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England's Joe Root celebrating his Hundred during the first day of the fourth Test match between India and England held at the JSCA International Stadium in Ranchi on February 23, 2024 Photo by Saikat Das / Sportzpics for BCCI

England’s Joe Root celebrating his Hundred during the first day of the fourth Test match between India and England held at the JSCA International Stadium in Ranchi on February 23, 2024 Photo by Saikat Das / Sportzpics for BCCI

2 minutes of reading Last update: October 11, 2024 | 2:33 PM IST

England produced one of their most memorable Test victories when they beat Pakistan by an innings and 47 runs on the fifth and final day of the first Test cricket on Friday.

Pakistan were bowled out for 220 in the first session as Salman Ali Agha (63) and Aamer Jamal (55 not out) delayed the inevitable with their struggling half-centuries.

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Abrar Ahmed, the sick No. 11, was unable to bat due to a fever as Pakistan suffered the embarrassment of becoming the first Test nation to lose a match by an innings after scoring more of 500 runs in the first innings.

Left-arm spinner Jack Leach picked up all three wickets on the final morning to finish with 4-30 after fast bowlers Gus Atkinson and debutant Brydon Carse had cleaned up Pakistan’s top order on the fourth night.

Resuming on 152-6, Agha and Jamal held out for an hour and extended their partnership to 109 before Leach struck in his first shot when he had Agha caught leg before a straight delivery.

Leach then quickly finished off the tail by taking a stunning low-return catch from Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah was stumped after hitting the left-arm spinner for a straight six.

England had broken Test records when they amassed 823-7 declared after Harry Brook’s belligerent triple century and Joe Root’s impeccable 262 in reply to Pakistan’s first innings score of 556.

On Wednesday, Root also became England’s highest Test run-scorer.

Pakistan’s woeful cricket run continued with skipper Shan Masood losing his sixth Test in a row since being elevated as captain last year. It was also Pakistan’s seventh defeat at home in 11 Test matches, with the last win coming against South Africa in February 2021.

The second Test begins in Multan from next Tuesday with the final Test scheduled in Rawalpindi from October 24.

(Only the title and image for this report may have been reworked by Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is automatically generated from a syndicated feed.)

First post: October 11, 2024 | 2:33 PM IST

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