Younis Khan record century – One good for Pakistan at SCG

Younis khan makes history since he became first cricketer to score Test centuries in 11 countries. He acclaimed the record on 3rd. Day of 3rd. test match against Australia at Sydney Cricket ground. Younis Khan propped up Pakistan with a landmark century despite Australia continued to dominate the third Test in Sydney.

Younis Khan of Pakistan gestures to the crowd after scoring a century on Day 3 of the Third Test match between Australia and Pakistan at SCG Source: AAP

 

Pakistani veteran batsman Younis makes history, becomes first cricketer to score Test centuries in 11 countries. Younis Khan propped up Pakistan with a landmark century despite Australia continued to dominate the third Test in Sydney. Only Don Bradman has a better ratio than Younis. Overall, Younis has 34 centuries and 32 fifties in Test cricket.

Australia's captain Steven Smith, right, congratulates Pakistan's Younis Khan at the end of the day's play after Khan made 136 not out at SCG Source: AP

Younis Khan indelibly inked his name as one of Test cricket’s most enduring performers the game has known. Younis Khan struck his maiden hundred in Australia and in the process became the first player to score a hundred in all eleven nations that have hosted Tests.

Pakistan's Younis Khan, right, gets a pat on the back from teammate Yasir Shah after Khan was 136 not out during cricket test match in Sydney, Australia. Source: AP

The last time a batsman older than Younis, 39, scored a century in Australia was in 1984 when Clive Lloyd hit a ton, at the age of 40 in Brisbane.  The entire Test careers of Michael Clarke, Chris Rogers and Simon Katich came and went within the span of Younis's.

Pakistan's Younis Khan ducks under a delivery from Australia's Mitchell Starc during their cricket test match in Sydney Source: AP

Younis Khan with his unbeaten 136 in the third Commonwealth Bank Test against Australia in Sydney became the first batsman in history to achieve the feat. He now has scored a century in all the 10 Test playing countries plus the United Arab Emirates.

Younis Khan of Pakistan plays a shot during Day 3 of the Third Test match between Australia and Pakistan at Jan. 5, 2017 Source: AAP