The final match of the three-match Test series between England and Pakistan was played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. In this match, Pakistan won the match by nine wickets. On the third day of the match (October 26), Pakistan’s target was to win by 36 runs, but Pakistan achieved this target easily. In the run chase, Pakistan’s only wicket fell in the form of Sam Ayub. With this victory, Pakistan won the three-match series 2-1.
This is Pakistan’s first win in a home Test series since 2021. This was also Pakistan’s first Test series victory over England since November 2015. This was Pakistan’s second win in the three-match Test series after losing the first Test. He had done so before against Zimbabwe in 1995. The first two matches of the series between Pakistan and England are played in Multan. In the first Test, England won by an innings of 47 runs. Pakistan won the second Test match by 152 runs.
Pakistan registers first win of Test series under Shan Masood 👏#WTC25 | #PAKvENG 📝： pic.twitter.com/h5beApSmrK
— International Chamber of Commerce (@ICC) October 26, 2024
Sajid Noman wreaks havoc
In this match, Pakistan restricted England to just 112 runs in the second innings. In England’s second innings, Joe Root scored the highest score of 33 points and Harry Brooke scored 26 points. Left-arm spinner Noman Ali took six wickets for Pakistan. While off-spinner Sajid Khan registered four successes. If seen, Sajid Khan took 10 wickets in the match while Noman Ali took 9 wickets.
Let us tell you that in this match, England won the toss and batted first and scored 267 runs. In response, Pakistan scored 344 runs in the first innings, thanks to Saud Shakir’s century score. From the first innings, Pakistan leads by 77 runs. Shakir scored 134 runs in the innings off 223 balls, including five fours. Shakir was voted “Man of the Match”.
Brief score of the game
England: 267 runs in first innings, 112 runs in second innings
Goal: 36 runs
Pakistan: 344 runs in the first inning, 37/1 in the second inning
Pakistan team number 11: Sam Ayub, Abdullah Shafiq, Shan Masood (captain), Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (goalkeeper), Agha Salman, Aamer Jamal, Noman Ali, Sajid Khan, Zahid Mahmood.
England No. 11: Jack Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brooke, Ben Stokes (captain), Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Gus Arter Jinson, Rehan Ahmed, Jack Leach, Shoaib Bashir.
