Cricket News Desk. Pakistan team has finally returned to the winning path. Pakistan team, which was facing criticism due to continuous poor performance, managed to win the Test series against England by 2-1. This series win was also very important for the Pakistan team. Pakistan has won a Test series at home after almost 4 years. Pakistan has also taken a unique decision to win this series. In the last Test match played in Rawalpindi, Pakistan did something which was never seen before in the history of Test cricket.
This has happened for the first time in the history of Pakistan
Pakistan won the last match of the Test series against England by 9 wickets. The most important contribution in this victory was from their spinners. In this match, 20 out of 20 wickets of England were taken by Pakistan's spinners. It is noteworthy that captain Shan Masood did not play even a single fast bowler during this period, that is, Pakistan used only spinners in both the matches. Let us tell you that this was the first time in the history of Pakistan cricket, when he did not bowl the ball at any fast bowler in a Test match. His decision proved correct and Pakistan was successful in breaking the losing streak.
Spinners created history in Pakistan
The spinners of both the teams have taken a total of 73 wickets in this series, which is also a record. Before this, spinners had not taken so many wickets in any Test series in Pakistan. Earlier in the year 1969/70, in the Test series played between Pakistan and New Zealand, spinners had taken a total of 71 wickets. Pakistan's spinners Sajid Khan and Noman Ali were the biggest heroes of the victory against England. Although both the bowlers were not part of the playing 11 in the first match of the series, but both the bowlers took the maximum number of wickets in the series.
Noman Ali played 2 matches in this series and took 20 wickets and topped the list of highest wicket takers. At the same time, Sajid Khan made a total of 19 batsmen his victims in 4 innings of 2 matches. He stood second in this list. Jack Leach of England was the most successful bowler of England with 16 wickets.
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