Shan Masood Fifty Less Than 50 Balls: The first test match between Pakistan and England has started from October 7 in Multan. In this match, Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first and meanwhile, Pakistan team captain Shan Masood has done a historic feat, which no Pakistani player had been able to do before. Shan Masood has scored a century in the first test, but he completed his fifty in less than 50 balls.
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Now Shan Masood has become the first captain in the history of Pakistan Test cricket to complete his fifty in less than 50 balls against England. He completed his half-century in 43 balls. Before this, no Pakistani captain had been able to score a fifty in less than 50 balls against England in a Test match. On the other hand, if we talk about the record of scoring the fastest fifty in Test cricket, it is also in the name of a Pakistani player. Misbah ul Haq had scored a half-century in just 21 balls in the year 2014. Shan Masood completed his century in 102 balls in the match against England and this is the fifth century of his Test career.
Pakistan’s first wicket fell at the score of just 8 runs as Sam Ayyub was out after scoring only 4 runs. On the other hand, till the time of writing this article, there has been a partnership of more than 200 runs between Shan Masood and Abdullah Shafiq. Talking about Shan Masood, he had not scored a century in the last 27 innings. His last century came against England in the year 2020. At the same time, Pakistan team is coming after facing 2-0 defeat in the recent test series against Bangladesh. In such a situation, Captain Shan’s century is a good sign for the Pakistan team.
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