in 1986, Pakistan earned their first victory in a major tournament by lifting the Austral-Asia Cup. It was that memorable Sharjah classic that ended with Javed Miandad smacking a mighty six off the final ball of the match bowled by India's Chetan Sharma.
#OnThisDay in 1986, Pakistan lifted the Austral-Asia Cup ๐
It was Javed Miandadโs mighty six off Chetan Sharma that sealed the deal for them in a thrilling one-wicket win on the last ball ๐
โYou know more than me, truth be told, I should be gone by now.โ ๐
It's 9 years to the day since @fmuamba6 was 'dead for 78 minutes' after collapsing on the pitch at White Hart Lane.
He remembers that fateful night with the doctor who helped save his life. The miracle man ๐
Interviewed the great Mohammad Yousuf for Wisden. He said "Towards the end of 2005, I had converted to Islam & had read Islamic prayers for the first time. I've always felt that my brilliant performance in 2006 was a reward from The Almighty after my conversion to Islam" #Cricket
#OnThisDay (the year does not matter ๐) Shahid Afridi was born. One of the most popular cricketers ever, Lala played 518 matches for Pakistan over a 20 year career, scoring 11,148 runs and taking 538 wickets #Cricket