Saud Shakeel Breaks Record Of Highest Score By Pakistan Batter In...

Saud Shakeel was unlucky to miss out on a deserving century at Lord’s on Sunday (August 30), but his knock of 97 runs off 122 balls for Pakistan in the second innings of the ongoing second Test against England helped him enter the record books.

Shakeel now holds the record for the highest score by a Pakistani batter in the fourth innings of a Test match in England. He scored five more runs than former Pakistan opener Salman Butt, who made 92 off 173 balls against Australia at Lord’s in July 2010.

Had Shakeel managed to score three more runs, he would have become the first Pakistani cricketer to score a century in the fourth innings of a Test match in England.

Highest scores by Pakistan batters in fourth innings of a Test in England

PLAYER	RUNS	BALLS	4s	6s	AGAINST	VENUE	START DATE
Saud Shakeel	97	122	13	2	England	Lord’s	August 27, 2026
Salman Butt	92	173	15	0	Australia	Lord’s	July 13, 2010
Sadiq Mohammad	91	220	16	0	England	Leeds	July 8, 1971
Sami Aslam	70	167	11	0	England	Birmingham	August 3, 2016
Imran Farhat	67	95	9	0	Australia	Leeds	July 21, 2010
Imran Khan	65	103	6	2	England	Birmingham	July 29, 1982
Inzamam-ul-Haq	56*	111	6	0	England	Lord’s	July 13, 2006
Azhar Ali	51	108	6	0	Australia	Leeds	July 21, 2010

A total of seven

Indian batters and one Sri Lankan have scored centuries in the fourth innings of a Test match in England, but no Pakistani batter has managed to achieve the feat.

A century on Sunday would also have made Shakeel only the second Asian cricketer after Ajit Agarkar to score a hundred in the fourth innings of a Test at Lord’s.

Highest scores by Asian batters in fourth innings of a Test at Lord’s

PLAYER	COUNTRY	RUNS	BALLS	4s	6s	AGAINST	START DATE
Ajit Agarkar	India	109*	190	16	0	England	25 Jul 2002
Saud Shakeel	Pakistan	97	122	13	2	England	27 Aug 2026
Salman Butt	Pakistan	92	173	15	0	Australia	13 Jul 2010
Suresh Raina	India	78	136	10	0	England	21 Jul 2011
MS Dhoni	India	76*	159	10	0	England	19 Jul 2007

Agarkar scored 109 runs for India in the fourth innings of the July 2002 Test at the Home of Cricket.