Birmingham’s Edgbaston Cricket Ground has so far been a successful venue for Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam as a batsman, where he has scored 2 centuries in ODI cricket.

The right-handed batsman has scored 298 runs with 2 centuries in 4 ODIs in Birmingham. He scored 101 not out against New Zealand in the 2019 ICC World Cup and 158 runs against hosts England in July 2021 as captain.

In this match, in response to Pakistan’s 331/9, England crossed the target at the loss of 7 wickets 2 overs ago.

Babar Azam, the right-handed batsman who has become the captain of the Pakistan team once again, is very worried about his century innings in Test cricket these days, because of his 38 consecutive innings, which he has played in Test cricket without a century innings.

Babar Azam’s last century in Test cricket was against New Zealand in December 2022 at the National Stadium Karachi, where he scored 161 runs off 280 balls. Since then Lord’s Test against England where he got out for 8 runs in the first innings and 6 runs in the second innings, he has played 38 innings and 19 Tests in Test cricket. Where they have failed to play a three-digit turn.

Born on October 15, 1992 in Lahore, Babar Azam is the 23rd Test captain at Lord’s. He played his first Test against the West Indies in Dubai in October 2016 under the leadership of wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed. It was a day and night test, where Azhar Ali became the first batsman with an unbeaten 302 to score a triple century in a day and night test.

Babar Azam who has scored 4688 runs with 9 centuries at an average of 43.00 in 120 innings of 65 Test matches. He had to wait 16 Tests and 32 innings for his first century in Test cricket, when he scored 127 not out from 263 balls against New Zealand in Dubai in November 2018.