Countdown to Misbah's first 100

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Ditto. Fortunately for Pakistan their bowling is some times good enough to defend small scores. Otherwise' date=' every Misbah knock will lead to a heavy defeat. A strike rate of 69 for the past five years in this era is the epitome of mediocrity. Even Misbah's fifties have a S/R of 77 only. The only regular ODI batsman who retired without getting a hundred. In an ultra weak Pakistani lineup he was a useful player, but anywhere outside Pakistan he would not be touched with a ten foot pole in an ODI team.[/quote'] Err...he had a strike rate of 87/89 at 1 point, when he wasn't the most valuable batsmen in the team.