PAK vs ENG: Currently, England’s cricket team is hosting a Test series against Pakistan. In Rawalpindi, the first Test of the three-match series is being played. England captain Ben Stokes scored 506 runs batting first after winning the toss. This happened for the first time in cricket history when a team scored more than 500 runs on the first day of a Test match, England is now the first team to do so worldwide.
4 English batsmen scored centuries on the first day
On the very first day of the Test match, four of England’s batsmen hit the mark, England’s first wicket fell on a score of 233 runs, opener Zak Crawley scored 122 runs in just 111 balls, while his fellow partner Ben Duckett scored 107 runs in 110 balls. England team’s wicket-keeper batsman Ollie Pope played a brilliant inning of 108 runs in 104 balls while Harry Brook also scored 101 runs in 81 balls with the help of 14 fours and 2 sixes. Leg-spinner Zahid Mahmood took 2 wickets, while Mohammad Ali and Haris Rauf got a 1-1 wicket.
Harry Brook hit 6 consecutive fours
English batsman Harry Brook quickly reached a century on the first day of this test. After scoring 101 runs on 81 balls on the first day, he was still unbeaten. While playing, he destroyed the Pakistani bowlers. In addition, Brook hit six consecutive fours in Saud Shakeel’s single over of left-arm slow bowling. Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka, Ramnaresh Sarwan of the West Indies, and Chris Gayle had previously set the record for most fours hit in a single over.
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