Multan: England won the Test series against Pakistan. England won the series by winning the second match of the three-match series. England won a Test series in Pakistan after 22 years.
England won the second test by 26 runs. Chasing the target of 355 runs set by England in the second innings, Pakistan were bowled out for 328 runs. Score: England 281, 275. Pakistan 202, 328.
England won the toss and were bowled out for 281 runs in the first innings. Ben Duckett scored 63 runs and Ollie Pope scored 60 runs for England. Abrar Ahmed, the young player who took seven wickets, gave a brilliant performance for Pakistan. Pakistan then started batting and were all out for just 202 runs. Captain Babar Azam became the top scorer with 75 runs. Jack Leach took four wickets for England.
England started batting in the second innings with a first innings lead of 69 runs and were all out for 275 runs. Harry Brooke led England from the front with a century of 108 runs. Abrar Ahmed also shone in the second innings for Pakistan. Abrar took four wickets and took 11 wickets in two innings. With this, England raised the target of 355 runs in front of Pakistan.
Pakistan, who started batting towards a big target, were struggling. The team was all out for 328 runs. Saudi Shakeel who scored 94 runs and Imam-ul-Haq who scored 60 runs struggled for Pakistan but failed to find the target. Mark Wood took four wickets for England. The final match of the series will begin on December 17.