Pakistan wins Test match against England: Pakistan has defeated England by 152 runs in the second test match. With this, the Pakistan team is tied at 1-1 in the three-match Test series. England was chasing the target of 297 runs in the fourth innings, but the entire team was limited to 144 runs. Pakistan has won a Test match at home after 1349 days and this is also the team’s first win under the captaincy of Shan Masood.
match summary
Pakistan had scored 366 runs in the first innings. Kamran Ghulam, who made his debut in the same innings, stole the show by playing a century inning of 118 runs. In reply, England had made a very good start and at one point had scored 211 runs at the loss of 2 wickets. But from here Sajid Khan and Nauman Ali together took all the remaining wickets of the English team within the next 80 runs.
Pakistan got a lead of 75 runs in the first innings. The Pakistani team was all out on the score of 221 in the second innings. In-form Agha Salman played a very important half-century inning of 63 runs. With this, England got the target of 297 runs in the fourth innings. In the fourth innings, Sajid Khan and Nauman Ali again attacked the English team. In the first innings, Sajid Khan took 7 wickets and Noman Ali took 3 wickets. This time Nauman had to be satisfied with 8 wickets and Sajid with 2 wickets. In this way the English team was bowled out with a score of 144 and Pakistan got a memorable victory of 152 runs.
Benefit of dropping Babar, Shaheen and Naseem!
Before this match, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had dropped Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah from the upcoming 2 Test matches against England. Pakistan’s victory in their absence can be said to be an indication that Babar, Shaheen and Naseem may have to work hard to make a comeback. On the other hand, this was also a very important match for Shan Masood because under his captaincy the Pakistan team had lost 6 consecutive test matches.
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