England v Pakistan, Multan

England 281/10 & 275/10

Pakistan 202/10 & 328/10

England won by 26 runs

England v Pakistan 2022 · 2nd Test Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan 9–12 Dec 2022

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it far tougher than Pakistan.

England

1.04× +4%

Pakistan

1.19× +19%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, England led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Saud Shakeel Pakistan

157 +198

BM Duckett England

142 +174

Harry Brook England

117 +170

Ben Stokes England

71 +79

Babar Azam Pakistan

76 +72

Best bowling

Top match figures

Abrar Ahmed7/114

MA Wood4/65

MJ Leach4/98

Abrar Ahmed4/120

Top score

108

Harry Brook · England

Biggest stand

108

4th wkt · Pakistan

Worst collapse

3–4

3 wkts for 4 · Pakistan

Match facts

TossEngland, bat

ResultEngland won by 26 runs

Length4 days

England

281 /10 (51.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	b Abrar Ahmed	19	37	3	0	51.35
BM Duckett	lbw b Abrar Ahmed	63	49	9	1	128.57
OJ Pope	c Abdullah Shafique b Abrar Ahmed	60	61	5	0	98.36
Joe Root	lbw b Abrar Ahmed	8	11	0	0	72.73
Harry Brook	c Mohammad Nawaz b Abrar Ahmed	9	21	1	0	42.86
Ben Stokes	b Abrar Ahmed	30	38	3	1	78.95
WG Jacks	lbw b Abrar Ahmed	31	44	1	2	70.45
OE Robinson	c Mohammad Nawaz b Zahid Mahmood	5	14	1	0	35.71
MA Wood*	not out	36	27	8	0	133.33
MJ Leach	b Zahid Mahmood	0	1	0	0	0.00
JM Anderson	b Zahid Mahmood	7	7	1	0	100.00

Extras 13 (b 1, lb 12)

Total 281/10 (51.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Faheem Ashraf	4.0	1	16	0	4.00
Mohammad Ali	6.0	1	29	0	4.83
Abrar Ahmed	22.0	1	114	7	5.18
Zahid Mahmood	7.4	0	63	3	8.22
Mohammad Nawaz	12.0	0	46	0	3.83

Fall of wickets

1-38 (Z Crawley, 8.5)·2-117 (BM Duckett, 18.6)·3-145 (Joe Root, 24.1)·4-164 (OJ Pope, 28.4)·5-167 (Harry Brook, 30.5)·6-228 (Ben Stokes, 42.3)·7-231 (WG Jacks, 44.5)·8-245 (OE Robinson, 47.3)·9-245 (MJ Leach, 47.4)·10-281 (JM Anderson, 51.4)

Pakistan

202 /10 (62.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Abdullah Shafique	c OJ Pope b MJ Leach	14	44	3	0	31.82
Imam-ul-Haq	c OJ Pope b JM Anderson	0	2	0	0	0.00
Babar Azam	b OE Robinson	75	95	10	1	78.95
Saud Shakeel	c JM Anderson b MJ Leach	63	106	10	0	59.43
Mohammad Rizwan	b MJ Leach	10	43	2	0	23.26
Agha Salman	c Ben Stokes b Joe Root	4	15	0	0	26.67
Mohammad Nawaz	c OE Robinson b MJ Leach	1	9	0	0	11.11
Mohammad Ali	c Z Crawley b Joe Root	0	4	0	0	0.00
Zahid Mahmood	lbw b MA Wood	0	8	0	0	0.00
Faheem Ashraf	c BM Duckett b MA Wood	22	31	4	0	70.97
Abrar Ahmed*	not out	7	21	1	0	33.33

Extras 6 (b 4, lb 1, nb 1)

Total 202/10 (62.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	5.0	0	16	1	3.20
MJ Leach	27.0	7	98	4	3.63
MA Wood	11.5	1	40	2	3.38
Joe Root	10.0	3	23	2	2.30
WG Jacks	4.0	0	18	0	4.50
OE Robinson	5.0	3	2	1	0.40

