00:00Inzamamul Haq once again stood tall for Pakistan with a gritty, unbeaten 58 runs of 163 balls,
00:07spanning more than three and a half hours at the crease in the first innings of the second
00:12test against Sri Lanka at Peshawar in March 2000. It was a classic Inzamamul Haq knock,
00:18calm, composed, and full of authority. He picked up seven Chris sports and launched
00:23one effortless six-off for Modyavikrma Singh, neatly flicked off his toes like only Inzamamkut.
00:29Against Mathia Moolidharan he showcased tremendous footwork, stepping out,
00:33covering the turn and refusing to let the champion spinners settle.
00:37So now let's relive Inzamamul Haq fighting innings and innings that stood tall, aimed chaos and collapse.
00:59That must be a big disappointment for Sri Lanka. The boy is just falling short of Dushan,
01:04Dushan getting his hands underage and made a mess of that. The Sri Lankans, no doubt, must
01:11be extremely disappointed as it's across Inzamamul Haq. Now the long arm has come up just a little bit.
01:20A beautiful stroke, he's got it past the silly point and in the gap between cover and mid-off and it'll run
01:30away to four. Well played by Inzamam. That doesn't really be really going to play by Inzamam,
01:36I'll send him to the pick of it and the tank is away.
01:48Didn't hit it properly but he's got away with it. It's four over mid-off.
01:52We've got Moral Mitzi from Muralin who's already asking for the mid-off to go back. I don't know
02:01that he shouldn't just try him one more time.
02:07I've never won a series in the West Indies.
02:11In the air and a few for a catch.
02:14Don't happen to have a lot of it.
02:19Don't like I'm staying after everything.
02:22Very good to hit a bit. A little bit of bounce as well and just
02:29on the pad.
02:29So, second slip, the only slip here but he's in a second slip position and third man.
02:48Whether Inzamam meant to get it that fine, I'm not convinced about.
02:54Nor am I. There's off-glancers and off-glancers.
02:57He's certainly opened the blade.
03:01You've got to be careful doing that. I'm a little bit of a fan of it because a little
03:04mix doesn't go very far. I think it goes to the kick of gloves quite often.
03:10So, just a little bit streaky there from Inzamam.
03:15The way that he's likely to approach his innings is halfway to the boundary.
03:21He might have got his bottom edge on this one and gone away to four rather than leg wide.
03:29He'll wait for the signal.
03:32Indeed he did. An under edge sweeping brings him four.
03:37Quite difficult to get a back on this.
03:40Anyway, very full and down the leg side and it's more of a paddle shot.
03:45Colin Cowdery used to play it very well with a vertical bat one of those years ago.
03:50It's quite difficult to get the bat on it.
03:53There he goes again and smashes it down the middle and just makes it.
04:01I don't think the umpire will ask. He does.
04:03Well, unless his bat's in the air, looking at it live here, I thought he was going to be in okay.
04:08But there's an example.
04:09Quickback Amara is quite deep at mid off, but he's hit it so hard.
04:13Good positioning for John Hampshire. He is well home, but Amara has got himself square,
04:30just confirming everything. As an umpire, when you've got the technology and you don't use it,
04:36and you get it wrong, it's really silly. He's just making sure. I think he was pretty certain in his own mind.
04:43Just waiting for the confirmation. There'll be a huge roar from this crowd.
04:51I can go and see you when the correct light gets put on.
04:56See the look out now. There we go.
05:04Maybe just looking twice to see if the bat was in the air.
05:07It would obviously look so well home otherwise.
05:10A little bit grounded.
05:13It can be sloppy occasionally, because he's taken 200 minutes around here.
05:19Probably only because I couldn't sweep, so I don't understand.
05:28Once again, actually getting hold of it though.
05:32Interesting contest unfolding after lunch.
05:35One sixty-three for four.
05:40Tony goes and plays a fine shot for four.
05:43Lovely shot by Enzerman, using his feet with confident blows.
05:48And passing back a man at mid off.
05:52One seventy-four for six at the end of the other.
05:54Two three.
05:57One thirty-four for six to three.
05:58One.
05:59One thirty-four for six at the end of the other.
06:06One is the opposite of the seven.
06:07Two.
06:07One.
06:08One.
06:10Two.
06:11One.
06:12One.
06:12Three.
06:13Two.
06:14Three.
06:15Two.
06:15Two.
06:16Two.
06:17Two.
06:17One.
06:18Three.
06:19Two.
06:19Two.
06:20Pulled away, well in front of square, he goes to 50, Injamal Mulhoff, almost with this game, a play.
06:37Yes a very good knock from Injamal Mulhoff, and a lot of time out there in the middle, 205 minutes.
06:44And earning a will-deserved applause from the crowd, getting with 24.50, and a good one.
06:54Very good career, getting with the 33, getting with 24.50, and get 800.
07:03Pitch away! Magnificent! Injamal, grips it for pitch, back with a square.
07:18A great show from Injamal Mulhoff.
07:20He was extremely quick to pick the line in length of that delivery.
07:24This is an interesting delivery from Vikramasinghe, it went flat.
07:31That's the elevation, flick of the wrist, and over the boundary road.
07:38Injamal Mulhoff played Mudhaya Murali Dharan brilliantly.
07:41But even the greats need a slice of luck, and Injamal Mulhoff got his when Tilkaratne Dilshan spilled a regulation chance at cover.
07:48When he was on two, then Pakistan were 89 for two.
07:53From there, Injamal Mulhoff carried the inning single-handedly, while he held one end like a wall.
07:59The rest of the Pakistani batting lineup collapsed dramatically.
08:03What looked like a promising 154 for three shortly after lunch, turned into a disappointing 199 all-out, replying to Sri Lanka 268.
08:12Wicket kept tumbling, partnership never arrived, and the middle and lower order simply fell apart.
08:20Inzamal Mulhoff batting alongside the young Yunus Khan at one stage could only watch helplessly as partner disappeared one after another.
08:28Pakistan folded 29 minutes before tea, but not before Injamal yet another chapter to his love affair with the Peshawar crown, his fourth 50 in just five wizards.
08:37Although Pakistan fight their way back into the test through their bowlers, after a spinners' batting performance that saw the hosts lose seven wickets for just 45 runs on a dramatic day three.
08:50The bowlers dragged Pakistan back into the contest, keeping the match alive at the Arbab Niaz Stadium.
08:56But Pakistan eventually lost the match by 57 runs.
09:00Inzamal Mulhoff, Brave Knock remained the shining moments of Pakistan innings.
09:03His effort was a reminder of his reliability and class in tough situations.
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