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When Azhar smashed Klusener #OnThisDay in 1996, Mohammed Azharuddin smashed a 74 ball hundred against South Africa at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Azhar smashed 5 consecutive fours against Klusener Fastest Test Hundred for India 74 Kapil / Azhar 78 Sehwag 85 Dhawan

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KING MALIK Achievements as a Cricketer: ● International Cricket: Runs: 11,867 Hundreds: 12 Fifties: 61 Double Hundred: 1 Catches: 166 Sixes: 199 Wickets: 218 BBI: 4/19 POTMs: 25 POTSs: 8 ●T20 Format: Runs: 13,571 Wickets: 187 Fifties: 83 Catches: 238 Sixes: 422 POTMs: 43 POTSs: 3 BBI: 5/13 5fers: 2 ■ MAJOR TOURNAMENT WINS: • 2009 T20WC • 2017 Champions Trophy • 2000 Asia Cup • 16 T20 titles ■ PAKISTAN-SPECIFIC RECORDS: • 9th highest international run-scorer for Pakistan: (11,867 runs) • 5th most ODI runs for Pakistan: (7,534 runs) • 4th most T20I runs for Pakistan: (2,423 runs) • 5th most ODI wickets for Pakistan among spinners: (158 Wickets) • 7th most Player of the Match awards for Pakistan: (25 POTMs) • 3rd most Player of the Series awards for Pakistan: (8 POTS) • Most runs for Pakistan in multi-nation events: (2,033 runs) • 2nd most centuries for Pakistan in tournaments: (4 Hundreds) • 2nd Most Player of the Match awards for Pakistan in tournaments: (7 POTMs) • Most Runs for Pakistan in T20 World Cups: (646 runs at an average of 34) • Most Runs for Pakistan in Asia Cups: (907 runs at an average of 65 along with 14 wickets at an economy of 4.3) • 2nd most Player of the Match awards in Asia Cup history: (5 POTMs) • Highest run-scorer in Asia Cup 2004: 316 runs at an average of 64 (along with 9 wickets at an economy of 3.2) • Highest score in Champions Trophy for Pakistan: 128 vs India (2009) ■ ICONIC MOMENTS vs INDIA & In BIG GAMES: • Four ODI centuries and 11 fifties against India in 42 Matches. • 1,782 ODI runs vs India @ 47 average. • Only Pakistani batter to score an ODI century against India in ICC events & Asia Cups. • Most ODI hundreds in multinational tournaments vs India — (3 Hundreds) • Century + four-wicket haul in the same ODI. • Only player in T20 World Cup history to score two consecutive Match winning fifties on consecutive days: • 57 (31) vs Sri Lanka 17 SEP 2007 • 52* (38) vs Australia 18 SEP 2007 • Match-winning partnerships with Shahid Afridi in 2009 T20WC semi-final & final ■ LEADERSHIP & CLUTCH RECORDS: • 3rd most T20 Trophies (16 Titles) • 6th Most runs in T20s.(13571 runs) • 6th most POTMs in T20s. (43 POTMs) • Highest winning percentage as Pakistan ODI captain — 61.0% • Highest Batting Average against SENA in T20WC history: (49.80) • First captain to win 10 T20I matches. •2nd most Player of the Match awards as captain in T20s. (18 POTMs) • 700+ T20I runs @ 47 avg & 150+ SR under Sarfraz Ahmed during Pakistan’s 3-year No.1 ranking period. • Most runs in middle order in T20I wins (1662) • 4th Most T20I wins as a Player (86 wins). • Most not-outs in successful T20I run-chases in history — (18 times). • 3rd most not-outs in successful run-chases (ODI + T20I) — (40 Times). • 4th Most runs in Psl history (2350 runs) • Highest 4th innings batting average in the 21st century — (58.71 Avg) • Led Pakistan to the 2007 T20 World Cup final ■ T20 KNOCKOUTS & FINAL MASTER: • Most Player of the Match awards in T20 knockouts — 9 • Most Player of the Match awards in T20 finals — (5 POTMs) • Most runs in T20 finals — 589 @ 42 avg + 12 wickets • Most runs in T20 knockouts — 1,675 @ 36 avg + 24 wickets • Most runs in winning T20 finals — 470 @ 58 avg + 7 wickets • Most runs in winning T20 knockouts — 1,001 @ 50 avg + 16 wickets. • Player of the Match award in CPL Final 2015. • Player of the Match award in LPL Final 2020. ■ HISTORIC MILESTONES: • 30,000+ runs and 750+ wickets in professional cricket. • Only player in history with 25,000+ runs & 300+ wickets — 25,018 runs & 496 wickets. •Only Asian player with 2,000+ runs & 50+ wickets as captain in T20 cricket — 4,115 runs & 78 wickets Happy birthday to one of the Greatest and most underrated cricket ever. Shoaib Malik 🇵🇰 #PakvsAus #PakVsInd
