Azhar breaks batting records with 205no

Pakistan opener Azhar Ali has broken a succession of cricket records with his MCG masterpiece.

A LOOK AT PAKISTAN BATSMAN AZHAR ALI AFTER HIS TERRIFIC INNINGS AT THE MCG

* DOB: 19/2/85

* His 205no in the Boxing Day Test was the second-highest international Test score at the MCG, trailing only the 208 by West Indian great Sir Viv Richards in 1984

* It was only the fourth Test double century at the MCG by an international cricketer

* The highest Pakistan Test score in Australia, beating the 158 by Majid Khan in 1972

* The first Pakistan Test century at the MCG since Mohammad Yousuf's 111 in 2004

* Azhar's highest Test score against Australia and his third Test double century

* Azhar and Sohail Khan (65) put on 118, a record for the eighth wicket in Pakistan-Australia Tests

* Azhar's MCG double ton made him only the fifth Pakistan player to score 1000 Test runs in a calendar year