Pakistan vs England 1st Test: England defeated Pakistan by an innings and 47 runs in the first match of the Test series. This is the most shameful defeat of Pakistan. Along with this defeat, he also got a stigma on his forehead. Pakistan has faced the biggest defeat in the 147-year-old history of Test cricket. There is an important reason for this. This is the first time that a team has lost by the difference of innings and runs after scoring more than 500 runs in the first innings.
In fact, till now it has never happened in Test cricket that a team scores more than 500 runs in the first innings and loses by an innings margin. But this record was broken in the Multan Test. In this way a shameful defeat has been added to the name of Pakistan. Pakistan had scored 556 runs in the first innings. But in the second innings the team collapsed on the score of 220 runs. England’s bowlers completely dominated in the second innings.
Three centuries were scored in Pakistan’s first innings –
Pakistan had scored 556 runs in the first innings. During this period, Shafiq, Shan Masood and Agha Salman had scored centuries. Shafiq had scored 102 runs facing 184 balls. Shan Masood had played an inning of 151 runs. He hit 13 fours and 2 sixes. Agha Salman remained unbeaten after scoring 104 runs. Facing 119 balls, he hit 10 fours and 3 sixes.
England broke many records in the first innings –
Harry Brook had scored a triple century for the team. He had played an innings of 317 runs. Brook played a strong inning of 317 runs. Facing 322 balls, he hit 29 fours and 3 sixes. Joe Root had scored a double century. He had scored 262 runs. In this way England declared the first innings after scoring 823 runs. In response, Pakistan team was all out after scoring 220 runs in the second innings.
Scored the most centuries but still lost –
Scored the most centuries for Pakistan in the Multan Test. But still the team lost. This is the third time that a team has scored the maximum number of centuries and has faced defeat. In 1992, 3 centuries were scored in the match played between Sri Lanka and Australia in Colombo. But Sri Lanka had to face defeat in this. Pakistan also scored 3 centuries in the Multan Test and faced defeat. Earlier in 2022 also something similar had happened with Pakistan.
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