Two Pakistan bowlers, spinners Noman Ali and Sajid Khan, mixed to take all 20 England wickets in Pakistan’s 152-run win on day 4 of the second Check in Multan on Friday, which helped the hosts stage the three-match sequence at 1-1.
Left-arm spinner Noman Ali’s eight wickets (eight for 46) within the second innings gave him a match haul off 11 for 147, whereas off-spinner Sajid Khan, who took seven wickets in England’s first innings, completed with a match haul of 9 for 204.
England’s second innings folded up inside two hours on the fourth day for 144, with skipper Ben Stokes’s 37 being the highest rating within the guests’ batting chart.
It was the primary occasion since 1987 that two Pakistan spinners took a five-wicket haul in the identical Check and solely the seventh time within the historical past of Check cricket that two bowlers took all 20 opposition wickets.
“Sajid and Noman bulldozed England,” stated former Pakistan batsman Basit Ali on his YouTube chanel.
The match was performed on the identical pitch on the Multan stadium the place England registered an innings victory within the first Check regardless of the hosts scoring greater than 500 runs of their first innings.
Resultantly, the used observe provided extra flip that Noman and Sajid exploited to the house workforce’s benefit.
Basit stated now the England media and former gamers will begin questioning why the identical pitch was used for 2 Check matches.
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“I’ll inform you what sport England will play now. (They’ll name it) Sixth-day wicket, Seventh-day wicket, Eighth-day wicket, Ninth-day wicket, 10th day wasn’t required,” Basit predicted about how the criticism of the pitch will observe Pakistan’s victory.
“Each workforce takes dwelling benefit. (There are) swinging circumstances in England, bouncy in Australia and South Africa, whereas the tracks spin in Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh,” he added. “The British media and ex-England cricketers, who are actually commentators, will begin saying ‘identical pitch pe match khila diya (the Check was performed on the identical observe as the primary)’.
“Is there a regulation that claims you may’t try this?” the 53-year-old Basit questioned.
He went on to laud the brand new set of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) selectors led by former pacer Aaqib Javed, for his or her choice.
“Pehli dafa thodi si akal aayi, administration ko nahi, Aaqib Javed ne jo faisla kiya (first time a choice made sense, not by PCB however Aaqib),” stated Basit. “Some folks in Pakistan, I do not assume it will likely be proper to call them, they do not need there must be spinning tracks as a result of it could damage their batting efficiency.
“Dosti-yaari nahi chalne di Aaqib ne (Aaqib did not enable friendships to rule choice issues).”
The Aaqib-led choice dedicated had dropped Babar Azam, quick bowlers Shaheen Shah Afridi & Naseem Shah and wicketkeeper Sarfaraz Ahmed from the Check squad for the final two matches of the sequence.
The third and ultimate Check of the sequence will likely be performed in Rawalpindi from October 24.
