Babar Azam's 50 to 100 conversion rate

[JibranAnsari]

Babar Azam has 24 50s and 8 hundreds , out of these 24 50s 10 score are between 100 and 70. In my opinion he could have at least converted half of them into 100s. Right now his 100 scoring rate is almost 10 innings/100 and 4 more hundreds could have improved this rate to 6.5 which is pretty good.

After 80 innings virat kohli had 12 hundreds and 12 50s.
Joe root had 10 hundreds and 21 50s ( including the 254 against pakistan)

Williamson had 12 hundreds 16 50s.

 

[Ab Fan]

Kohli had 12 hundreds and 12 50s.

This means Kohli would either hit a hundred after getting set or get out cheaply. He would basically cash in fully or do nothing as support role in helping his team win the game.

Babar with 24 50s is a magnificent support batsman, something which Kohli can only dream of.

 

[Kraetoz]

With so much cricket being played these days, it is difficult for all the batsman to do good in all three formats, i am sure his overall conversion rate would be good across formats, considering he is fastest to 13,14,15,16 and 17 odi centuries. Babar this year has scored most centuries(7) and most Fifties (16) or is it 15? I think today's fifty was his 16th, yes he could have converted some of those fifties in to 100s but no one in the world is currently this good across formats.

 

[Kraetoz]

Kohli had 12 hundreds and 12 50s.

This means Kohli would either hit a hundred after getting set or get out cheaply. He would basically cash in fully or do nothing as support role in helping his team win the game.

Babar with 24 50s is a magnificent support batsman, something which Kohli can only dream of.

Support batsman indeed considering Babar has the most 50+ scores from the list he posted

Most 50+ scores after 80 innings

Babar 32
Root 31
Williamson 28
Kohli 24

 

[topspin]

This is one of the reasons why Babar will finish his Test career a long way behind Younis Khan despite being blessed with a better technique against the pace bowlers.

Younis had an excellent conversion rate of 50 -> 100 and also a very good rate of converting 100s -> 150+ scores. His hunger for runs cannot be matched.

 

[Ashmal]

Similar to what Joe Root was going through pre-2021.


Babar needs to improve drastically in this facet of his game....50s are not going to win test matches.

 

[Justcrazy]

Babaar will regret this when he retires.

 

[ElRaja]

he is not similar to joe root, root had a far better first class hundred ratio.

babar has had this problem forever, even prior to his test debut he had a terrible conversion ratio in first class cricket (he has 8 centuries in 44 tests, and 3 in 36 in non test first-class games). he struggles to maintain concentration over sessions, especially when restarting on a new day.

i was hoping this home season would be his turning point given how flat some of the pitches are, but I'm beginning to doubt it, i think eventually he'll have to move down to number five.

furthermore 2 hundreds in 26 away tests is very poor, if he had been playing in the UAE era i doubt hed be averaging more than low 40s at this stage. he's still paks best batsman but i dont think he will be able to reach inzi, yk, miandad kinda levels in the pak great conversation in tests.

he's an odi great, but at tests he doesn't even get into a post 1990 test team, let alone an all time pak xi on his current performance.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

He's just vastly overrated by everyone. Only when it's too late will people realise.

 

[Joseph Gomes]

Babar is wasting the golden period of his life not scoring the centuries that he's well capable of. Once he's older than 32 he will no longer be able to score 50s consistently. Babar should have scored at least 12-14 tons by now

 

[Maher96]

Stat wise, as a Pakistani. Babar knows he has GOAT level numbers.

And slowly the run machine Babar is becoming, EGO Babar.

He seems Satisfied with how he plays personally.

 

[The_KING]

Babar is a mental midget, so not a surprise that his 50 to 100 conversion rate in tests is so poor.

 

[TeamPak95]

I'm not one of those fans who make bravado-level proclamations and lay judgment on how a player's career will pan out based on current form as simply put, in Babar's case, there's still comfortably a lot of cricket left in him. That being said, Babar really needs to up his conversion rate and score those big hundreds to be remembered as not only a Pakistani great but a cricketing great. The last thing we'd want is for him to have an underwhelming career at the end given his batting acumen.

 

[shamaan]

He's miles behind Miandad and younis.

 

[W63L35]

Lowest 50 to 100 Conversion Rate ...... below 25%.
Qualification: Minimum 5 Test 100s.

MarK Boucher had to lowest conversion rate.
Only 12.50% of his 50+ scores were converted to 100s. i.e. 5 100s out of 40 scores fo 50+.

 

[W63L35]

iHighest 50 to 100 Conversion Rate ......above 50%.
Qualification: Minimum 5 Test 100s.

Fawad Alam has the 2nd Highest Conversion Rate.
71.43% of his 50+ scores were converted to 100s. i.e. 5 100s out of 7 scores of 50+.

 

[W63L35]

Highest Innings to Test 100s Ratio. > 15%
Qualification: Minimum 5 Test 100s.

For example, Fawad Alam as converted 16.67% of his test innings to 100s.

 

[Mamoon]

iHighest 50 to 100 Conversion Rate ......above 50%.
Qualification: Minimum 5 Test 100s.

Fawad Alam has the 2nd Highest Conversion Rate.
71.43% of his 50+ scores were converted to 100s. i.e. 5 100s out of 7 scores of 50+.

Highest Innings to Test 100s Ratio. > 15%
Qualification: Minimum 5 Test 100s.

For example, Fawad Alam as converted 16.67% of his test innings to 100s.

When you average 8.25, 10.50 & 12.50 against three teams post comeback, your 50-100 conversion rate doesn’t matter.

The bigger issue is your consistency & why three teams made you look like a tailender in spite of all your experience & runs in FC cricket.

 

[Ab Fan]

he is not similar to joe root, root had a far better first class hundred ratio.

babar has had this problem forever, even prior to his test debut he had a terrible conversion ratio in first class cricket (he has 8 centuries in 44 tests, and 3 in 36 in non test first-class games). he struggles to maintain concentration over sessions, especially when restarting on a new day.

i was hoping this home season would be his turning point given how flat some of the pitches are, but I'm beginning to doubt it, i think eventually he'll have to move down to number five.

furthermore 2 hundreds in 26 away tests is very poor, if he had been playing in the UAE era i doubt hed be averaging more than low 40s at this stage. he's still paks best batsman but i dont think he will be able to reach inzi, yk, miandad kinda levels in the pak great conversation in tests.

he's an odi great, but at tests he doesn't even get into a post 1990 test team, let alone an all time pak xi on his current performance.

I think he has time on his side to cover up the issues he has. However, fans should wait before hyping.

 

[ElRaja]

I think he has time on his side to cover up the issues he has. However, fans should wait before hyping.

some ppl just arent wired to bat long, damien martyn, David gower, mark waugh, haynes, all match winning players who rarely scored daddy hundreds, babar has time, but his real age is around 30, so not a lot more tbh.

inzi, yk, even yousuf had period of 2 to 3 seasons averaging in the 70s or 80s. babar needs that kinda run.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

I think he has time on his side to cover up the issues he has. However, fans should wait before hyping.

Who is hyping him? And why should people listen to those who themselves hype players based on 2-3 good innings?

 

[MenInG]

Nasser Hussain in an interview:

“So I love watching Babar play, and he’s under immense pressure. He’s carrying a batting line-up, in the World T20 I think it was the first I’ve ever since Babar looked out of nick. I think he’ll end up in all-time great, I wish people will cut him a little bit of slack because he’ll go through periods when he doesn’t get runs, and in this part of the world you get absolutely vilified. But you won’t realise how good Babar Azam is until he’s gone because he is that much of a special talent,”