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Stats Analysis

The oldest No. 10 to make fifty for Pakistan

Statistical highlights from the fourth day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Galle

Bishen Jeswant
Bishen Jeswant
20-Jun-2015
Sarfraz Ahmed sweeps during his innings of 82 off 88 balls, Bangladesh v Pakistan, 1st Test, Khulna, 4th day, May 1, 2015

Sarfraz Ahmed needed only 28 innings to make 1000 Test runs, the fastest for any Pakistani wicketkeeper  •  AFP

101 The partnership between Asad Shafiq and Zulfiqur Babar, Pakistan's third 100-plus stand for the ninth wicket against Sri Lanka. Pakistan also have three such stands against England and one each against Zimbabwe and Australia.
56 Zulfiqur's score while batting at No. 10. At 36, he is the oldest Pakistan batsman to post a fifty at No. 10 or 11 in a Test. The oldest such batsman in Test history is England's Bob Taylor, who scored 54 against Pakistan in 1982, at the age of 41.
4 Instances of Nos. 6 and 7 making 90-plus scores in the same Test innings for Pakistan. Shafiq scored 131 at No. 6 while Sarfraz Ahmed scored 96 at No. 7. All four instances have been in Asia - in Dhaka, Faisalabad, Lahore and now Galle.
139 The sixth-wicket stand between Shafiq and Sarfraz, the fifth-highest for Pakistan when they have lost five wickets for 100 runs or less. Shafiq and Sarfraz joined forces when Pakistan were 96 for 5. The highest such stand for Pakistan is 206, between Abdul Razzak and Inzamam-ul-Haq, after Pakistan were 39 for 5 against West Indies in 2000.
782 Partnership runs for the sixth wicket between Shafiq and Sarfraz, the most for that wicket for Pakistan. They have batted together 15 times, posting four fifty and three century stands. Imran Khan and Saleem Malik are next, with 589 runs from 10 innings.
28 Innings in which Sarfraz reached 1000 Test runs, the joint-fastest for any Pakistan wicketkeeper. Imtiaz Ahmed is the other Pakistan wicketkeeper to reach 1000 runs in exactly 28 innings. Safraz is the seventh Pakistan wicketkeeper to score 1000-plus Test runs.
49.95 Sarfraz's batting average, the second-highest for any wicketkeeper who has scored 1000 runs in away/neutral conditions. Sarfraz has 1049 Test runs, all of those in away/neutral conditions. The only batsman with a higher average is Andy Flower (52.24).

Bishen Jeswant is a stats sub editor with ESPNcricinfo. @bishen_jeswant