A PLETHORA of options are available when explaining why Australia’s draw against Pakistan was remarkable.

There are the 140 overs, the heat, the suspensions, the debutants, the new captain, the collapses and the Asia struggles of Usman Khawaja.

Then there is the long-list of records which Australia sent tumbling by defying all odds to escape the first Test with a draw.

To achieve the result, Australia withstood 139.5 overs - the most ever faced in the fourth innings of a Test in Asia. It was also the nation’s longest fourth innings anywhere in the world since 1971.

Australia’s 8-362 against Pakistan is now its greatest total when batting last in a Test in Asia.

The record saw Australia notch its first draw against Pakistan since 1998 at Karachi, ending a streak of 19 consecutive Tests with a result.

The man of the hour, Khawaja, rewrote the record books as well.

His courageous 141 off 302 balls was the highest ever score by an overseas batsman in the fourth innings of a Test in Asia.

The 31-year-old also set the world record for the highest fourth innings score in the UAE, and his own record for highest score outside of Australia.

Khawaja now averages 150 as a Test opener, making two centuries and two fifties.