Pakistan legend Zaheer Abbas struck a wonderful, match-winning 108, which was littered with cover drives, against Australia in 1981. The former Pakistan batter was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame: www.cricket.co...
Glad that someone noticed it. It was truely amazing to have that strike rate at that time. It's no fluke that he achieved 2nd best ever odi batting rating.
@@nomadbanda9562 cricket Australia uploads every country" s best individual performance videos by not only showing their own country best performance he meant to say that actually.
@@jiteshkumar3774 Every legend has a small weakness that doesn't decline his/her legacy ...Instead of noticing his failures we should see his records and class of batting bro....
One of the Legend not only from Pakistan but from subcontinent. So gentle & humble man with great record to his name. Lots of respect for true champion of the game. Love from India 🇮🇳
Zaheer Abbas had a strike rate of over 80 along with Viv in his time (ODIs). He was one of the most flair and flashy batsmen. If he had played T20, he could have been one of the GOATs. Incredibly courageous batsman (Asian Bradman)
@@spencerchurch3483 cause he was a finisher but credit where it is due , both Zaheer and Viv were special players but if you notice he gave away a lot of chances before he got his 100 . He is like a batsman who plays good but can't score a 100 unless he is there till the end . Someone like KL Rahul . Elegant technique and smart brains but too aggressive for the team and with high risk.
Look at his batting! A great mix of elegance with power. Watching him doing drives on cover gives me a joy ICC should've inducted a legend like him to the HOF a way before than when they actually did and it's quite surprising with little shock that player of zaheer Abbas stature who is one of the pioneer in Pakistan cricket getting this honour only by now!
Grew up reading about the legend that was Zaheer Abbas. Gavaskar had an entire video demonstrating how special his cover-drive was! Thanks for this clip, a feast for the eyes. Love from India.
One of the most underrated and greats of the game...his record in those times were phenomenal... imagine if he were playing in the modern days....hats off 👍👏👏 from a diehard Indian fan
Agreed. Cricket was not that much commercialized in that era. Also there were not such rules; neutral umpires, 3rd umpires, reviews, no restriction on number of bouncers per over etc. No batting power plays
@@hassanwadaich175 i din mean that it was just that he played in thet era when cricket was not commercialized dont get me wrng bro I am a big fan of him
Zaheer-lara, richard+gavaskar-sachin, javed- dhoni+rohit,sachin-virat+babar+Williamson+root history hai bhai senior ko dekh k hi juniors sikhte hai lekin o senior apni country kahi ho a kisi legendary book me bhi nahi likha and am 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
What superb timing! That backfoot punch through the covers against Lillee @4:18 is just pure class. Gentleman Pakistani cricketer. Where is he nowadays? He should be involved with cricket administration in Pakistan.
Oh my father always told me about this legend and he uses to praise him a lot but now i see why... Batting at a average of 47 that time is absolutely masterclass... Love from Kashmir ❤️❤️
He was only player from asia have a 107 first class hundreds .and player in the world have 4 time hundred and dubal hundreds in a first class cricket .
Zareer Abbas just received a hall of fame inclusion from. ICC because his historical contributions in cricket , what a great batsman, what a handsome and humble guy Pakistan 🇵🇰 produced ❤
What a nonsense comment. Really I am disappointed at the lake of understanding of cricket by the people commenting here. What does Afridi had to do with Zaheer or vice versa?. Two diametrically opposite players. One is pinch hitter other is by book cover drive player. Both king of thier trade. Both match winners on thier day.
@@hamdaanali3220 Most of the Indians praise great players irrespective of their nationalities...But when we talk about batting greats of all time I have hardly seen the name of Zaheer Abbas ...May be records were not very attractive ( which I am not so sure about) but stroke play and flair is certainly of top class...
I am from India ,in 1980 s i had a chance to see few matches and radio commentaries,to Pakistan Zaheer Abbas, One of the greatest pair of commentary of channel 9 Tony Greig and Ian Chappell regards Zaheer is asian Bradman. One of the finest ,and elegant stroke player Pakistan ever produced.
Don't forget that the batsmen of those era encountered the fiercest bowlers and a hostile pitch, unlike today where things are loaded in favor of a batsman. Great knock
One of my favorite players growing up. As Gavaskar used to say the sheer class is just unbelievable. Even though I’m an Indian, he was one of my favorites ever.
Great to see Asian Bradman's cover drives.... Another interesting fact, it looks like Pakistan's current team is doing field in the ground... What's your opinion!!!
The shots in these are 'Viv Richards esque!' Such elegance and and class against a top class Aussie attack. Michael Holding rated him as one of the toughest batsman to bowl to.
That was time when Zaheer Abbas making centuries and other batsmen were not doing their responsibility. U can see in score card. Mostly batsmen were not even in double figure. That was unprofessional attitude. Hats off for Zaheer Abbas.
A great century from a great batsman against the likes of thomson and lillee creaming them to covers so elegantly , congratulations on your induction to icc hall of fame. One of the very best batsmen ever
