Inzamam ul haq
March 12, 2007
Born on 3rd March, 1970 in Multan, Pakistan; is and has always been one of Pakistan’s leading cricket players and one of the team’s main strengths.He made his test cricket debut in Birmingham in a match England vs Pakistan in 1992 while his ODI debut was in a game of West Indies vs Pakistan at Lahore in 1991.Inzamam-ul-Haq is a mixture of strength and grace. The man exhibits tremendous power which is no surprise, but his gentle touch is remarkable for a man of his capability. He hates exercise and often tries to escape the vigorous usage of muscles on the field, but once he has the bat in his hand, he hits the ball as if there was no tomorrow . He plays shots all round the wicket, is especially strong off his legs, and unleashes ferocious pulls and lofted drives.
‘Inzi’ as he is known among the teammates keeps his cool and his mind focused even during crisis. That’s what has made him the successor of Javed Miandad as a premier batsman in the Pakistan Team. Early on in the match, he is vulnerable playing across his front pad or groping outside off stump. He uses his feet well to the spinners, although this aggression can be his undoing. That’s what results in his lovely drives which make the fielders wander all across the cricket field.
How Inzi achieved a breakthrough -
The only problem with him is hapless running between the wickets which is very dangerous for his partners.
There were no such problems against New Zealand at Lahore in 2001-02, when Inzamam made 329, the second-highest Test score by a Pakistani and the tenth-highest by anyone. However, he was then badly affected by poor form, scoring just 16 runs in Pakistan’s World Cup campaign in 2003 will gave the team a setback. He was dropped from the team briefly, but then roared back to form, scoring a magnificent unbeaten 138 and guiding Pakistan to a thrilling one-wicket win against Bangladesh at Multan. He was rewarded with the captaincy of the team. Despite leading them to victory in the Test series in New Zealand, question-marks about his leadership qualities came out when Pakistan were beaten in both the Test series and the one-dayers against India. But the selectors believed in him and his capability and this bore results when he took a team having few good bowlers to India and drew the Test series with a rousing performance in the final Test. After scoring a magnificent 184, Inzamam led the team astutely on a tense final day and took Pakistan to victory.
Since then he has unleashed his success story in front of the world as a leading batsman and cricketer. Against England in 2005, he not only made the team win but personally played his best ever. He never failed to make a fifty, scored twin centuries at Faisalabad for the first time, going past Miandad as Pakistan’s leading century-maker and joining him as only the second Pakistani with 8000 Test runs. As captain, he never looked more a leader, uniting a young, inexperienced team and turning them, once again, into a force to matter globally.
However, Pakistan poor performance including Inzi’s against England at the Oval made him a controversial figure because of leading his side off the field in protest at charges of ball tampering made by umpires Billy Doctrove and Darrell Hairagain, henceforth wiping off his win against Sri-Lanka.Now after establishing a remarkable career he is expected to retire after World Cup 2007.
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