MULTAN CRICKET STADIUM: Green Shirts after winning the toss opted to bat first against the England Team here on Monday (7th October, 2024) and scored 328/4 at the end of the day.
Following early departure of Saim Ayub, who scored only 4 runs, before he was sent back to the pavilion by Gus Atkinson, Shan Masood cracked seven boundaries, while the Skipper hit five fours and a six.
When the match ended Saud Shakeel whose bat yielded 35 and Naseem Shah were on the crease.
The match, first of the three-match series is part of the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25.
Squads for the first match:
Green Shirts: Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Shan Masood (skipper), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wicket-keeper), Salman Ali Agha, Aamir Jamal, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, and Abrar Ahmad.
England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope (Skipper), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith, Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse, Jack Leach, and Shoaib Bashir.
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