Pakistan's Babar Azam registers his 34th half-century in Tests: Stats
What's the story
Pakistan cricket team's Test skipper, Babar Azam, missed out on a hundred against England on Day 3 of the 3rd match at Edgbaston. Babar walked out when Pakistan were 125/3 in the 1st session. Alongside Shan Masood, he added 89 runs for the 4th wicket and then put on another 64-run stand alongside Saud Shakeel before perishing to pacer Josh Tongue.
Knock
Babar adds two fine partnerships before perishingÂ
Babar played a composed knock and looked to be positive.
Masood and Babar took Pakistan to 184/3 at lunch before the former perished for 95 in the 2nd session.
Shakeel joined Babar and they scored runs at a decent pace to frustrate England.
In the 63rd over, Babar was dismissed, leaving Pakistan on a score of 278/5.
A short ball did the trick.
Series
Babar finishes the series with an average of 24.25
Babar's knock of 76 came off came off 103 balls. He hit 11 fours and a six.
Earlier in the 1st innings, Babar perished for a paltry 7-run knock as Pakistan were bowled out for 133.
Babar missed the first Test at Headingley due to injury and returned for the second Test at Lord's, where he scored eight and six.
He has finished the series with 97 runs at 24.25.
Runs
8th fifty-plus score for Babar against England
Babar has raced to a tally of 4,771 runs in Test cricket from 66 matches (122 innings) at an average of 42.98.
He now owns 34 fifties (100s: 9).
Versus England, Babar has amassed 743 runs from 10 matches at 46.43. He registered his 7th fifty against England (100s: 1), as per Cricinfo.
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Babar is closing in on 2,500 runs in away matches
Babar is closing in on 2,500 runs in away matches (home of opposition). From 38 matches (70 innings), Babar has raced to a tally of 2,478 runs at 39.33. He clobbered his 22nd fifty (100s: 2).
Information
Babar's last Test century came in December 2022
Babar's last Test century came in December 2022 when he scored an unbeaten 161 against New Zealand in Karachi. Since his last hundred, Babar has managed 9 fifties from 40 innings. He has scored below 10 runs a total of 10 times.