BY ASGHAR ALI MUBARAK
RAWALPINDI: The England team was bowled out for 657 runs in the first innings on the second day of the first Test in Rawalpindi against Pakistan.
By the end of the day, Pakistan scored 181 runs without loss thanks to half-centuries from the openers. On the first day of the Rawalpindi Test, England scored 506 runs for 4 wickets in just 75 overs, breaking a 112-year-old record with the help of centuries by 4 batsmen against Pakistan.
England started their first incomplete innings on the second day with 506 runs for 4 out and skipper Ben Stokes was dismissed for 41 runs. After that, Liam Livingstone was also dismissed by Naseem Shah for 9 runs.
Middle-order batsman Harry Brooke continued his brilliant batting streak and was dismissed for 153 runs off 116 balls with the help of 5 sixes and 19 fours. Harry Brooke was also dismissed by Naseem Shah. During his brilliant and aggressive innings of 153 runs, Harry Brooke also hit 6 fours in 6 balls in Saud Shakeel’s over.
Zahid Mehmood, who made his debut from Pakistan, dismissed 4 players but he also had to endure 235 runs to get these 4 wickets. Apart from them, fast bowler Naseem Shah dismissed 3 players by giving 140 runs while Muhammad Ali dismissed 2 players.
When Pakistan started batting, they scored runs at a slower pace than England, but until the end of the second day, the openers gave the team a good start without getting out. Abdullah Shafiq and Imamul Haq opened the innings for Pakistan and Completed his half-centuries while facing the England bowlers confidently.
When the second day of the Rawalpindi Test ended, Pakistan scored 81 runs without any loss. Abdullah Shafiq faced 158 balls and played an innings of 89 runs with the help of 10 fours and 2 sixes. Imam-ul-Haq scored 90 runs in 148 balls with the help of 13 fours and a six.
The two openers of Pakistan did not lose any wicket until the end of the day. In the first test match of the series being played in Rawalpindi last day, England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and decided to bat first, after which the English team 4. With the help of the batsmen’s centuries, they scored 506 runs for 4 wickets in just 75 overs, breaking a 112-year-old record, and during this time, the visiting team set many new records.
Earlier in 1910, in the match played in Sydney between Australia and South Africa, 494 runs were scored on the first day, which was the record. Thursday, Zac Crawley was dismissed by England for 122, Ben Duckett for 107 and Ollie Pope for 108.
The English openers scored aggressive half-centuries and for the first time in the history of England’s Test cricket both openers scored half-centuries in 50 balls or fewer, thus the English openers were 174 without loss by the lunch break. scored the highest ever score by an opener on the first day of a match in English Test history, while Zach Crawley became the fastest opener to score a century in Test cricket for England.
On the other hand, Pakistan has debuted four players and England two players for the match and it is the first time in Test cricket that Pakistan has debuted four players in a Test match against England.