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KING MALIK Achievements as a Cricketer: ● International Cricket: Runs: 11,867 Hundreds: 12 Fifties: 61 Double Hundred: 1 Catches: 166 Sixes: 199 Wickets: 218 BBI: 4/19 POTMs: 25 POTSs: 8 ●T20 Format: Runs: 13,571 Wickets: 187 Fifties: 83 Catches: 238 Sixes: 422 POTMs: 43 POTSs: 3 BBI: 5/13 5fers: 2 ■ MAJOR TOURNAMENT WINS: • 2009 T20WC • 2017 Champions Trophy • 2000 Asia Cup • 16 T20 titles ■ PAKISTAN-SPECIFIC RECORDS: • 9th highest international run-scorer for Pakistan: (11,867 runs) • 5th most ODI runs for Pakistan: (7,534 runs) • 4th most T20I runs for Pakistan: (2,423 runs) • 5th most ODI wickets for Pakistan among spinners: (158 Wickets) • 7th most Player of the Match awards for Pakistan: (25 POTMs) • 3rd most Player of the Series awards for Pakistan: (8 POTS) • Most runs for Pakistan in multi-nation events: (2,033 runs) • 2nd most centuries for Pakistan in tournaments: (4 Hundreds) • 2nd Most Player of the Match awards for Pakistan in tournaments: (7 POTMs) • Most Runs for Pakistan in T20 World Cups: (646 runs at an average of 34) • Most Runs for Pakistan in Asia Cups: (907 runs at an average of 65 along with 14 wickets at an economy of 4.3) • 2nd most Player of the Match awards in Asia Cup history: (5 POTMs) • Highest run-scorer in Asia Cup 2004: 316 runs at an average of 64 (along with 9 wickets at an economy of 3.2) • Highest score in Champions Trophy for Pakistan: 128 vs India (2009) ■ ICONIC MOMENTS vs INDIA & In BIG GAMES: • Four ODI centuries and 11 fifties against India in 42 Matches. • 1,782 ODI runs vs India @ 47 average. • Only Pakistani batter to score an ODI century against India in ICC events & Asia Cups. • Most ODI hundreds in multinational tournaments vs India — (3 Hundreds) • Century + four-wicket haul in the same ODI. • Only player in T20 World Cup history to score two consecutive Match winning fifties on consecutive days: • 57 (31) vs Sri Lanka 17 SEP 2007 • 52* (38) vs Australia 18 SEP 2007 • Match-winning partnerships with Shahid Afridi in 2009 T20WC semi-final & final ■ LEADERSHIP & CLUTCH RECORDS: • 3rd most T20 Trophies (16 Titles) • 6th Most runs in T20s.(13571 runs) • 6th most POTMs in T20s. (43 POTMs) • Highest winning percentage as Pakistan ODI captain — 61.0% • Highest Batting Average against SENA in T20WC history: (49.80) • First captain to win 10 T20I matches. •2nd most Player of the Match awards as captain in T20s. (18 POTMs) • 700+ T20I runs @ 47 avg & 150+ SR under Sarfraz Ahmed during Pakistan’s 3-year No.1 ranking period. • Most runs in middle order in T20I wins (1662) • 4th Most T20I wins as a Player (86 wins). • Most not-outs in successful T20I run-chases in history — (18 times). • 3rd most not-outs in successful run-chases (ODI + T20I) — (40 Times). • 4th Most runs in Psl history (2350 runs) • Highest 4th innings batting average in the 21st century — (58.71 Avg) • Led Pakistan to the 2007 T20 World Cup final ■ T20 KNOCKOUTS & FINAL MASTER: • Most Player of the Match awards in T20 knockouts — 9 • Most Player of the Match awards in T20 finals — (5 POTMs) • Most runs in T20 finals — 589 @ 42 avg + 12 wickets • Most runs in T20 knockouts — 1,675 @ 36 avg + 24 wickets • Most runs in winning T20 finals — 470 @ 58 avg + 7 wickets • Most runs in winning T20 knockouts — 1,001 @ 50 avg + 16 wickets. • Player of the Match award in CPL Final 2015. • Player of the Match award in LPL Final 2020. ■ HISTORIC MILESTONES: • 30,000+ runs and 750+ wickets in professional cricket. • Only player in history with 25,000+ runs & 300+ wickets — 25,018 runs & 496 wickets. •Only Asian player with 2,000+ runs & 50+ wickets as captain in T20 cricket — 4,115 runs & 78 wickets Happy birthday to one of the Greatest and most underrated cricket ever. Shoaib Malik 🇵🇰 #PakvsAus #PakVsInd

