PAK vs ENG 2022 2nd Test Highlights: England defeats Pakistan in the 2nd Test by 28 runs and registers Test series victory after 22 long years. Notably, Pakistan lost the Test series against Australia and England at home in 2022.
PAK vs ENG 2022 2nd Test Highlights
England and Pakistan cricket teams are scheduled to play 3 Tests during their Pakistan tour of 2022.
| Match | 2nd Test – Pakistan vs England |
| Date | Friday, December 09, 2022 – Monday, December 12, 2022 |
| Venue | Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan |
| Toss | England won the toss and opt to bat |
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Playing 11
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Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Agha Salman, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Zahid Mahmood, Mohammad Ali, Abrar Ahmed
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England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope (wk), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Will Jacks, Ollie Robinson, Jack Leach, Mark Wood, James Anderson
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Pakistan vs England 2nd Test Scoreboard
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1st Innings
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ENG: 281-10 (51.4 Ov) |
| PAK – 202-10 (62.5 Ov) | |
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2nd innings
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ENG – 275-10 (64.5 Ov) |
| PAK – 328-10 (102.1 Ov) |
PAK vs ENG 2022 2nd Test Overview
The decider match of the 3-match Test series of England tour of Pakistan 2022 kick-started on December 9 in Multan Cricket Stadium. England won the 1st test by 74 runs after making multiple records in Rawalpindi.
The second match of the series has been considered the decider of the 3-match Test series and Pakistan was in need of registering a victory in order to stay alive in the series.
Winning the toss, England decides to bat first and scored just 281 runs after losing all 10 wickets which is not even half of England’s 1st test 1st inning score. But England’s aggressive bowling unit sacked Pakistan batters for 202 runs and made a 79 runs lead ahead of the 2nd innings.
With Harry Brook’s century, England scored 275 runs in the second innings while Pakistan were in need of 354 runs to win the 2nd Test match. Pakistan top order batters apart from Babar Azam scored a handful of runs and made 210 runs for first 5 wickets loss.
But England’s bowling unit made a strong comeback by cornering Pakistan’s batters which eventually led Pakistan to end the inning with 328 runs. England won the 2nd Test match and seals the series by beating Pakistan by 26 runs.
With the series defeat, the Pakistan cricket team are now out for the WTC 2023 Final spot race. With the Pakistan Test series victory, England registered their 8th win in Test cricket out of the last 9 series since McCullum and Stokes took over the England Test responsibilities.
Pakistan at home in 2022:
- Lost the T20I series vs England
- Lost the Test series vs Australia
- Lost the Test series vs England
PAK vs ENG 2022 2nd Test Captain’s View
With the defeat, Pakistan registers their third Test defeat at home in 2022 alone while team India have lost just 2 Test matches at home in the last 10 years.
Post the victory, England captain Ben Stokes says he feels fantastic to be a part of both games while Pakistan captain Babar Azam praised Abrar and says that they were not up to the mark in the first innings.
Harry Brook won the player of the match award for his 108 runs in the second inning which creates the much-needed boost for the England team while batting. It is worth mentioning that Harry Brook scored 153 runs and 87 runs in the 1st Test of the same series.
PAK vs ENG 2022 2nd Test Player of the Match
Harry Brook | England
Stats:
- Bat: 9 runs(1st inning) | 108 runs(2nd inning)
- Ball: –
During the presentation, player of the match Harry Brook says: “I tried to learn from my mistake in the first innings. I wanted to put the pressure on the spinners and it worked.
We knew before coming into the game that it is going to be a turner, they have been asking for it and there was a lot of talk in the dressing room as well, so wasn’t surprised. We just tried to go out there and play our band of cricket, happy that it came off”.
The final Test match of the series will be played on December 17 – December 21 in National Stadium, Karachi.
