Younis Khan continues piling up records for Pakistan
Younis continues piling up records for Pakistan
Younis Khan is in form of his life, and has been touching new heights regularly in recent times. Bharath Seervi lists some of the records and milestones he has achieved.
Younis Khan has had great run in the ongoing Test series against Australia. He has scored centuries in each of the three innings Pakistan has batted in. He scored 106 and 103 not out in first Test at Dubai, and brought up another century, his 27th, in the first inning of the second match. In the process, he became only the fourth Pakistan batsman to score centuries in three consecutive Test innings, and only the second player after Herbert Sutcliffe (in 1924-25) to score centuries in three consecutive Test innings against Australia.
Centuries in Three consecutive Test innings for Pakistan
| Batsman | Inning 1 | Inning 2 | Inning 3 |
| Zaheer Abbas | 231 vs India, Hyderabad (Sind), 1983 | 152* vs India, Lahore, 1983 | 152 vs India, Karachi, 1983 |
| Mudassar Nazar | 215 vs India, Lahore, 1982 | 186 vs India, Karachi, 1982 | 168 vs India, Faisalabad, 1983 |
| Mohammad Yousuf | 191 vs West Indies, Multan, 2006 | 102 vs West Indies, Karachi, 2006 | 124 vs West Indies, 2006 |
| Younis Khan | 106 vs Australia, Dubai (DSC), 2014 | 103* vs Australia, Dubai (DSC), 2014 | 111* (Innings yet to be completed) |
Centuries in Three consecutive Test innings against Australia
It took about 90 years for someone to score three centuries in three consecutive Test innings against Australia. Sutcliffe of England scored 115, 176 and 127 in the Ashes of 1924-25. Since then, only Younis has managed the feat.
| Batsman | Team | Inning 1 | Inning 2 | Inning 3 |
| Herbert Sutcliffe | England | 115, Sydney, 1924 | 176, Melbourne, 1926 | 127, Melbourne, 1925 |
| Younis Khan | Pakistan | 106, Dubai (DSC), 2014 | 103*, Dubai (DSC), 2014 | 111* (Innings yet to be completed) |
Pakistan batsmen scoring centuries in both innings of a Test match
In the first match of this series, Younis scored centuries in both innings. He scored 106 in the first inning to equal Inzamam-ul-Haq’s record of 25 Test centuries for Pakistan. In the second innings he scored an unbeaten 103 to become Pakistan’s most prolific century-maker in Test cricket. He became the seventh Pakistan batsman to score centuries in both innings of Test, feat which was first achieved by Hanif Mohammad in 1962 against England.
| Batsman | Innings 1 | Innings 2 | Opposition | Venue | Match Date |
| Hanif Mohammad | 111 | 104 | England | Dhaka | January 19, 1962 |
| Javed Miandad | 104 | 103* | New Zealand | Hyderabad (Sind) | November 25, 1984 |
| Wajahatullah Wasti | 133 | 121* | Sri Lanka | Lahore | March 4, 1999 |
| Yasir Hameed | 170 | 105 | Bangladesh | Karachi | August 20, 2003 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq | 109 | 100* | England | Faisalabad | November 20, 2005 |
| Mohammad Yousuf | 102 | 124 | West Indies | Karachi | November 27, 2006 |
| Younis Khan | 106 | 103* | Australia | Dubai (DSC) | October 22, 2014 |
It is interesting to note that Javed Miandad, Inzamam and Younis all scored centuries in Pakistan’s first innings of the match to equal the then-record for most Test centuries for Pakistan, only to overcome the record by scoring another century in the second innings of the match.
Asian batsmen scoring centuries in both innings of a Test match against Australia
Younis became overall the ninth batsman to score tons in both the innings of a Test against Australia. He is only the second batsman from Asia to do so after Vijay Hazare, who did it in the year 1948 in Adelaide.
| Batsman | Team | Inning 1 | Inning 2 | Venue | Match Date |
| Vijay Hazare | India | 116 | 145 | Adelaide | January 23, 1948 |
| Younis Khan | Pakistan | 106 | 103* | Dubai (DSC) | October 22, 2014 |
Least innings to score 27 Test centuries
Younis scored his 27th Test century in his 165th inning. He is the fifth fastest to reach 27 test tons.
| Innings | Batsman |
| 70 | Donald Bradman |
| 142 | Sachin Tendulkar |
| 154 | Sunil Gavaskar |
| 157 | Matthew Hayden |
| 165 | Ricky Ponting |
| 165 | Younis Khan |
Most Test centuries by Asian Batsmen after the age of 35
Younis has scored seven Test centuries after the age of 35. Among the Asian batsmen, only Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid — 12 each — have scored more.
| 100s | Batsman |
| 12 | Sachin Tendulkar |
| 12 | Rahul Dravid |
| 7 | Younis Khan |
| 7 | Kumar Sangakkara |
| 5 | Zaheer Abbas |
| 5 | Inzamam-ul-Haq |
Highest conversion of rates of 50s to 100s in Test cricket
Younis has scored 27 Test centuries and 28 half centuries in his Test career. His rate of 0.96 centuries per half century is the fifth highest among all those who have scored 20 or more Test centuries.
| 100s/50 | 100s | 50s | Batsman |
| 2.23 | 29 | 13 | Don Bradman |
| 1.05 | 22 | 21 | Mohammad Azharuddin |
| 1.03 | 30 | 29 | Matthew Hayden |
| 1.00 | 27 | 27 | Michael Clarke |
| 0.96 | 27 | 28 | Younis Khan |
Least rate of innings per century in Test cricket
Younis has scored 27 Test centuries in 165 innings, which is 6.11 innings per century. His innings per century rate is the third highest after Don Bradman (2.76) and Kumar Sangakkara (5.97).
| Innings/100 | Innings | 100s | Batsman |
| 2.76 | 80 | 29 | Don Bradman |
| 5.97 | 221 | 37 | Kumar Sangakkara |
| 6.11 | 165 | 27 | Younis Khan |
| 6.13 | 184 | 30 | Matthew Hayden |
| 6.15 | 160 | 26 | Garry Sobers |
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(Bharath Seervi is a cricket statistician who is obsessed with digging numbers, facts and records related to the game. An active member of Society of Cricket Statisticians of India, he blogs at www.cricketseervistats.blogspot.com. He can be followed on Twitter at www.twitter.com/SeerviBharath and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SeerviCricket)