Investec Test Series 2016
(England vs Pakistan)
1st Test Match at Lords.
First test match was played at Lord cricket stadium, historical cricket ground, named as "Home of Cricket". In that test, Pakistani Captain Misbah-ul-Haq won the coin toss and elected to bat first. Pakistan in their first innings managed to score 339 runs. Captain Misbah scored a great century there. Asad Shafiq also played an good innings of 73 runs. Chris Woakes sent 6 Pakistani batsmen towards pavilion. England got all out in their 1st innings on 272 runs. It was not usual that English batsmen failed to score big on their home soil. Captain Cook played a good innings of 81 runs. Yasir Shah picked up 6 wickets. So, Pakistan got the lead of 67 runs. Pakistan started their first innings and got all out on 215 runs. It was not the first time that Pakistani batsmen failed to produce a good total. Chris Woakes completed his 5 wickets haul and got 11 wickets in the match. England in their 2nd innings got a total of 282 runs to chase down. They had to chase it to win this match but it was not an easy task against the mighty Pakistani bowling attack. They were well aware of it. Anyhow, the start was not good. 3 of their main batsmen got out on just 47 runs. Wickets were falling down on regular intervals. In short, all English Batsmen went to pavilion after scoring 207 runs. England lost the first test at Lords. Yasir Shah again produced an outstanding spell. He picked up 4 wickts in 2nd innings. It was a very good win for Pakistan. They played good Cricket at Lords. Their style of celebration was also very intresting to watch as the whole team did 10 push-ups and paid tribute to their army for training them. So, Pakistan won the first test by 75 runs.
Yasir Shah was named man of the match award for his outstanding bowling figures. He picked up 10 wickets in that test.
So, that's it for today. Tomorrow I'll come with the review of 2nd test between Pakistan vs England. Good Bye. #ENGvPAK
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