Saim Ayub averages 24.62 after four Tests and with another promising candidate waiting in the wings, he faces an uncertain future in the Pakistan team. Ayub’s Test career began with as much intrigue as controversy. The young left-hander was given a debut earlier this year, picked to open in Australia despite a first-class average that didn’t quite match the numbers expected from a youngster being fast-tracked into the international circuit.
The 22-year-old had played only 15 first-class games, making 1,069 runs at an average of 46.48. Not bad, but the numbers come with a caveat. Ayub, who had debuted in 2022, averaged 32.32 in his first season for Sindh, with 516 runs in 18 innings.
He had a fluent technique but his inability to convert his starts was a concern. Ayub reversed that in 2023, making 553 runs in four Quaid-e-Azam matches, with three hundreds, including a double hundred in the final. Soon after, despite limited experience and a small sample size, he was given a…
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