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[VIDEO] Babar Azam scores his first Test century since 8th February 2020

Most definitely. His Test batting has been sliding of late, it's a worrying period for someone who's just 27. Hopefully he can bounce back in this series.
 
He has been sliding as a batsman/captain for a long time. He has become complacent because he controls everything and knows that he can’t be dropped
 
Rana said:
He has been sliding as a batsman/captain for a long time. He has become complacent because he controls everything and knows that he can’t be dropped
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Right. Because we have so many batsmen of Babar's quality just circling like sharks to replace him :))
 
hitthestump said:
Right. Because we have so many batsmen of Babar's quality just circling like sharks to replace him :))
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42 is the new 52 in Pakistan cricket for measuring the greatness of test batsmen something isn’t right when batsmen’s place isn’t in question averaging low 40s.

Also it takes forever to drop a batsman averaging 38 mediocrity is all over Pakistan cricket.
 
Well you can only score hundreds if you play enough games. To put OP's thread into perspective here I have looked at innings without hundreds rather than calendar days as OP pointed out.

Babar Azam:
In Test matches - last hundred was 20 innings back (vs Bangladesh on 7 Feb 2020)
In ODIs - last hundred was in his previous innings (vs England on 10 Jul 2021)

Virat Kohli:
In Test matches - last hundred was 30 innings back (vs Bangladesh on 22 Nov 2019)
In ODIs - last hundred was 22 innings back (vs WI 14 Aug 2019)
 
Rana said:
Kamran Ghulam and Saud Shaqeel are most likely better than him.
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Mate you can't be serious. I have a lot of respect for both of them but if you seriously believe that they are better than Babar in tests or for that matter in any format then something is seriously wrong in your assessment. Babar is likely to go down our most successful ODIs and potentially even test player.
 
PakEngFan said:
First zeeshan ashraf being better then rizwan. Now this. Kamran Ghulam is a very limited batsmen.
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Give Zeeshan Ashraf the same long rope Misbah gave Rizwan and watch him churn out soft runs too. At a faster rate

Do I care what you think of Kamran’s limitations? His stats speak for himself at FC level. Kamran will find a way out of a predicament whereas Babar will not.
 
Just for the sake of criticism
Even if Babar azam will score a century in this tests series, it will be totally dismissed on following pretext

1) Century on dead pitch is of 0 value
2) century with 50% strike rate is of 0 value.

I can see how imam ul haq’s both centuries were ridiculed and totally dismissed and azhar ali’s 185 as well.
So babar bhai if you score a century there will be criticism and if you do not still there will be criticism.
 
Rana said:
Give Zeeshan Ashraf the same long rope Misbah gave Rizwan and watch him churn out soft runs too. At a faster rate

Do I care what you think of Kamran’s limitations? His stats speak for himself at FC level. Kamran will find a way out of a predicament whereas Babar will not.
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Zeeshan ashraf would have been given a chance if his batting was with any thing decent. He’s not even in the top 30 best batsmens in Pakistan. His keeping is no better then a Sunday league keeper. Hence never considered. I like kamran Ghulam and have followed him since u19 days to suggest he’s better then Babar is absolutely ridiculous. His stats might be excellent but looking at his game against pace he will struggle outside SC. I hope he proves me wrong. You want to get rid of Azhar but Kamran is no way near an upgrade over Azhar let alone Babar.

I suggest watching cricket a bit more if you think the likes of zeeshan ashraf or kamran Ghulam being better then Rizwan and Babar.
 
Cover Drive Six said:
I watched their batting.
They are no where near to Babar. You must be kidding.
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Lol with due to respect to kamran Ghulam his batting remind me of a no 7 or 8 batsmen. There is no way he’s even 5% of Babar. This poster hates Pakistani best players I.e Babar, Rizwan and Shaheen.
 
no doubt about it, his test career has not lived up to his LOI exploits, but even guys like younis khan and inzi averaged mid 40s for their first 3000 odd test runs.

he has enough to level up, but you cant take for granted that he will. could easily slide into a middling 40s damien martyn type career, beautiful batter, but not a tier 1 test batsman.
 
Steve Smith hasn't score one in 430 days, though a bit to go to match Babar.
 
