- Second Test, day two: Pakistan 366, England 239-6
- Duckett’s 114 was not enough against Pakistan’s attack
Sajid Khan is a player who demands attention, a character whose moustache, however eyecatching, is not half as flamboyant as his celebrations. As England’s innings imploded across a dramatic afternoon, and an old, tired pitch that had held firm across nearly seven days of Test cricket finally started to surrender, there were quite a few of those.
He is a man who could hardly be more theatrical if he donned a scarlet bowler hat and started twirling a cane, and here he found a stage. The tourists looked on course to comfortably match Pakistan’s first-innings total of 366 until, as the day drew towards a close and with a ball showing the first signs of old age, the spinners found some turn and course of the game took a twist. At stumps England were six down and still 127 behind.
Written by Simon Burnton at the Multan Cricket Stadium
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/oct/16/englands-ben-duckett-hits-ton-before-pakistans-sajid-khan-triggers-collapse under the title “England’s Ben Duckett hits ton before Pakistan’s Sajid Khan triggers collapse”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
