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Noman Ali breaks out into a loud roar, Shan Masood celebrates his first victory as captain of the Pakistan Test

Noman Ali breaks out into a loud roar, Shan Masood celebrates his first victory as captain of the Pakistan Test

October 18, 2024, 2:11 PM IST

Pakistan have now ended their 11-match winning streak at home.

Knives was ruled out after Pakistan suffered an embarrassing defeat in the first Test against England. The Shan Masood-led side became the subject of severe scrutiny after losing the Test after scoring more than 500 runs in the first innings. Following this shocking result, Pakistan selectors Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah were dropped from the squad. The move was also criticized by several former cricketers but it looks like the selectors had the last laugh as Pakistan managed to outscore England by 152 runs in the second Test and level the series.

Pakistan's Shan Masood, fourth from left, and his teammates celebrate after winning the second test cricket match against England in Multan, Pakistan, Friday, October 18, 2024. (AP Photo/KM Chaudary)(AP)
Pakistan's Shan Masood, fourth from left, and his teammates celebrate after winning the second test cricket match against England in Multan, Pakistan, Friday, October 18, 2024. (AP Photo/KM Chaudary)(AP)

Pakistan have now ended their 11-match winning streak at home. The team's bet to spin hard in the second Test also worked wonders as the two finger spinners in the form of Sajid Khan and Noman Ali took all 20 wickets. Noman Ali took 11 wickets in the match while Sajid Khan took nine wickets.

This is Pakistan's first home win in more than three years. The team had recently defeated South Africa in a home test. This is also Shan Masood's first win as Pakistan Test captain.

The last wicket to fall was that of Shoaib Bashir. Noman Ali dismissed the England spinner. Noman had caught the right-handed batsman at a stupid point.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has now shared the video of the winning moment. As soon as the last wicket was taken, the entire team shook hands with each other. Shan Masood hugged Noman warmly and a sigh of relief was clearly visible in his mouth

How things turned out on the fourth day

On the fourth day of the Test, England took the field needing 261 runs with eight wickets in hand. Over Sajid Khan defeated Ollie Pope in the second over of the day and things quickly went downhill for the visitors.

There was hope for England until Ben Stokes got to the goal area, but he ended up getting embarrassed trying to get out of his goal area.

It is important to note that Shan Masood used only two spinners in the final innings and Sajid and Noman ended England's innings within 34 overs.

The second Test was played on the same pitch as the first Test. Before the game started there were pictures of the groundskeepers using fans to dry the pitch.

Pakistan and England will now face each other in the final Test of the three-match series starting on October 24.

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