RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s opener Abid Ali scored his maiden Test ton as he became the first batsman to score hundreds on Test and one-day international debut.
Ali’s century made him the first male player to score century on ODI and Test debuts.
The only other player to achieve the feat before Ali was England’s woman cricketer Enid Bakewell.
Abid scored 112 against Australia in Dubai on his one-day international debut in March this year.
At tea, Pakistan reached 177-2 at tea in reply to Sri Lanka’s first innings total of 308-6.
