Younis Khan became only the fifth player from Pakistan to play 100 Tests © AFP
Younis Khan’s aggregate after 100 Tests are at the top among Pakistani batsmen at that point of their careers. Bharath Seervi lists batsmen with most aggregates of runs, centuries and batting averages after 100 Tests.
Younis Khan appeared for his 100th Test against Sri Lanka at P Sara Oval. It was also Pakistan’s 50th Test against Sri Lanka. Though he scored only 6 and 40, his aggregates of 8,640 runs, 29 hundreds, average of 53.33 and, on the flip side, 16 ducks, are amongst the most at this point in career of other batsmen.
Younis became only the fifth player from Pakistan to play 100 Tests. He is the fourth top-order batsman after Javed Miandad, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Saleem Malik to do so, the other player being Wasim Akram. In his first 100 Tests, Younis’ aggregate of runs and centuries is well ahead of both Miandad’s and Inzamam’s, though Miandad had a better average. Andrew Mathieson becomes second New Zealand bowler to take a wicket with his first ball
Comparison of Pakistan batsmen after 100 Test
| Batsman | Javed Miandad | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Younis Khan |
| Innings | 152 | 166 | 178 |
| Runs | 7694 | 7453 | 8640 |
| Average | 57.41 | 50.02 | 53.33 |
| 100s | 22 | 21 | 29 |
| 50s | 36 | 38 | 29 |
| Ducks | 5 | 12 | 16 |
| Highest | 280* | 329 | 313 |
Younis played more innings than the other two. He played 26 innings more than Miandad and nearly scored 1,000 runs and 7 hundreds more.
Let us compare Younis in various parameters with other batsmen.
Most runs in career’s first 100 Tests (8000+ runs)
| Batsman | Inns | Runs | Ave |
| Brian Lara | 176 | 8916 | 52.14 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 167 | 8651 | 55.81 |
| Younis Khan | 178 | 8640 | 53.33 |
| Rahul Dravid | 169 | 8553 | 57.79 |
| Matthew Hayden | 178 | 8508 | 51.87 |
| Virender Sehwag | 174 | 8487 | 50.51 |
| Sunil Gavaskar | 176 | 8479 | 52.33 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 160 | 8405 | 57.96 |
| Ricky Ponting | 166 | 8253 | 57.71 |
| Graeme Smith | 175 | 8173 | 50.14 |
| Garry Sobers (93 tests) | 160 | 8032 | 57.78 |
- Only Brian Lara (8,616) and Kumar Sangakkara (8,651) scored more runs than Younis after 100 Tests.
- Garry Sobers played just 93 Tests but aggregated over 8,000 runs with a huge average of 57.78. Both openers scoring ducks in the fourth innings of a Test
Most centuries in career’s first 100 Tests (25+ centuries)
| Batsman | Inns | 100s | Inns/100 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 160 | 30 | 5.33 |
| Sunil Gavaskar | 176 | 30 | 5.87 |
| Matthew Hayden | 178 | 30 | 5.93 |
| Don Bradman (52 tests) | 80 | 29 | 2.75 |
| Younis Khan | 178 | 29 | 6.14 |
| Ricky Ponting | 166 | 28 | 5.93 |
| Garry Sobers (93 tests) | 160 | 26 | 6.15 |
| Michael Clarke | 170 | 26 | 6.54 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 167 | 25 | 6.68 |
| Graeme Smith | 175 | 25 | 7 |
| Alastair Cook | 179 | 25 | 7.16 |
- Only Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and Matthew Hayden have scored more centuries than Younis after 100 Tests.
- Younis didn’t have good scores in his 99th and 100th Tests (his highest was 47); he could have made it to the top otherwise.
- Don Bradman and Sobers are the only batsmen to score more than 25 hundreds without playing 100 Tests.
- Hashim Amla has scored 23 100s from 82 Tests and has the opportunity to score more than 30 centuries before playing his hundredth Test.
- Hayden had scored his 30th Test 100 in only his 94th Test (quickest in history) while Gavaskar and Tendulkar did it in their 99th Tests.
- Tendulkar’s rate of 5.33 innings per century at the end of his first 100 tests is the worst amongst all who played 100 tests.
- Gavaskar had the most number of fifties (66) from his first 100 Tests. ENG vs NZ ODI series — A series breaking all batting records
Highest average at the end of 100 Tests (53 or more)
| Batsman | Ave |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 57.96 |
| Rahul Dravid | 57.79 |
| Ricky Ponting | 57.71 |
| Javed Miandad | 57.41 |
| Jacques Kallis | 56.31 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 55.81 |
| Younis Khan | 53.33 |
- Tendulkar averaged 57.96 from his first 100 Tests and 49.77 from his last 100 Tests.
- Six other batsmen have average between 52 and 53 at end of their 100th Tests.
Most ducks at the end of 100 tests (top-order batsmen only)
| Batsman | Inns | Ducks |
| Mike Atherton | 184 | 19 |
| Younis Khan | 178 | 16 |
| Steve Waugh | 156 | 15 |
| Chris Gayle | 176 | 15 |
| Mark Waugh | 165 | 15 |
| David Boon | 180 | 15 |
| Andrew Strauss | 178 | 15 |
| Virender Sehwag | 174 | 15 |
- Of all players, Courtney Walsh had most ducks (29) after 100 Tests.
- Younis has the third-highest aggregate of runs, second-most 100s and second-most ducks after 100 Tests, which makes interesting reading.
- Mark Boucher also had 15 ducks after 100 Tests but is not listed above as he played more than 60% of his innings at No. 7. Dhawan, Vijay and other opening pairs scoring 150+ for a team in the same Test innings
Trivia – Lowest aggregates at the end of 100 tests (top-order batsmen only)
Least runs: Saleem Malik, 5,641 in 148 innings at 44.76
Least 100s: Stephen Fleming, 8 in 170 innings
Least fifties: Carl Hooper, 40 in 170 innings
Worst batting average: Carl Hooper, 36.52
Of top order batsmen Michael Atherton has played most innings in his first 100 Tests (184) while Malik and Viv Richards played the least (148). Kohli, Sehwag among those with fastest ODI centuries, for and against Test playing nations
(Bharath Seervi is a cricket statistician who is obsessed with digging numbers, facts and records related to the game. An active member of Society of Cricket Statisticians of India, he blogs at www.cricketseervistats.blogspot.com. He can be followed on Twitter at @SeerviBharath and on Facebook here)