Babar Azam became the first Pakistani in six years to score 1,000 Test runs in a calendar year and the fourth batter to reach the milestone in 2022 during the third Test against England in Karachi.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He is the sixth Pakistani batter to reach 1,000 in a year, crossing the total when he reached 45 during an innings that ended on 54.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Despite Babar's solid form, Pakistan are staring at a first-ever 3-0 series whitewash on home soil.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Babar will have one more game in which to add to his 1,009 in 8 Tests when Pakistan take on New Zealand next week.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
England's Joe Root -- playing for the visitors in Karachi -- tops the table for most runs in 2022, having scored 1,098 in 15 Tests.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Australian Usman Khawaja (1,079 in 10 Tests) and England's Jonny Bairstow (1,061 in 10) are the other batters to have achieved the feat in Test cricket this year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
For Pakistan, Younis Khan achieved the feat twice, scoring 1,179 runs in 2006 and 1,064 in 2014.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Others to score 1,000 or more runs in a year are Mohammad Yousuf (1,788 in 2006), Inzamam-ul-Haq (1,090 in 2000), Azhar Ali (1,198 in 2016) and Mohsin Khan (1,029 in 1982).<\/p>\r\n\r\n