Former Pakistan batsman Javed Miandad, who has represented the national side in a total of 357 international matches, was born on this day in 1957. Following his retirement from the game, he has served as the coach of the Pakistan team on several occasions.
Miandad had led Pakistan in 34 matches, winning 14 of them while losing six.
He is currently the sixth-highest run-scorer for his country in the 50-over format of the game.
The former Pakistan coach, who was one of the shining light for Pakistan in their World Cup-winning campaign in 1992, became the first cricketer to feature in six editions of the showpiece event.
Miandad continues to remain second highest-scorer for Pakistan till date. He also has the best average among those having scored more than 3,000 Test runs.
The former Pakistan batsman also retired from the game as the highest run-scorer for the country in Test cricket before being overtaken by Younis Khan.
Miandad finished as the highest run-scorer in the World Cups with a total of 1,083 runs from 35 ODIs he played at the prestigious event at an average of 43.32.
Miandad's highest Test score of 280 came against arch-rivals India in 1983 in Hyderabad. It was one of his six double centuries--which is the most scored by any Pakistan batsman.
The former Pakistan batsman appeared in 124 matches in the longest format of the game, notching up 8,832 runs at an average of 52.57.
Miandad's ODI career spanned from 1975 to 1996 in which he appeared in 233 ODIs and scored 7,381 runs at an average of 41.70.
He received his maiden cap for Pakistan in the longest format of the game during a Test match against New Zealand in October 1976.
Miandad made his international debut during Pakistan's One-Day International (ODI) match against West Indies in June 1975.