Pakistan Breaks Winless Streak with Victory Over England
A significant victory for Pakistan unfolded as they ended their 11-match winless streak at home with a 152-run victory over England in the second Test in Multan. A key influence in this victory was Noman Ali's thrilling performance, finishing with a career-best 8 for 46.
English hopes were thwarted at the start of Day 4, with Sajid picking off the first wicket, followed by Noman trapping Joe Root. Despite a valiant effort by Ben Stokes and Harry Brook, Noman bagged another lbw decision, causing an upset for England.
The day was not all doom for England as Stokes and Brydon Carse striking multiple sixes. However, this attack was short-lived when Stokes was stumped off Noman, resulting in Noman securing his fifth five-wicket haul. Alas, further wickets fell at the hands of Noman, culminating in England ending their innings with only eight left standing.
The groundwork for Pakistan's triumph began in the first innings with debutant Kamran Ghulam scoring a century on debut and Saim Ayub adding 77 runs to Pakistan's total. Despite England's Ben Duckett making a century of his own, Pakistan maintained their pace with Sajid decimating the rest of England's battings line up, providing Pakistan with a 75-run lead.
Advancing into the second innings, Agha Salman's fine knock of 63, despite the challenging wickets, reinforced a solid position for Pakistan. Then, a final target of 297 proved too significant a challenge for England's batting line-up, allowing the host victory and Noman the hero of the day.
Final scores resulted in Pakistan beating England by 152 runs with Pakistan scoring 366 (Kamran Ghulam 118, Saim Ayub 77; Jack Leach 4-114, Brydon Carse 3-50) & 221 (Agha Salman 63, Saud Shakeel 31; Shoaib Bashir 4-66, Jack Leach 3-67), and England scoring 291 (Ben Duckett 114, Joe Root 34; Sajid Khan 7-111, Noman Ali 3-101) & 144 (Ben Stokes 37, Ollie Pope 22; Noman Ali 8-46, Sajid Khan 2-93).
