Sports Bulletin Report
RAWALPINDI (December 2, 2022): Pakistan were 17 for 0 runs at the lunch on the 2nd day of the 1st Test match at Pindi Cricket Stadium on Friday, as Imam 11 and Abduulah 6 were not out batters. England’s all batters out in their first innings at 657 runs in 101 overs 30 minutes before the lunch break. Zahid Mehmood got 4 wickets.
On Friday, England resumed their first innings at an overnight score of 506 runs for 4 and the visitors lost their all rest of six wickets in two hours after adding 151 runs to their total of 657 runs. , as they lost their vital wicket of captain Ben Stoke, who hit a six at the start of the innings, as it seemed that when he entered the field the world record of the fastest Test century was in his mind, as hit a huge six on the first ball that he faced but failed to achieve that. Ben was clean bold by Naseem Shah on the last ball of the first over of the day.
Summarized Scorecard (Day-1):
Toss: England won and decided to bat
England (Batting): 657 all out in 101 overs
Harry Brook (153 runs, 116 balls, 4x19, 6x5), Zak Crawley (122 runs, balls 111, 4x2, 6x0), Ollie Pope (108 runs, 104 balls, 4x14), Ben Duckett (107 runs, 110 balls, 4x15, 6X0), Joe Root (23 runs, 31 balls, 4x3, 6x0), Ben Stoke (41 runs, 18 balls, 4x6, 6x2)
Pakistan Bowling:
Zahid Mehmood (4 for 235), Naseem Shah (3 for 140), Mohammad Ali (2 for 124), Haris Rauf (1 for 78)
Pakistan Batting:
Pakistan (Playing XIs):
Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (vice-captain & WK), Abdullah Shafique, Azhar Ali, Haris Rauf, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Ali, Naseem Shah, Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel, Zahid Mehmood
England (Playing XIs):
Ben Stokes (c), Joe Root, James Anderson, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Jack Leach, Liam Livingstone, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson
Schedule of Tests:
9-13 December – 2nd Test, Multan
17-21 December – 3rd Test, Karachi