If there was ever a chance to put up a career-defining knock in tests, this is would be it for Babar. Right now, career-wise, he is a very good test match batsman (not a great one). To me, he has to score massive here, even if the game ends in a draw much to everyone's dismay. Jumping the gun here, but could you imagine if Babar scores a massive double ton, Pakistan batting long enough to put a sizeable lead, and then bowling Australia out for the win? That's some legendary stuff right there if you ask me, but again jumping the gun here :bobs.
 
No better time than this match to score a Test century.

The skipper's performance could be crucial for Pakistan.
 
Saj said:
No better time than this match to score a Test century.

The skipper's performance could be crucial for Pakistan.
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This pakistan team has carried passengers like Asad shafiq and Azhar Ali in the team..Yet now the captain is under the microscope.
 
Smudger said:
He has only played 5 tests I think has scored 2 double tons and a ton in 4 innings before that
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Still more than a year without a ton.

And people here like to talk about how Azhar Ali has scored just 3 tons in the last two years.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Still more than a year without a ton.

And people here like to talk about how Azhar Ali has scored just 3 tons in the last two years.
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Difference is Babar usually contributes 2 or 3 good inns a series. Unlike Azhar who just about plays 1 good knock to over inflate his series averages.
 
Amjid Javed said:
Difference is Babar usually contributes 2 or 3 good inns a series. Unlike Azhar who just about plays 1 good knock to over inflate his series averages.
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You're actually completely wrong on that.

In the past two years Babar has seven 50+ scores, whereas Azhar has six 50+ scores.

Biggest difference though is that out of these seven 50+ scores, Babar has only managed to convert one to a century...and that too against Bangladesh at home.

Whereas Azhar has managed to convert three of those 50+ scores into centuries.

But yeah do tell about how it is much more important to score a fifty rather than converting it into a century.
 
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You're actually completely wrong on that.

In the past two years Babar has seven 50+ scores, whereas Azhar has six 50+ scores.

Biggest difference though is that out of these seven 50+ scores, Babar has only managed to convert one to a century...and that too against Bangladesh at home.

Whereas Azhar has managed to convert three of those 50+ scores into centuries.

But yeah do tell about how it is much more important to score a fifty rather than converting it into a century.
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Again you ignored my point :facepalm:

Show me which series in last 2 years Azhar has performed in more than 1 inns in a series.

Show me the proof. Again all your doing is rambling and ignoring the question. according to you 1 good inns a series is legendary status :)))
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
You're actually completely wrong on that.

In the past two years Babar has seven 50+ scores, whereas Azhar has six 50+ scores.

Biggest difference though is that out of these seven 50+ scores, Babar has only managed to convert one to a century...and that too against Bangladesh at home.

Whereas Azhar has managed to convert three of those 50+ scores into centuries.

But yeah do tell about how it is much more important to score a fifty rather than converting it into a century.
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Vs bangla - 34
Vs England - 0, 18, 20, 141, 31 ( 4 failures in 5 inns)
vs NZ - 5, 38, 93, 37 (again 1 good knock in a series)
vs SA - 51, 31*, 0, 33 (pretty poor series with the bat)
vs Might Zimbabwe - 126, 17
vs WI - 17, 23, 0, 22 ( poor series with the bat)
vs Bangla 0, 24, 56* ( again 1 good knock in a series)

Azhars performances which clearly show he goes past 50 once in a series. The exact point which you have not addressed or disproved.
 
You folks are missing the point

Azhar ali is 37
Kohli is 33
Williamson is 31
Smith is 32

These are all the names mentioned in the “whataboutism”

Babar Azam is 27

Well they are on the sliding times of their careers . This is supposed to be babar Azams peak time . If not now then when

Last hope is that babar pulls a Younis khan and peaks after 31
 
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realitygaf said:
Babar Azam is 27

Well they are on the sliding times of their careers . This is supposed to be babar Azams peak time . If not now then when

Last hope is that babar pulls a Younis khan and peaks after 31
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Babar never has dominated test cricket and we might have to accept that he never will.

That being said he won't be dropped for another 4-5 years. Firstly because we have to realise his potential because he could become a monster at any moment. Secondly because who else is there?
 
Hoping to see a free flowing big century from Babar in this match. Think he's just not finding his punch in Test Cricket properly. Plays way too slow at most of the times.

