england cricket team vs pakistan national cricket team match scorecard
After an extraordinary day, England’s Joe Root became their leading Test run scorer as their visitors continued their dominance on an inhospitable pitch for bowling. Brydon Carse made his debut and Jack Leach seamlessly returned into the squad.
Shan Masood and Abdullah Shafique scored centuries against an inexperienced England pace attack on Day 1 at Multan. Ollie Pope led England instead of Ben Stokes due to an ongoing recovery process for a hamstring strain injury. You can check the England Cricket Team vs Pakistan National Cricket Team Match Scorecard for a detailed summary of the match.
Day 1
After much anticipation on behalf of England cricket fans, the first Test match in the three-match series between Pakistan and England finally begins today in Multan. This big match comes on the heels of England’s white-ball tour to Sri Lanka concluding last week and should keep them busy until their white ball tour of Sri Lanka concludes next month.
Multan’s pitch is an ideal batting environment, providing little assistance to bowlers. While the tourists’ new-look pace attack has struggled thus far, a strong showing here could give it the impetus it needs to turn this series around.
England openers Joe Root and Harry Brook both reached double centuries as England amassed an immense total. Both put on an outstanding show to decimate Pakistan bowlers and secure an insurmountable advantage for their side.
England made short work of Day 3’s difficult target on Day 3, pressing Pakistan all the way until stumps. Pakistan were facing defeat as they started Day 4, trailing by over 500 runs; however, their defiant partnership between Aamer Jamal and Salman Agha delayed England’s inevitable triumph by at least an hour or so.
At the conclusion of play on day two, England made several adjustments to their team lineup. Durham seamer Brydon Carse made his Test debut and Somerset spinner Jack Leach returned from a hiatus from Test cricket; Ollie Pope was brought in as his replacement as captain Ben Stokes suffered an injured hamstring during this matchup.
Pakistan openers Shan Masood and Abdullah Shafique both made strong starts to their innings against England’s new pace attack, scoring 151 runs off just 177 balls while Shafique remained unbeaten on 102 as Pakistan closed on 328-4 at stumps.
Day 2
England will look to build on an incredible day of batting from Joe Root and Harry Brook, which saw them put up an unassailable lead against Pakistan on the opening Test match at Trent Bridge. England are currently 492/3 at stumps while Pakistan have been outclassed on an flat pitch by England.
As the day wore on, the pitch began to show signs of wear and tear. This created cracks which allowed England’s seam attack of Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse and Gus Atkinson to exploit this gap with ease and restrict Pakistan to just 328-4 at stumps.
Pakistan provided limited resistance, and was looking to dominate England with some power hitting. Instead, England were met by Root and Brook’s masterclass partnership who toppled records with their epic partnership and both scored hundreds to help Pakistan amass an enormous total in their second innings.
Jack Leach will give England confidence of taking early wickets in both innings, hoping to keep Pakistan below 450 runs with one quick batsman taking care of business in their absence: Shaheen Afridi or Naseem Shah are already absent so much will be expected of lone quick Rashid Khan.
Pakistan skipper Shan Masood will hope that his batsmen can keep pace with England bowlers during the third and fourth innings if they want to avoid another whitewash from England. After losing six consecutive Tests against them, Masood knows his team need an impressive showing if they’re to avoid losing all four games outright.
Pakistani assistant coach Azhar Mahmood remains hopeful despite their disappointing first Test performance, believing their team can turn things around. He has instructed their players to concentrate on playing to their individual strengths. Furthermore, he made it clear that Babar Azam’s absence is not due to injury or fitness concerns but simply due to team management’s decision to rest him.
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Day 3
On the opening day of the second Test in Multan, Kamran Ghulam provided Pakistan cricket with something to cheer about on day one. Replacing Babar Azam at number four with ease and defying England’s probing bowling and aggressive fielding to score an unassailable 118 runs to lift Pakistan to 259 for five – far from rich by comparison with what England managed last week but nevertheless an important step towards building their innings totals.
As the day wore on, things turned sour as the pitch showed signs of wear and cracks began to widen; England’s seam attack led by Woakes, Carse, and Atkinson took full advantage of this situation to push their advantage forward.
No matter the best efforts of Pakistan batsmen Aamer Jamal and Salman Agha’s unbroken unbeaten partnership of 109 runs, England’s spinners proved too strong as they closed on 262-2 at stumps on day four. Joe Root and Harry Brook are expected to return tomorrow morning so it will take an immense effort from England’s top order to prevent an innings defeat.
Ollie Pope will have all of his bowlers available at The Oval despite Moeen Ali having been left off their initial squad for this series. With two wins under their belts already this series, England are looking forward to maintaining momentum as they prepare to head into June’s World Cup tournament.
As for Pakistan, assistant coach Azhar Mahmood has attempted to clear up confusion surrounding Babar Azam’s exclusion for the remainder of this three-match series. According to him, Azam was dropped due to an assessment of their current form rather than any physical issues; furthermore he pointed out that Azam would not take leaving lightly since his team are gearing up for such an important game against England.
Day 4
Pakistan was already outgunned at the beginning of day four, and their visitors made no secret of it with an excellent batting display from Joe Root and Harry Brook – they broke records as they amassed 823-7 declared from flat surfaces alone!
Pakistan found solace in Kamran Ghulam’s courageous 118, who replaced Babar Azam at number four and defied England’s aggressive bowling and fielding to keep Pakistan within striking distance of victory.
England’s relentless attack was spearheaded by Ben Stokes’ return from injury; his quick wicket-taking skills resulted in two dismissals within three overs to give them an impressive advantage. Stokes took one wicket with a short delivery that skimmed past Shakeel Ahmed’s outside edge before landing safely into Jamie Smith at mid-on for one of England’s five wickets.
Brydon Carse had taken only two overs before tea to strike. Mohammad Rizwan was struck for 12 with another breathtaking short ball from Carse, while England skipper Ollie Pope rotated his bowlers on an uninspiring pitch; Jack Leach proved particularly effective at quickly dismissing Aamer Jamal and Salman Agha from play.
As the afternoon progressed, England’s pacemen continued to take over and tear through Pakistan’s middle order with ease. Phil Salt and Jos Buttler each reached half centuries while Mohammad Amir was finally dismissed by Haris Rauf’s superb yorker delivery and scored only eight before falling for a duck.
Reece Topley then managed to take down Shaheen Afridi when he hit an off cutter to the boundary, while Chris Jordan completed his spell with 1-31. By this stage Pakistan’s tail had become unruly as Aamer Jamal and Salman Agha combined for an innings-extending 109-run partnership that couldn’t make up any ground on their deficit.
England secured an emphatic win, providing them with the confidence boost ahead of their World Cup defense. Ollie Pope led by example as he took charge for the first time; Ben Duckett, Joe Root and Harry Brook also contributed significantly. England’s inexperienced seam attack has fared far better than expected so far and will look to build on this performance against Sri Lanka next month.
