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Harry Brook equaled the world record and scored the first triple century of his career in Pakistan.

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New Delhi: England's rising star batsman Harry Brook has visited Pakistan several times. Brook equaled the world record by scoring the fourth century of his Test career on Thursday, the fourth day of the second Test match against Pakistan. Brook scored 317 runs in 322 balls with the help of 29 fours and three sixes. Sam Ayub ended Brook's innings.

Let us tell you that Harry Brook had made the Multan Test memorable by scoring the first triple century of his career. This right-handed batsman completed his triple century in 310 balls with the help of 28 fours and three sixes. Brook became the sixth English batsman to score a triple century in Test cricket. Brook became the first English batsman to score a triple century in Test cricket in 34 years.

Harry Brook has made many records in the Multan Test. He made a partnership of 454 runs for the fourth wicket with experienced batsman Joe Root (262). This pair has broken the old record of 67 runs in Test cricket. Earlier in 1957, Peter May and Colin Cowdrey had made a partnership of 411 runs.

Brook's world record

However, Harry Brook equaled the world record by completely defeating the Pakistani bowlers. Brook scored his fourth century for Pakistan. In this way, he has become the batsman to score the most Test centuries as a foreign batsman in Pakistan. Brook equaled former Indian all-rounder Mahendra Amarnath and former Sri Lankan batsman Aravinda de Silva. These three batsmen scored four centuries each in Pakistan.

With this, Brook has left behind great Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar and former Australian captain Allan Border in terms of scoring the most centuries as a foreign batsman in Pakistan. Gavaskar and Border scored three centuries each in Pakistan.

Second fastest triple century

Harry Brook scored the second fastest triple century in Test cricket. He scored his first triple century in 310 balls. Let us tell you that the record for scoring the fastest triple century in Test cricket is in the name of former Indian batsman Virender Sehwag, who completed his triple century in just 278 balls in 2008.