Javed Miandad turns 60: 5 biggest talking points from the Pakistan legend's career

#2 The 1992 World Cup fairytale

Miandad played 6 World Cups, most by any player back then

Javed Miandad featured in the first six ODI World Cups. One of the greatest ODI batsmen to have ever come out of Pakistan, he was the architecture of Pakistan’s World Cup win in 1992 because in the knockout games, he was their highest run scorer.

He was brilliant at running between the wickets and picking up quick ones and twos. He could also hit the ball out of the park when the situation demanded it. He has 1,083 runs in World Cups at an average of 43, which is why he remains one of the best. However, what stood out in Miandad’s 1992 fairytale was that he played it on the back of a stomach infection.

In his column for the ICC ahead of the 2015 World Cup, he recalled, “It was a fairy-tale event for me. There was a big question mark on my participation due to a stomach infection and troubled back. I arrived just a couple of days before the tournament started and carried throughout the tournament. It was worth playing with pain as I contributed to the team’s cause by scoring five half-centuries, including in the semi-final and final.”