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When the first Test between England and Pakistan started in Multan on 7 October, it was a tie. Pakistan scored 556 runs after batting about 150 overs, then it seemed that the match would be drawn on a flat pitch. Then England also batted only 150 overs, but scored 823 runs.
From England, Joe Root scored 262 runs and Harry Brook scored 317 runs. For the first time in 147 years of cricket history, two batsmen from England have scored 250 plus in the same innings. After taking a lead of 267 runs in the first innings, England lost 6 wickets for Pakistan’s 152 runs.
Today will be the last day of Multan Test play. Pakistan is still behind by 115 runs, if the team wants to draw the match then it will have to bat the whole day. If England wins the match, Pakistan will become the fifth team to lose a Test despite scoring 550 runs in the first innings.
Top records of Multan Test in story…
1. Only 4 teams lost the test after scoring 550 plus runs Pakistan had achieved a strong position by scoring 556 runs in the first innings, but the team has now reached a losing position. If Pakistan loses the match, the team will become the fifth team to lose even after scoring more than 550 runs in the first innings.
Before Pakistan, the teams of New Zealand, Bangladesh and England themselves have lost the match 1-1 times even after scoring more than 550 runs in the first innings. Despite scoring 550 plus runs in the first innings, Australia has also been defeated 1-1 by India and England.
2. 800+ runs scored in Test after 27 years England made a huge score of 823 runs after losing 7 wickets in batting 150 overs. After 27 years, a score of more than 800 runs has been made in Test. The last time Sri Lanka scored 952 runs against India was in 1997. This is the biggest score in test history.
Apart from these, scores of more than 800 runs have been scored only twice in Test cricket. England had achieved this feat both the times, the team had made this score against West Indies in 1930 and Australia in 1938. India’s biggest score in Tests has also been made against England. The team had scored 759 runs in the 2016 Chennai Test. Then Karun Nair had scored a triple century.
3. England scored 800+ runs with the best run rate Batting at a run rate of 5.48, England scored 823 runs in 150 overs. England had the best run rate among the teams batting more than 150 overs. Earlier, Sri Lanka had batted at a run rate of 4.66 against Ireland in 2023 and India had batted at a run rate of 4.44 against Sri Lanka in 2009.
4. Root scored his 100th 250+ score in Test. Joe Root played an inning of 262 runs in 375 balls against Pakistan. This is his best score in test. For the 100th time in Test cricket history, a score of more than 250 runs was scored. For the first time in 1903, Tip Foster of England achieved the feat of scoring more than 250 runs in a Test.
5. Biggest partnership abroad For England, Joe Root and Harry Brook made a partnership of 454 runs for the fourth wicket. This was the biggest partnership for any team abroad. Both of them broke the 90 year old Australian record. In 1934, Donald Bradman and Bill Ponsford from Australia made a partnership of 451 runs in England.
6. The biggest partnership for England Root and Brook also held the record for the biggest partnership in Tests for England. Before both of them, in 1957, Peter May and Colin Cowdrey had made a partnership of 411 runs against West Indies. This is only the second time that there has been a partnership of 400 plus runs with England.
7. Biggest partnership for the fourth wicket Brook and Root also made the biggest partnership in Test history for the fourth wicket. Before both of them, in 2015, Australia’s Adam Voges and Shaun Marsh had made a partnership of 449 runs against West Indies.
8. Brook scored the second fastest triple century Harry Brook scored a triple century on 310 balls against England. This was the second fastest triple century in Test history. Before him, India’s Virender Sehwag had scored a triple century against South Africa in just 278 balls.
After 34 years, a batsman from England has scored a triple century. Before him, Graham Gooch had scored 333 runs against India at Lord’s in 1990. Brook scored 317 runs, the highest score by any batsman in Multan. Before him, Virender Sehwag had scored 309 runs in 2004.
9. For the first time, 2 players from England scored 250+ runs. From England, Joe Root scored 262 runs and Harry Brook scored 317 runs. For the first time in Test history, two players from England have scored more than 250 runs in the same innings. This record could be made only for the third time in Test history. For the first time in 1958, Conrad Hunte and Gary Sobers of West Indies scored more than 250 runs in a single innings.
10. Pakistan has not won at home for 44 months Only 2 results seem possible in Multan test. First result- Pakistan should lose. Second result: The match should be drawn. If this happens then Pakistan will not be able to win the Test at home again. The team last won on home ground 44 months ago. Pakistan last defeated South Africa in February 2021.
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