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Record Azam ton leads Pakistan to 308
- Updated: October 5, 2016
50 overs Pakistan 308 for 6 (Azam 117, Azhar 101, Joseph 2-62) v West IndiesLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Babar Azam became the third Pakistan player – and eighth overall – to score three consecutive ODI centuries as he top-scored with a 106-ball 117 in Pakistan’s 308 for 6. He put on a run-a-ball 147 for the second wicket with captain Azhar Ali, who scored a century of his own to become the only Pakistan player to score three hundreds as ODI captain.
The two top-order batsmen laid a strong foundation, leaving the side 232 for 2 in the 39th over by the time the partnership was broken, but the rest of the side could not quite capitalise. Pakistan cobbled together only 69 off the last ten overs as the batsmen struggled to generate power as the ball got older. They hit only two boundaries after the 37th over, one of which came off a lazy misfield at deep backward square leg. Nevertheless, a target of 309 should prove challenging for a West Indies team whose batting has been disappointing for most of the tour so far.
Batting first for the third time in the three-match series, Pakistan made an emphatic start, racing to 36 off the first four overs. Opening bowlers Azarri Joseph and Shannon Gabriel clocked up speeds in excess …
