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List of international cricket centuries by Babar Azam

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Babar Azam is a Pakistani cricketer.[1] As of 13 February 2024, he has played 52 Tests, 117 One Day Internationals (ODIs), and 109 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) for Pakistan.[2] He has scored centuries (100 or more runs in an innings) on 31 occasions, scoring 9 centuries in Tests, 19 in ODIs, and 3 in T20Is.[2] In 2022, Babar Azam became the Pakistan batter with the most runs — 2,598 — in all formats of the game in a calendar year.[3]

Babar has been praised by former English captains Michael Vaughan and Nasser Hussain. Vaughan, who led England to a memorable Ashes win over Australia in 2005, said he admires the way Babar plays.

"On a positive note … @babarazam258 is certainly one of the best Test players in the World … love the way he plays …," he said in a tweet.[4] He has been named in the ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year on three occasions, captaining it in 2021 and in 2022.[5] In 2021 he also captained the ICC Men's T20I Team of the Year.[6] He was also captain of the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Team of the Tournament.[7]

Azam made his Test debut in October 2016,[2] and scored his first century two years later when he scored 127* against New Zealand at Dubai.[8] His highest Test score of 196 came against Australia in March 2022;[9] his innings included the highest-ever score by a captain in the fourth innings of a match and the second-longest innings by a batter in the fourth innings of a Test.[a][11][12] Azam has scored Test centuries against five different opponents at five grounds, including three at grounds outside Pakistan.[13]

National Stadium, Karachi, where Babar has scored centuries in all three formats of the game.

Azam made his ODI debut in May 2015[2] and scored his first century in the format a year later in 2016, making 120 against the West Indies.[14] This was followed by scores of 123 and 117, making him the third Pakistani batsman and eighth batsman overall to score three consecutive ODI hundreds.[15] In 2022, he scored three consecutive ODI hundreds again, with two centuries against Australia and one against the West Indies, making him the first and so-far the only batter to do this on two occasions.[16] His highest ODI score of 158 was made against England in July 2021.[17] His ODI centuries, which were scored at thirteen venues, have come against seven different opponents.[18] He became the fastest batsman to complete 5,000 one-day international runs during the fourth match against New Zealand in Karachi.[19] In August 2023, he became the batsman to have scored the most runs after the first 100 ODI innings.[20]

He made his T20I debut in September 2016 and has scored three centuries in the format,[21] with the first one coming against South Africa at Centurion.[22] His second century came against England at Karachi in September 2022, making him the only Pakistani to score more than one T20I century.[23] His third century came on 15 April 2023 against New Zealand where he scored 101* on 58 balls, becoming the first player to score three T20I centuries as captain.[24]

Key

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Symbol Meaning
* Remained not out
† Man of the match
‡ Captained the Pakistan cricket team
Pos. Position in the batting order
Inn. The innings of the match
Test The number of the Test match played in that series
S/R Strike rate during the innings
H/A/N Venue was at home (Pakistan), away, or neutral
Date Date the match was held, or the starting date of match for Test matches
Lost The match was lost by Pakistan.
Won The match was won by Pakistan.
Drawn The match was drawn.
(D/L) The result was determined by the Duckworth–Lewis method.

Test centuries

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Test centuries scored by Azam[25]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 127*  New Zealand 6 1 2/3 Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Neutral 24 November 2018 Won [26]
2 104  Australia 5 3 1/2 The Gabba, Brisbane Away 21 November 2019 Lost [27]
3 102*  Sri Lanka 4 2 1/2 Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Home 11 December 2019 Drawn [28]
4 100*  Sri Lanka 4 3 2/2 National Stadium, Karachi Home 19 December 2019 Won [29]
5 143  Bangladesh 4 2 1/2 Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Home 7 February 2020 Won [30]
6 196 † ‡  Australia 4 4 2/3 National Stadium, Karachi Home 12 March 2022 Drawn [31]
7 119 ‡  Sri Lanka 4 1 1/2 Galle International Stadium, Galle Away 16 July 2022 Won [32]
8 136 ‡  England 4 2 1/3 Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Home 1 December 2022 Lost [33]
9 161 ‡  New Zealand 4 1 1/2 National Bank Cricket Arena, Karachi Home 26 December 2022 Drawn [34]

One Day International centuries

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ODI centuries scored by Azam[35]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 120 †  West Indies 3 1 91.60 Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Neutral 30 September 2016 Won (D/L) [36]
2 123 †  West Indies 3 1 97.62 Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Neutral 2 October 2016 Won [37]
3 117 †  West Indies 3 1 110.38 Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Neutral 5 October 2016 Won [38]
4 100  Australia 3 2 91.74 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Away 26 January 2017 Lost [39]
5 125* †  West Indies 3 1 94.70 Providence Stadium, Providence Away 9 April 2017 Won [40]
6 103  Sri Lanka 3 1 78.63 Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Neutral 13 October 2017 Won [41]
7 101  Sri Lanka 3 1 75.94 Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Neutral 16 October 2017 Won [42]
8 106* †  Zimbabwe 3 1 139.47 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away 22 July 2018 Won [43]
9 115  England 3 1 102.68 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Away 17 May 2019 Lost [44]
10 101* †  New Zealand 3 2 80.16 Edgbaston, Birmingham Neutral 26 June 2019 Won [45]
11 115  Sri Lanka 3 1 109.52 National Stadium, Karachi Home 30 September 2019 Won [46]
12 125 ‡  Zimbabwe 3 2 100.00 Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Home 3 November 2020 Tied [47]
13 103 † ‡  South Africa 3 2 99.03 Centurion, Centurion Away 2 April 2021 Won [48]
14 158 ‡  England 3 1 113.66 Edgbaston, Birmingham Away 13 July 2021 Lost [49]
15 114 † ‡  Australia 3 2 137.34 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Home 31 March 2022 Won [50]
16 105* † ‡  Australia 3 2 91.30 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Home 2 April 2022 Won [51]
17 103 ‡  West Indies 3 2 96.26 Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Home 8 June 2022 Won [52]
18 107 † ‡  New Zealand 3 1 91.45 National Stadium, Karachi Home 5 May 2023 Won [53]
19 151 † ‡    Nepal 3 1 115.27 Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Home 30 August 2023 Won [54]

T20I centuries

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T20I centuries scored by Azam[55]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 122 † ‡  South Africa 1 2 206.77 Centurion, Centurion Away 14 April 2021 Won [56]
2 110* † ‡  England 2 2 166.66 National Stadium, Karachi Home 22 September 2022 Won [57]
3 101* † ‡  New Zealand 2 1 174.13 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Home 15 April 2023 Won [58]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ The record for the longest innings is held by Michael Atherton.[10]

References

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