Inzamam-ul-Haq on Thursday scored his 24th Test hundred on the final day of the second Test against England to set a new record for most Test centuries by a Pakistani batsman.

He had equalled former captain Javed Miandad's record of 23 Test hundreds in the first innings of the Test when he scored 109 runs. He has now scored 7,955 runs in 104 Tests and has also got 10,971 runs in 347 one-day internationals.

Inzamam's scores of 109 and 100 not out in the Test is also only the second instance of a Pakistani scoring two centuries in the same match against England and the fifth time overall by a Pakistani batsman.

Hanif Mohammad in 1961-62 scored 111 and 104 against England at Dhaka.

The others who have scored two hundreds in a match for Pakistan are:

Javed Miandad 104 and 103 not out against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1984-84.

Wajahatullah Wasti 133 and 122 against Sri Lanka at Lahore in 1998-99.

Yasir Hameed 170 and 105 against Bangladesh at Karachi in 2003-04.

Inzamam, 35, also entered the top ten list of batsmen who have scored the most centuries in Tests joining Matthew Hayden (Australia), Greg Chappell (Australia) and Vivian Richards (West Indies) at the ninth position in the all-time scorers of centuries.

List of batsmen with highest number of Test centuries:

Player	Country	Tests	Centuries
Sunil Gavaskar	India	125	34
Sachin Tendulkar	India	123	34
Steve Waugh	Australia	168	32
Brian Lara	West Indies	120	30
Sir Donald Bradman	Australia	52	29
Allan Border	Australia	156	27
Sir Gary Sobers	West Indies	93	26
Ricky Ponting	Australia	96	25
Matthew Hayden	Australia	75	24
Greg Chapell	Australia	87	24
Sir Vivian Richards	West Indies	121	24
Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	104	24