The Pakistani team, which somehow won the test match in the West Indies and leveled the series, was exposed after reaching England. The Pakistani team, which went on England tour to play a Test series, failed miserably on the very first day. In the first innings of the first match of the Test series in Leeds, only two fast bowlers of England together destroyed the entire batting line-up of Pakistan. Olly Robinson and Josh Tong together took 5 wickets each, due to which Pakistan collapsed for just 171 runs.
Pakistani batting faltered badly
England took the field for the first time after the withdrawal of Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum from the team. England started the new era in a strong manner at Headingley, the home ground of Joe Root, who returned as captain. The Pakistani team, who came to bat first, got a shock on the very first ball of the series, when fast bowler Olly Robinson hit the opener. Ajan Awais out LBW Did it. Former captain Shan Masood, who was returning after being injured in West Indies, was also out immediately.
After the fall of 2 wickets for just 6 runs, opener Imam-ul-Haq and Abdullah Shafiq, who were in excellent form, took charge of the innings. Both of them made an excellent partnership of 91 runs, which was broken by Tong. When the team score was 97 runs, Pakistan lost the third wicket in the form of Imam. It seemed that from here the rest of the batsmen would also make partnerships and take Pakistan to a big score but from here onwards there was a collapse. Within the next 74 runs, Pakistan lost the remaining 7 wickets and the entire team collapsed for just 171 runs.
Pakistan landed without Babar
Once again Shafiq played the most powerful innings for Pakistan, who was out after scoring 61 runs. Apart from him, no other batsman could cross the 50 mark. Imam ul Haq played an inning of 42 runs. The Pakistani team has entered this match without its captain Babar Azam, who was injured in the practice match played before the Test. In Babar’s absence, Salman Aga has taken command of the team.