Shoaib Malik’s nephew Muhammad Hurraira has created history in First-Class cricket with a triple century in the ongoing Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match between Northern (Pakistan) and Balochistan. Aged at 19 years and 239 days, Huraira became the second youngest Pakistan cricketer to score a triple ton in the format and second after former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad. He also became the ninth teenager in the world in the red-ball format.
Miandad was 17 years and 310 days old when he hit a First-Class century in 1975 while playing for Karachi Whites against National Bank. He batted for a total of 629 minutes to score 311 at National Stadium, Karachi.
While Miandad is the youngest to hit a triple ton in First-Class cricket, there are three Indian batters who achieved the rare feat at a younger age than Hurraira. Wasim Jaffer (18 years, 259 days), Abhinav Mukund (18 years, 302 days) and Rishabh Pant (19 years, 9 days) have hit a triple ton as teenagers.
Impact of triple ton
In the first innings of Northern, he scored 311 runs from 343 deliveries while opening for his team. His record knock included 40 fours and four sixes. He batted with a strike rate of 90.67 during his 561-minute long stay at the crease.
He achieved the rare feat in his 10th First-Class game. Before the triple ton, he had registered two centuries and three half-centuries.
His shared a 365-runs stand for the first wicket with Sarmad Bhatti who scored 135 runs. His innings helped Northern post a total of 621/4 before skipper Nauman Ali declared the innings. Earlier Balochistan had posted a total of 305 in the first innings which included Shan Masood’s 190.
In the second innings, Balochistan failed to put up a fight and collapsed for 146. Opener Imran Butt top-scored for Balochistan with an 81-run knock. Apart from Butt, only two other batters registered double-digit scores. Mubasir Khan was the pick of the bowlers taking six wickets for 43 runs. Balochistan failed to get rid of the trail and lost the match by an innings and 170 runs.