Inzi, Younis and Yousaf all three could play very good counterattacking innings.
 
realitygaf said:
You folks are missing the point

Azhar ali is 37
Kohli is 33
Williamson is 31
Smith is 32

These are all the names mentioned in the “whataboutism”

Babar Azam is 27

Well they are on the sliding times of their careers . This is supposed to be babar Azams peak time . If not now then when

Last hope is that babar pulls a Younis khan and peaks after 31
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Younis didn't really become a better test batter after 31, he just became smarter. After 2011, his game against pace declined alarmingly.
 
Babar Azam is not suited to the captaincy.

He's not smart enough and he doesn't have the force of personality to do the job. So it is damaging his batting.

The captain needs to be the undisputed Big Boss of the team, telling the coach, groundsmen and selectors exactly what he wants, and making clear that if they don't agree he expects them to resign.

Babar Azam is too nice a guy for that job. The only Pakistanis under 30 whom I see who can do that job are Mohammad Rizwan and Shadab Khan, but it can't be Shadab as he isn't established in the Test team. Yet.
 
Rana said:
He will not end his career better than him either. Just because a batsman looks better with his stroke play doesn’t make them a better Test batsman than the one with limited stroke play
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So, you saying Ghulam boy is better than Babar:shappy
 
Done well and has a good chance of reaching the milestone.
 
Has Kohli ever played a test innings like this?

This is an innings full of grit. He is also up against Cummings
 
Finally....

But the job is not done yet. Needs to score a daddy hundred here.
 
0 days since last 100.

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Well done Babar
 
Tremendous knock in the 4th innings against one of the world's best bowling attacks. Barely even a celebration, just a raise of the bat and a signal to stay calm. He knows the job is not done.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pakistan captain Babar Azam has reached his 6th Test hundred - He last scored a Test century on 8th February, 2020 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvAUS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvAUS</a> <a href="https://t.co/aHIpIn0zPa">pic.twitter.com/aHIpIn0zPa</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) <a href="https://twitter.com/SajSadiqCricket/status/1503707989571784705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The usual crowd can now get down on their knees and beg for forgiveness about Babar.
 
The moment

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Well played today but the Jobs not done yet Nowhere near

Babar needs to make it a double tmrw Give yourself a pat tmrw at this time hopefully Hope he understands not to leave it to anyone else He needs to bat through majority of tmrw
 
Zaz said:
Well played today but the Jobs not done yet Nowhere near

Babar needs to make it a double tmrw Give yourself a pat tmrw at this time hopefully Hope he understands not to leave it to anyone else He needs to bat through majority of tmrw
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He needs to take on the job and try to win the game instead of just saving it.
 
ExpressPacer said:
He needs to take on the job and try to win the game instead of just saving it.
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Yeah be positive like today Hour by hour session by session and see where we get

To elevate himself to the next level babar needs to understand he needs to start winning test matches or drawing ones like this where the teams has its back to the wall

Enough of the pretty 50s and small hundreds Its time to elevate himself to the next level He has the talent Show some character n grit
 
He is the best all format batsman in the world now. People should give credit where it is due.
 
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant so far. But this is where he falters everytime. He has to make this count and go big.
 
Top innings and no one can doubt that. Batting-wise he is the best in the country, and one of the best in the world and no one can doubt that too.

Captaincy, tactics wise it's different. But he's in his element now in this test, and that is to bat, and only bat tomorrow.
 
His best innings in a while. While the pitch have been easy to bat on, he still had to show a lot of grit and mental strength to play this sort of innings, especially after what happened in the first innings. He needs to go and score a big hundred. This innings can honestly be the start of something special for Babar in test cricket.
 
It's so important that he doesn't throw it away early tomorrow morning as he has done many times in the past, always faltering before he can truly make a brilliant innings count.

Judging by his more subdued century celebration, I think he knows that too.
 
If we win this test, this match will establish babars legacy and many fans will look back at it.

When we talk about kamran akmal, we always look back to his 100 against india in 2006. He saved a test match that we were suppose to lose.

Can babar pull off something similar?
 
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superb innings from Babar, show his class. We can question his captaincy but he is a top class batsman.
 
