Pakistan v New Zealand: Babar Azam breaks Pakistan's 16-year record for most runs in calendar year

First Test, National Stadium, Kar achi (day one): Pakistan 317-5: Babar 161*, Sarfaraz 86 >

In doing so, the 28-year-old surpassed Mohammad Yousuf's 2,435 in 2006.

Babar, who helped his team to 317 -5 in their opening round against the Kiwis, also has the most runs in Tests this year with 1,170 runs in nine matches.

New Zealand failed to grab two opportunities to dismiss the Pakistani skipper, with Daryl Mitchell missing a catch on the first slide as Babar was at 12 and outfielder Devon Conway missing the stumps as the batter was well short of his crease at 54.

It was also Babar 25th international scoring over 50 in the calendar year, again in Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket - equaling the record set by Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka in 2014.

Pakistan aim to bounce back from recent 3-0 loss in home Test series against England.