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| Rawalpindi Test: England beat Pakistan by 74 runs |
Rawalpindi Test: England beat Pakistan by 74 runs
England showed a brilliant performance in the first match of the 3-Test series and defeated the hosts Pakistan by 74 runs in the last session to take a 0-1 lead in the series.
On the final day of the first Test of the series played in Rawalpindi, Pakistan resumed their first innings incomplete with 80 runs for two in pursuit of a target of 343 runs, with Imam-ul-Haq and Saud Shakeel at the wicket.
The day started brightly for England and Imam-ul-Haq became the wicket of James Anderson after adding just five runs to the previous day's individual score.
With the third wicket falling, the national team came under pressure, resulting in Saud Shakeel and new batsman Mohammad Rizwan taking an overly cautious approach, which can be gauged from the fact that at one point the two players He scored just 8 runs in 10 overs and looked helpless against James Anderson.
However, later both started batting relatively confidently and Saud Shakeel got the honor of scoring a half-century in his very first Test match.
Pakistan in trouble in Rawalpindi Test, England need one wicket to win
Right after the lunch break, England got a big breakthrough when Mohammad Rizwan became the wicket of James Anderson after scoring 46 runs.
Saud Shakeel combined with Agha Salman to take the score to 198 but at this stage Saud fell victim to England's brilliant field placement after scoring 76 runs, scoring 76 with 12 fours.
After the fall of five wickets, the experienced Azhar Ali came into the field once again and the duo started to push the score forward and did not allow a wicket to fall till the lunch break.
The two players put on a partnership of 61 runs for the sixth wicket, which gave Pakistan hope of victory in the match, but Oli Robinson turned the tide of the match by dismissing Agha Salman and Azhar Ali in two consecutive overs. 40 and Agha scored 30 runs.
Zahid Mehmood did not get on well in front of the experienced James Anderson and he also became the eighth player to return to the pavilion after scoring a run, while after two balls, Anderson also dismissed Haris Rauf.
Pakistan lost 9 wickets for 264 runs, after which Naseem Shah and Muhammad Ali could add only 4 runs in the last wicket.
Naseem Shah was the last batsman to be dismissed for 268 runs, he scored just 6 runs and was lbw off Jack Leach.
After the brilliant batting, England showed brilliant bowling and by beating the host team on all fours, they won the match by 74 runs and took the lead in the series.
In the second innings, James Anderson and Robinson took 4, 4 wickets for England, captain Ben Stokes and Jack Leech dismissed 1, 1 player.
It should be remembered that in the first innings of the match, thanks to the centuries of four players, England had decorated the total scoreboard like a mountain of 657 runs.
In response to this, Pakistan scored 579 runs in the first innings thanks to the centuries of captain Babar Azam along with the openers.
In the second innings, the English team adopted a more aggressive style and declared the innings for 264 runs with seven out and thanks to the lead of the first innings, they set Pakistan a target of 343 runs for victory.
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