Pakistan Vs England – First Test at Multan – Fourth day’s play

Pakistan Vs England – First Test at Multan – Fourth day’s play

JE Root and HC Brook of England scored 262 and 313 in this test to provide the third occasion of one batsman scoring 250 plus runs and another scoring 300 plus runs in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerRunsITeamOppGroundStart Date
1CC Hunte2602WinPakKingston26 Feb 1958
 GS Sobers365*2WinPakKingston26 Feb 1958
        
2KC Sangakkara2872SrlSAFCol-SSC27 Jul 2006
 M Jayawardene3742SrlSAFCol-SSC27 Jul 2006
        
3JE Root2622EngPakMultan07 Oct 2024
 HC Brook3172EngPakMultan07 Oct 2024

JE Root and HC Brook of England scored 262 and 313 in this test to provide the second occasion of one batsman scoring 250 plus runs and another scoring 300 plus runs in a test innings against Pakistan. Both such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerRunsITeamOppGroundStart Date
1CC Hunte2602WinPakKingston26 Feb 1958
 GS Sobers365*2WinPakKingston26 Feb 1958
        
2JE Root2622EngPakMultan07 Oct 2024
 HC Brook3172EngPakMultan07 Oct 2024

JE Root and HC Brook of England scored 262 and 313 in this test to provide the 100th and 101st occasion of a batsman scoring 250 plus runs in a test innings. It also provides the 18th and 19th occasion of England batsman scoring 250 plus runs in a test innings..

HC Brook scored 313 runs in this test to provide the 32nd occasion of a batsman scoring 300 plus runs in a test innings. It also provides the sixth occasion of England batsman scoring 300 plus runs in a test innings.

HC Brook scored 313 runs in this test to provide the fifth occasion of a batsman scoring 300 plus runs in a test innings against Pakistan. It also provides the first occasion of England batsman scoring 300 plus runs in a test innings against Pakistan

HC Brook scored 313 runs in this test to provide the second occasion of scoring 300 plus runs in a test innings against Pakistan at Multan. Prior to this V Sehwag of India had scored 307 against Pakistan at Multan in Mar 2004

Thus HC Brook’s 317 in this test represent the highest individual score by a batsman in a test at Multan constituting a Ground record

JE Root and HC Brook of England added 454 runs for the fourth wicket in this test to provide the 16th occasion of batsmen posting 400 plus runs in in a test innings. It also provides the fourth occasion of batsmen posting 400 plus runs in a test innings

JE Root and HC Brook of England added 454 runs for the fourth wicket in this test to provide the record partnership for the fourth wicket in the annals of test cricket. The previous best was the 449 runs partnership between SE Marsh and AC Vogues of Australia against West Indies at Hobart in Dec 2015.

JE Root and HC Brook of England added 454 runs for the fourth wicket in this test to provide the second occasion of England batsmen posting 400 plus runs in in a test innings. The other occasion was the 411 runs partnership for the fourth wicket between MC Cowdrey and PBH May against West Indies at Birmingham in May 1957

Thus the 454 runs partnership for the fourth  wicket between JE Root and HC Brook not only represent the record partnership for any wicket in a test innings by England batsmen but also the record partnership for the fourth wicket in a test innings by England batsmen.

England posted a team total of 823 for 7d to provide the fourth occasion of a team posting 800 plus runs in a test innings. It also provides the first occasion of a team posting 800 plus runs in a test innings against Pakistan. The previous best was 790 for 3d by West Indies at Kingston in May 1958

It also provides the first occasion of a team posting 800 plus runs in a test innings against Pakistan in Pakistan. The previous best was India’s 675 for 5d at Multan in Mar 2004.

In this test Pakistan posted 556 in the first innings of the test and England posted 823 for 7d in the second innings of the test to provide the 15th occasions of rival teams posting 550 plus in the first and second innings of a test. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoTeamScoreIOppositionGroundStart Date
1Australia656/8d1v EnglandManchester23 Jul 1964
 England6112v AustraliaManchester23 Jul 1964
       
2Australia650/6d1v West IndiesBridgetown05 May 1965
 West Indies5732v AustraliaBridgetown05 May 1965
       
3West Indies593/5d1v EnglandSt John’s16 Apr 1994
 England5932v West IndiesSt John’s16 Apr 1994
       
4Australia599/4d1v PakistanPeshawar15 Oct 1998
 Pakistan580/9d2v AustraliaPeshawar15 Oct 1998
       
5South Africa588/6d1v West IndiesSt John’s29 Apr 2005
 West Indies7472v South AfricaSt John’s29 Apr 2005
       
6Pakistan5881v IndiaFaisalabad21 Jan 2006
 India6032v PakistanFaisalabad21 Jan 2006
       
7India613/7d1v AustraliaDelhi29 Oct 2008
 Australia5772v IndiaDelhi29 Oct 2008
       
8Sri Lanka644/7d1v PakistanKarachi21 Feb 2009
 Pakistan765/6d2v Sri LankaKarachi21 Feb 2009
       
9England600/6d1v West IndiesBridgetown26 Feb 2009
 West Indies749/9d2v EnglandBridgetown26 Feb 2009
       
10Sri Lanka642/4d1v IndiaColombo (SSC)26 Jul 2010
 India7072v Sri LankaColombo (SSC)26 Jul 2010
       
11Sri Lanka570/4d1v BangladeshGalle08 Mar 2013
 Bangladesh6382v Sri LankaGalle08 Mar 2013
       
12Australia559/9d1v New ZealandPerth13 Nov 2015
 New Zealand6242v AustraliaPerth13 Nov 2015
       
