Pakistani batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Ali-c46890 eager to score his first Test century
Expressing disappointment over not being able to hit a century so far in his international career, Pakistan's top-order batsman, Azhar Ali, has said that he is eager to score his first hundred in Test cricket.
Azhar is considered as a Test cricket specialist due to his solid defence and patience to bat for long periods.
After making his Test debut against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in 2010, the number-three position batsman has participated in 12 Tests, scoring 783 runs at an average of 37.28. He has scored eight Test half-centuries but is yet raise his bat to a three-figure score.
Azhar recently made his One Day International (ODI) debut in the two-match series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 and scored a steady knock of 39 in his debut game.
The Men in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 in two five-day matches in September of 2011, and the Lahore-born player is confident of making a ton in the next Test series.
“I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t a worry. I’ve crossed the half century mark eight times in 12 tests and am yet to score a century, so yes it is a concern as the conversion rate is zero and I should be converting the fifties to hundreds,” Azhar said.
“In the match situation I continue to play each ball on merit irrespective of how many runs I have scored. It’s not as if I change my approach after reaching the half century mark or it’s a mental block. I recall http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sachin-Ramesh-Tendulkar-c87800 going through a phase where
he was regularly being dismissed in the nineties and I look at the example of Tendulkar and he made his first ODI century in his 76th match for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750,” added the batsman who has scored 11 centuries in his first-class career.
The 26-year-old classy right-hander clarified that he always wanted to play for the country, not for his individual records. He described that even though he is slightly frustrated over not crossing three figures so far, he will not allow it to have any
negative impact on his game.
Meanwhile, Azhar vowed to keep the good work in both Test and limited-over cricket.
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