Saud Shakeel creates another world record in Test cricket

17 December, 2023

Chasing a 450-run target, Shan Masood XI was bowled out for 89 runs against Australia in the opening Test at Perth. In pursuit of target, the visitors surrendered meekly with Lyon claiming 2-18. Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood also secured three wickets each.

Shakeel became the first batsman in Test history to score 20 or more runs in 15 consecutive innings right from the start of his career in red ball cricket.

He accomplished this record during Pakistan’s second innings of the Perth Test, which was lost by 360 runs.

This outstanding accomplishment surpasses the previous record held by Sir Everton Weekes, who managed a streak of 14 innings.

Earlier this year, Saud Shakeel had brought up his seventh half-century on the third day of the second Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Colombo. This feat made Shakeel the first batter in Test history to score a fifty in each of the first seven Tests.