Pakistan leveled the series 1-1 by defeating England in the second test.
The second match of the ongoing Test series between Pakistan and England was played at Multan Cricket Ground. In this match, Pakistan team won by 152 runs, with this victory the series is leveled at 1-1. In this match, the England team had got the target of 297 runs, in response the entire England team was limited to only 144 runs in the second innings.
For Pakistan, Noman Ali took eight wickets in the second innings, while Sajid Khan took two wickets. Let us tell you that for a long time, Pakistan was losing the Test series at home, but finally they got victory in this match. This is Pakistan’s first win in the last 12 home Test matches. Pakistan has got a test win in its home ground after 1338 days.
PAK vs ENG: This was the condition of the second test match
Talking about the match, Pakistan team had scored 366 runs while batting first. Kamran Ghulam, who was included in the playing eleven in place of Babar Azam, played an excellent century. Kamran Ghulam had scored 118 runs in 224 balls with the help of 11 fours and 1 six. Sam Ayub contributed 77 runs and Mohammad Rizwan contributed 41 runs. Jack Leach took 4 wickets for England.
Pakistan was all out for 221 runs in the second innings. Agha Salman made the maximum contribution of 63 runs for Pakistan in the second innings. For England, Shoaib Bashir took four wickets while Jack Leach took three wickets. England scored 291 runs in the first innings. Ben Duckett played an inning of 114 runs, but apart from him no other England batsman could stay at the crease for long. Sajid Khan took seven wickets in the first innings, while Noman Ali took three wickets.
In this way England got the target of 297 runs to win. However, except captain Ben Stokes, every batsman was a flop. Ben Stokes scored the highest score of 37 runs but players like Joe Root and Harry Brook could not contribute much. Nauman Ali took 8 wickets and Sajid Khan took 2 wickets in the second innings for Pakistan.