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Episode 57 - Great Pakistani Batting Innings - Inzamam ul Haq vs New Zealand, 1992

July 21, 2024 • Ahmer Naqvi and Osman Samiuddin • Season 7 • Episode 1

Welcome to the batting sibling of our great Pakistani pace spells series! We start off with a canonical entry, Inzi's starmaking turn at the '92 World Cup semifinal.

0:00 Intro
03:45 Inzi's iconic innings
08:36 Context for this match
15:45 Jonty's runout that made fielding a genuine skill
22:07 Inzi in cluth moments
28:50 The 1992 World Cup and the birth of modern cricket
37:50 How Inzi broke NZ's foolproof bowling
44:55 How this innings defined his reputation