PAK vs ENG / Pakistan's embarrassing defeat against ENG, lost the match even after scoring 847 runs in the first test

The first match of England-Pakistan Test series in Rawalpindi, Pakistan ended in a very exciting way. After 17 years, the England team came to play Test series in Pakistan and it also managed to win. Pakistan got defeated by 74 runs in this match. A lot of runs were seen in this match, but Pakistan had to face defeat even after scoring a total of 847 runs in the match.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Dec 05, 2022, 07:06 PM
PAK vs ENG 1st Test Match: The first match of England-Pakistan Test series in Rawalpindi, Pakistan ended in a very exciting way. After 17 years, the England team came to play Test series in Pakistan and it also managed to win. Pakistan got defeated by 74 runs in this match. A lot of runs were seen in this match, but Pakistan had to face defeat even after scoring a total of 847 runs in the match.

England's historic victory in the first Test

England won the toss in this match and decided to bat first, which proved to be correct. He scored 657 runs in the first innings. In response, Pakistan had scored 579 runs in the first innings. At the same time, the second innings was declared by English captain Ben Stokes after scoring 264 runs for 7 wickets. In this way, Pakistan got the target of 343 runs. But she got out after scoring 268 runs on the last day of the match. With this victory, England has taken a 1-0 lead in the 3-match series.

The English captain had taken a big decision

On the fourth day of this Test match, when the English captain Ben Stokes declared the innings, there were about 120 overs left in the match. In such a situation, it was believed that England could also lose this match. On the 5th day of the match, Pakistan started playing ahead of 80 runs for 2 wickets in the second innings. But by the end of the last day's play, Pakistan's team was all out.