Babar Azam of Pakistan scored 102 not out at the end of the fourth day of the ongoing Karachi test against Australia to provide the 49^th occasion of a captain scoring a century in the fourth innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	HW Taylor	101	4	SAF	Eng	Jo’burg	09 Feb 1923
2	HW Taylor	102	4	SAF	Eng	Durban	16 Feb 1923
3	DG Bradman	102*	4	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
4	WR Hammond	140	4	Eng	SAF	Durban	03 Mar 1939
5	A Melville	104*	4	SAF	Eng	Nottingham	07 Jun 1947
6	DG Bradman	173*	4	Aus	Eng	Leeds	22 Jul 1948
7	AL Hassett	102	4	Aus	Win	Melbourne	31 Dec 1951
8	JB Stollmeyer	104	4	Win	Aus	Sydney	25 Jan 1952
9	JB Stollmeyer	104*	4	Win	Ind	Trinidad	19 Feb 1953
10	RB Simpson	115	4	Aus	Pak	Karachi	24 Oct 1964
11	GS Sobers	113	4	Win	Aus	Sydney	14 Feb 1969
12	BE Congdon	176	4	NZl	Eng	Nottingham	07 Jun 1973
13	GS Chappell	109*	4	Aus	Win	Brisbane	28 Nov 1975
14	Kallicharran	126	4	Win	Aus	Kingston	28 Apr 1978
15	LRD Mendis	124	4	Srl	Ind	Kandy	14 Sep 1985
16	IVA Richards	109*	4	Win	Ind	Delhi	25 Nov 1987
17	JG Wright	117*	4	NZl	Aus	Wellington	15 Mar 1990
18	GA Gooch	117	4	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1991
19	Azharuddin	106	4	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1992
20	GA Gooch	133	4	Eng	Aus	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
21	MA Taylor	113	4	Aus	Eng	Sydney	01 Jan 1995
22	MA Atherton	185*	4	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	30 Nov 1995
23	MA Atherton	118	4	Eng	NZl	Ch’church	14 Feb 1997
24	MA Taylor	102*	4	Aus	Ind	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998
25	BC Lara	153*	4	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	26 Mar 1999
26	BC Lara	122	4	Win	Aus	Trinidad	19 Apr 2003
27	MP Vaughan	105	4	Eng	Srl	Kandy	10 Dec 2003
28	GC Smith	125*	4	SAF	NZl	Wellington	26 Mar 2004
29	RT Ponting	156	4	Aus	Eng	Manchester	11 Aug 2005
30	RT Ponting	143*	4	Aus	SAF	Sydney	02 Jan 2006
31	RT Ponting	118*	4	Aus	Ban	Fatullah	09 Apr 2006
32	M Jayawardene	123	4	Srl	SAF	Col-PSS	04 Aug 2006
33	Younis Khan	107*	4	Pak	Ind	Kolkata	30 Nov 2007
34	RR Sarwan	128	4	Win	Aus	N Sound	30 May 2008
35	GC Smith	154*	4	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	30 Jul 2008
36	GC Smith	108	4	SAF	Aus	Perth	17 Dec 2008
37	M Ashraful	101	4	Ban	Srl	Mirpur	26 Dec 2008
38	Sangakkara	130*	4	Srl	Pak	Col-SSC	20 Jul 2009
39	DL Vettori	140	4	NZl	Srl	Col-SSC	26 Aug 2009
40	S Al Hasan	100	4	Ban	NZl	Hamilton	15 Feb 2010
41	AN Cook	109*	4	Eng	Ban	Mirpur	20 Mar 2010
42	BRM Taylor	117	4	Zim	NZl	Bulawayo	01 Nov 2011
43	GC Smith	101*	4	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011
44	V Kohli	141	4	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
45	AD Mathews	110	4	Srl	Ind	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015
46	Williamson	104*	4	NZl	Ban	Wellington	12 Jan 2017
47	D Karunaratne	122	4	Srl	NZl	Galle	14 Aug 2019
48	D Karunaratne	107	4	Srl	Ind	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022
49	Babar Azam	102*	4	Pak	Aus	Karachi	12 Mar 2022

It also provides the second occasion of a Pakistan captain scoring a century in the fourth innings of a test. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Younis Khan	107*	4	Pak	Ind	Kolkata	30 Nov 2007
2	Babar Azam	102*	4	Pak	Aus	Karachi	12 Mar 2022

It also provides the 14th occasion of a captain scoring a century in the fourth innings of a test against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JB Stollmeyer	104	4	Win	Aus	Sydney	25 Jan 1952
2	GS Sobers	113	4	Win	Aus	Sydney	14 Feb 1969
3	Kallicharran	126	4	Win	Aus	Kingston	28 Apr 1978
4	JG Wright	117*	4	NZl	Aus	Wellington	15 Mar 1990
5	GA Gooch	117	4	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1991
6	Azharuddin	106	4	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1992
7	GA Gooch	133	4	Eng	Aus	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
8	BC Lara	153*	4	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	26 Mar 1999
9	BC Lara	122	4	Win	Aus	Trinidad	19 Apr 2003
10	RR Sarwan	128	4	Win	Aus	N Sound	30 May 2008
11	GC Smith	108	4	SAF	Aus	Perth	17 Dec 2008
12	GC Smith	101*	4	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011
13	V Kohli	141	4	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	09 Dec 2014
14	Babar Azam	102*	4	Pak	Aus	Karachi	12 Mar 2022

The following table lists the captains who have scored centuries in the fourth innings of a test on two or more occasions. GC Smith of South Africa owns the record for most centuries by a captain in the fourth innings of test on four occasions. He is closely followed by RT Ponting of Australia who has scored centuries in the fourth innings of a test on three occasions.

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	GC Smith	125*	4	SAF	NZl	Wellington	26 Mar 2004
2	GC Smith	154*	4	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	30 Jul 2008
3	GC Smith	108	4	SAF	Aus	Perth	17 Dec 2008
4	GC Smith	101*	4	SAF	Aus	Cape Town	09 Nov 2011
1	RT Ponting	156	4	Aus	Eng	Manchester	11 Aug 2005
2	RT Ponting	143*	4	Aus	SAF	Sydney	02 Jan 2006
3	RT Ponting	118*	4	Aus	Ban	Fatullah	09 Apr 2006
1	BC Lara	153*	4	Win	Aus	Bridgetown	26 Mar 1999
2	BC Lara	122	4	Win	Aus	Trinidad	19 Apr 2003
1	D Karunaratne	122	4	Srl	NZl	Galle	14 Aug 2019
2	D Karunaratne	107	4	Srl	Ind	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022
1	DG Bradman	102*	4	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	24 Jun 1938
2	DG Bradman	173*	4	Aus	Eng	Leeds	22 Jul 1948
1	GA Gooch	117	4	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	25 Jan 1991
2	GA Gooch	133	4	Eng	Aus	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
1	HW Taylor	101	4	SAF	Eng	Jo’burg	09 Feb 1923
2	HW Taylor	102	4	SAF	Eng	Durban	16 Feb 1923
1	MA Taylor	113	4	Aus	Eng	Sydney	01 Jan 1995
2	MA Taylor	102*	4	Aus	Ind	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998
1	MA Atherton	185*	4	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	30 Nov 1995
2	MA Atherton	118	4	Eng	NZl	Ch’church	14 Feb 1997
1	JB Stollmeyer	104	4	Win	Aus	Sydney	25 Jan 1952
2	JB Stollmeyer	104*	4	Win	Ind	Trinidad	19 Feb 1953