Stats: Pakistan batsmen who have bagged a pair in Test cricket

Young batsman Babar Azam recorded a pair and became the 48th Pakistani batsman to hold the dubious record.

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Pakistan’s batsman Babar Azam plays a shot. (Photo by JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

Led by Roston Chase’s 131 in the first innings, Shai Hope’s crucial 90 in the second innings and Shanon Gabriel’s match haul of 9 wickets; West Indies accounted their second win against Pakistan in the last 3 Test matches. A target of 188 seemed a walk in the park for Pakistan’s experienced batting line-up till they fell apart like a pack of cards to lose the Barbados Test by 106 runs.

As many as six ducks were scored by Pakistani batsmen during the course of the Test match. Retiring legends Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq scored one each in the first innings and the second innings respectively. A lot has been spoken about the 22-year-old Babar Azam ever since he made his ODI debut in 2015. The elegant right-hander has an impressive record in the format averaging 55.08 after 26 games.

Having seen his progress in the ODIs, Pakistan handed Azam a Test debut in 2016. His Test career hasn’t followed the same path his ODI made, though he showed that he belongs to this level with a patient 72-run knock in the 1st Test. In the 2nd Test though, he bagged a pair which again opened debates about his ability in the longest form of the game.

He faced two balls each in both innings before he was snapped by Gabriel and Joseph respectively. Babar became the 48th batsman from Pakistan to register a pair in Test cricket. The list includes big names like Mudassar Nazar, Wasim Akram, Saeed Anwar, Saleem Malik and Aamer Sohail. This was the second instance of a Pakistani batsman registering a pair in 2017 with Imran Khan being the other one who did it against Australia at Sydney in January this year.

Here is the list of Pakistan batsmen who have bagged a pair in Test cricket:

NoPlayerFISIOppositionGround
1MEZ Ghazali00v EnglandManchester
2Nasim-ul-Ghani00v West IndiesPort of Spain
3Wazir Mohammad00v West IndiesPort of Spain
4Imtiaz Ahmed00v EnglandDhaka
5Javed Burki00v New ZealandWellington
6Saleem Altaf00v AustraliaMelbourne
7Iqbal Qasim00v EnglandLord’s
8Majid Khan00v AustraliaPerth
9Sikander Bakht00v AustraliaPerth
10Wasim Bari00v AustraliaPerth
11Mudassar Nazar00v EnglandBirmingham
12Wasim Akram00v Sri LankaColombo (CCC)
13Aaqib Javed00v AustraliaMelbourne
14Waqar Younis00v New ZealandFaisalabad
15Saeed Anwar00v West IndiesFaisalabad
16Aaqib Javed00v EnglandLeeds
17Aamer Sohail00v New ZealandHamilton
18Mushtaq Ahmed00v AustraliaRawalpindi
19Manzoor Elahi00v ZimbabweHarare
20Rashid Latif00v South AfricaPort Elizabeth
21Saleem Malik00v AustraliaKarachi
22Mushtaq Ahmed00v ZimbabwePeshawar
23Azhar Mahmood00v IndiaKolkata
24Saleem Elahi00v EnglandLord’s
25Taufeeq Umar00v AustraliaSharjah
26Waqar Younis00v AustraliaSharjah
27Mohammad Zahid00v South AfricaCape Town
28Shoaib Akhtar00v AustraliaSydney
29Shabbir Ahmed00v West IndiesKingston
30Shabbir Ahmed00v EnglandMultan
31Danish Kaneria00v IndiaFaisalabad
32Danish Kaneria00v IndiaDelhi
33Abdur Rauf00v Sri LankaColombo (PSS)
34Saeed Ajmal00v Sri LankaColombo (PSS)
35Mohammad Asif00v New ZealandNapier
36Kamran Akmal00v EnglandNottingham
37Mohammad Asif00v EnglandNottingham
38Mohammad Amir00v EnglandLord’s
39Junaid Khan00v EnglandAbu Dhabi
40Umar Gul00v South AfricaCape Town
41Khurram Manzoor00v South AfricaDubai (DSC)
42Junaid Khan00v Sri LankaGalle
43Wahab Riaz00v EnglandLord’s
44Asad Shafiq00v EnglandBirmingham
45Asad Shafiq00v West IndiesSharjah
46Wahab Riaz00v New ZealandHamilton
47Imran Khan00v AustraliaSydney
48Babar Azam00v West IndiesBridgetown

Azam was the sixth batsman from the country to bag a pair against West Indies. Asad Shafiq was the previous one who got out for double ducks in the home Test series in October 2016. The list includes Shabbir Ahmed (2005), Saeed Anwar (1990) and the duo of Wazir Mohammad and Nasim-ul-Ghani who did it in the same Test in 1958 at Port of Spain.

Here is the list of Stats: Pakistan batsmen who have bagged a pair against West Indies in Test cricket:

NoPlayerFISIOppositionGround
1Nasim-ul-Ghani00v West IndiesPort of Spain
2Wazir Mohammad00v West IndiesPort of Spain
3Saeed Anwar00v West IndiesFaisalabad
4Shabbir Ahmed00v West IndiesKingston
5Asad Shafiq00v West IndiesSharjah
6Babar Azam00v West IndiesBridgetown

(All stats updated till May 5, 2017)

Stats by HR Gopal Krishna

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