I was watching with my family. When Saleem Malik got out, at 140/4 with 8 per over required, most had pretty much given up but my elder brother kept believing by pointing out that we were ahead of NZ at that stage, and had been throughout the chase. The fact that Miandad was still there was huge, though of course nobody anticipated what Inzi was about to do. Another distinct memory is that when NZ were forced to bring Deepak Patel back on, my brother went "Iss ko tou Miandad sambhaal le ga" and he promptly square cut the first ball for 4, and ended up scoring 8 runs in the over on his own. I think from NZ's perspective they missed a trick by not bowing Morrison to Inzi as soon as he came in. He'd bowled him out cheaply in the group match, and was the quickest bowler in their attack. Here they stuck with their medium pacers, who tbh had served them well throughout the tournament. But there was a sameness about them, which Inzi took full advantage of. Other random comments: Inzi, Aqib, and Mushtaq had toured Australia in 1989 for the U-19 World Cup. Aqib had played in two straight B&H tri-series in 1988/89 and 1989/90, the latter of which Mushtaq also played in. The core of this squad in general had a ton of experience playing cricket in Australia. The Inzi six off Harris was all the more remarkable as he hit it into the (extremely stiff) wind, and it almost didn't make it. The six Moin hit off Harris was his first six in international cricket. The team didn't have the 'poor chasers' tag attached to it at the time, that came later in the 90s, which ironically was as much a function of how we won the 92 final that batting first became the template for us and we eschewed chasing. But up until then our greatest ODI wins ever had come in run chases - Australasia Cup final in 1986, Nehru Cup semi-final and final in 1989, and then of course this match. Another hill I'll die on: people remember how unfair the rain rule was for South Africa or that Pakistan were lucky with the rained out game against England. But the Pak vs SA group match was extremely unfair on us. Chasing 212 we were 74/2 after 21.3 overs i.e. needed another 138 runs at 4.8 rpo. It rained, target was revised to 194 in 36 overs or 120 runs off 87 balls at 8.3 rpo. So they took away 14 overs while the target was only reduced by 18 runs. To their credit, Inzi and Imran gave it a good go, but ultimately fell short by 20 runs. I am fairly certain we would've won that game without the rain interruption. This result would have meant a) South Africa wouldn't have qualified for the semis b) the Pakistan v England group game would've been irrelevant.
Hahahahaha that South Africa game!!!! I remember being mystified reading on it afterwards about the rain rule but didn't care cuz we won the cup. Good point on the chasers tag. And yes that six into the wind was crazy!
At the start of this video i was like, don’t wanna hear again about that Inzi inning anymore. I am not interested as already heard about it 1000 of times, but 10 mins into the video i was totally hooked (i was in a haal of the mesmerising way both of you told the same story but in a different way).
My first memory of cricket is : Ind vs pak, Pakistan needs 4 run in 1 ball to win, Inzy is on strike. Hits FOUR. As an indian kid , not knowing culture or politics at the time, i was mesmerized. Love at first sight with cricket. Great show again❤
After this comment, I searched for above mentioned inzy innings, 4 runs in 1 ball, couldn't find it. Maybe I have a slightly mistaken memory of that match. I think it was Sachin bowling him 3runs in 6 balls. In the end inzy Bhai scored winning runs on last ball.
I still remember Usman's article on cricinfo, right after the match, when Razzaq made that 109 against South Africa, He titled it as "Rampant Razzaq stuns South Africa".
Pls also discuss about loss talent like Yasir Hameed, this chap scored 60 odd against old south african bowling attack and stood out, he also scored two consecutive 50s in melbourne against Mcgrath/Warne/lee/ Gillespie and then lost his place , it blows my mind. Overall he stood tall against SENA bowling attacks.
Guys, great episode again. However I am just depressed looking at the state of our cricket. I thought we had gone through our bad patch and were resurgent but it was a false dawn. I’m such a big fan. I am hoping better days are ahead with Kirsten and Gillespie but PCB is the ‘thing’ that is not fit for purpose!! I’m not sure we will ever become consistent until PCB exists and the merry go around continues
39:30 one thing that makes sending inzi even more remarkable at the time was when malik got out Javed is signalling for the leftie to come bat but imran sent inzi anyway
i was there for it and to this day what stays with me in that match of crazy hitting was how serene Dravid and later Inzi's innings were. it was almost too sublime watching it form the stands couldn't truly see its scale
@@BattaFast Lucky you. There are so many memories from that series and that particular game. I was 9 years old and a newbie cricket fan. I was in complete awe of Inzi. That has to be the most exciting Indo-Pak ODI series ever.
i was in class 4 and i had chickenpox which meant I was able to see the first part of the tournament including the ten wicket loss to west indies and become obsessed by this sport. steve waugh became my first ever cricket hero for bowling that last over against India
Please do an episode on Kamran Akmal’s century vs India in Karachi 2005-06 when Pakistan was 39 for 6. Irfan Pathan’s hat-trick. Asif and Razzaq’s spells in the same match. So much to talk about
once rehan and i were asked, along with a panel of people from all over the world, to choose the best innings from the 21st century. Him and I were the only people to mention this knock and they got back to me asking to explain because they were like we didn't even know of this innings.
