January 06, 2023
Sports Tak Staff
Sarfaraz Ahmed now holds the record for highest score by a wicketkeeper-batter in fourth innings of a drawn Test
Sarfaraz Ahmed scored 118 runs against New Zealand in Karachi in run chase of 319
Sarfaraz Ahmed became the 9th wicketkeeper-batter to score a century in fourth innings of a Test
Sarfaraz Ahmed became third Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter to score a century in 4th innings of a Test after Moin Khan (117*) and Mohammad Rizwan (104*)
The list is topped by Adam Gilchrist who scored 149 not out against Pakistan in 1999 in a successful run chase
Rishabh Pant (114), Matt Prior (110*), Alan Knott (106*), AB de Villiers (103) and Mushfiqur Rahim (101) are other wicketkeeper-batters to score a century in 4th innings of a Test
This was Sarfaraz Ahmed’s first century after a long gap of more than 8 years. His last Test century came in 2014 against New Zealand
As Sarfaraz Ahmed could not finish the run chase, the Karachi Test ended in a draw due to bad light