NEW DELHI: Nothing appears to be going Pakistan’s approach. After shedding a house collection to Bangladesh, they’ve now suffered a crushing defeat to England.
Within the first Take a look at towards England, Pakistan gave the impression to be in management, posting an enormous first-innings whole of 556. Nevertheless, they crumbled to an innings and 47-run defeat in Multan.
This marked a historic low in Take a look at cricket, as Pakistan grew to become the primary staff to lose by an innings after scoring over 500 runs of their first innings.
This defeat extends Pakistan’s shedding streak in Take a look at cricket to 6 consecutive matches and their seventh house loss in 9 Assessments, highlighting their ongoing struggles.
Remarkably, this Take a look at was solely the second in historical past to provide a end result regardless of each groups scoring over 550 runs.
The opposite was the 2022 Rawalpindi Take a look at, additionally between Pakistan and England.
In distinction, all 15 earlier Assessments with two 550-plus totals had resulted in attracts.
The run price of 4.51 throughout the three innings in Multan is the second highest for a Take a look at match that lasted over 2,000 balls, surpassed solely by the 4.54 price within the 2022 Rawalpindi Take a look at between these sides.
Pakistan bowled 150 overs, conceding only one maiden, setting a brand new file for essentially the most overs bowled in a Take a look at innings with just one maiden.
The earlier file was 709 balls (88.5 eight-ball overs) by South Africa towards England in Durban, 1939.
England’s monumental 823/7 declared was powered by Harry Brook’s triple century and Joe Root’s career-best 262, leaving Pakistan reeling earlier than they have been bowled out for 220 of their second innings, sealing the dominant victory for England.
“We have spoken in regards to the third innings or fourth innings, however on the finish of the day it is a staff sport. All the pieces has its benefits or repercussions as a staff. While you put up 550 on the board, it is essential to again it up with 10 wickets. 220 runs within the third innings, relying on what sort of lead you will have can be a very good rating. England discovered a method to get these 20 wickets. We additionally must discover a approach to do this. That is the problem a aspect has to go ahead,” Pakistan captain Shan Masood mentioned after the match.
“We’re in the course of the collection, we have talked about squad mentality and consistency. Irrespective of how the pitch is, now we have to discover a approach out. England confirmed that. Generally you get situations in your favour, typically you do not. It is a non-negotiable of Take a look at cricket to carry out on a constant foundation. We love enjoying the sport. We’re clearly damage by the outcomes, damage as a nation. I by no means try to draw back from accountability. What hurts is that we’re not getting the outcomes that Pakistan cricket deserves. We are attempting to show it round,” he mentioned.
