Babar Azam hits Ib qho ntawm Kev Xeem Cricket's Greatest Centuries As Pakistan Salvage Epic Draw

Brian Lara's epic 153 tsis tawm hauv 1999 hauv Barbados. VVS Laxman's unforgettable 281 hauv 2001 hauv Kolkata. Lawv yog ob ntawm rau lub sijhawm ua haujlwm raug ntsuas los ntawm Wisden, kab civliv vaj lug kub, hauv nws cov npe 10 zoo tshaj plaws uas tau sau tseg 20 xyoo dhau los.

Ntawm qhov kev hloov tshiab tshiab, Pakistan tus thawj coj Babar Azam tus thawj coj ntawm 196 los ntawm 425 lub pob rau qee qhov kev tawm tsam Australia yuav vault dhau los ntawm ob leeg. Nws tsis tau xaus rau hauv kev yeej kev sib tw tawm tsam Australia muaj zog, zoo li ob qho no, tab sis dab tsi Babar magically conjured tej zaum yuav nyuaj dua nrog Pakistan muaj sia nyob 171.4 overs los kos qhov Kev Xeem thib ob - feem ntau overs puas tau muaj sia nyob hauv plaub innings. nyob rau hauv ib qho kev sib tw tsib hnub.

Ua ntej Babar tau ua tus qhab nia thib plaub ntau tshaj plaws los ntawm Tus Thawj Tub Ceev Xwm hauv keeb kwm, Pakistan tau ntsia lub thoob ntawm kev poob ntsej muag hauv lawv lub fortress ntawm Karachi, qhov uas lawv tsis tau poob rau Australia hauv yim qhov kev sim dhau los.

Tom qab tau ua kom muaj kev kub ntxhov thaum muaj kev tsim txom ntau tshaj li ob hnub, ib qho tsis muaj hniav Pakistan tau tawg rau tsuas yog 148 tawm ntawm 53 overs hauv lawv thawj innings. Foreshadowing dab tsi yav tom ntej, Babar tau tawm tsam Australia qhov kev tawm tsam tawm tsam los ntawm kev ceev ceev Mitchell Starc conjuring rampant rov qab viav vias thaum nws teeb lub fuse nyob rau hauv dab tsi yog ib tug stale series, lub keeb kwm thawj ntawm cov pab pawg nyob rau hauv Pakistan txij li thaum 1998.

Hnub kawg ntawm peb hnub, Pakistan tau ntsib qhov kev cia siab txaus ntshai ntawm kev ua raws li thiab lawv qhov kev txiav txim siab tshaj plaws kom muaj sia nyob lwm qhov kev tawm tsam los ntawm kev tawm tsam tawm tsam ua ntej stumps. Hauv qhov kev txiav txim siab uas tau raug tshuaj xyuas hnyav, thiab Australia tej zaum yuav tsis pom zoo, tus thawj coj Pat Cummins, uas tau ua txhua yam kev txav mus los ua ntej, tawm tsam qhov kev sim siab thiab txiav txim siab los ntaus.

Tej zaum nws tau cuam tshuam los ntawm cov xwm txheej kub, nudging 95 Fahrenheit, raws li Australia batted rau lwm 22 overs raws li cov kev khiav tshwm sim tsis muaj teeb meem li cov neeg tuaj ncig tebchaws uasi nias lawv cov thawj coj dhau los ntawm 500 khiav tsis tau. Qhov zoo tshaj plaws thib plaub innings caum nyob rau hauv Test cricket's 145-xyoo keeb kwm yog 418.

Ib qho kev tawm tsam Australian tshiab tab tom nrhiav kev tua sai tab sis tus neeg ua pa kuj tau them nyiaj rau Pakistan cov batters, suav nrog Babar uas yog nws pab pawg neeg ntaus pob tesniv tab sis tau ua tsis tiav hauv nws txoj haujlwm Test.

Rau cov txuj ci zoo li no, leej twg tuaj yeem ua tau zoo tsav tsheb zoo li Virat Kohli, Babar tuaj rau hauv Kev Xeem nrog qhov nruab nrab ntawm 42 los ntawm 38 Kev Xeem thiab tsuas yog tsib centuries - qhov kawg yog ob xyoos dhau los.

Nws yog ib tus neeg ua si uas tau poob qis tab sis muaj kev xav tias qee lub sijhawm tus neeg muaj hnub nyoog 27 xyoo tab tom yuav ua kom dhia - ntau yam zoo li Kohli tau ua nyob rau qib Test thaum Is Nrias teb ncig teb chaws Australia hauv 2014-15.

