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 century 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 this match by an innings and 47 runs. The first official Test was played for the first time in 1877. After that, this is the first time a team has lost in this manner. Pakistan’s team has not won any Test match in the last 44 months on home ground. By winning the Multan Test, England has taken a 1-0 lead in the 3 match series. Before knowing the reasons for Pakistan’s defeat, a look at the WTC points table… Pakistan reached 9th position in WTC rankings
In the World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 cycle, Pakistan team has played 8 matches so far in which they have won 2 while lost 6 matches. Its win percentage is currently 16.67 and it has reached 9th position in the points table. At the same time, India is at the top. How Pakistan lost, 4 points… 1. 3 centuries in the first innings, Pakistan has the upper hand
Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat. The team scored 556 runs in the first innings. Abdullah Shafiq (102 runs), captain Shan Masood (151 runs) and Salman Aga (104 runs) played centuries. Saud Shakeel (82 runs) scored a half-century. Jack Leach took 3 wickets for England. 1. Gus Ecclestone and Brydon Carse got 2-2 wickets. 2. England scored a record 823 runs, triple and double century
In reply to the score of 556 runs, England declared the first innings at a record score of 823/7. In 24 years, no team has been able to score such a score in the first innings. Due to this innings, England team got a lead of 267 runs. Joe Root scored 262 and Harry Brook scored 317 runs for England. Here the test match seemed to be heading towards a draw. 3. Pakistan lost 6 wickets in 37 overs on the fourth day
In the second innings, Pakistan’s batting collapsed in 37 overs on the fourth day. England declared the innings in the second session of the fourth day. After that Pakistan lost 6 wickets in scoring 152 runs. Opener Abdullah Shafiq 0, Saim Ayub 25, Captain Shan Masood 11, Babar Azam 5 and Saud Shakeel were out after scoring 29 runs. 4. Salman and Jamal raised hopes, but could not avert defeat
On the last day of the match, Pakistan started playing with a score of 152/6. Only two results were visible from here. Either Pakistan plays the whole day and draws the match, or England takes the last 4 wickets and wins the match. In such a situation, Agha Salman and Aamir Jamal raised the hopes of Pakistani fans by playing half-century innings, but could not avert the innings defeat. First Agha Salman was out after scoring 63 and then Aamir Jamal was out after scoring 55 runs. After the dismissal of these two, the entire team was all out in 6 overs. Read the detailed report of each day’s play of Multan Test… Fourth day: England declared at 823/7, Pakistan 152/6
On the fourth day of the match, England declared their first innings at a score of 823/7. Chris Woakes returned unbeaten at 17 and Brydon Carse at 2. Harry Brook scored 317 runs. He broke Virender Sehwag’s 20-year-old record in Multan. Sehwag had scored 309 runs against Pakistan in 2004. Then Sehwag was given the tag ‘Sultan of Multan’. Apart from Brook, Joe Root was out after scoring 262 runs. Ben Duckett scored 84 and Jack Crowley scored 78 runs. Read full news Third day: England’s score close to 500
A day earlier on Wednesday, England’s team had reached close to 500. By the end of the third day’s play, the team had scored 492 runs for three wickets. Joe Root and Harry Brook remained unbeaten. Root is close to a double century by scoring 176 runs. While Harry Brook has scored 141 runs. There has been an unbeaten partnership of 243 runs between the two. Ben Duckett (84 runs) was dismissed LBW by Aamir Jamal. Root has become England’s top scorer in Tests. Root left behind his own country’s former opener Alastair Cook (12472 runs). He is at number 5 in the list of batsmen scoring the most runs. Second day: Pakistan all out for 556 runs in the first innings
Pakistan’s team was all out for 556 runs in the first innings. Salman Ali Agha completed a century in the third session of Tuesday, October 8. He remained not out after scoring 104 runs, in front of him Shaheen Afridi was out after scoring 26 and Abrar Ahmed after scoring 3 runs. For England, Jack Leach took 3 wickets, Gus Atkinson and Brydon Carse got 2-2 wickets. While Chris Woakes, Shoaib Bashir and Joe Root got 1-1 success. Read full news First day: Pakistan’s strong start, 2 batsmen scored centuries Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat at Multan Cricket Stadium. Abdullah Shafique and Shan Masood scored centuries from the team. Shafique got out after scoring 102 and Masood after scoring 151. Both of them also made a partnership of 253 runs for the second wicket. The team scored 328 runs after losing 4 wickets. Read full news… ———————————————————– Read the news related to the records of Multan Test 800+ runs scored in the test after 27 years When the first test started between England and Pakistan in Multan on 7 October, the matter was equal. Pakistan scored 556 runs after batting for about 150 overs, then it seemed that the match would be drawn on the flat pitch. Then England also batted for only 150 overs but scored 823 runs. Read the full news
