<p>Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul Haq broke the Test record for the fastest fifty and equalled the quickest century feat barely three weeks after withdrawing from the one-day side for poor form and slow batting.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The 40-year-old smashed a 21-ball fifty and a 56-ball hundred on the fourth day of the second Test, which put his team in sight of a 2-0 series win, their first series win in 20 years against Australia.<br /><br />Misbah said it was a great honour for being bracketed with West Indian legend Viv Richards who hit a 56-ball hundred against England at Antigua in 1986.<br /><br />"I think it's the biggest honor for me," said Misbah.<br /><br />"I am nowhere near to him but scoring a hundred in a similar number of deliveries is really something that I will remember the whole of my life."<br /><br />The right-hand batsman broke South African Jacques Kalli's record of the fastest Test fifty, which he made off 24 balls against Zimbabwe at Cape Town in 2004.<br /><br />It proved to be a Super Sunday for the Pakistan skipper, often castigated by experts and fans alike for his "tuk, tuk style of batting.<br /><br />Misbah said he didn't know about the record until a team-mate told him.<br /><br />"Somebody ran to me when I was on 80 informing me that I was just ten balls away from making a record. "But in either case I was trying to hit every ball and that really couldn't make any difference.<br /><br /> But it is always good to have these sort of records as it gives you some sort of satisfaction and scoring 100 is always special for a batsman in a Test and nothing is better than that."<br /><br />Misbah felt his quick scoring will help in next year's World Cup, which Australia and New Zealand co-host in February-March. "It was a really important situation for me considering what happened in the recent past and especially ahead of the World Cup," he added.</p>
<p>Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul Haq broke the Test record for the fastest fifty and equalled the quickest century feat barely three weeks after withdrawing from the one-day side for poor form and slow batting.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The 40-year-old smashed a 21-ball fifty and a 56-ball hundred on the fourth day of the second Test, which put his team in sight of a 2-0 series win, their first series win in 20 years against Australia.<br /><br />Misbah said it was a great honour for being bracketed with West Indian legend Viv Richards who hit a 56-ball hundred against England at Antigua in 1986.<br /><br />"I think it's the biggest honor for me," said Misbah.<br /><br />"I am nowhere near to him but scoring a hundred in a similar number of deliveries is really something that I will remember the whole of my life."<br /><br />The right-hand batsman broke South African Jacques Kalli's record of the fastest Test fifty, which he made off 24 balls against Zimbabwe at Cape Town in 2004.<br /><br />It proved to be a Super Sunday for the Pakistan skipper, often castigated by experts and fans alike for his "tuk, tuk style of batting.<br /><br />Misbah said he didn't know about the record until a team-mate told him.<br /><br />"Somebody ran to me when I was on 80 informing me that I was just ten balls away from making a record. "But in either case I was trying to hit every ball and that really couldn't make any difference.<br /><br /> But it is always good to have these sort of records as it gives you some sort of satisfaction and scoring 100 is always special for a batsman in a Test and nothing is better than that."<br /><br />Misbah felt his quick scoring will help in next year's World Cup, which Australia and New Zealand co-host in February-March. "It was a really important situation for me considering what happened in the recent past and especially ahead of the World Cup," he added.</p>