Batting captains donning the role of bowlers is rare in international cricket but there have been occasions when they have taken the matters into their hands and made an impact.
Babar Azam continued to make a mockery of opposition bowlers and the Pakistan captain was at it again on Wednesday night as he helped himself to yet another ODI century.
Azam had scored 75, and Fawad Alam notched up an unbeaten 124 as they guided Pakistan to 302/9 declared in the first innings and then put pressure on the home team.
A career-best match figure of 10/94 by Pakistan pace bowler Shaheen Afridi helped the tourists dismiss the West Indies for 219 on the final day of the second Test and clinch a series-levelling 109-run victory at Sabina Park here on Wednesday (IST).
West Indies finished the day with nine wickets in hand, needing another 280 runs to win.
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Azam had earlier scored 123 and 120 in the second and first ODI respectively. He has thus become only the second player in the history of ODIs to score 3 hundreds in a three-match series.
Pakistan's tour of the West Indies in 2013 is likely to be split because of scheduling issues.
Keen on having a Test series against India in August next year, the PCB has expressed its inability to accommodate a request from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to reschedule the Pakistan's team upcoming tour to the Caribbean nation.