In the last two years, many batsmen have made their highest scores (in all three formats) against Pakistan. Seeing tail-enders contribute in rebuilding after the opposition is 3 or 4 down early in the innings is now a common sight, maybe because our bowlers do not plan for the lower order batsmen or relax after their first spells.
Here is a list of batsmen who have made their career best scores in Tests against Pakistan in the last two years.
All these players have played at least 5 Test matches. Nearly half of them qualify as tail-enders. The period in review is between 22 Nov 2008 and 22 Nov 2010.
AB de Villiers (SA) 278*
TT Samaraweera (SL) 231
SCJ Broad (Eng) 169
EJG Morgan (Eng) 130
DR Tuffey (NZ) 80*
SPD Smith (Aus) 77
NM Hauritz (Aus) 75
BJ Watling (NZ) 60*
BW Hilfenhaus (Aus) 56*
PM Siddle (Aus) 38
IE O'Brien (NZ) 31
GD Elliott (NZ) 25
DE Bollinger (Aus) 21
T Thushara (SL) 15*
ST Finn (Eng) 9*
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