Pindi Test: Day 1 ends, Pakistan 73 runs, 194 more runs needed to end England’s lead

Pindi Test

The first day’s play in the Pindi Test ended, the England team was bowled out for 267 runs while the Pakistan team scored 73 runs for 3 wickets.

In this Test match being played at the Pindi Cricket Stadium, the spinners also looked dominant and continued to cause trouble for the batsmen.

The visiting team was all out for 267 runs in the first innings. All 10 wickets for Pakistan were taken by spinners. While the interesting thing here is that Aamir Jamal, the only fast bowler in the team, did not bowl a single ball.

Sajid Khan dismissed 6 England players while Nauman Ali took 3 wickets and Zahid Mehmood took one wicket.

Jamie Smith 89, Ben Duckett 52 and Gus Atkinson 39 on behalf of England resisted the Pakistani spinners.

It should be noted that in the final and decisive Test of the series, England won the toss and decided to bat first against Pakistan.

Speaking on the occasion of the toss, Shan Masood, the captain of the national team, said that sometimes the toss goes according to plan, sometimes not, we have to play good cricket.

Pakistan Playing XI

Saeem Ayub, Abdullah Shafiq, captain Shan Masood, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan, Salman Ali Agha, Amir Jamal, Nouman Ali, Zahid Mehmood and Sajid Khan are included in the playing eleven for the third test match.

England Playing XI

The English team has made 2 changes for the Rawalpindi Test, after which Zach Crowley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Popp, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Captain Ben Stokes, Jimmy Smith, Gus Atkinson, Rihan Ahmed, Jack Leach and Shoaib Bashir are in the playing XI. are part of

It should be noted that the first test of the series played in Multan was in the name of England, while the second test was won by Pakistan.

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