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Inzamam-ul-Haq Factfile.

Age: 37 (born March 3, 1970 in Multan Punjab)

Test debut: v England, Birmingham, 1992. 119 Tests, 8813 runs @ 50.07, 25 centuries, 46 fifties.

One-day internationals: Debut v West Indies, Lahore 1991. 378 matches, 11,739 runs @ 39.52, 10 centuries, 83 fifties, strike rate 74.16.

He is a a huge man with soft hands. He was also Fine slip catcher.But he is agreat batsman.He is elegant in strokeplay.His pulls like short arm pulls are best in world.Often his last over attack was always fantastic to watch..He was always very hard to contain in last overs.His most famous inning was 37 balls 60 in the World Cup semifinal against Newzeland where he snatched victory from NewZeland.He was ultra cool in the crease.Often Pakistan was benefited from his cool presence while chasing.
Only weaknesses are his laid-back attitude, suspect fitness and erratic running between the wickets, which delights his fans and frustrates his team mates. When he was on the crease, it was fun to watch his running between wickets with his teammate.r He was rated as the best batsman in the world against pace by Imran Khan.According to him he was better player than Tendulkar.He was part of the team in 1992 which secured the World Cup in Australia, beating England in the final under Imran's captaincy.Inzamam belted 329 in probably his most memorable innings in the first Test against New Zealand in 2002. It was the second-highest Test score by a Pakistani.Also he has secured victory for Pakistan in Karachi when he batted with Mushtaq Ahmad for 57 runs against Shane Warne and Macgrath and company.He also scored 57 runs.
He was Nicknamed 'The Big Man' and 'aloo' (potato). At this age when young cricketers are building muscles and clean shaven look.Inzmam always looks simple ,often beared.He was overweight by the standrad.But by seeing bermuda cricketer Peter Levercock he was like 'Urmila compare to 'Tuntun'.But his fielding also was not good.But he possess quite strong arm..At a one-day international in Toronto he once marched into the crowd wielding his bat after a spectator shouted through a loudhailer that he was too fat.
Also he became first captain to forfeit test match when in the fourth Test against England at the Oval last August, He refused to lead his men out following the tea interval on the fourth day after his team were docked five runs by the umpires who decided they had tampered with the ball. They were later cleared of that charge by an ICC hearing but Inzamam's action led to the only match forfeiture in the history of Test cricket.At the 2007 World Cup, his team become the first country to be eliminated from the tournament following defeats by hosts West Indies and a shock upset by debutants Ireland. Less than 24 hours later, coach Bob Woolmer dies and Inzamam retires from one-dayers and resigns as Test captain the same day.
He was dogged by poor form during the 2003 World Cup campaign as he scored just 19 runs from six innings.He also dropped from Pak team.But he made remarkable comeback by scoring 138 not out and by helpinhg his team to secure 1 wkt victory over Bangladesh.In his final one-day international game on March 21 he makes 37 and completes a 93-run World Cup win over Zimbabwe by holding a straightforward catch off the bowling of Mohammad Yousuf.
So now we will miss his cool presence in the middle while pakistan were chasing.Also his quotes like "Insha Allah,Our boys plays very well".Bye Inzmam we will miss u in one days

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a tribute video to pakistan coach bob woolmer who died suddenly while in west indies at the cricket world cup 2007 (By Asjid)




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According to Geo tv in Pakistan,Bob Woolmer may have murdered.According reports, marks were discovered on the Pakistan coach's neck . Woolmer was found unconscious in his hotel room on Sunday and died shortly after in a Jamaica hospital.According Pak press,He has been murdered with the aim of match fixing.

According to reports,He has given poison.And his body is found with vomitting and blood.Also from reports , there was poison found in body.Before An autopsy completed on Tuesday was inconclusive and further forensic tests were ordered to determine the cause of death.Pakistan team have been retained in Jamaica by police.If these reports true,then this is shame for pakistan and cricket.

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Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach, has died in a Kingston hospital after being found unconscious in his hotel room hours after his side's elimination from the World Cup. He was 58.

A team spokesman said: "We saw him last night but having not seen him early today two of our officers went to his room and with the help of hotel staff entered. He was found unconscious there. It is too early to say whether he has suffered a heart attack. We are awaiting medical reports."

Born in Kanpur, India, Woolmer played 19 Test matches for England, scoring 1059 runs at an average of 33.09. But his international career was affected after he joined Kerry Packer's World Series.

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Looks like this world-cup will write its own history! First to be hosted by West-Indies, this one is writing pages of history as curtain falls every day! We are still afresh with Gibbs slaughter of 6 sixes in a over against Netherlands and looks like we got more to talk about!

Ireland and Bangladesh - the two minnows (as Ricky Ponting said in the beginning of world-cup) beats two former world-cup champions on same day in different matches!

While India still have two matches to play before packing-up their luggage, Ireland booked return tickets for Pakistan by defeating them by 5 wickets!

In truly champions manner Ireland ended match with a six! What I felt at that point their scored reached to 133. While D/L put revised target of 128 in 47 overs in answer to Pakistan 132 all out, they first reached to 127 and then hit a six to make their total to 133. So no out-of form paki player on way back flight can say we could have bowled them all-out if rain did not interrupted!

Sportingo writes,

"Ireland's part-time cricketers achieved the impossible after their improbable tie with Zimbabwe - by sending the world's fourth-ranked team home on St Patrick's Day..."

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