KARACHI: Legendary Pakistan cricketer Javed Miandad has issued a clarification on his health condition from the hospital, saying he is feeling much better now and threre is nothing serious to worry about.
Miandad, 65, who was taken to a local hospital in Karachi earlier today, said it was just a routine checkup for which he was admitted to the hospital and told his well wishers not to worry much about his health condition.
“The news about my detriorating health has spread all over the media” he said in a video message from the hospital bed.
“I want to assure my friend, relatives and fans that there is nothing to worry about. It is just a routine checkup.”
Batting legend Miandad was Pakistan cricket’s heartbeat from 1975-1996, during which he scored 16,213 international runs with 31 centuries in 357 matches. In a 402-match first-class career from 1973-74 to 1993-94, Miandad scored 28,663 runs at an average of over 53 with 80 centuries and 139 half-centuries.
Miandad played in the 1975 World Cup as an 18-year-old and then went to participate in five more World Cups, winning the 1992 event in Australia under Imran Khan. In 33 World Cup matches, Miandad scored 1,083 runs at an average of over 43.
Miandad scored a century (163) on Test debut in Lahore in the first Test against New Zealand in 1976 and then scored first of his six double-centuries (206) in the third Test in Karachi. In his 100th Test in Lahore in 1989, Miandad scored 145 to become only the second batter (other being Gordon Greenidge) to score centuries in debut and 100th Test.
Miandad scored over 1,000 Test runs against Australia (1,797 in 25 Tests), England (1,329 in 22 Tests), India (2,228 in 28 Tests) and New Zealand (1,919 in 18 Tests), while he scored over 1,000 ODI runs against Australia (1,019 in 35 matches), India (1,175 in 35 matches), Sri Lanka (1,141 in 35 matches) and West Indies (1,930 in 64 matches).
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