Babar Azam's lack of big hundreds

[minamino]

Even though he has scored a lot of 100s in international cricket but the issue is that most of his hundreds are in excess of 100-120. For me that is not enough. In order to be an ATG you need to convert those 100s into big hundreds.

His highest in Tests is 127*

His highest in ODIs is 125*

 

[Bleedgreen4ever]

Well Sachin never had a single triple hundred.

I would rather have him score consistently than scoring a high score against a minnow and fail in the next 8 innings like Shehzad, Akmal and company

 

[Rana]

Wasim Akram and jason Gillespie have double hundreds in Test. Double tons are overrated, but if it means anything then I believe Babar can get 300 in this innings by the end of it.

 

[Aman]

It'll come with time, he seems to have become a century scoring machine the last few months.

 

[Mean&Green]

As long as the batsman scores enough runs for his side to win that’s all that matters so far he hasn’t done that. Big hundreds are personal milestones winning score of even 1 is more valuable to the team than a double hundred.

 

[Hasan123]

It will come. There was a time were some thought he would not be good enough for tests.

 

[Mamoon]

It will happen eventually. He will score a lot of double tons in his career.

 

[Shaddy86]

Scoring big hundreds doesn't make you an ATG, enforcing results with your batting or holding onto your wicket to turn losses into draws makes you the better batsman. I'd rather him score tougher hundreds or even fifties than to score easy doubles and triples.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Babar at 116*, his highest score so far in the World Test Championship. Previous best was 115*. Babar also currently sits at an average of 117.4 in the WTC over 5 matches/8 innings, highest in the tournament.

 

[sweep_shot]

Babar hasn't been that great in Test but he is still averaging over 45. He also played many of his Tests in SENA countries.

He should score big in this Test and he is looking good.

 

[angrypathan]

128* as I write this. Poor thread, if you've followed Babar's career you'll find he's continually improving and reaching new heights. Daddy hundreds and double centuries will come soon

 

[Abdullah719]

Timely thread. He has crossed 130 for Pakistan for the first time today

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Babar on 136* now, his highest ever score in the Test format going past his previous best of 127*. Eager to see how far he goes.

 

[AdamM97]

To be fair, he never got a chance to score big against Sri Lanka. He always came in too late and had to end his innings on 100-110*.

 

[Danyaalr01]

Currently on his highest score in international cricket, 143* at stumps.

 

[IMMY69]

I think he should be scoring a double century in every innings and in each format..

 

[Ahmed4472]

Even though he has scored a lot of 100s in international cricket but the issue is that most of his hundreds are in excess of 100-120. For me that is not enough. In order to be an ATG you need to convert those 100s into big hundreds.

His highest in Tests is 127*

His highest in ODIs is 125*

Your fault; you created this thread today and he responded.

 

[Bewal Express]

I think he should be scoring a double century in every innings and in each format..

And if he doesn't he is a failure.

 

[Monsee]

I think he should be scoring a double century in every innings and in each format..

Especially against the highly ranked countries, whether Pak is playing against them or not is not our headache...he must prove himself capable

 

[Amjid Javed]

They way hes playing at moment he should be called bradman Azam.

 

[Hasan]

He needs to watch videos of Younis Khan who was exceptional in scorning big hundreds.

 

[OhTwadi]

He has great fitness levels so I'm sure he will be able to make big hundreds for Pakistan

 

[ahmadharis1]

Hopefully this post will turn out like that "Will Fakhar Zaman score an ODI double hundred?"

 

[Ab Fan]

Early days of a player's career and too much of micro-analysis will take us nowhere and this is another such example.

It takes time to get the process right and once that is done, big runs, big tons, double tons all start flowing as we can see for Babar since that Australia tour.

 

[Rana]

Anything below 300 runs against this bowling attack is a fail for Babar Azam. If David Warner can smash an attack consisting of Abbas, Musa, Yasir and Naseem (Much more superior to this bangladesh attack) effortlessly for 300+ then there should be nothing stopping Babar to do the same.

 

[The Viper]

Haha great timing this thread.

Hopefully Babar can get a double hundred.

 

[Markhor]

Seems to be a lot of talk about "what Babar Azam has to do" these days.

Babar doesn't have to do anything to prove himself to these online geeks setting arbitrary conditions for greatness. All that matters is whether he has contributing to Pakistan winning matches - fifties, hundreds or double hundreds.

The quality of an innings isn't just the volume of runs, but the match situation, the opposition strength, the occasion etc. What's the use of a double ton in a drawn Test on a road versus a gritty fifty to see you through a chase of 180 on a turning Day 5 pitch ?

 

[Adnan_Ilyas]

Love his batting - can't wait for his 200

 

[hitthestump]

Tomorrow represents an incredible chance for his first test double hundred. I hope he can do it.

 

[hitthestump]

Anything below 300 runs against this bowling attack is a fail for Babar Azam. If David Warner can smash an attack consisting of Abbas, Musa, Yasir and Naseem (Much more superior to this bangladesh attack) effortlessly for 300+ then there should be nothing stopping Babar to do the same.

Hope your armchair is nice and comfy buddy.

 

[sweep_shot]

Tomorrow represents an incredible chance for his first test double hundred. I hope he can do it.

I think he should go for 300. This type of opportunity doesn't come often.

Can't see BD dismissing him. He is on fire and BD attack is toothless.

 

[Finisher]

If Bangladesh dont get him out early he will go past his highest FC score

 

[sweep_shot]

As a BD fan, I would have loved to see him out early on.

But, now that BD are out of the game, I want Babar to score big. I hope he reaches 300.

I am a big fan of him.