{"id":7011,"date":"2022-03-16T12:57:49","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T12:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=7011"},"modified":"2022-03-16T12:57:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T12:57:49","slug":"pak-vs-aus-babar-azams-record-breaking-ton-helps-pakistan-draw-karachi-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/pak-vs-aus-babar-azams-record-breaking-ton-helps-pakistan-draw-karachi-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Pak vs Aus: Babar Azam&#8217;s record-breaking ton helps Pakistan draw Karachi Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: Pakistan skipper Babar Azam&#8217;s record-breaking century helped Pakistan draw the Karachi Test against a formidable Australian side at the National Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The skipper, along with Abdullah Shafique, lifted Pakistan in the second innings after they were in all sorts of trouble as they had lost quick wickets \u2014 Imam-ul-Haq (1) and Azhar Ali (6) \u2014 but a crucial 228-run third-wicket stand between the pair turned out to be the decisive factor as they stood firm against a threatening Aussie bowling attack on an uneven pitch.<\/p>\n<p>Babar smashed 196 runs from a humongous 425 balls, while the inexperienced Abdullah punched above his weight as he displayed amazing batting skills against a world-class Australian attack, playing a wonderful knock of 96 runs and was instrumental in helping Pakistan forge an unbelievable draw.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/misbah-ul-haq-explains-why-he-picked-mohammad-rizwan-to-open-in-t20s.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Misbah-ul-Haq explains why he picked Mohammad Rizwan to open in T20s<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: Pakistan skipper Babar Azam&#8217;s record-breaking century helped Pakistan draw the Karachi Test against a formidable Australian side at the National Stadium. The skipper, along with Abdullah Shafique, lifted Pakistan in the second innings after they were in all sorts of trouble as they had lost quick wickets \u2014 Imam-ul-Haq (1) and Azhar Ali (6) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":7012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[1252,1810,364],"class_list":["post-7011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-sports","tag-mohammad-rizwan","tag-pakistan-skipper-babar-azam","tag-pcb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}