Younis Khan is super star batsman of Pakistan cricket team and is the most experienced and seasoned player of the team. He played eight test matches in 2014 in which he scored 1015 runs. He is the fourth players around the globe to score most runs in 2014 after Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene and Angelo Mathews. But he played only test matches in 2014 while all other players played ten or more test match during this calendar year. Azhar Ali is on the seventh position by scored about 6 fifties during this year. He scored 701 runs in which 3 hundreds are also included. and the average rose to 58.4.
Younis Khan and Azhar Ali played well in the first test match against New Zealand and they scored 113 third wicket partnership, which was made between these two players at the neutral venue. They played so well that they scored four hundred partnerships in 2014 and there is no other pair of players, who scored centuries partnerships in such number, which they scored this year. They scored four times hundreds in their partnerships but there is no fifty in their partnership during 2014.
During the innings, there are total 5 number of sixes included in Pakistan innings in which two played by Younis and one each by Azhar Ali, Asad Shafique and Misbah ul Haq.
Younis Khan is in terrific form and he played so well in the test series against Australia and New Zealand that he scored 668 runs in the test series in last month in which one fifty and four hundreds are included. In four hundreds of Younis Khan, one double century is also included and he is next to Ian Bell, who scored 669 runs in the last 12 months.
Azhar Ali played well in the test series against Australia and New Zealand. He played only two sixes and both were played in Dubai. He played the long inning of 75 runs in which one six is included. he played other six against England in 2012, when he scored 157 runs , which is the highest score of his own. Now second test match between Pakistan and New Zealand is being played in which New Zealand scored 4023 runs in the first innings in 156 over. Fighting back, Pakistan scored 236 runs in 101 overs. It scored 45 runs in next eight overs and accelerated the Pakistan Score Board.
Younis Khan Scores Over 1000 Runs in 2014