Of his 109 (72) against South Africa during a stunning one-wicket remaining chase of 287 at Abu Dhabi in 2010, and his 5-31 against Sri Lanka in Sharjah in 1999 at a stage when Sri Lanka were requiring a mere 20 runs in 40 balls with 5 wickets remaining, which performance would you rate more highly?
With all the talk about Mitchell Johnson, let's not forget the brilliance of AB. He may not have gotten a hundred but he showed tremendous courage in facing Johnson.
This guy is so ridiculously consistent that he's a statistician's delight! Everyone knows that he scores centuries after centuries in first class cricket, but people doubt his limited overs credentials. Here are his List A innings since Faysal bank one day cup (March 11, 2013).
Latest games first: 3 114* (vs Gul, Ehsan) 14 94 (Khalil, Iftikhar Anjum, Razzaq) 67 0 106* 40* (Anwar Ali, Cheema, Malik) 60 (Junaid Khan, Rana, Z.Babar) 58* (Asad Ali, Bhatti, Hafeez, Yasir Shah) 57 (Irfan, Arafat, Rahat) 39 (Khalil)
Should we be employing the use of the median (another form of average) as a method of truly judging the worth of a player?