Javed Miandad 62 off 129 Balls 168 Mins 4 Fours vs Australia 3rd Test, Melbourne, First Innings December 11 - 15, 1981-82 - video Dailymotion

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Relive Javed Miandad’s brilliant knock of 62 runs against Australia in the 3rd Test at Melbourne, December 1981. Facing a disciplined bowling attack, Miandad displayed his trademark combination of patience, timing, and elegance. Strong on the leg side, he punished anything loose with exquisite boundaries – including a perfect cover drive, a textbook on-drive, and classy lofted strokes against Bruce Yardley.  This innings wasn’t just about runs; it was a cricketing lesson in building an innings with both grit and artistry. Watch and enjoy a piece of cricket history, as Pakistan’s batting genius treated the Melbourne crowd to a masterclass in Test match batting. 🏏✨  #️⃣ Hashtags: #JavedMiandad #PakistanCricket #AUSvsPAK #MelbourneTest #CricketHighlights #TestCricket #ClassicCricket #CricketLegends #BattingMasterclass #BruceYardley #PakvsAus #CricketHistory

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00:00In the third test at Melbourne Cricket Ground, in December 1981, Javed Miadad once again

00:06showcased the artistry that made him Pakistan batting linchpin.

00:11His inning of 62 coughs from 129 balls and spanning 168 minutes was a masterclass in

00:17controlled stroke play and a patience accumulation.

00:21Particularly commanding on the leg side, Javed Miadad punished anything functionally overpitched

00:26or drifting onto the pads.

00:28There was an unmistakable authority in the way he wogged the ball through the mid-picket

00:33and a rare elegance in the manner he found the ropes.

00:37Against Bruce Yardley, he unfurled sequences of strokes that would grace any cricketing

00:42archive.

00:43First came a sumptuous cover drive, all timing and precision, followed by a perfectly executed

00:49on-drive that split the field and raised to the boundary, a textbook illustration of Miadad's

00:55immaculate technique.

00:56Then, in a moment of pure audacity, he lofted Yardley effortlessly over the fielder, the

01:02ball sailing with the grace of a painter's brush stroke.

01:06Not content, he produced yet another authoritative blow over mid-picket, the perfect treatment

01:12from a past man whose genius lay in both his placement and imagination.

01:17It was an innings that blended discipline with flourish, classic Miadad marrying the patience

01:22of craftsman with the flair of virtuoso.

01:29I don't think it was actually thrown for Yardley to try and catch it.

01:43It was meant to be thrown at the stumps, who'd sharp at me and dad.

01:50Good shot for four runs.

01:51So far, we haven't seen any late breaks.

01:52Just been off breaks.

01:53So far, we haven't seen any late breaks.

01:54Just been off breaks.

01:55And so have it me and dad dealt very harshly with that one.

02:09Beautifully picked and hit through the mid-wicket area for four.

02:13Here's Tony Gregg now in the commentary box.

02:20It's well played by Jarvat Miadad.

02:24That'll be four.

02:25Beautifully driven there through extra cover onto the hard side of the ground.

02:29Next surface is down there and four runs.

02:32And Greg Chappell continuing that attacking field.

02:35And Bruce Yardley just getting a little tired now.

02:37He's bowled 30 overs.

02:39He's limp just straying a little.

02:41Not much protection on that offside for him.

02:44And Zaheer and Miadad both aware of those gaps.

02:47And anything that's up there, they're really laying the wood on it.

02:52They might well end up going off for bad life.

02:55And it might be the chapel to settle for that.

02:58That one's hit way down the ground.

03:00There's a no ball.

03:01That by Yardley.

03:03And Miadad has gone to it very quickly.

03:06It was cut off just inside the ground there by Thompson.

03:09So three young runners to Miadad.

03:12That's a good quick call by umpire Dick French.

03:15So Jarvat Miadad the chance.

03:18Opportunity to take toll of that no ball.

03:20Something that you don't see all that often these days.

03:22But Dick French quick to throw the arm out.

03:25Good call.

03:26Locked it in the air.

03:28It was his first no ball in 32 overs for Bruce Yardley.

03:31Didn't quite have enough legs to take it to the boundary.

03:34They still got...

03:35If Jarvat Miadad had the opportunity at the start of play,

03:37he'd have settled for three for 2.45.

03:39Even though there were a couple of his batsmen who were dismissed there

03:42to what he might term indiscreet strokes.

03:45Merson Khan certainly had a century there for the taking, I reckon.

03:49And he threw his innings away early on.

03:51And Madasa, unlucky not to reach his century.

03:53And so too Marjit Khan.

03:55Both those chaps played quite beautifully.

03:57The Australian bowlers, I thought they were quite a bit too short today.

04:00That's the quicker bowlers.

04:01Yardley bowled well.

04:02But I thought Lily Thompson and Alderman were all too short.

04:05They were pounding the ball into the pitch.

04:10Jarvat Miadad waits now for the off spinner Yardley.

04:16Jarvat comes down.

04:17He plays that as a professional.

04:18Can win in a minute up.

04:20He locks that down too long on.

04:21The ball stops.

04:22And just runs into the gutter.

04:24Or has it run in?

