It was a day to remember for Babar Azam, who played his best and most memorable knock in Pakistan colours — certainly in Tests and maybe even in all formats. With the game and the home team’s pride on the line, Babar came in to bat on when the team was reeling at 21 for 2. Skipper continued to register multiple records quite effortlessly.
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Here is a full list of records he broke today:
Highest score by a Pakistani batter in fourth innings
Babar’s 196 is the highest score by a Pakistani batsman in the fourth innings of a Test match. Previously, Younis Khan held that record. He had scored a 107 against India in Kolkata in 2007. It means that Babar improved that record by an astonishing 89 runs.
Highest score by a captain in the fourth innings.
Babar’s 196 is also the highest score by a captain of any nationality in the fourth innings of a Test match. Previously, the record was held by England’s Mike Atheron, who had scored an unbeaten 185 against South Africa in Johannesburg in 1995.
Most balls consumed by a Pakistan batter in 4th innings
Babar Azam consumed 425 balls, which makes his knock the longest ever in the 4th innings by a Pakistani batter in Test cricket. The record was previously held by Shoaib Malik, who had consumed 369 balls in his knock of 148* against Sri Lanka in Colombo in 2006.
Source: Dawn
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