KARACHI: Legend Pakistani cricketer and former captain Javed Miandad was on Friday hospitalised after he fell ill.
According to his family, he was shifted to a local hospital as he had fallen on the ground after vertigo.
The legend — famous for his last-ball six against India in the final of the Austral-Asia Cup in 1986 — was taken to the medical facility after he “suddenly collapsed”.
He played for Pakistan in Test and One-Day International between 1975 and 1996. Noted for his unique technique and impressive control Miandad has won accolades and applause from cricket historians as well as contemporaries. Miandad was ranked 44th among the best cricketers of all time by the ESPN Legends of Cricket. He has served as a captain of the Pakistan team. He is widely known for his historic last ball big six against India in 1986 at Sharjah, when 4 runs were required to win, winning an international game in that fashion for the first time, and for his contribution with the bat in the 1992 ICC World Cup.
