Fawad Alam’s 102 for Pakistan  against New Zealand in the just concluded test at Mount Maunganui was in a losing cause to provide the 87^th occasion of a batsman’s century in the fourth innings of a test going in vain. It also provides the seventh occasion of a batsman’s century in the fourth innings of a test going in vain against New Zealand. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Ground	Start Date
1	RA McLean	113	4	SAF	Cape Town	01 Jan 1962
2	Mohd Wasim	109*	4	Pak	Lahore	21 Nov 1996
3	Shakib Al Hasan	100	4	Ban	Hamilton	15 Feb 2010
4	BRM Taylor	117	4	Zim	Bulawayo	01 Nov 2011
5	DA Warner	123*	4	Aus	Hobart	09 Dec 2011
6	S Dhawan	115	4	Ind	Auckland	06 Feb 2014
7	Fawad Alam	102	4	Pak	Mt Maunganui	26 Dec 2020

It also provides the ninth occasion of a Pakistan batsman’s century in the fourth innings of a test going in vain. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Asif Iqbal	135	4	Win	Kingston	15 Apr 1977
2	Ijaz Ahmed	121	4	Aus	Melbourne	12 Jan 1990
3	Moin Khan	117*	4	Srl	Sialkot	22 Sep 1995
4	Mohd Wasim	109*	4	NZl	Lahore	21 Nov 1996
5	Shahid Afridi	122	4	Win	Bridgetown	26 May 2005
6	Younis Khan	126	4	SAF	Karachi	01 Oct 2007
7	Asad Shafiq	137	4	Aus	Brisbane	15 Dec 2016
8	Asad Shafiq	112	4	Srl	Dub-DSC	06 Oct 2017
9	Fawad Alam	102	4	NZl	Mt Maunganui	26 Dec 2020

It also provides the second occasion of a Pakistan batsman’s century in the fourth innings of a test going in vain against New Zealand. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Mohd Wasim	109*	4	NZl	Lahore	21 Nov 1996
2	Fawad Alam	102	4	NZl	Mt Maunganui	26 Dec 2020