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Saim Ayub (left) and Kamran Ghulam returned unbeaten till lunch.
The second Test between Pakistan and England is being played in Multan. On the first day of the second Test on Tuesday, Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first. The team scored 79 runs for two wickets till lunch. Saim Ayub and Kamran Ghulam returned unbeaten.
England won the first match by an innings and 47 runs. The team is leading 1-0 in the three-match series. The third match will be played in Rawalpindi from October 24.
Pakistan’s bad start Pakistan’s start was not good. The team lost the first wicket on the score of 15 runs. Abdullah Shafiq was out after scoring 7 runs. The second blow came on 19 runs. Captain Shan Masood was out after scoring 3 runs. Jack Leach took both the wickets. From here Saim and Kamran took over Pakistan’s innings.
Jack Leach took both the opening wickets of Pakistan.
Babar Azam out of second and third test Former Pakistan captain Babar Azam has been dropped from the second and third matches of the Test series against England. After the crushing defeat in the first match of the ongoing Test series against England, the selection committee also dropped fast bowlers Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah.
Pakistan team lost the Multan Test by an innings even after scoring 556 runs in the first innings. 29 year old Babar could score only 35 runs in both the innings of that match. He scored 30 runs in the first innings and 5 runs in the second.
Pakistan lost the first match by an innings and 47 runs 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 made in the test match played between Pakistan and England in Multan.
In this test, Pakistan scored 556 runs in the first innings. After this England’s innings started. 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 was all out for 220 runs 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 has lost in this manner.
Playing-11 of both the teams Pakistan: Shan Masood (captain), Saeem Ayub, Abdullah Shafiq, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Agha Salman, Aamer Jamal, Noman Ali, Sajid Khan and Zahid Mahmood. England: Ben Stokes (captain), Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Popp, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (wk), Matthew Potts, Brydon Carse, Jack Leach and Shoaib Bashir.