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Mohammad Hafeez becomes 3rd Pakistan batsman to be dismissed twice in 190s

Earlier in 2012, Hafeez scored 196 against Sri Lanka at Colombo.

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All eyes were on Mohammad Hafeez as he came out to bat at Sharjah on Friday. Everyone expected him to complete his maiden double-century but the Pakistan opener was dismissed just three runs shy of his double ton. Varun Arora looks at the Pakistan batsmen who were dismissed on 190s.

Mohammad Hafeez was batting on 178 when the play was called off on the first day of the third Test between Pakistan and New Zealand at Sharjah on Wednesday. Australian cricketer, Phil Hughes’ demise made him wait for one more day as the second day’s play at Sharjah was suspended on Thursday. Hafeez and skipper Misbah-ul-Haq came out to bat on a sombre Friday morning. He didn’t look as fluent and charismatic as he was during the earlier part of his innings which he played more than a day back. His partner Misbah vanished in a matter of few minutes after the start of the day’s play as he edged a Tim Southee delivery to the wicketkeeper.

Hafeez hit few boundaries and collected few singles and made entry into the 190s. Previously he had reached 196 against Sri Lanka at Colombo in 2012. This time he wanted to get past it, but he fell into the trap laid by Ish Sodhi. Sodhi bowled a short delivery and Hafeez who tried to pull it out of the park top-edged it straight to the deep square-leg fielder. What would have been a fine double hundred was cut short by three runs. Hafeez walked back to the pavilion quietly without showing much emotion. Later, Hafeez wrote on Twitter, “R.I.P Phil Hughes … I dedicated my best test score 197 to him…we all wil miss u as we r all play this sport as a family.”

Below is the list of Pakistan batsmen who have got out in 190s

 

Player

Score

Opposition

Venue

Date

Mudassar Nazar

199

India Faisalabad

24-10-1984

Younis Khan

199

India Lahore

13-01-2006

Mohammad Hafeez

197

 New Zealand Sharjah

26-11-2014

Mohammad Hafeez

196

 Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC)

30-06-2012

Younis Khan

194

 India Faisalabad

21-01-2006

Mohammad Wasim

192

 Zimbabwe Harare

21-03-1998

Mohammad Yousuf

192

 England Leeds

04-08-2006

Mohammad Yousuf

192

 West Indies Lahore

11-11-2006

Mohammad Yousuf

191

West Indies Multan

19-11-2006

 

(Varun Arora is a reporter with CricketCountry. He started as a medium-fast bowler, converted to an opening batsman but finally settled with his passion of writing about the game. His Twitter handle is @varunjgd)

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