Aamer Youngest Fast Bowler to Take Five Wickets

Mohammad Aamer, at 17 years and 260 days, become the youngest fast bowler in history to claim a five-wicket haul in Tests.
The left arm fast medium bowler from Gujjar Khan achieved this feat by taking five for 66 in Australian second innings on the fourth-day of the first Test match at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Tuesday (December 29).
Pakistan’s Wasim Akram held the previous record. The left arm fast bowler was 18 years and 253 days old when claimed five wickets for 56 in New Zealand’s first innings at Dunedin on February 11, 1985. The former Pakistan skipper also took five wickets for 72 in the second innings of the match.
Pakistan’s Nasim-ul-Ghani is the youngest bowler to take five wickets in a Test innings. The slow left-arm orthodox bowler was 16 years and 307 days old when he took five wickets for 116 runs in West Indies’ second innings at Georgetown on March 17,1958.
Shane Watson scored his maiden century in the 25th innings of 15th Test match by making an unbeaten 120 off 220 balls with 10 fours and a six. His previous highest was 93 in the first innings of the match. Pakistan’s fifth dropped catch of the match ensured Watson became the first Australian batsman since Michael Hussey (121) at The Oval in August 2000 to reach triple figures in a Test, breaking a team sequence of 20 unconverted half-centuries. In 12 innings as Australia’s Test opener, he has now scored 716 runs at the eye-catching average of 65.09. Shane Watson’s century was Australia’s 63rd in 54 Test matches against Pakistan.
With 93 in the first innings and an unbeaten 120 in the second, Shane Watson became the eighth Australian and 41st batsman overall on 42 occasions to score a hundred and a ninety in the same Test match. West Indian Shivnarine Chanderpaul is the only batsman who did the same twice.