Monday, 27 October 2014

52 Points on Misbah's Record as Test Captain During His Time

Highest W/L in Test history
Won 5 consecutive Tests
Won 4 consecutive Test series
Unbeaten for 7 consecutive Test series
Unbeaten for 12 consecutive Tests
Took Pak into top 3
Beaten a number 1 ranked team
Won or drawn against all eight teams played against in series
Second most Test wins Pak have had in a calendar year (2011)
Highest win/loss ratio Pak have had in a calendar year (2011)

Won a Test series outside Asia after 7 years
Won a Test series vs higher ranked team after 5.5 years in 2011 vs SL
Only Pak captain to not lose a full Test series vs South Africa

First Pak captain to beat England by a 3 match margin
Winning Test series against England away from home after 16 years
First Pak captain to whitewash a side outside home
First Pak captain whitewash a side since Bangladesh 2003

Second most Test wins by a Pak captain
Fourth most capped Pak captain
Only one of three Pak captains to lead in over 50% of their overall Tests played

Won a Test Match vs 8 different sides
Won a Test Series vs 5 different sides
Won or drawn a Test Series vs 8 different sides
Only lost 1 Test in 8 series at one point
Lowest % of Test defeats after 17
After 23 Tests had highest % of won Tests by a Pak captain
Won or drawn a series against better ranked team on 5 occasions

4-4 vs number 1 ranked Test sides
Joint most Test wins by a team in 2011
Highest W/L by a team in 2011

Only lost Test Series vs 2 out of 8 countries
Only lost a Test Match vs 4 out of 8 countries
Most AWAY wins by a Pak captain
Difference of 4 between won and lost. Imran had 6. Waz 4.
5-4 from 11 Tests vs number 1 or number 2 ranked sides
Only lost 1 in 5 series vs first or second ranked side.

Miandad most series wins with 8. Misbah on 5.
Pak have never won a Test series 4-0 or 5-0. Best 3-0 times 5. He did it.
Pak have only won 7 out of 22 series vs England. He did it.
Pak have whitewashed a side 5 times. He did it.

Won or drawn 21 out of 30 Tests as captain. Imran 40 in 48.
Not lost any of six series in UAE.

13-9 overall record
5-3 series record

Last six teams to tour NZ – highest winning % in series
Last six teams to tour NZ - only two have won. Him being one. Ind lost. Eng drew.

2012 was first series whitewash in Pak vs England since first playing them in 1954

Led in 15 consecutive Tests twice. Very few have. 9-1 in first 15. 4-8 in second 15.
7-2 record in UAE
5-1 vs number 1 or 2 in UAE

Back to back Test wins for first time since 2005.

Superior or level head to head record against everyone but SL and SA

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