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Babar Azzam, close but no cigar. Superb Captain’s innings. Brilliant effort.
Don't confuse your current path with your final destination. Just because it's dark and stormy now doesn't meant that you aren't headed for glorious sunshine!
"196. Babar Azam is now the proud owner of the highest fourth-innings Test score against Australia, surpassing Kumar Sangakkara's 192, made in Hobart in 2007.
Babar's effort places him seventh against all comers on a list headed up by the inimitable George Headley, who scored 223 to save a Test against England in Jamaica, 1930."
"425 Babar's tally of balls faced is the fourth most in the fourth innings of a Test, and the second-most against Australia after Herb Sutcliffe's 462-ball Ashes epic way back in 1928. Former England captain Mike Atherton's famous 492-ball 185no against South Africa in 1995 tops this list."
For your sake, I hope the pitches on your planet are fair to bowlers... and the game is free from all the flat-track bullies with defective techniques, who whinge if there's any ball movement at all.