New Delhi. On the basis of Harry Brook’s triple and Joe Root’s double century, England has tightened the noose in the Multan Test. Both the batsmen thrashed the Pakistani bowlers. Brook scored the first triple century of his career, while Root also set many records by scoring a double century. England declared its first innings at 823 runs on the fourth day of this test. England has scored 800 plus in Test for the third time. England is the only team in the world to achieve this feat. Whereas Pakistani bowlers made a shameful record with their bowling. Pakistan tried 7 bowlers, out of which 6 gave away more than 100 runs. These six bowlers spent a total of 796 runs. This is the second time in the history of Test when six batsmen of a team gave away more than 100 runs.
The England team (PAK vs ENG), which entered the test with the ‘Baseball’ formula, scored a record 823 runs in 150 overs. During this period his run rate was 5.48. This is the second time in Test when six bowlers of a team had given away more than 100 runs. In the test match played against Sri Lanka in Bulawayo in 2004, six Zimbabwe bowlers gave away 100 or more runs. Now the names of Pakistani bowlers have also been added to this unwanted record.
The new Sultan of Multan… scored the second fastest triple century in Test, England batsman’s lover is no less than a model
823 runs in reply to 556…Pakistan got trapped in its own web, prepared to defeat
A total of 1379 runs were scored by both the teams in the first innings.
This is the third highest score made by both the teams in the first innings in the history of Test cricket. In this test match, both the teams scored a total of 1379 runs in the first innings. Pakistan scored 556 runs in the first innings while England declared its first innings at 823 runs. The maximum runs scored by both the teams in the first innings of a test is 1489. This run was scored in the India vs Sri Lanka Colombo Test in 1997, whereas in the first innings of the Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Karachi Test match in 2009, both the teams together scored 1409 runs.
6 bowlers gave away 100 plus runs
For Pakistan, fast bowler Shaheen Afridi gave away 120 runs in 26 overs while Naseem Shah gave away 157 runs in 31 overs. Abrar Ahmed gave 174 runs in 35 overs while Aamir Jamal gave 126 runs in 24 overs. Agha Salman gave 118 runs in 18 overs while Sam Ayub gave 101 runs in 14 overs.
Tags: Joe Root, Pakistan vs England, Shaheen Afridi
FIRST PUBLISHED : October 10, 2024, 8:37 PM IST