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Pakistan and England cricket teams reached Islamabad
(Asghar Ali Mubarak)
The cricket teams of Pakistan and England have reached Islamabad. It should be noted that the third test between Pakistan and England will start from October 24 in Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi. Both teams will start practice after rest today.
England defeated Pakistan by an innings and 47 runs in the first Test of the current series, while Pakistan won by 152 runs from England.
The three-match Test series between Pakistan and England is tied at one-one, thanks to the devastating bowling of spinners Nauman Ali and Sajid Khan, Pakistan defeated England by 152 runs in the second Test match to level the three-match series 1-1 Of equal
On behalf of Pakistan, Nauman Ali took 8 wickets in the second innings and took a total of 11 wickets in the match, while Sajid Khan who took two wickets in the second innings also took a total of 9 wickets in the match.
The series of defeats of the Pakistani team at the home ground stopped and thanks to the historic bowling of the spinners, Pakistan won the first Test match at the home ground after almost four years, where all the 20 wickets of England were taken by the Pakistani spinners in this test match. .
Pakistan’s last victory on home ground was against South Africa in September 2021, but after that despite holding consecutive Test matches on their soil, the Pakistani team could not win a Test match.
The streak of defeats at home began against Australia in 2022 where Australia defeated Pakistan 0-1 in the Qadir Benwo series.
After that, England’s previous tour to Pakistan in 2022 saw a clean sweep in the series with the visiting team putting up a brilliant performance.
After that, when the New Zealand team came to Pakistan to play the series, the national team did not lose any match but they could not win any match either.
Recently, when the Bangladesh team came to Pakistan to play the series, the Shan Masood-led team had to face failure in both the matches. After that, England also easily defeated Pakistan in the first match to take a 0-1 lead in the series.
Pakistan played a total of 11 Test matches in the entire period before achieving victory, out of which they lost 7 and drew 4.
It has been 52 years in the history of Test cricket that two spinners of a team dismissed all 20 players of the opposing team. The batsmen of the team who scored more than 800 runs in the last match looked helpless in front of the pair of Pakistani spinners.
In the first innings, Sajid took 7 wickets and Nauman took three wickets, then in the second innings, Nauman’s magic spoke loudly, who hunted 8 English batsmen and Sajid also walked two visiting batsmen.
It is the first time since 1972 in Test cricket that two bowlers of a team have bowled 20 of the opponent’s players, while 52 years ago Australia’s Bob Massey and Dennis Lillee achieved this feat against England.