Multan Cricket Stadium: England have started their full-fledged Pakistan tour to play a 3-match Test cricket series. The first Test match between Pakistan and England cricket teams started on October 7 in Multan Cricket Stadium, Pakistan. Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first. and scored 556/10 runs in 149 overs. Captain San Masood scored 151 (177), Abdullah Shafique secured 102 (184), Saud Shakeel 82 (177), and Agha Salman scored 104, not out of 119 for the team. Jack Leach took the maximum 3 wickets for England.
But England followed it up and proved that the pitch was like a tar road, but Pakistan didn’t play great. Because at the end of the third day, England secured 492-3 with only 64 more runs left. Jack Crowley played aggressively and scored 78 (85) runs. Ben Duckett was dismissed with 84 (75) runs. But on the other hand, Joe Root is on 176* and Harry Brook is on 141* in the field.
Chasing the remaining 64 runs for the first inning, Joe Root was eventually pinned lbw by Agha Salman on 262 (375) runs, which includes 17 fours, his new high score in the longest format. then Jamie Smith departs by Naseem Shah for 31 (24) runs. But on the other hand, Brooke, who continued to play brilliantly, scored a triple century and got out by Saim Ayub after accumulating 317 (322) runs laced with 29 fours and three sixes. In the same over, Gus Atkinson was dismissed for 2 (2) runs, and Chris Woakes (17, not out 16) helped England mount their third-highest score in a single innings of Test cricket.
In the end, England declared their innings enough to score 823-7 runs in 150 overs against Pakistan. With this, England broke India’s record for the highest Test score against Pakistan at home and set a new world record. Also, the 454-run partnership between Root and Brooke is the fourth-highest of all-time in Test cricket, as well as the highest-ever partnership in the longer format for England.
Saim Ayub and Naseem Shah took a maximum of 2 wickets for the Pakistan team, which suffered a humiliating defeat at home. Chasing 267 runs for the second inning, the Pakistan openers Abdullah Shafique and Siam Ayub gave a joint start for the team. But Abdullah Shafique was bowled by Chris Woakes with the very first ball. After that, Shan Masood departs by Gus Atkinson for 11 (2) runs, and then Gus Atkinson departs Babar Azam for 5 (15) runs. In the very next over, Siam Ayub was dismissed by Brydon Carse for 25 (35) runs with laced fours.
At last, Mohammad Rizwan dismissed for 10 (19) runs by Brydon Carse; on the other side, Saud Shakeel’s 29(33) runs, which included 4 fours, offered some resistance, but Jack Leach sent him packing, although Salman Agha (41 not out 49) with 5 fours and Aamer Jamal (27 not out 48), which includes 2 fours, managed to guide Pakistan to 152-6 in a 37 over, with the hosts, who trail by 115 runs having put on 556 in their first innings, surely stunned by being on the receiving end of one of the greatest days in England’s Test history.
