Watch: Pakistan legend hits six 6s in batting blitzkrieg

Johannesburg - Former skipper, Misbah Ul Haq, has come a long way from his 'tuk tuk' days.

Pakistan's 40-plus cricket legend - notorious for his 'slow batting' - recently 'pulled off an Afridi' when he hit six sixes in six straight balls. by
Under pressure to retire after the upcoming West Indies series, 42-year-old Misbah Ul Haq went on a batting blitzkrieg playing for Hong Kong Island United in Hong Kong T20 Blitz, hit six sixes in six balls against Hung Hom Jaguars, Hindustan Times reported.
With Misbah's team on 175/6 in 18.4 overs, the Pakistan decided to take matters in his own hand. He hit Imran Arif for two sixes in the last two balls of the 19th over.
The former Pakistan skipper's efforts help Hong Kong Island United put up 216/6 on the scoreboard, with him remaining unbeaten on 82 off just 37 balls, with seven sixes and four fours.
 Hung Hom Jaguars could only manage 183/8.
"That was crucial because when we are playing for this team, we don't know what resources we have or what the batting line-up is like, so we try to bat through all 20 overs and see what we can do to the maximum," said Misbah.
"That's what I was trying to do, play normal cricketing shots until the last couple of overs and then with these short boundaries we can take 35-40 runs and try to get 200 plus runs. We capitalised on the last two overs."

The T20 Blitz is one of a number of new Twenty20 tournaments around the world which are giving fresh opportunities to players on the fringes of national selection.
Darren Sammy, Kumar Sangakkara, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Misbah-ul-Haq are also among the foreign players at the five-day Hong Kong tournament, while Brian Lara and Shahid Afridi are acting as team mentors.
"It's an opportunity to get out of the cold in England and come and play some good cricket on some grass surfaces, which is important," said Bell.
(With inputs from AFP)

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