This record was made for the first time in the 21st century, Sajid Khan and Noman Ali created history in Multan Test.
Delhi: Pakistan defeated England by 152 runs in the second test match and leveled the three-match test series at 1-1. This is Pakistan's first Test win at home since 2021, when they defeated South Africa. England won the first test by an innings and 47 runs.
Also read – PAK vs ENG: Sajid Khan made a series of records, took 7 wickets in one innings of Multan Test
Batting first, Pakistan scored 366 runs, in which Kamran Ghulam played a brilliant century of 118 runs. In reply, England were all out for 291 runs, in which Ben Duckett scored 114 runs. Sajid Khan took 7 wickets for Pakistan. In the second innings, Pakistan was all out after scoring 221 runs and gave England a target of 297 runs. The England team collapsed for 144 runs, due to which Pakistan won the match by 152 runs.
Pakistan's star spinner Sajid Khan took 7 wickets for 111 runs in the first innings, which was the second 5 wicket haul of his career. Whereas, Noman Ali took 8 wickets for 46 runs in the second innings. Both the spinners together took all 20 wickets in both the innings of England. Noman set the record for the best bowling figures in Multan, which was previously held by Sajid by taking 7 wickets in the first innings.
For your information, let us tell you that this is the first time in the history of Test cricket in the 21st century, when only two bowlers from one team have together taken 20 wickets of the opposition team in a Test match. This has happened only 7 times so far in the history of red ball cricket.
The feat of taking all 20 wickets by two bowlers in a test match
- M Noble (13) and H Trumbull (7) v England, Melbourne, 1902
- C Blyth (11) and G Hurst (9) v Australia, Birmingham, 1909
- B Vogler (12) and A Faulkner (8) v England, Johannesburg, 1910
- J Laker (19) and T Lock (1) v Australia, Manchester, 1956
- F Mahmood (13) and Khan Mohammad (7) v Australia, Karachi, 1956
- B Massey (16) and Dennis Lillee (4) v England, Lord's, 1972
- Sajid Khan (9) and Noman Ali (11) vs England, Multan, 2024
FAQ
Who is Sajid Khan?
Sajid Khan was born on 3 September 1993 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He is a right-arm off-spinner and along with bowling, he also bats.
What record has Sajid Khan made?
Khan became the first off-spinner for Pakistan in 24 years to take 5 wickets at home. Earlier in 2000, Saqlain Mushtaq had achieved this feat.
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