
Pakistan have found ‘kryptonite to Bazball’
Nasser Hussain said Pakistan had found the “kryptonite to Bazball” after wrapping up a 2-1 series win over England with an emphatic nine-wicket victory in Rawalpindi on Saturday.
Nasser Hussain said Pakistan had found the “kryptonite to Bazball” after wrapping up a 2-1 series win over England with an emphatic nine-wicket victory in Rawalpindi on Saturday.
Pakistan sealed a memorable Test series win as they thrashed England by nine wickets on Saturday.
Spinners Sajid Khan and Noman Ali left England reeling at 24-3 after Saud Shakeel’s fighting hundred put Pakistan ahead in the series-deciding third Test in Rawalpindi on Friday.
England fought back to reduce Pakistan to 73-3 on the first day of the series-deciding third Test in Rawalpindi, after off-spinner Sajid Khan took six wickets.
Spinner Noman Ali took eight wickets as Pakistan crushed England by 152 runs in the second Test to level the series 1-1 on Friday in Multan.
Pakistan were in a strong position to win the second Test and level the series after removing both England openers on a tricky Multan pitch on Thursday, with spinner Sajid Khan their hero.
Pakistan spinner Sajid Khan took three wickets in the space of 10 deliveries, including centurion Ben Duckett, to leave England on 239-6 in the second Test in Multan.
Kamran Ghulam hit a superb century on his debut to guide Pakistan to 259-5 on the opening day of the second Test against England in Multan.
Returning England captain Ben Stokes says he hopes a reused pitch for the second Test against Pakistan in Multan will play into the tourists’ hands rather than the spin-heavy hosts.
Babar Azam was dropped on Sunday as Pakistan shook up their squad for the second Test against England, following their innings and 47-run defeat in the first.
Pakistan captain Shan Masood admitted England taught his team a “harsh reality” on how to win a Test with their massive innings-and-47-run victory in Multan.
England’s bowlers, led by spinner Jack Leach, tore through Pakistan to secure victory in the first Test in Multan on Friday.
England’s bowlers sparked a Pakistan batting collapse after a brilliant triple century by Harry Brook and Joe Root’s double hundred had them closing in on victory in the first Test in Multan on Thursday.
Joe Root went past Alastair Cook as England’s highest Test run-scorer with an unconquered hundred against Pakistan, anchoring his team to 492-3 in the first Test in Multan on Wednesday.
England finished the second day of the first Test in Multan on a solid 96-1 in reply to Pakistan’s mammoth 556 that was boosted by a fiery century from Agha Salman.