New Delhi. After defeating Pakistan badly in the first test, England has given a befitting reply in the second match also. In response to Pakistan’s 366 runs, England scored quickly on Wednesday and put the host team under pressure. England’s opener Ben Duckett batted in ODI style and scored a century. This is his fourth test century. Duckett also completed 2000 runs of his Test career during this innings. This is also the record of fastest scoring 2000 runs in test cricket. He has scored 2000 test runs in the fewest number of balls.
The second test match between England and Pakistan is being played in Multan. Pakistan scored 366 runs in this match thanks to Kamran Ghulam’s century. Kamran Ghulam, who came into the team in place of Babar Azam, played an inning of 118 runs on Tuesday, the first day of the match. If the first day of the match was in the name of Kamran Ghulam then the second day was in the name of Ben Duckett.
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Hit fifty on 47 balls
Ben Duckett played a century on the second day of the match and put England in a strong position. When Duckett completed his century, England’s score was 195 runs for 2 wickets. Ben Duckett batted fast from the beginning and scored fifty on 47 runs. However, contrary to his image, he took a little more time to complete the second fifty of his innings.
Ben scored the slowest century
Ben Duckett completed his century in 119 balls. This is the slowest century of his Test career. Ben Duckett has scored a Test century against India in 88 balls. Apart from this, he has completed centuries in 105 balls against Pakistan and 106 balls against Ireland. Duckett could not stay at the crease for long after completing his century. He got caught by Agha Salman on the ball of Sajid Khan on the personal score of 114.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : October 16, 2024, 5:15 PM IST