Noman’s 8 for 46 hands Pakistan first home win in three years

Multan October 18 2024 : Pakistan won by 152 runs, Pakistan took a huge gamble with, well, virtually every aspect of this contest… from their selection to their pitch preparation, and it has all come together in their old-school never-say-die fashion. Noman Ali finishes with 8 for 46, to go with Sajid Khan’s 7 for 111 in the first, having sparked this remarkable turnaround with the key first-innings wickets of Joe Root and Ben Duckett, whose century had seemingly set his side up for another Multan march. This nine-day-old pitch had other plans, however, and this morning it all crumbled for England very quickly, eight wickets in a session. Kamran Ghulam deserves huge kudos for his gutsy debut century too, without those runs on the board, the rest could not have come to pass. It’s over to Rawalpindi for the decider!