Due to the deadly bowling of Noman Ali, the Pakistan team defeated England by 152 runs in the second test match.
In the first match of the three-match test series, England defeated Pakistan and took a 1-0 lead in the series. But in the second test match, Pakistan made a comeback and defeated England and levelled the series.
Pakistan Levels the Series as Noman Ali Takes 11 Wickets; Kamran Ghulam Shines with Century
In this match, some significant changes were made to the Pakistan team. Kamran Ghulam was included in place of Babar Azam and this decision proved to be right. Kamran Ghulam played an important role by scoring a century in this match.
The Pakistan team also made changes in the bowling unit and included spin bowlers in place of Shaheen Afridi in the team and this decision also proved to be right.
Pakistan team scored 366 runs in the first innings, in the second innings, England also scored 291 runs with the help of Ben Duckett’s century. In the third innings, Pakistan scored 221 runs and set a target of 296 runs in front of England.
In the fourth innings of the match. England struggled against spin bowler Noman Ali and the whole team was all out for 144 runs. Noman Ali took 8 wickets for 46 runs in this innings and with this he broke many records.
He has become the second bowler to take the highest number of wickets in an innings against England. Abdul Qadir’s name comes first on this list. He took 9 wickets for 56 runs. Noman Ali has taken a total of 11 wickets in both the innings. Sajid Khan has also bowled well in this match and has taken 9 wickets.
This match was particularly important for Pakistan’s new captain, Shan Masood. It was the first victory for Pakistan in the last six matches under his captaincy.
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