Former Pakistan Under-19 batter Azan Awais continued his rich form in first-class cricket with another century during a Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match between Sialkot and Islamabad.
Batting first, Sialkot mounted a total of 407. Their innings was spearheaded by 21-year-old Awais, who resumed on his overnight score of 99 not out off 135 balls, to get to a hundred on day two. Awais eventually made 134 off 185 balls, hitting 17 fours and two sixes.
Earlier in the innings, the left-hander was retired hurt in the 22nd over before returning to bat at 282-5. He received support from Aashar Mehmood, who bludgeoned a 49-ball 73, and Mohammad Waleed, who scored 59 from 102 balls.
That was Awais’s seventh hundred in 19 first-class matches; he also has seven fifties. This score of 134 is also his third-highest in the format behind 168 (v Lahore Whites, 2024) and 203 not out (v Peshawar, 2024).