‘They are no match for this English side’- Fans react as England beat Pakistan by 26 runs to seal series 2-0
England beat Pakistan by 26 runs in the 2nd Test to seal series 2-0.
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Dec 12, 2022 3:45 pm
Ollie Robinson
Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum’s team have done it again. England’s new, aggressive approach toward Test Cricket continues to impress the entire cricketing fraternity. On Monday, the England Cricket Team registered their 8th win out of their last 9 Test matches.
With that win, they also sealed the three-match Test series against Pakistan by a 2-0 margin. Ben Stokes and Co. produced another result as they beat Pakistan by 26 runs in the second Test match at Multan Cricket Stadium.
England had set a target of 355 runs for Pakistan on day 3 to win the second Test match. M Rizwan and Abdullah Shafique started brilliantly with a 66-run opening partnership.
Veteran James Anderson then came to the team’s rescue as he bowled one absolute peach of a delivery to send Rizwan (45) back to the hut. Skipper, Babar Azam (1) also departed cheaply. Mark Wood, soon, rattled Shafique’s stumps in the 29th over to leave Pakistan in some sort of trouble at 83 for 3.
Imam Ul Haq then stitched a brilliant 108-run partnership to revive the team’s innings. However, Leach accounted for Imam’s wicket at the fag end of the day to put England on top.
Faheem Ashraf and Shakeel looked to start cautiously on the fourth day but Root broke the partnership soon by accounting for the wicket of Ashraf (10) in the 70th over. Nawaz and Shakeel, then, forged an 80-run alliance for the 6th wicket. That partnership gave Pakistan big hopes of winning the Test match.
But, Mark Wood came to the team’s rescue. He dug one short only for Nawaz to get caught behind. The southpaw departed for a well-made 45 off 62 balls.
England looked happy but Shakeel was still there at the crease. The big turning point came in the 94th over when Wood came back to bowl again.
On the third ball of the over, Wood sent Shakeel back, although that dismissal was debatable. Once he got, it was all but over for Pakistan. Babar Azam’s team, eventually, were bundled out for 328, thereby falling 26 runs short of the target.
Twitter has been abuzz, since. Here’s a look at some of the reactions:
