Pakistan Beat England by 152 Runs in the 2nd Test at Multan
Pakistan is a country located in South Asia. It came into being as a sovereign state as a result of the partition of India in the year 1947 and it has witnessed internal political strife as well as external regional conflicts.
Pakistan enjoys an ancient civilization that goes back thousands of years. The archaeological sites like Taxila, Harappa and Moenjodaro expose a culture that was inherently simple, sturdy and warm hearted.
Noman Ali 8-46
The last act of this drama was played by Noman Ali, a left-arm spinner who annihilated the English batting earning Pakistan a record win- its first in their own backyard on a made over turning pitch. Noman, 38 shared the record of 20 for 2 historical Wickets partnership with Sajid Khan who had earlier taken 7-111 in the first innings and then added another eight to take his match tally to fifteen. Only six pairs of spinners have shared 20 Wickets during one match in this case a Test, the last pair being Dennis Lillee and Bob Massie at Lord’s in 1972.
Having been set a target of 297 to win the Test and level the three-match series at 1-1, England lost their last chance on the fourth day’s morning session at Multan. Captain Ben Stokes was the top scorer for the side with 37 runs however the side’s main batsmen found it difficult to deal with the turning ball.
Following Sajid Khan’s dismissal of Ollie Pope when the second ball was delivered on the 4th day Noman took care of the rest at a spell that could qualify for just below an hour. Joe Root was lbw on the sweep, Harry Brook palpably leg before sweeping and Eoin Morgan spooned a catch to mid-on. Noman, however, was unperturbed and he got rid of both Stokes and Brydon Carse in the same over with his subtle offerings. In his best-ever bowling spell against England where he claimed 8 wickets Noman took 16.3 overs.
Sajid Khan 2-93
Kamran Ghulam in his debut match became the first batsman from Pakistan to score a hundred on debut while the spinner Sajid Khan picked up two wickets and Pakistan registered an emphatic 152-run win over England in Multan.
The victory meant that Pakistan brought the three test series back to equilibrium at one each having suffered a humiliating defeat of an innings and 47 runs in the first test last week and ended a home defeats run spanning eleven tests since February 2021. This also signifies the first test victory of Shan Masood as Pakistan Captain.
Pakistan’s strategy to bat first on a worn-out pitch and select a spinning-heavy team has paid off greatly. The selection committee’s dramatic time saw Noman Ali and Sajid Khan rejoining the side, the duo collectively took all twenty wickets.
Joe Root and Harry Brook were both dismissed in the 16th and 20th overs leaving England in the slump for five wickets at the cost of only seventy-eight runs. Minutes later, Ben Stokes fell for a simple catch to Sajid, as the players lost their sixth consecutive match. This was the seventh occasion two bowlers picked all twenty wickers for England together in a single match. The series now shifts to art Islamabad for the third and final Test which is set to commence on coming Thursday.
Following a sift of nail biting eos dramas involving selection and players. Pakistan cricket had lost a ng confidence and needed some moral boosting and that is exactly what Kamran Ghulam provided controversy free. The thriller match ended on very hopeful note for Pakistan.
The 29-year-old, inserted into the team after the sudden exclusion of Babar Azam, enabled Pakistan to reach 259-5 during the afternoon break. His work dispelled concerns that batting would be impossible on a pitch that had been benign towards the batsmen during the one innings English victory achivied here last week.
Despite the cramps experienced towards the end of his innings Ghulam did not lose his temperament and remained firm. He suffered some initial hiccups – including a long mid-on misfield that was caught and bowled by Ben Stokes – to hold the innings with Saim Ayub. However, England’s bowlers were able to stem the flow of runs scored when Jack Leach came in to dismiss Pakistan for 19-2 with the help of Matthew Potts and Brydon Carse, who also took some wickets.
A win which was emphatic as the opponent s suffered in eighty degrees of the sun in Multan on a pitch which had spin written all over it gave Pakistan their first ever home win since January two thousand and fifteen bringing the heat on one all right before the third tale at Rawalpindi. Brilliant displays both with bat and ball match those of Noman Ali and Sajid Khan’s superb bowling which nesured the Pakistan were in the end the better side .
Saim Ayub
After the fourth day of the match, the pitch started to deteriorate which made things more favorable for the English side. The seamers absolutely benefited from this as Chris Woakes, Carse, and Atkinson enjoyed bowling against the lower-order batsmen. They made it look easy, which was not a surprise as the Pakistani bowlers failed to protect the top-order batsmen from facing stones being thrown at them by the bowlers.
Just when people thought that there is still some glimmer of hope left with the rise of the middle-order, both Babar and Rizwan failed to capitalize on this. Saim Ayub who was the last batsman for Pakistan to bat handed his wicket to Hamza Yasin by trying to play a full shot which he attempted without looking. This lead to the ball being edged off the bat right into the sanitizing off fielder’s hands located mid-off.
Aamer Jamal and Salman Agha formed a partnership of 70 until Ben Duckett got Aamer caught off a short ball from Brydon Carse. Now Pakistan are at the risk of losing by an inning as they have no defense against Chris Woakes and jack Leach who are in no mood of slowing down in their attack.
