Multan December 9, 2022: Who is Abrar Ahmed, the Pakistan Test debutant who took each of the first seven England wickets to fall on day one of the second Test in Multan?
PAKISTAN V ENGLAND | SECOND TEST | DAY 1 | MULTAN
- Pakistan close day one 107/2, trailing by 174 runs
- Anderson and Leach with the wickets after England dismissed for 281
- Duckett and Pope make half-centuries
- Abrar Ahmed takes seven wickets
24-year-old leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed took 7/114 on Test debut, the third-best haul in an innings by a Pakistan bowler in their first Test.
He is the 22nd bowler in men’s Tests to take seven wickets or more in an innings on debut.
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>A terrific achievement on debut 🙌<br><br>Adulations for Abrar Ahmed 🌟<a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvENG?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#PAKvENG</a> | <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/UKSePK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#UKSePK</a> <a href=”https://t.co/kCRUF1QrEc”>pic.twitter.com/kCRUF1QrEc</a></p>— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) <a href=”https://twitter.com/TheRealPCB/status/1601128865983709184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>December 9, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>
Abrar cleaned up Zak Crawley in his first over with a sharp googly to break the opening stand, but went on to concede 11 runs off his next over as England continued to attack.
After five overs, Abrar had conceded 39 runs as Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope put up a good partnership.
Abrar himself broke the stand in the 19th over by trapping Duckett in front. He followed it up with the big wicket of Joe Root, trapped LBW with another superb leg break.
Ollie Pope holed out trying a reverse sweep and Harry Brook fell attempting a loft as Abrar completed a five-wicket haul in the morning session.
Abrar became just the second Pakistan bowler after Wahab Riaz to take a five-for on his first day of Test cricket.
He added two more after lunch to take each of the first seven wickets before Zahid Mahmood broke any chance the leggie had to take all 10, taking the remaining three wickets.
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>This. Is. Special. 🤯<a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvENG?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#PAKvENG</a> | <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/UKSePK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#UKSePK</a> <a href=”https://t.co/ExgHlMfrxY”>pic.twitter.com/ExgHlMfrxY</a></p>— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) <a href=”https://twitter.com/TheRealPCB/status/1601142237106085889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>December 9, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″></script>