Extra_Cover said:
Mate you can't be serious. I have a lot of respect for both of them but if you seriously believe that they are better than Babar in tests or for that matter in any format then something is seriously wrong in your assessment. Babar is likely to go down our most successful ODIs and potentially even test player.
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He is ranting his bitterness because Babar replace Imad as captain for KK after winning the prev PSL season.. May be thats crossing his mind...
 
When talking about Paksitani batsmwn one needs to remember compare to top players of other countries bar New Zealand Pakistanis play fewer tests. So number of innings and not days should be counted.
innings and not days should be counted. Babar scored a brilliant ton today even if he falls first ball today. Other batsmen have to continue thejob of drawing the match. A win is not likely at all against a good bowling line up. Australia will redort to negative line once Pakistan survive two and half sessions.
 
Amjid Javed said:
Vs bangla - 34
Vs England - 0, 18, 20, 141, 31 ( 4 failures in 5 inns)
vs NZ - 5, 38, 93, 37 (again 1 good knock in a series)
vs SA - 51, 31*, 0, 33 (pretty poor series with the bat)
vs Might Zimbabwe - 126, 17
vs WI - 17, 23, 0, 22 ( poor series with the bat)
vs Bangla 0, 24, 56* ( again 1 good knock in a series)

Azhars performances which clearly show he goes past 50 once in a series. The exact point which you have not addressed or disproved.
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Count this series to that list..

1 good knock and obviously very big 185, i think he has scored for next 2x series also here.. he can go to bed...
 
MenInG said:
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Don't let concerns with his captaincy distract you from the fact that he is the best batter in Pakistan by a country mile.
 
Major said:
If we win this test, this match will establish babars legacy and many fans will look back at it.

When we talk about kamran akmal, we always look back to his 100 against india in 2006. He saved a test match that we were suppose to lose.

Can babar pull off something similar?
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Dont do it to yourself

If Pak pulls this off it will go down as one of the greatest victories in the sport

If anything i expect pakistan to fold quickly on day 5. Babar is never great after resumptions
 
High quality innings from Babar Azam, brilliant knock. The best thing about it was that it was a sort of counter attacking knock, he looked to attack and score wherever possible and didn't just rely on a blockathon. Great to see such positive intent.
 
Pak Can not win this 40 overs new Bowl to survive and Old Ball light reverse swing and day 5 pitch. Negativ Line is hard to score off draw AUS win is in card
 
Babar Azam's century against Australia in the fourth innings is the first-ever Test hundred by a Pakistan captain on home soil.

In addition to that, Azam is now also the second Pakistan captain after Younis Khan to have ever scored a century in the fourth innings of a Test match.

Younis Khan was the first Pakistani captain to have achieved the record back in 2007 against India in Kolkata.

Moreover, Babar's partnership with impressive Abdullah Shafique has also seen a record being broken.

The current partnership between Babar and Abdullah of 171 runs is the highest-ever partnership for any wicket against an Australian side.

Furthermore, both batters survived 358 balls, which is also the highest-ever by an Asian pair in the fourth innings of a Test match against Australia.

https://cricketpakistan.com.pk/en/n...y-with-a-ton-against-australia-in-fourth-inns
 
Brilliant batting, probably his best Test century?

Pakistan need a double from him if they are to save the match.
 
The_KING said:
His best innings in a while. While the pitch have been easy to bat on, he still had to show a lot of grit and mental strength to play this sort of innings, especially after what happened in the first innings. He needs to go and score a big hundred. This innings can honestly be the start of something special for Babar in test cricket.
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Best Innings in a while you mean best Innings of his career so far.
 
Noman said:
Pak Can not win this 40 overs new Bowl to survive and Old Ball light reverse swing and day 5 pitch. Negativ Line is hard to score off draw AUS win is in card
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I will take a draw definitely.
 
Babar Azam's innings is now the second-longest by a Pakistan batter in the fourth innings of a Test in terms of balls faced.

He's faced 332 balls. At the top of the list is Shoaib Malik with 369 balls.

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A shame he missed out on the double century but what a knock. Proper captain innings. Need more of this from him going forward.
 
A long overdue Test innings of real substance from Babar. Too often he'd make a pretty 50 or 60 before losing concentration.

This time he didn't give it away and produced one of the all-time great 4th innings rearguards.
 
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