Great podcast. Absolutely loved the discussion around the hero of script wanted to remove himself from script all together. I know it's a tangential discussion but even in neutral terms this was an incredible match and it's insane how it never get's discussed in any of those "world's best ODI" lists cricinfo's does every few years.
Just imagine the outcomes for many sporting prodigies, if like Inzamam, they complained of a stomach upset but they pulled out of a big match or occasion. Most likely he was having a fright of nerves and just decided to fight instead of flight!
@Osman @Ahmer You guys mentioning that before Moeen there was no Pakistani WK batsman that ever did well as a batsman to catch spotlight like Waseem Bari etc have forgot the unsung Saleem Yousuf who was a very good batter and was called "Tiger" by Imran because he used to bat without a helmet even against the West Indies fast bowlers. Saleem Yousuf most memorable innings was WC 1987 vs West Indies where he played the match winning knock from a loosing position to get Pakistan into a winning position finished off by Abdul Qadir
I see 5 watching live. No wonder this channel is not growing. Credit goes to Ahmer who sucks all the energy in a conversation. Usman bhai start your own channel
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My dad used to quote this inzi innings whenever I'd try to get out of going to school for an upset stomach. 😆
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I was watching with my family. When Saleem Malik got out, at 140/4 with 8 per over required, most had pretty much given up but my elder brother kept believing by pointing out that we were ahead of NZ at that stage, and had been throughout the chase. The fact that Miandad was still there was huge, though of course nobody anticipated what Inzi was about to do. Another distinct memory is that when NZ were forced to bring Deepak Patel back on, my brother went "Iss ko tou Miandad sambhaal le ga" and he promptly square cut the first ball for 4, and ended up scoring 8 runs in the over on his own.
I think from NZ's perspective they missed a trick by not bowing Morrison to Inzi as soon as he came in. He'd bowled him out cheaply in the group match, and was the quickest bowler in their attack. Here they stuck with their medium pacers, who tbh had served them well throughout the tournament. But there was a sameness about them, which Inzi took full advantage of.
Other random comments: Inzi, Aqib, and Mushtaq had toured Australia in 1989 for the U-19 World Cup. Aqib had played in two straight B&H tri-series in 1988/89 and 1989/90, the latter of which Mushtaq also played in. The core of this squad in general had a ton of experience playing cricket in Australia.
The Inzi six off Harris was all the more remarkable as he hit it into the (extremely stiff) wind, and it almost didn't make it.
The six Moin hit off Harris was his first six in international cricket.
The team didn't have the 'poor chasers' tag attached to it at the time, that came later in the 90s, which ironically was as much a function of how we won the 92 final that batting first became the template for us and we eschewed chasing. But up until then our greatest ODI wins ever had come in run chases - Australasia Cup final in 1986, Nehru Cup semi-final and final in 1989, and then of course this match.
Another hill I'll die on: people remember how unfair the rain rule was for South Africa or that Pakistan were lucky with the rained out game against England. But the Pak vs SA group match was extremely unfair on us. Chasing 212 we were 74/2 after 21.3 overs i.e. needed another 138 runs at 4.8 rpo. It rained, target was revised to 194 in 36 overs or 120 runs off 87 balls at 8.3 rpo. So they took away 14 overs while the target was only reduced by 18 runs. To their credit, Inzi and Imran gave it a good go, but ultimately fell short by 20 runs. I am fairly certain we would've won that game without the rain interruption. This result would have meant a) South Africa wouldn't have qualified for the semis b) the Pakistan v England group game would've been irrelevant.
Hahahahaha that South Africa game!!!! I remember being mystified reading on it afterwards about the rain rule but didn't care cuz we won the cup. Good point on the chasers tag. And yes that six into the wind was crazy!
At the start of this video i was like, don’t wanna hear again about that Inzi inning anymore. I am not interested as already heard about it 1000 of times, but 10 mins into the video i was totally hooked (i was in a haal of the mesmerising way both of you told the same story but in a different way).
this is the best comment
@@BattaFast thank you. Please talk about more of the greatest inning by Pak batters.
My first memory of cricket is :
Ind vs pak, Pakistan needs 4 run in 1 ball to win, Inzy is on strike. Hits FOUR.
As an indian kid , not knowing culture or politics at the time, i was mesmerized. Love at first sight with cricket.
Great show again❤
After this comment, I searched for above mentioned inzy innings, 4 runs in 1 ball, couldn't find it.
