Islamabad: The second Test match between Pakistan cricket team and England cricket team is being played at Multan Cricket Stadium. The first day of the match is over. On the first day, host Pakistan has scored 259 runs for the loss of 5 wickets.
Kamran Ghulam, who replaced former captain Babar Azam in the team, scored a century in his debut Test. Apart from him, Saim Ayub scored a half-century. Babar was struggling with poor form in the Test. In such a situation, he was dropped from the second and third Tests.
Pakistan’s bad start
Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first. The team’s start was not very good and the first wicket fell at the score of 15. Jack Leach bowled opener Abdullah Shafiq. Abdullah Shafiq scored 7 runs off 28 balls. The Pak team lost the second wicket at the score of 19. Captain Shan Masood returned to the pavilion on a score of 3. Jack Leach also hunted him down.
Shakeel scored 4 runs
After this, Saim Ayub and Kamran Ghulam added 149 runs for the third wicket. Matthew Potts broke this partnership. He got Saim caught out by Ben Stokes. Saim faced 160 balls and scored 77 runs. During this, he also hit 7 fours. Pakistan suffered the fourth blow at a score of 178. Saud Shakeel lost his wicket after scoring 4 runs.
Ghulam hit a century
Kamran Ghulam, playing his debut test, was out in the 85th over. Shoaib Bashir bowled him. Ghulam scored 118 runs off 224 balls. In his innings, he also hit 11 fours and 1 six. Wicketkeeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan is unbeaten on 37 runs off 89 balls and Agha Salman is unbeaten on 5 runs off 19 balls.
Leach took 2 wickets
Jack Leach took 2 wickets for England. Apart from him, Matthew Potts, Brydon Carse and Shoaib Bashir got 1-1 success. England is leading the series 1-0. England won the first Test match played in Multan by an innings and 47 runs. Pakistan got a good start in the first Test as well. The team scored 556 runs in the first innings. Even after this, the host team was badly defeated.