Daniyal

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Warrant Officer Karl Sander (sometimes spelled Sanders), a dedicated KwaZulu-Natal Hawks narcotics veteran with over 40 years of service, testified at the ongoing Madlanga Commission. He described how his personal coffee machine, the one thing he called his "only safe space" during exhausting, dangerous shifts fighting drug syndicates, was brazenly stolen from right inside the Hawks' own Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) offices. Instead of launching a proper investigation into the theft or supporting one of their own officers, senior management (including a General Senona) treated him as the prime suspect. They subjected this loyal officer to a humiliating polygraph test over the theft of his own damn coffee machine. He even laughed bitterly on the stand while recounting it, saying he "just wanted it back." This wasn't some isolated prank. It happened against the backdrop of major drug theft scandals in the Hawks, including the 2021 disappearance of 541kg of cocaine (worth around R200 million) from a Port Shepstone exhibit room; cases where honest officers like Sander have been sidelined, transferred, denied promotions, and harassed for actually doing their jobs against the cartels. South Africans, fed up with the endless corruption and dysfunction, exploded in support. A BackaBuddy campaign launched by Durban paramedic Kyle van Reenen with a humble R5,000 goal has now smashed through R350,000+ (and still climbing) from thousands of donors. People are calling it a rare feel-good moment in a country drowning in crime and betrayal. Sander has said he’ll buy a new coffee machine and use the surplus to fund narcotics detection dogs for harbor operations, turning public outrage into something practical. But let's be real. This story shouldn't even exist. In a functioning country, a veteran anti-drug officer shouldn't have to rely on public crowdfunding because the very institution meant to fight crime can't stop its own people from stealing a damn coffee machine, or worse, turns on the honest ones. This is the ANC's South Africa in 2026. Institutions hollowed out by cadre deployment, protection of criminals, and persecution of those who refuse to play along. The Hawks, supposedly the elite unit, are a circus of theft, suspicion, and incompetence. One decent officer gets a rare win from the public, but it doesn't fix the broken system that's destroying this country.
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Warrant Officer Karl Sander (sometimes spelled Sanders), a dedicated KwaZulu-Natal Hawks narcotics veteran with over 40 years of service, testified at the ongoing Madlanga Commission. He described how his personal coffee machine, the one thing he called his "only safe space" during exhausting, dangerous shifts fighting drug syndicates, was brazenly stolen from right inside the Hawks' own Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) offices. Instead of launching a proper investigation into the theft or supporting one of their own officers, senior management (including a General Senona) treated him as the prime suspect. They subjected this loyal officer to a humiliating polygraph test over the theft of his own damn coffee machine. He even laughed bitterly on the stand while recounting it, saying he "just wanted it back." This wasn't some isolated prank. It happened against the backdrop of major drug theft scandals in the Hawks, including the 2021 disappearance of 541kg of cocaine (worth around R200 million) from a Port Shepstone exhibit room; cases where honest officers like Sander have been sidelined, transferred, denied promotions, and harassed for actually doing their jobs against the cartels. South Africans, fed up with the endless corruption and dysfunction, exploded in support. A BackaBuddy campaign launched by Durban paramedic Kyle van Reenen with a humble R5,000 goal has now smashed through R350,000+ (and still climbing) from thousands of donors. People are calling it a rare feel-good moment in a country drowning in crime and betrayal. Sander has said he’ll buy a new coffee machine and use the surplus to fund narcotics detection dogs for harbor operations, turning public outrage into something practical. But let's be real. This story shouldn't even exist. In a functioning country, a veteran anti-drug officer shouldn't have to rely on public crowdfunding because the very institution meant to fight crime can't stop its own people from stealing a damn coffee machine, or worse, turns on the honest ones. This is the ANC's South Africa in 2026. Institutions hollowed out by cadre deployment, protection of criminals, and persecution of those who refuse to play along. The Hawks, supposedly the elite unit, are a circus of theft, suspicion, and incompetence. One decent officer gets a rare win from the public, but it doesn't fix the broken system that's destroying this country.

Alice VL

19,053 views • 2 months ago