Pak vs Eng 3rd Test 1st Day: Superb Days Of Test Cricket

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It was an exciting days of test cricket in the deciding and final match of the series played at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi on 24th October 2024.

England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and decided to bat first. The pitch had a lot of turn right from the word go. Sajid Khan and Nauman Ali troubled Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett. After initial trouble, Duckett showed intent to keep the scoreboard ticking with sweeps and reverse sweeps.

Nauman Ali got the breakthrough for Pakistan dismissing Crawley with a good catch by Saim Ayub. Crawley and Duckett added 56 runs for the opening wicket. Sajid Khan produced superb delivery to dismiss Ollie Pope. Sajid then showed his class with a beauty that turned hitting in front of the stumps leaving England in trouble. Duckett looked confident with his shots reaching his fifty off 76 balls. Nauman Ali got rid of well set Duckett. Sajid delivered a beauty to dismiss Harry Brook leaving England in deep trouble.

It was a superb performance by Nauman Ali and Sajid Khan going unchanged in the entire first session. England ended the first session at 110 for 5.

Sajid Khan delivered the goods again dismissing Ben Stokes with an easy catch to Salman Ali Agha. Jamie Smith and Gus Atkinson showed his class smashing the Pakistani bowlers to all over the park. Jamie Smith made batting look easy keeping scoreboard ticking with big shots. Smith looked in superb touch, reaching his fifty off just 94 deliveries. It was a superb partnership that steadied the England innings due to Shan Masood’s poor captaincy.

Nauman Ali got the much-needed breakthrough dismissing Atkinson with a simple return catch. Atkinson and Smith put on 105 runs for the 7th wicket. Jamie Smith launched an assault keeping momentum going on. Zahid Mahmood broke the resistance of Jamie Smith with a simple stumping by Rizwan. It was a great effort as England scored 242 for 8 in the second session.

Sajid Khan rattled the last two wickets dismissing Rehan Ahmed and then Jack Leach to bundle England out for 267. Jamie Smith and Atkinson rescued England for a competitive total.

In reply, Abdullah Shafique and Saim Ayub began the innings with positive intent against pacers keeping momentum going on for Pakistan. Shoaib Bashir got the breakthrough dismissing Shafique. Shafique& Ayub put on 35 runs for the opening wicket.

After the drink’s interval, Jack Leach struck dismissing Ayub providing easy catch to Root at short midwicket. Gus Atkinson delivered peach getting rid of Kamran Ghulam shattering the stumps to leave Pakistan in some trouble. Shan Masood and Saud Shakeel looked confident with their stroke play, ending the first day at 73 for 3.

Pakistan 73 for 3 in 23 overs (Saim Ayub 19, Gus Atkinson 1/2) trail England 267 in 68.2 overs (Jamie Smith 91, Sajid Khan 6/128, Nauman Ali 3/88) by 194 runs.



 






Sajid Khan takes 6 wickets on the first day of the third test against England at Rawalpindi. 

 

 

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