Azan Awais hammers 59 versus England in Edgbaston Test: Stats
What's the story
Pakistan cricket team batter Azan Awais scored a valiant half-century on Day 3 of the third Test versus England at Edgbaston. Resuming the day on an unbeaten 29, Awais went on to convert his overnight score to a knock of 59. Pakistan were 0/2 on Day 2 before Awais and Shan Masood got them to 56/2 before play was over. Here's more.
Knock
Awais and Masood add 125-run standÂ
Awais and Masood fought hard against England's pacers and negotiated the offerings well to remain unscathed on Day 2.
On Friday, the two continued to keep the hosts at bay and ended up stitching a 125-run stand.
Awais perished in the 31st over with Pakistan being 125/3. Spin all-rounder Dan Lawrence dismissed the opening batter.
Awais deserves credit for putting up a valiant fight.
Runs
2nd fifty for Awais in his Test career
Awais's knock of 59 came off 84 balls. He smashed 10 fours.
Notably, he finished the series with scores worth 0, 9, 46, 6, 9 and 59.
He clocked 129 runs from six innings versus England at 21.5.
Having made his debut earlier this year, Awais has 357 runs from 7 matches at 25.5. He clocked his 2nd fifty (100s: 1).
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Awais surpasses 3,000 runs in FC cricket
As per Cricinfo, with his 38th run in this match, Awais touched the 3,000-run mark in First-Class cricket. From 40 matches (73 innings), he now has 3,030 runs at an average of 44-plus. He clocked his 11th FC fifty (100s: 11).