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After drawing second test match of the series against New Zealand, Pakistan has won their first Test Cricket series after a gap of 4 years and 2 months. bari der ki mehraan aate aate! But can you imagine Pakistan going for a draw under Imran Khan from a position where 66 runs were needed off 11 overs (NZ actually end up bowling 14 overs) and 6 wickets were in hand. Imran would have gone for a match result in such situation whereas Misbah chose the safe result of a draw from such position today and Pakistan scored only 18 runs in the last 14 overs. It will definitely look good on his resume’ and he may also even get World Cup captaincy over from Shahid Afridi tomorrow. Now despite the decision to go for the draw I should mention that Misbah is still commendable to have scored 6 fifites in his last 6 innings. Him and Younis Khan held the whole batting line together in this test match.

Anyways – despite this draw, Pakistan has finally won the series. Pakistan’s last Test series win was against West Indies in December of 2006. Following is the summary of Test series results since Pakistan won it the last time.

(1) 2010-11 Pakistan v New Zealand in NZ (1-0) (Jan 19, 2011)

(2) 2010-11 Pakistan v South Africa in UAE (0-0)

(3) 2010 Pakistan v England in England (1-3)

(4) 2009-10 Pakistan v Australia in Australia (0-3)

(5) 2009-10 Pakistan v New Zealand in NZ (1-1)

(6) 2009 Pakistan v Sri Lanka in SL (0-2)

(7) 2008 Pakistan v Sri Lanka in Pakistan (0-0)

(8) 2007-08 Pakistan v India in India (0-1)

(9) 2007-08 Pakistan v South Africa in Pakistan (0-1)

(10) 2006-07 Pakistan v South Africa in South Africa (1-2)

(11) 2006-07 Pakistan v West Indies in Pakistan (2-0) (Dec 1, 2006)