The visitors won the toss and opted to bat, initially finding success as openers Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley posted 54/0 in 13 overs. However, England’s downfall began when Noman Ali dismissed Crawley, followed by Sajid Khan taking out Ollie Pope and Joe Root. Thereafter, Harry Brook also fell cheaply, leaving England in trouble at 98/5, with the pitch favouring Pakistan’s spinners. With Jamie Smith and Ben Stokes at the crease, England cruised to 107/5 in 29 overs as lunch was called.
Post lunch, Stokes was immediately scalped by Sajid and England continued to tumble. Despite the struggles, Jamie Smith and Gus Atkinson steadied the innings, forging a 107-run partnership that brought the score to 224/6 in 59 overs. Smith scored a brisk fifty off 94 balls, but Noman soon broke the partnership by dismissing Atkinson. Smith continued his aggressive batting but fell just short of a century, departing for 89 off 119 balls, leaving England at 224/8 at tea.
However, post-tea, England’s innings collapsed as Sajid demonstrated his mastery, taking quick wickets of Rehan Ahmed and Jack Leach, securing a six-wicket haul that bundled England out for 267 runs. After a brief gap, Pakistan opened their batting as Saim Ayub and Abdullah Shafique started the innings decently and took the scorecard to 33/0 in nine overs. However, Shoaib Bashir drew the first blood and scalped Shafique who departed scoring 14 runs. Skipper Shan Masood joined Saim at the crease the duo kept the scorecard ticking to 43/1 and trailing by 224 runs. But soon after the drinks break, Ayub is scalped by Jack Leach. The top order continued to fall as Kamran Ghulam too departed when Gus Atkinson scalped him in the 14th over. Ultimately, Pakistan finished the day at 73/3 and trailing by 194 runs with Masood and Saud Shakeel at the crease.
One more fifer
Can they bounce back?
#PAKvsENG @englandcricket @TheRealPCB England took 3 quick wkts but shan and shakeel hv steered pak with a small partnership by the end of the day. Can England bounce bk tomorrow and put pak under pressure or it will be pak taking the advantage.
— Ashish Bakshi (@AshishBakshi75) October 24, 2024
#PAKvsENG
Every new incoming selectors experimentation on Pakistani cricket will kill Pakistani cricket team. Every selector has his favorite players and shuffling in a cricket team and planning of one match does not necessarily work in another match.— Shahnawaz Mamdot (@s_mamdot) October 24, 2024
Perfect combo
Most runs in a day
– 340 runs is the most runs scored in a day’s play in Pakistan where 13 or more wickets fell.#PAKvENG #PAKvsENG
— Shashikant Singh (@shashi_CB) October 24, 2024
And this guy replaced King of Cricket 😂 #abuksports #SajidKhan #PAKvsAUS #AUSvPAK #EmergingAsiaCup2024 #INDvsNZ #INDvNZ #TestAtHome #ENGvsPAK #PAKvENG #PAKvsENG #PakistanCricket pic.twitter.com/ZUjlGQVfOo
— Basit Khan (@ABUKALEX) October 24, 2024
Crumbled
bad day for him
But Saar, Babar Azam was the problem 😭#PAKvsENG #BabarAzam pic.twitter.com/KMaguVU1iu
— Waheed Malik (@waheed__malik) October 24, 2024
England Bowled out for 267 in First Innings Is this a good score on this wicket?#abuksports #SajidKhan #PAKvsAUS #AUSvPAK #EmergingAsiaCup2024 #INDvsNZ #INDvNZ #TestAtHome #ENGvsPAK #PAKvENG #PAKvsENG #PakistanCricket pic.twitter.com/YMLKOPLzmV
— Basit Khan (@ABUKALEX) October 24, 2024
No hate
