For the first time in Test cricket, two England batsmen have scored more than 250 runs in the same innings.
For the first time in the history of Test cricket, a team lost the match even after scoring more than 500 runs. This record was achieved during the test match played between Pakistan and England in Multan.
In this Test, Pakistan scored 556 runs in the first innings. After the start of England’s innings. England scored 823 runs thanks to Harry Brook’s triple and Joe Root’s double century. England took a lead of 267 runs over Pakistan.
Pakistan were all out for 220 in the second innings. England won the match by an innings and 47 runs. The first official test was played for the first time in 1877. After that, for the first time, a team lost in this way.
The Pakistani team has failed to win a single home Test match in the last 44 months. By winning the Multan Test, England took a 1-0 lead in the 3 match series.
Before knowing the reasons behind Pakistan’s defeat, take a look at the WTC points table…
Pakistan reaches 9th place in WTC rankings In the 2023-25 cycle of the World Test Championship (WTC), Pakistan team has played 8 matches so far in which they have won 2 while they have lost 6 matches. Her winning percentage is currently 16.67 and she has reached 9th place in the points table. India is at the top.
How Pakistan lost, 4 points…
1. 3 centuries in the first innings, Pakistan has the upper hand Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat. The team scored 556 runs in the first innings. Abdullah Shafiq (102 runs), captain Shan Masood (151 runs) and Salman Agha (104 runs) played century innings. Saud Shakeel (82 runs) scored a half-century. Jack Leach took 3 wickets for England. Goss Ecliston and Brydon Carse took 2-2 wickets.
2. England scored a record 823 runs, scored triples and double centuries In response to the score of 556 runs, England declared the first innings with a record score of 823/7. In 24 years, no team has been able to score such a score in the first innings. Thanks to this innings, the England team took a lead of 267 points. For England, Joe Root scored 262 runs and Harry Brook 317 runs. Here the Test match seemed headed for a draw.
3. Pakistan lost 6 wickets in 37 overs on day four In the second innings, Pakistan’s batting disintegrated in 37 overs on the fourth day. England declared their innings in the second session of the fourth day. After that, Pakistan lost 6 wickets by scoring 152 runs. Opener Abdullah Shafiq was out after scoring 0, Saim Ayub 25, captain Shan Masood 11, Babar Azam 5 and Saud Shakeel 29 runs.
Jack Leach took 4 wickets in the last innings. He got 3 wickets in the first innings.
4. Salman and Jamal raised hopes, but could not avoid defeat On the last day of the match, Pakistan started playing with the score of 152/6. Only two results were visible from here. Either Pakistan draws a match playing all day or England loses the last 4 wickets and wins the match.
In such a situation, Agha Salman and Aamir Jamal raised the hopes of Pakistani fans by playing half-century innings, but could not avoid innings defeat. First Agha Salman was out after scoring 63 runs and then Aamir Jamal was out after scoring 55 runs. After these two were dismissed, the whole team was all out in 6 overs.
Agha Salman and Aamir Jamal forged a century-old partnership and took Pakistan past 200.
Day 4: England declared at 823/7, Pakistan 152/6 On the fourth day of the match, England declared their first innings with a score of 823/7. Chris Woakes returned unbeaten on 17 and Brayden Carse returned unbeaten on 2 points. Harry Brook played an innings of 317 runs. He broke Virender Sehwag’s 20-year-old record in Multan. Sehwag played an innings of 309 runs against Pakistan in 2004. Afterwards, Sehwag was given the nickname ‘Sultan of Multan’.
Besides Brook, Joe Root was absent after scoring 262 runs. Ben Duckett scored 84 points and Jack Crawley scored 78 points.
Day three: England score close to 500 Earlier on Wednesday, the England team had reached almost 500. At the end of the third day’s play, the team had scored 492 runs for three wickets. Joe Root and Harry Brook remained undefeated. Root is close to a double century after scoring 176 runs. While Harry Brook scored 141 points. There was an unbeaten partnership of 243 runs between the two. Ben Duckett (84 points) was knocked out LBW by Aamir Jamal.
Root became England’s top scorer in Tests. Root left behind his country’s former opener Alastair Cook (12472 runs). He is at number 5 in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs.
Second day: Pakistan all out for 556 points in the first innings The Pakistani team was all out for 556 runs in the first innings. Salman Ali Aga completed his century during the third session, Tuesday October 8. He was not out after scoring 104 runs, ahead of him Shaheen Afridi was out after scoring 26 runs and Abrar Ahmed after scoring 3 runs.
For England, Jack Leach took 3 wickets, Gus Atkinson and Brydon Carse took 2 wickets each. While the 1-1 success went to Chris Woakes, Shoaib Bashir and Joe Root.
Salman Ali Aga played an innings of 104 runs.
Day 1: Pakistan’s good start, centuries from 2 batsmen Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat at the Multan Cricket Stadium. Abdullah Shafiq and Shan Masood scored centuries for the team. Shafiq was out after scoring 102 runs and Masood after scoring 151 runs. Both of them also put on a partnership of 253 runs for the second wicket. The team scored 328 runs while losing 4 wickets.
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800+ points scored on the test after 27 years
When the first Test between England and Pakistan began in Multan on October 7, it was a draw. Pakistan scored 556 runs after bowling around 150 overs, it then looked like the match would be played on a flat pitch. Then England also bowled only 150 overs but scored 823 runs.