Pakistan vs England: Babar Azam slams 8th Test Century, completes 1000 Test runs at home

On
the
third
day
of
the
Test
match,
Pakistan
batters
also
made
most
of
the
flat
track
and
returned
the
English
bowlers
in
kind
after
their
bowlers
were
taken
to
the
cleaners
in
the
first
essay.
England
batters
had
made
most
of
the
good
batting
conditions.
As
many
as
four
batters
notched
up
their
centuries
in
Rawalpindi
as
England
posted
657.

Babar
Slams
8th
Test
Century

With
his
century,
Babar
joined
his
teammates
Asadullah
Shafique
and
Imam-ul-Haq
to
become
the
third
centurion
from
his
side
in
the
match.
Babar
–
who
has
been
in
a
rich
vein
of
form
across
formats
–
smashed
his
third
century
in
the
red-ball
format
in
2022.
This
is
Babar’s
eighth
Test
century
overall
and
he
has
equalled
former
Pakistan
batter
Majid
Khan
–
who
also
slammed
eight
tons
in
his
Test
career.
It
is
his
fifth
Test
century
as
Pakistan
captain
and
many
more
are
going
to
come
with
the
kind
of
form
he
has
been
in.

Babar
brings
up
maiden
Test
ton
vs
England

The
28-year-old
also
notched
up
his
maiden
Test
ton
against
England
with
this
knock.
Previously,
the
stylish
batter
had
three
fifties
against
the
English
side
in
the
longer
format
of
the
game.
The
right-handed
batter
also
completed
350
runs
against
England
in
Tests
and
his
average
is
a
healthy
87.

Babar
completes
big
milestone
at
home

With
his
knock,
Babar
also
completed
1000
Test
runs
at
home
in
14
innings.
In
nine
matches,
he
has
slammed
five
tons
and
four
fifties
in
Pakistan
in
the
games
he
played
between
2016
and
2022.
His
average
is
a
healthy
94
at
home
soil.

Prior
to
this
innings,
Babar
had
smashed
two
centuries
against
Sri
Lanka
and
one
hundred
each
against
Australia
and
Bangladesh.
He
played
a
marathon
knock
of
196
against
the
Aussies
earlier
this
year
and
faced
425
balls
in
Karachi
Test.

Earlier
in
the
day,
Pakistani
openers
Imam-ul-Haq
and
Asadullah
Shafique
slammed
respective
centuries
and
shared
a
massive
245
runs.
With
their
partnership,
the
duo
laid
a
foundation
for
the
Pakistani
middle
order
to
torment
English
bowlers
on
a
lifeless
pitch.