PAK vs ENG, 1st Test: Day 1 Highlights: Shan Masood-Abdullah Shafiq hit centuries, Pakistan’s score crosses 320+
By the end of the first day, Pakistan, batting in the first innings, has scored 328 runs at the loss of 4 wickets. Pakistan Team (Photo Source: X/Twitter) PAK vs ENG, 1st Test: Day 1 Highlights: The first match of the three-match Test series between Pakistan and England is being played in Multan from October 7. Pakistan captain Shan Masood won the toss and decided to bat first. By the end of the first day, the host team has scored 328 runs at the loss of four wickets in the first innings. Saud Shakeel (35*) and Naseem Shah (0*) are present at the unbeaten crease. Let us tell you all the highlights of the first day’s play- PAK vs ENG: Pakistan lost its first wicket in the fourth over itself After winning the toss and batting first, Pakistan got its first blow in the fourth over itself. Saim Ayub lost the wicket against Gus Atkinson after scoring 4 runs in 10 balls. Saim Ayub wanted to flick but wicketkeeper Jamie Smith took a good catch. PeeSL Tolent Saim Ayub getting owned by Gus Atkinson on Pakistan roads 😭#PAKvENG pic.twitter.com/QGGTnCoaY2 — Kriti Singh (@kritiitweets) October 7, 2024 Shan Masood scored half century in 43 balls After losing the first wicket in the beginning of the innings, Shan Masood and Abdullah Shafiq then took charge. Captain Shan Masood played brilliantly and completed his half-century in 43 balls. Whereas, in the 24th over bowled by Shoaib Bashir, Abdullah Shafiq completed his fifty in 77 balls, he completed his half-century in style by hitting a six on the last ball of the over. Full of confidence and excelling in style!@imabd28 marches his way to a half-century 🏏#PAKvENG , #TestAtHome pic.twitter.com/JQUywoPA4B — Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) October 7, 2024 Shan bossing the battle against spin bowling 🏏#PAKvENG , #TestAtHome pic.twitter.com/n5XSjvjSgu — Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) October 7, 2024 A hat-trick of 3️⃣s Busy between the wickets#PAKvENG , #TestAtHome pic.twitter.com/K1t5cAzPdz — Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) October 7, 2024 PAK vs ENG: Shan Masood scored the fifth century of his test career against England Pakistan captain Shan Masood played brilliantly and completed his century in 102 balls by taking a single on the fifth ball of the 38th over. This is the fifth century of his Test career. Let us tell you, he has scored a century after a long wait of four years. After becoming the Test captain of Pakistan, his performance and captaincy are being criticized a lot, but today he gave a strong reply to everyone. All class on the opening day of the series 💫 Shan raises his bat to the fans’ applause 💯#PAKvENG , #TestAtHome pic.twitter.com/MTei96UfKO — Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) October 7, 2024 Abdullah Shafiq completed his century by hitting a six Abdullah Shafiq completed his century in 165 balls by hitting a six against Jack Leach on the fifth ball of the 55th over. Abdullah was in very poor form for some time. His scores in the last 7 innings of Test cricket were- 3,0,37,2,0,0 and 4. 6️⃣ hit to reach 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ 🔥…
PAK vs ENG, 1st Test: Abdullah Shafiq hits a six off Shoaib Bashir and completes his half-century, watch video
Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat in the first Test against England. Abdullah Shafique (Photo Source: PAK vs ENG, 1st Test: The first match of the three-match Test series between Pakistan and England is being played in Multan from October 7. Pakistan captain Shan Masood won the toss and decided to bat first. Pakistan got its first blow in the fourth over itself, when Gus Atkinson showed the way to the pavilion to Saim Ayub (4). After this, the pair of Shan Masood and Abdullah Shafiq have taken charge. Pakistan’s opener Abdullah Shafiq completed his half-century in just 77 balls by hitting a brilliant six off Shoaib Bashir, the video of which is going viral. Abdullah Shafiq hit two fours and a six in Shoaib Bashir’s over. The 24th over of Pakistan’s first innings was bowled by Shoaib Bashir. Abdullah Shafiq went down the wicket and hit a four on the very first ball. Then only 2 runs came on the next three balls. Facing the fifth ball of the over, Abdullah hit another four, after which he was just three runs away from his half-century. On the last ball of the over, Abdullah Shafiq completed his half-century by hitting a six towards long-on. Watch the video here- Full of confidence and excelling in style!@imabd28 marches his way to a half-century 🏏#PAKvENG , #TestAtHome pic.twitter.com/JQUywoPA4B — Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) October 7, 2024 Abdullah was in very poor form for some time. His scores in the last 7 innings of Test cricket are- 3,0,37,2,0,0 and 4. After scoring a half-century against England, the batsman now intends to reach a bigger score. Century partnership between Shan Masood and Abdullah After losing the first wicket in the fourth over of the first innings against England, the pair of Abdullah Shafiq and captain Shan Masood have kept Pakistan on the strong side in the game. Till the time of writing the news, there was a partnership of 153 runs between the two batsmen for the second wicket. Shan Masood (92*) and Abdullah (61*) are present at the unbeaten crease.
