Pakistan remained in control, continuing their steady run flow, led by centuries from Abdullah Shafique and Shan Masood. On the second day, overnight batters Naseem Shah and Saud Shakeel resumed proceedings, with Shah embracing a Bazball-like approach. The pacer smashed three sixes before being dismissed, bringing Mohammad Rizwan to the crease. Rizwan, however, couldn’t contribute, departing for a duck.
Rizwan came in to bat during the 106th over after Brydon Carse scalped Shah. The 32-year-old appeared overly cautious on the flat Multan pitch, defending deliveries with little intent. His brief stint ended soon after, as he looked increasingly vulnerable. On the fifth ball of the 109th over, Jack Leach bowled a flighted delivery around the off-stump. Rizwan, attempting to step out and clear the mid-off, misjudged it, hitting the ball off the toe end of his bat. It sailed straight to Chris Woakes at mid-off, who completed an easy catch. Woakes had taken a few steps forward, tempting Rizwan into the lofted shot, only for him to fall into the trap. The incident quickly spread on social media, with the Twitterverse abuzz with reactions.
— Arijit Shanto (@ArijitShan18431) October 8, 2024
A brilliant 12 ball DUCK for Mohd. Rizwan.
Showed great patience and quality defence till he stayed on crease. pic.twitter.com/LP11OuDVnX— Himanshu Pareek (@Sports_Himanshu) October 8, 2024
The future
Wow
Even Naseem Shah scored 33 on this batting pitch of Multan and then, there is shameless Saim Ayub. #PAKvsENG #PAKvENG pic.twitter.com/W8NYWKMqD4
— Ahmad Haseeb (@iamAhmadhaseeb) October 8, 2024
Imagine how bad Zim Babar Azam & Lipstick Rizwan are that they couldn’t even outscore Naseem Shah on international highway 😆#PAKvENG | #PAKvsENG pic.twitter.com/sRhsThI0xE
— Kriti Singh (@kritiitweets) October 8, 2024
Duck
Big one
Big wicket for England
Rizwan goes for Zero#tapmad #DontStopStreaming #PAKvsENG pic.twitter.com/L23Qp09Xay— Abdul Ghaffar 🇵🇰 (@GhaffarDawnNews) October 8, 2024
Rizwan sending Naseem as a night watchman on this flatty and then getting a 0 on the next day is stupidly funny
— H (@LostMyAxe) October 8, 2024
Big break
Gone
Mohammad Rizwan is out for a duck – he looks to clear mid off but finds the man in the ring.#PAKvENG #PakistanCricket #PakistanCricketTeam #PakistanTestTeam #PakistanCricketBoard pic.twitter.com/YyFrPNu4Cp
— sajid (@NaxirSajid32823) October 8, 2024