Maybe I have a slightly mistaken memory of that match. I think it was Sachin bowling him 3runs in 6 balls.
In the end inzy Bhai scored winning runs on last ball.
I still remember Usman's article on cricinfo, right after the match, when Razzaq made that 109 against South Africa, He titled it as "Rampant Razzaq stuns South Africa".
Pls also discuss about loss talent like Yasir Hameed, this chap scored 60 odd against old south african bowling attack and stood out, he also scored two consecutive 50s in melbourne against Mcgrath/Warne/lee/ Gillespie and then lost his place , it blows my mind. Overall he stood tall against SENA bowling attacks.
Sorry for calling you guys old heads...
JBH bro
I watched it as an 11 year old. In islamabad. It was unbelievable . Still gives me goosebumps.
Guys, great episode again. However I am just depressed looking at the state of our cricket. I thought we had gone through our bad patch and were resurgent but it was a false dawn. I’m such a big fan. I am hoping better days are ahead with Kirsten and Gillespie but PCB is the ‘thing’ that is not fit for purpose!! I’m not sure we will ever become consistent until PCB exists and the merry go around continues
Lol at the end when Ahmer said actually I CAN imagine Imran feeling like a don after this hahaha
like we were all there for it
39:30 one thing that makes sending inzi even more remarkable at the time was when malik got out Javed is signalling for the leftie to come bat but imran sent inzi anyway
Boys, please keep uploading one video per week. Really enjoy it
batta fast one video/week = Pakistan top order scoring rapidly
Both things are possible but improbable.
@@BattaFast sad but true. The analogy master has done it yet again
Absolutely loved it! You guys should do an episode on Inzi's 122 against India in Karachi. It was a truly epic knock!
i was there for it and to this day what stays with me in that match of crazy hitting was how serene Dravid and later Inzi's innings were. it was almost too sublime watching it form the stands couldn't truly see its scale
@@BattaFast Lucky you. There are so many memories from that series and that particular game. I was 9 years old and a newbie cricket fan. I was in complete awe of Inzi. That has to be the most exciting Indo-Pak ODI series ever.
i was in class 4 and i had chickenpox which meant I was able to see the first part of the tournament including the ten wicket loss to west indies and become obsessed by this sport. steve waugh became my first ever cricket hero for bowling that last over against India
Please do an episode on Kamran Akmal’s century vs India in Karachi 2005-06 when Pakistan was 39 for 6. Irfan Pathan’s hat-trick. Asif and Razzaq’s spells in the same match. So much to talk about
once rehan and i were asked, along with a panel of people from all over the world, to choose the best innings from the 21st century. Him and I were the only people to mention this knock and they got back to me asking to explain because they were like we didn't even know of this innings.
@@BattaFast hahaha this seems a good reason to do an episode on it and explain why you two chose it and why you two were the only ones who chose it
Lovely show after quite some time
Great podcast. Absolutely loved the discussion around the hero of script wanted to remove himself from script all together.
I know it's a tangential discussion but even in neutral terms this was an incredible match and it's insane how it never get's discussed in any of those "world's best ODI" lists cricinfo's does every few years.
Just imagine the outcomes for many sporting prodigies, if like Inzamam, they complained of a stomach upset but they pulled out of a big match or occasion. Most likely he was having a fright of nerves and just decided to fight instead of flight!
Abdul Razzaq 2004 knock vs New Zealand and 2010 odi knock vs South africa century 🎉
If that is going to a series than Asad Shafique's 130 odd @Gabba should feature at some point
@Osman @Ahmer
You guys mentioning that before Moeen there was no Pakistani WK batsman that ever did well as a batsman to catch spotlight like Waseem Bari etc have forgot the unsung Saleem Yousuf who was a very good batter and was called "Tiger" by Imran because he used to bat without a helmet even against the West Indies fast bowlers.
Saleem Yousuf most memorable innings was WC 1987 vs West Indies where he played the match winning knock from a loosing position to get Pakistan into a winning position finished off by Abdul Qadir
No doubt that Saleem Yousuf was a courageous batter but Moin's stats/peaks are comfortably above his in both formats as a batter.
Please do Vedio on Javed Miandad Sharjah wali Austral Asia Cup
wese hi log humay bhudda keh rahy hain
The only time he showed up in a big match lol
Jude Bellingham in Euros final...whaatta a script
Old heads of the world, unite! It makes for better cricket podcasting!! (sorry for being mildly ageist but Im sick of babar nibbas/nibbis ajjkal).
Inzamam ka statement on Arshdeep isko discuss Karo shami kaise inzamam ka mazak uda sakta hai
I see 5 watching live. No wonder this channel is not growing. Credit goes to Ahmer who sucks all the energy in a conversation. Usman bhai start your own channel