Los ntawm 2-21 tsuas yog tom qab noj su rau hnub plaub, Babar tau tshwm sim hauv qhov zais tsis muaj dab tsi vim qhov kev sib tw zoo li tab tom mus rau qhov ua tiav ntxov. Lub suab Karachi tau xav tias yuav ua rau tsis zoo ntxiv - nrog rau qhov rov qab viav vias thiab ntse tig qee zaus pom tseeb - hauv qhov tsis sib xws rau qhov txaus ntshai Rawalpindi lawj uas tau kos npe thawj Kev Xeem rau kev kos duab.

Tab sis Babar, uas tau ua si ib leeg tes thaum Pakistan thawj zaug tsis muaj hniav, pom ib tus phooj ywg txaus siab nyob rau hauv qhib Abdullah Shafique, uas tau pom tias yog nws tus neeg tiv thaiv. Shafique tau qhab nia tsis txaus ntseeg hauv Rawalpindi thiab nws tsuas yog ob qhov kev tshem tawm hauv koob yog ntawm nws tus kheej ua.

Shafique tau nyob rau hauv qhov kev sib tw vim muaj kev tiv thaiv Pakistan tau raug strangled los ntawm Australia lub hnub qub-studded nres. Tab sis Babar tuaj tawm qhov zoo thiab kev khiav tau raug qhab nia qis txawm hais tias txhua tus xav tias qhov tsis tsim nyog.

Cov overs pib ticking tam sim ntawd li Babar thiab Shafique mus txog rau thaum kawg ntawm hnub plaub qhov twg lub suab tau ua si kuj sedately cim los ntawm Starc tsis tuaj yeem hu nws rov qab viav vias prowess los ntawm 24 teev ua ntej.

Cummins raug yuam kom tso siab rau tus thawj coj Mitchell Swepson, uas tsom mus rau qhov ntxhib tab sis tsis tuaj yeem ua rau lub ntsej muag nyob ib puag ncig ntawm ob txhais ceg ntawm Babar, uas yooj yim padded tam sim ntawd.

Babar mus txog nws lub xyoo pua thib rau ua ntej stumps nyob rau hnub plaub tab sis ua kev zoo siab tsuas yog kev coj ncaj ncees paub tias kev lag luam tsis tau ua tiav los ntawm kev txhaj tshuaj ntev. Tsuas yog nws muaj lub siab xav ntseeg tias Pakistan tuaj yeem muaj sia nyob tag nrho ntawm hnub thib tsib.

Tab sis raws li nkawm niam txiv hla kev sib koom ua ke 200-khiav los ze rau noj su, Pakistan pib npau suav thiab qhov khoob khoob tau pib sau. Australia tig mus rau lawv tus kheej colossus, Cummins, uas thaum kawg tsoo nrog Shafique thiab ces tau Fawad Alam tom qab noj su thaum lub zog hloov.

Babar, txawm li cas los xij, yuav tsis raug tsis lees paub hauv cov masterclass sib xyaw tiv thaiv nrog counterattck thiab nws pom tus phooj ywg tshiab hauv wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan, uas ib txwm ua si nrog kev ntshai me ntsis.

Rau ib lub sijhawm luv luv ntawm qhov kev sib tham zaum kawg, nws tshwm sim Pakistan yuav ua siab tawv mow lub puab tsaig-tej zaum tag nrho kom txog thaum lawv paub meej tias lub suab tseem tab tom ua si qee zaus thiab lawv kaw khw.

Tsuas yog qhov kev txaus siab zoo li qhov tseem ceeb ntawm Babar sau npe nws thawj ob tuj tab sis nws poob rau 196 rau cov qub tub rog spinner Nathan Lyon, uas tau muab ib qho kev sib tw lig nrog ob lub wickets ceev ntxiv ntawm qhov kev txaus siab kawg.

Tab sis Rizwan notched nws tuj thiab Pakistan dai nrog ib qho ntawm cov txuj ci tseem ceeb tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv Test keeb kwm. Lub siab tawv Australia tsis tuaj yeem ntseeg nws, vim Pakistan mus rau qhov kev sib tw kawg pib thaum Lub Peb Hlis 21 nrog lub zog.

Rov qab rau xyoo 1999, ua ntej Lara ntaus 153 tsis tawm ntawm qhov sib tw ntawm trio ntawm epic tons los rhuav tshem Australian kev tawm tsam, nws tau dhau los ua qhov txawv txawv ob xyoos xyoo dhau los.

Ib yam li ntawd, Babar tau ua tiav nws txoj kev khiav tsis zoo nrog cov tuj uas xav tsis thoob uas zoo heev nws yuav dhau los ntawm Lara's hauv pantheon ntawm qhov kev xeem zoo tshaj plaws.