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Pakistan is locking horns with England in the second of the three-match Test series. Both teams are playing this match at the Multan Cricket Stadium in Multan. The English skipper Ben Stokes decided to bat first after winning the flip of the coin. Although, this decision of Stokes has been proven wrong by the young Pakistan leg spinner and debutant Abrar Ahmed and his state mate Zahid Mahmood.
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Both the spinners have scalped all the ten wickets of England including seven scalps by Abrar followed by the three wickets claimed by Zahid.
The cricket fans are hailing the performance of the Pakistan team as they have bundled up the visitors only in the second session on the first day of the Multan Test. They took to Twitter to heap their praises on the Zahid-Abrar duo for brilliant bowling heroics.
Here’s how fans reacted:
How are we feeling at lunch time on day one?
— England's Barmy Army (@TheBarmyArmy) December 9, 2022
Byriani time over in 🇵🇰#PAKvENG pic.twitter.com/gx37lo2mS2
#PakvsEng2022#PAKvENG #TheGameAwards #rushy8#aleemdarhttps://t.co/1djlqeGJno pic.twitter.com/mvRWxYUyFt
— Rushy8 (@paklove2you) December 9, 2022
That's a great hand by Mark Wood, let's see him crank it up with the ball now 🏏 #PAKvENG
— Cricketnut 🏏 (@Cricketnut4) December 9, 2022
Pakistan have bowled England out for 281 in Multan! Abrar Ahmed removed England's top 7.#PAKvENG #Cricket pic.twitter.com/9w2fYbZ8N7
— Grassroots Cricket (@grassrootscric) December 9, 2022
#QuickByte: Post the 10 wicket-haul by Anil Kumble in 1999 against Pakistan, this is the first innings in which, all wickets have fallen to leg spinners.#PAKvENG | #Pakistan pic.twitter.com/hNQYTWA0DD
— Cricket.com (@weRcricket) December 9, 2022
England all out for 281 in their first innings.
— Green Team (@GreenTeam1992) December 9, 2022
The debutant Abrar Ahmed was the man of the show with 7 wickets in 22 overs. Zahid Mehmood wrapped up the tail with the remaining three.#PAKvENG | #WTC23 | #Cricket | #GreenTeam | #OurGameOurPassion | #KhelKaJunoon pic.twitter.com/QtOSYli8tr
Leg spinners dominate in Multan as England are all out for 281!
— Islamabad United (@IsbUnited) December 9, 2022
Abrar Ahmed, what a dream debut for this young lad, he finishes with 7/114. Zahid Mahmood picks the rest of the 3 wickets.
Brilliant performance. 👏#PAKvENG #UnitedWeWin pic.twitter.com/wfeXGCgx0Z
Multan ground da pawa abrar lawa 🔥 🔥 #PAKvENG #AbrarAhmed pic.twitter.com/C2zHzE0HjH
— Ayaz Ghazi (@AyazGhazi2) December 9, 2022
Bazball is out of the park in 1st innings #PAKvENG
— bikash (@bikashforu) December 9, 2022
ABRAR AHMED ⭐⭐⭐
— Pakistan Super League (@pslcricket786) December 9, 2022
REMEMBER THE NAME.
7 wickets in first inning on his Debut#PAKvENG #AbrarAhmed #PAKvsENG #ENGvPAK #Cricket #MultanTest #ENGvPAK #PakvsEng2022 #PakistanCricket #BabarAzam𓃵 #PSL2023 #snow #PAKvsENG #Pakistani #ShaheenShahAfridi pic.twitter.com/kNpkFMuRej
England 117/1 to 281 all out
— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket) December 9, 2022
Last 9 wickets fell for 164
A great comeback from Pakistan#PakvEng #Cricket
2️⃣2️⃣ overs
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) December 9, 2022
1️⃣1️⃣4️⃣ runs
7️⃣ wickets
Man of the moment Abrar Ahmed! ✨#PAKvENG | #UKSePK pic.twitter.com/zLaPtG5unr
Thank you Abrar for shutting the mouth of Ben Stokes.. Those rubbish talking by Ben stokes , English pundits & media was becoming irritating 🤧
— Md Jîsh@ñ (@Jishan9832) December 9, 2022
This is their standard 👍 #PAKvENG
Just the third player to take a seven-wicket haul on Test debut for Pakistan 👏
— Omar Faruque (@OmarFar46196492) December 9, 2022
An unforgettable day for Abrar Ahmed ✨ #PAKvENG pic.twitter.com/obUziVCPcs
There's a thin line between playing attacking cricket and playing reckless.... absolute stupidity on display by english batters.#PAKvENG
— SUYASH❤️ (@SuyashRaj97) December 9, 2022
Speaking of the match so far, the English team has scored 281 runs for the loss of all ten wickets in 51.4 overs. Opener Ben Duckett ended up as the highest run-scorer for his team with a 63-run-knock off 49 balls with nine boundaries and a six to his name. Other than Duckett, wicketkeeper-batter Ollie Pope also scored 60 runs off 61 balls with five boundaries.
Lower order batter and pacer Mark Wood also contributed with 36 runs alongside 30 and 31 runs from skipper Ben Stokes and number seven batter Will Jacks respectively.
Notably, the 24-year-old Abrar Ahmed has become the third Pakistan bowler to record the best performance on his Test debut following Mohammad Zahid (7/66 in 1966), and Mohammad Nazir (7/99 in 1969).
Best figures by a Pakistan bowler on Test debut:
| Mohammad Zahid |