Fall of wickets

1-5 (Imam-ul-Haq, 2.2)·2-51 (Abdullah Shafique, 13.3)·3-142 (Babar Azam, 34.2)·4-158 (Saud Shakeel, 45.5)·5-165 (Mohammad Rizwan, 49.5)·6-169 (Mohammad Nawaz, 51.6)·7-169 (Agha Salman, 52.1)·8-169 (Mohammad Ali, 52.5)·9-179 (Zahid Mahmood, 56.1)·10-202 (Faheem Ashraf, 62.5)

England

275 /10 (64.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	run out (Abrar Ahmed)	3	14	0	0	21.43
BM Duckett	b Abrar Ahmed	79	98	6	0	80.61
WG Jacks	b Abrar Ahmed	4	4	0	0	100.00
Joe Root	c Abdullah Shafique b Abrar Ahmed	21	35	2	0	60.00
Harry Brook	c Saud Shakeel b Zahid Mahmood	108	149	14	1	72.48
OJ Pope	run out (Mohammad Rizwan)	4	11	0	0	36.36
Ben Stokes	c Mohammad Ali b Mohammad Nawaz	41	51	1	1	80.39
OE Robinson	b Abrar Ahmed	3	5	0	0	60.00
MA Wood	c Babar Azam b Zahid Mahmood	6	17	1	0	35.29
MJ Leach*	not out	0	4	0	0	0.00
JM Anderson	lbw b Zahid Mahmood	4	3	1	0	133.33

Extras 2 (nb 2)

Total 275/10 (64.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mohammad Ali	9.0	0	44	0	4.89
Faheem Ashraf	5.0	2	12	0	2.40
Abrar Ahmed	29.0	3	120	4	4.14
Mohammad Nawaz	10.0	0	42	1	4.20
Zahid Mahmood	10.5	1	52	3	4.80
Agha Salman	1.0	0	5	0	5.00

Fall of wickets

1-11 (Z Crawley, 3.5)·2-25 (WG Jacks, 6.6)·3-79 (Joe Root, 20.2)·4-147 (BM Duckett, 35.2)·5-155 (OJ Pope, 37.5)·6-256 (Ben Stokes, 58.2)·7-259 (OE Robinson, 59.1)·8-270 (MA Wood, 62.5)·9-271 (Harry Brook, 64.2)·10-275 (JM Anderson, 64.5)

Pakistan

328 /10 (102.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Abdullah Shafique	b MA Wood	45	94	4	2	47.87
Mohammad Rizwan	b JM Anderson	30	43	2	0	69.77
Babar Azam	b OE Robinson	1	10	0	0	10.00
Saud Shakeel	c OJ Pope b MA Wood	94	213	8	0	44.13
Imam-ul-Haq	c Joe Root b MJ Leach	60	104	7	0	57.69
Faheem Ashraf	c Z Crawley b Joe Root	10	32	1	0	31.25
Mohammad Nawaz	c OJ Pope b MA Wood	45	62	7	0	72.58
Agha Salman*	not out	20	31	4	0	64.52
Abrar Ahmed	c BM Duckett b JM Anderson	17	12	4	0	141.67
Zahid Mahmood	b MA Wood	0	7	0	0	0.00
Mohammad Ali	c OJ Pope b OE Robinson	0	8	0	0	0.00

Extras 6 (lb 3, nb 3)

Total 328/10 (102.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
OE Robinson	14.1	4	23	2	1.62
MJ Leach	26.0	0	113	1	4.35
Joe Root	21.0	3	65	1	3.10
MA Wood	21.0	2	65	4	3.10
JM Anderson	16.0	1	44	2	2.75
WG Jacks	4.0	0	15	0	3.75

Fall of wickets

1-66 (Mohammad Rizwan, 15.5)·2-67 (Babar Azam, 18.5)·3-83 (Abdullah Shafique, 28.1)·4-191 (Imam-ul-Haq, 60.3)·5-210 (Faheem Ashraf, 69.5)·6-290 (Mohammad Nawaz, 91.4)·7-291 (Saud Shakeel, 93.3)·8-310 (Abrar Ahmed, 96.2)·9-319 (Zahid Mahmood, 99.1)·10-328 (Mohammad Ali, 102.1)