04:25Just fall into the gutter.

04:26And overnight range certainly slowing down the outfield at the Melbourne cricket ground.

04:31He certainly has.

04:32And that was a perfectly safe shot.

04:35Jarvat Miadad worked things out to a nicety.

04:39He knew that Jarvat Miadad had no man back.

04:42And that there was no danger in locking that ball over the top of mid-on.

04:46And look how that ball stopped.

04:47I would have been proud of that if I had a number eight iron in my hand.

04:54Jarvat Miadad was a cry.

04:55They go through.

04:56We'll look at the signal from umpire French.

04:57Yes, he made contact at the end of the over.

04:58Three for 267.

04:59Me and Dad waits now for the off spinner Yardley.

05:01It's nicely placed.

05:02Man close in on the off side.

05:03Means there's no cover.

05:05And that's a great effort.

05:06A good chase.

05:07Hurled himself at the ball to stop it going for four.

05:08Picked it up.

05:09And it passed.

05:10It's a great effort.

05:11A good chase.

05:12Hurled himself at the ball to stop it going for four.

05:13Picked it up.

05:14And it came back like a rocket into Marshall's gloves.

05:15Very handy for captains who have a fieldsman like Terriorio.

05:16And that's a great effort.

05:17A good chase.

05:18Hurled himself at the ball to stop it going for four.

05:20Picked it up.

05:21And it came back like a rocket into Marshall's gloves.

05:26Very handy for captains who have a fieldsman like Terriorio.

05:27He can field in slips.

05:28Or he can make a good save like that in the outfield.

05:29And then finish off that good work with a good throw right over the stumps.

05:30Through the gap.

05:31And that's a great effort.

05:32And that's a great effort.

05:33A good chase.

05:34Hurled himself at the ball to stop it going for four.

05:35Picked it up.

05:36And it came back like a rocket into Marshall's gloves.

05:39Very handy for captains who have a fieldsman like Terriorio.

05:43He can field in slips.

05:44Or he can make a good save like that in the outfield.

05:46And then finish off that good work with a good throw right over the stumps.

05:51Through the gap.

06:08An Australian fielding standard dropping right away.

06:11Fumble out there by Bruce Laird.

06:13Should have only been two in it.

06:15Didn't pick it up cleanly and allowed Ian Badensar here to scoot through for an extra run then.

06:20Finished it off with a bad return.

06:22He's been in fielding this morning.

06:25And he's sloppy indeed.

06:29Lily to Jabet Miendad.

06:46The bowling figures as they stand at the moment.

06:49Applause.

06:50Applause.

06:51Applause.

06:52For Jabet Miendad's 50.

06:54Applause.

06:557 balls.

06:56124 minutes.

06:57And he's hardly had a moment.

06:58Of anxiety out here.

06:59Comes up for three wigs.

07:00Lily to Jabet Miendad.

07:02Lily to Jabet Miendad.

07:03I feel it.

07:04Combination there.

07:05As well I'm eventually doing the picking up and throwing.

07:09Good shot and a great save by Alan Border.

07:10Going to his left.

07:11Cut it off.

07:12And got a bad bounce too.

07:13Which he did exceptionally well to cut it off.

07:14And Dirk Wellen was quick to come across.

07:15Dennis Lillie.

07:16Shove it.

07:17Me and Dad Waits now for the off spinner Yardley.

07:18We hit that over the top.

07:19We hit that over the top.

07:20We hit that over the top.

07:21We hit that over the top.

07:22We hit that over the top.

07:23And Dirk Wellen was quick to come across.

07:24Dennis Lillie.

07:25And that's four runs to.

07:26Shove it.

07:27Me and Dad.

07:28A very importante one.

07:29Wimpy cooperation there.

07:30With Wellen eventually.

07:31Doing the picking up and throwing.

07:32Good shot and a great save.

07:33By Alan Border.

07:34Going to his left.

07:35Cut it off.

07:36And got a bad bounce too.

07:37Which he did exceptionally well to cut it off.

07:39And Dirk Wellen was quick to come across.

07:41Dennis Lillie.

07:42Shove it.

07:43Me and Dad Waits now for the off spinner Yardley.

07:46He's hit that over the top of the mid-wicket field.

07:49And that's going down towards the boundary.

07:51And that's four runs to Dirk Wellen.

07:53me and add a very aggressive shot there i and over the top of the wicked before three four three two

08:05hardly again

08:06and all of a sudden deciding it was on and getting himself trapped lbw

08:28in the end javed miyada's 62 was for more than a statistics on the scorecard it was an exhibition

08:55of how to build an innings with patience precision and panache on a surface that demanded watchfulness

09:02he combined sound judgment with moments of audacious brilliance treating the melbourne

09:07crowd to a display of batting intelligence and artistry it was a kind of knock that reminded

09:13cricket lovers why javed miyada stood among the finest craftsmen of his era a player who could

09:19blend grit and grace in equal measure if you like this video please comment share and subscribe thank

09:25you very much

Javed Miandad 62 off 129 Balls 168 Mins 4 Fours vs Australia 3rd Test, Melbourne, First Innings December 11 - 15, 1981-82

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