PAK vs BAN 2nd Test: On the second day of the game, Taskin Ahmed dismissed Abdullah Shafiq in the first over, the video went viral
Shafiq could not score a single run in 6 balls Pakistan vs Bangladesh, 2nd Test (Image Credit- Twitter The second match of the ongoing Test series between Pakistan and Bangladesh (PAK vs BAN) is being played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. In this match today, on 31 August, in the very first over of the second day of the game, star Bangladeshi bowler Taskin Ahmed bowled out Pakistani opener Abdullah Shafiq and sent him to the pavilion. Taskin beat Shafique on the first five balls of the over, but he bowled an inswing on the last ball of the over. Shafique could not judge this ball properly and he went to play the ball thinking it to be outswing, but the ball went between the bat and the pad and hit the wicket directly and his stumps were scattered. Shafique was out in 6 balls without scoring any run. See how Taskin Ahmed got Abdullah Shafiq out *💥 WICKET:* 🎳 🎯 Pakistan 🇵🇰 0/1 (1 ov, lost the toss) v Bangladesh 🇧🇩 Abdullah Shafique b Taskin Ahmed 0 (6)Taskin Ahmed 1-1-0-1 🅱️🔰#PAKVSBAN #cricketnews pic.twitter.com/Rd2jE8yxAU — 🦋khaakzaadh🦋 (@ikview) August 31, 2024 On the other hand, if we tell you the status of this match, then the first day’s play could not be held due to rain. In the match, Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bowl. While batting first, Pakistan has scored 183 runs at the loss of five wickets after 55 overs in the first innings till the time of writing the news. At the moment Mohammad Rizwan 18* and Agha Salman are present at the crease without scoring any runs. From Pakistan, Sam Ayub scored 58, captain Shan Masood scored 57, Babar Azam scored 31 and Saud Shakeel scored 16 runs. On the other hand, from Bangladesh, Taskin Ahmed and Mehdi Hasan Miraz have got 2-2 wickets each while Shakib Al Hasan has got 1 wicket. Also, let us tell you that in the first match of this series, Bangladesh won against Pakistan by 10 wickets. If Bangladesh manages to win the second Test match as well, then it will have a golden opportunity to win the Test series against Pakistan for the first time.
Iftikhar Ahmed apologized after field clash with Asad Shafiq
This incident happened on January 31 in Sindh Premier League Iftikhar Ahmed (Image Credit- Twitter Recently, on January 31, in a match played between Karachi Ghazi and Larkana Challengers in the Sindh Premier League, Pakistan team’s all-rounder Iftikhar Ahmed was seen in a clash. Let us tell you that when Ahmed, who played for Karachi team in the match, dismissed the captain of the opposing team Asad Shafiq in the 8th over, a heated argument was seen between the two. During this, Iftikhar Ahmed was seen giving a very sharp gesture to the cricketer to leave the field, which was criticized a lot by the cricket fans on social media. However, now this experienced player of Pakistan team has realized his mistake, and he has apologized for this attitude towards midfield Asad Shafiq. Ahmed wrote through a post on his official X account- I apologize for my behavior on the field today. I should not have reacted so impulsively at that time. I personally apologized to Asad Shafiq Bhai after the match. I always have respect for him. We have played a lot of cricket together. See this social media post of Iftikhar Ahmed I am extremely apologetic for my behavior in the field today. I shouldn’t have reacted the way I did in the heat of the moment. I’ve apologized to @asadshafiq1986 Bhai in person after the match & have always held great respects for him. We have played a lot of cricket together. — Iftikhar Ahmad (@IftiMania) January 31, 2024 On the other hand, if we tell you the condition of this match, Karachi Ghazi had scored 161 runs while batting first. So when Larkana Challengers set out to chase this target, they could score only 92 runs and the team had to lose the match by 69 runs. So this is Karachi’s third win in five matches and after this win it has reached the third position in the points table. In the match, Iftikhar Ahmed also performed as per his name, scoring 69 runs in batting and then also took three wickets in bowling.
Former Australian cricketer made fun of Abdullah Shafiq for dropping his catch!
Taking advantage of the donation of life, Mitchell Marsh played a brilliant inning of 96 runs. AUS VS PAK (Pic Source-Twitter) Mitchell Marsh batted brilliantly on the third day of the Melbourne Test being played between Australia and Pakistan. However, the Pak team dropped one of his catches when he was batting after scoring 20 runs. After this, Marsh took full advantage of his life and played a half-century. In fact, on the third day of the Boxing Day Test being played against Australia, Pakistani player Abdullah Shafiq once again dropped a catch, which this time gave life to Mitchell Marsh. The host team was in trouble at one point, losing 4 wickets for 46 runs and Marsh’s wicket could have taken Pakistan on the path to victory. After Abdullah dropped the catch, captain Shan Masood as well as bowler Aamer Jamal looked disappointed and covered their faces with their hands in frustration. Mark Waugh said this Now talking about Shafiq’s poor catching technique, Australian all-rounder Mark Waugh said, the cricketer opened his hands more than necessary. It felt as if ‘the jaws of a crocodile were trying to catch the ball.’ Waugh said, I think you have to remove Shafiq from there. He was not seen taking a single catch in the entire series. It’s exactly like trying to catch a ball with the jaws of a crocodile. Watch the video here- “It’s like a crocodile jaw trying to catch a ball.” Abdullah Shafique hands Mitch Marsh a life on 20 #AUSvPAK pic.twitter.com/NMlTKHn3t5 — cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) December 28, 2023 The Australian team did not have a good start in the second innings of the match and Pakistan maintained a strong hold, but Mitchell Marsh’s inning of 96 runs changed the game. A 153-run partnership between Steve Smith and Marsh brought Australia back into the contest. At present the third day’s play has ended and Australia’s total lead is 241 runs. Earlier, in reply to Australia’s 318 runs, Pakistan’s first innings was reduced to 264 runs. Abdullah Shafiq played the highest innings of 62 runs. Whereas captain Shan Masood scored 54 runs. read this also- If England reaches India 3 days before then it will be a big mistake, why did the former English cricketer say this?