Kerry O’Keeffe: “I can watch Babar get [a] 20-ball duck and would aesthetically walk away saying it was a good knock. A good zero, a stylish zero”
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Former Australia spinner Kerry O’Keeffe said even if Pakistan captain Babar Azam scored no runs, it would be a “stylish zero”.
Azam recently broke the record for the most runs scored by a batsman in their maiden T20 World Cup appearance.
The 27-year-old scored 303 runs in six games, which included four fifties, at an average of 60.60 and a strike-rate of 126.25.
As for the three-match T20 series against Bangladesh, Azam’s form cooled down as he was only able to muster 27 runs at an average of nine and a strike-rate of 67.50.
In the two-Test series that followed, Azam bounced back by amassing 99 runs, which included a top score of 76, at an average of 49.50.
Most recently, he accumulated 86 runs, which included a top score of 79, at an average of 28.66 and a strike-rate of 138.70 in the three-match T20 series against the West Indies, which Pakistan won 3-0.
“I can watch Babar get [a] 20-ball duck and would aesthetically walk away saying it was a good knock. A good zero, a stylish zero,” O’Keeffe was quoted as saying by Cricket Pakistan.
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