harry brook
The first match of the Test series is being played between Pakistan and England at Multan Cricket Stadium. Batting first in this match, Pakistan scored 556 runs with the help of centuries from 3 batsmen. Abdullah Shafiq, captain Shan Masood and Salman Ali Aga scored centuries for Pakistan. In response to this, England’s start was also very excellent. On the third day of the match, Joe Root created history by scoring a brilliant century. Thanks to his 35th Test century, Joe Root became the batsman who scored the most Test runs for England, surpassing the legendary Alastair Cook.
Harry Brook’s big feat
Following Root’s footsteps, Harry Brook also scored a century in spectacular fashion. This is the sixth Test century of his Test career. The interesting thing is that out of 6 centuries of Root, 4 have come on Pakistan soil. Not only this, Brook has become the first batsman in the world to score centuries in four consecutive Test matches on Pakistan soil. He had scored three centuries in the series played in 2022 and now along with starting the 2024 series with a century, he has scored the fourth consecutive century.
Thanks to this century, Harry Brook has joined the club of select foreign players who have scored the maximum number of 4 Test centuries on Pakistani soil. Harry Brook equaled India’s Mohinder Amarnath and Sri Lanka’s Aravinda de Silva in scoring the most Test centuries in Pakistan. Amarnath and D’Silva had achieved this feat in 18 and 17 innings respectively whereas Brook did this feat in just 6 innings.
Foreign batsman who scored most test centuries in Pakistan
- 4 – Harry Brook (6 innings)*
- 4 – Mohinder Amarnath (18 innings)
- 4 – Aravinda de Silva (17 innings)
Harry Brook’s 5th Test century in the World Test Championship. In this way, Harry Brook has left Virat Kohli behind in terms of scoring most centuries in WTC. Kohli has 4 Test centuries in his name in WTC. Rohit Sharma holds the record for most centuries in WTC from India. Rohit has scored 9 centuries.