PERTH
Pakistan’s star batsman Babar Azam achieved a major milestone on the third day of the Perth Test against Australia on Saturday.
The 29-year-old batsman became the fifth Pakistani batsman to complete 13,000 runs in international cricket. His impressive average of 49.08 is the highest among the top five Pakistani batsmen.
Babar Azam has scored 31 centuries and 81 fifties in 301 innings.
Inzamam-ul-Haq tops the list of highest run-scorers for Pakistan in international cricket with 20,541 runs, followed by Younis Khan (17,790), Mohammad Yousuf (17,134), Javed Miandad (16,213) and Babar Azam (13,007).
Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh dismissed Pakistan’s star batsman and former captain Babar Azam in the first innings on the third day of the opening Test of the series in Perth on Saturday.
After scoring 21 runs in the first session of the day, Abar Azam was caught by wicketkeeper Alex Carey.