13England629/6d1v South AfricaCape Town02 Jan 2016
 South Africa627/7d2v EnglandCape Town02 Jan 2016
       
14England6571v PakistanRawalpindi01 Dec 2022
 Pakistan5792v EnglandRawalpindi01 Dec 2022
       
15Pakistan5561v EnglandMultan07 Oct 2024
 England823/7d2v PakistanMultan07 Oct 2024

England posted 823-7d in this test to provide the very first occasion of a team posting 800 plus runs when rival teams posted 550 plus runs in the first and second innings of a test. The previous best was 765-6d by Pakistan when Sri Lanka posted 644-7d at Karachi in Feb 2009. The following table lists the teams which have posted 700 plus runs when rival teams posted 550 plus runs in the first and second innings of a test

NoTeamScoreIOppositionGroundStart Date
1South Africa588/6d1v West IndiesSt John’s29 Apr 2005
 West Indies7472v South AfricaSt John’s29 Apr 2005
       
2Sri Lanka644/7d1v PakistanKarachi21 Feb 2009
 Pakistan765/6d2v Sri LankaKarachi21 Feb 2009
       
3England600/6d1v West IndiesBridgetown26 Feb 2009
 West Indies749/9d2v EnglandBridgetown26 Feb 2009
       
4Sri Lanka642/4d1v IndiaColombo (SSC)26 Jul 2010
 India7072v Sri LankaColombo (SSC)26 Jul 2010
       
5Pakistan5561v EnglandMultan07 Oct 2024
 England823/7d2v PakistanMultan07 Oct 2024

Six Pakistan bowlers conceded 100 plus runs in England’s innings  to provide the second occasion of six bowlers conceding 100 plus runs in a test innings The first such occasion was witnessed when six Zimbabwe bowlers conceded 100 plus in a test against Sri Lanka at Bulawayo in May 2004. The six Pakistan bowlers who conceded 100 plus runs are

NoPlayerOversMRunsWIOppositionGroundStart Date
1Shaheen Shah Afridi26.0112012v EnglandMultan07 Oct 2024
2Naseem Shah31.0015722v EnglandMultan07 Oct 2024
3Abrar Ahmed35.0017402v EnglandMultan07 Oct 2024
4Aamer Jamal24.0012612v EnglandMultan07 Oct 2024
5Agha Salman18.0011812v EnglandMultan07 Oct 2024
6Saim Ayub14.0010122v EnglandMultan07 Oct 2024

Abrar Ahmed of Pakistan conceded 174 runs without capturing a wicket to provide the fourth occasion of a Pakistan bowler conceding 170 plus runs without a wicket in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerOversMRunsWIOppositionGroundStart Date
1Khan Mohammad54.0525902v West IndiesKingston26 Feb 1958
2Danish Kaneria47.0518301v Sri LankaLahore01 Mar 2009
3Yasir Shah32.0119701v AustraliaAdelaide29 Nov 2019
4Abrar Ahmed35.0017402v EnglandMultan07 Oct 2024

Abdullah Shafique of Pakistan scored 102 and zero in this test to provide the 20th occasion of a Pakistan batsman scoring a century and a zero in a test match. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerFISITeamOppositionGroundStart Date
1Imtiaz Ahmed2090Pakistanv New ZealandLahore26 Oct 1955
2Imtiaz Ahmed1220Pakistanv West IndiesKingston26 Feb 1958
3Hanif Mohammad1600Pakistanv IndiaBrabourne02 Dec 1960
4Javed Burki1400Pakistanv EnglandDhaka19 Jan 1962
5Asif Iqbal0152*Pakistanv AustraliaAdelaide24 Dec 1976
6Sadiq Mohammad1050Pakistanv AustraliaMelbourne01 Jan 1977
7Asif Iqbal0104Pakistanv IndiaFaisalabad16 Oct 1978
8Ijaz Ahmed1220Pakistanv AustraliaFaisalabad23 Sep 1988
9Mohammad Wasim0109*Pakistanv New ZealandLahore21 Nov 1996
10Saeed Anwar0188*Pakistanv IndiaEden Gardens16 Feb 1999
11Shahid Afridi1070Pakistanv West IndiesSharjah07 Feb 2002
12Younis Khan1470Pakistanv IndiaEden Gardens16 Mar 2005
13Azhar Ali0136Pakistanv Sri LankaPallekele08 Jul 2012
14Shoaib Malik2450Pakistanv EnglandAbu Dhabi13 Oct 2015
15Misbah-ul-Haq1140Pakistanv EnglandLord’s14 Jul 2016
16Asad Shafiq1040Pakistanv New ZealandAbu Dhabi03 Dec 2018
17Azhar Ali0118Pakistanv Sri LankaKarachi19 Dec 2019
18Shan Masood1560Pakistanv EnglandManchester05 Aug 2020
19Saud Shakeel1410Pakistanv BangladeshRawalpindi21 Aug 2024
20Abdullah Shafique1020Pakistanv EnglandMultan07 Oct 2024

Abdullah Shafique of Pakistan scored 102 and zero in this test to provide the fifth occasion of a Pakistan batsman scoring a century and a zero in a test match against England. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerFISITeamOppositionGroundStart Date
1Javed Burki1400Pakistanv EnglandDhaka19 Jan 1962
2Shoaib Malik2450Pakistanv EnglandAbu Dhabi13 Oct 2015
3Misbah-ul-Haq1140Pakistanv EnglandLord’s14 Jul 2016
4Shan Masood1560Pakistanv EnglandManchester05 Aug 2020
5Abdullah Shafique1020Pakistanv EnglandMultan07 Oct 2024
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