In the 2025/26 President’s Cup, Awais Zafar hit the fastest List A hundred by a Pakistani in Pakistan.
Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) posted 379-6 on the opening day of the 2025/26 President’s Cup, against the Water and Power Development Authorities (WAPDA). The bulk of the scoring was shared by the two centurions, Saad Khan (115 in 102 balls, 14 fours, three sixes) and Awais (108 not out in 57, five fours, nine sixes). This was Awais’ first List A hundred.
Awais took only 55 balls to bring up his hundred, which makes it the joint-fastest on Pakistan soil in List A cricket. Sanath Jayasuriya had also taken 55 balls to reach his hundred against Bangladesh at Karachi during the 2008 Asia Cup. That makes Awais’ hundred the fastest by a Pakistani on home soil. He broke the 56-ball efforts of Mubasir Khan and Irfan Khan.
Fastest List A hundreds in Pakistan
| Balls | Batter | Final score | Team | Opposition | Venue | Season |
| 55 | Sanath Jayasuriya | 130 (88) | Sri Lanka | Bangladesh | Karachi (National) | 2008 |
| 55 | Awais Zafar | 108* (57) | SNGPL | WAPDA | Karachi (City CA) | 2025/26 |
| 56 | Mubasir Khan | 118* (65) | Northern | Baluchistan | Karachi (NBPSC) | 2022/23 |
| 56 | Irfan Khan | 100* (56) | Lions | Markhors | Faisalabad | 2024/25 |
Note:
Shahid Afridi (thrice) and Saim Ayub have faster List A hundreds than Jayasuriya and Awais, but none of their efforts came on home soil.
Who is Awais Zafar?
Zafar is yet to play for Pakistan, but he did play once for the U19 side, against Sri Lanka in the 2018 U19 Asia Cup. Chasing 201, Pakistan made only 177-8: Awais’ 43 was the only score in excess of 30.
Awais has been in a rich vein of form of late in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. Playing for the Faisalabad Region, he made 148 and 52 not out against Islamabad Region, 1 and 83 against Abbottabad Region, and 148 and 0 against Bahawalpur Region in his last three matches.
