Misbah-ul-Haq became the 13th Pakistani and 87th batsman overall to score 4000 runs in one day internationals.
The right hand middle order batsman from Mianwali, achieved this feat druing his 31-run knock in the first one day international match against South Africa at Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Wednesday (October 30).
The Pakistani skipper made his debut in one day international against New Zealand at Lahore on April 27,2002, took 11 years and 186 days to reach this landmark. He is the first batsman to score 4000 runs with out a hundred. His highest score in this form of cricket is an unbeaten 96 in 187 minutes off 127 balls with five fours and three sixes against West Indies at The Oval on June 7,2013.
Misbah-ul-Haq scored 585 runs at 34.41 with a strike rate of 90.41 and three half centuries in 22 innings of 27 matches at home while he made 3418 runs at 47.47 and a strike rate of 71.22 with 28 fifties in 96 innings of 102 matches outside Pakistan.
** South Africa’s one-run victory was smallest against Pakistan in terms of runs. Their previous smallest victory against Pakistan was two runs which was recorded at Dubai on November 2,2010. It was fourth time when South Africa achieved one-run victory in one dayers while Pakistan have lost the match by this margin for the third time.
OVER 4000 RUNS FOR PAKISTAN IN ONE DAYERS:
Batsman M I N.O Runs AVG H.S S/R 100 50 0
Inzamam-ul-Haq 378 350 53 11739 39.52 137* 74.24 10 83 20
Mohammad Yousuf 288 273 40 9720 41.71 141* 75.10 15 64 15
Saeed Anwar 247 244 19 8824 39.21 194 80.67 20 43 15
Javed Miandad 233 218 41 7381 41.70 119* 67.01 8 50 8
Shahid Afridi 363 336 22 7369 23.46 124 114.78 6 35 29
Saleem Malik 283 256 38 7170 32.88 102 76.41 5 47 19
Younis Khan ` 253 243 23 7014 31.88 144 75.36 6 48 21
Ijaz Ahmed 250 232 29 6564 32.33 139* 80.30 10 37 14
Rameez Raja 198 197 15 5841 32.09 119* 63.31 9 31 15
Shoaib Malik 216 193 25 5490 32.67 143 78.28 7 31 13
Abdul Razzaq 265 228 57 5080 29.70 112 81.25 3 23 14
Aamer Sohail 156 155 5 4780 31.86 134 65.50 5 31 10
Misbah-ul-Haq 129 118 29 4003 44.97 96* 73.50 0 31 4