Azhar's milestone year, Bird's MCG love
The Pakistan batsman went past 1000 runs in 2016; the Australia bowler's average at the MCG is eye-catching as well
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Azhar Ali became the fifth Pakistan batsman to score over 1000 Test runs in a year • ESPNcricinfo Ltd
Bharath Seervi is stats sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo. @SeerviBharath