The year 2022 was outstanding for Pakistan’s all-format captain, Babar Azam, as he broke numerous batting records of legendary cricketers.
One of these milestones is the most fifty-plus runs in the ICC World Test Championship 2021-23, where he equaled England’s former captain, Joe Root.
The right-hander scored 161 runs in the first innings of the opening Test match against New Zealand, equaling Root’s 14 fifty-plus runs in the cycle.
The Lahore-born cricketer is also the second leading run-scorer in the cycle, with 1,500 runs in 25 innings at an average of 62.50 and the highest score of 196.
The all-format captain has four centuries and ten half-centuries, including a match-saving 161 runs against New Zealand in the opening Test in Karachi.
Meanwhile, the former England captain, who is the leading run-scorer in the cycle with 1,915 runs, has also recorded fourteen 50+ scores which include eight centuries and six half-centuries.
Australian opening batter, Usman Khawaja, is third on the list with ten fifty-plus scores, while West Indian batter, Kraigg Brathwaite, and Australian middle-order batter, Marnus Labuschagne, have 9 fifty-plus scores each.
| Batter | Country | Innings | Runs | Average | 50+ scores | 100s | 50s |
| Babar Azam | Pakistan | 25 | 1,500 | 62.50 | 14 | 4 | 10 |
| Joe Root | England | 40 | 1,915 | 53.19 | 14 | 8 | 6 |
| Usman Khawaja | Australia | 21 | 1,134 | 70.87 | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| Kraigg Brathwaite | West Indies | 22 | 948 | 49.89 | 9 | 2 | 7 |
| Marnus Labuschagne | Australia | 25 | 1,265 | 57.50 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
Last month, Babar broke former Australian captain, Ricky Pointing’s record for most fifty-plus scores as captain, across all formats, in a calendar year.
