Sports Report
LAHORE: Versatile batting super ace and skipper of the Pakistan cricket team, Babar Azam, has been included in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Test team of the Year 2022 for his amazing performances in the calendar year, disclosed in a statement from the ICC here on Tuesday.
Aching the landmark, Babar Azam is the first and only Pakistani batting maestro who successfully made it to the ICC Test XI of the Year.
Babar Azam’s batting record in 2022
Babar Azam made 1184 runs at an average of 69.94 in the nine matches he played in the calendar year. He also smashed four centuries, one each against the four opponents he faced in 2022.
Babar scored a total 390 runs in the long-awaited home series against the Aussies. The run
The runs machine continued his momentum against England too and piled up 348 runs when England visited later in the year. Babar Azam’s persistent 196 against Australia in Karachi in March was, and still is, his highest individual score in Tests.
He was also the only Pakistani player to make it to the ICC’s IX for ODI Team of the Year for 2022 and was named the captain of the side for leading Pakistan to 3 series wins in 2022.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), also shared the same announcement on its Twitter handle.
ICC’s Test XI
Babar Azam (Pakistan), Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne Nathan Lyon and Pat Cummins (Australia), Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes and James Anderson (England), Rishabh Pant (India), Kraigg Brathwaite (West Indies) and Kagiso Rabada (South Africa).
