Pakistan v England, Multan

Pakistan 556/10 & 220/9

England 823/7

England won by 47 runs

England v Pakistan 2024 · 1st Test Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan 7–11 Oct 2024

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it tougher than Pakistan.

Pakistan

1.13× +13%

England

1.01× +1%

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

Harry Brook England

317 +406

Joe Root England

262 +368

Agha Salman Pakistan

167 +279

Shan Masood Pakistan

162 +165

Saud Shakeel Pakistan

111 +121

Best bowling

Top match figures

MJ Leach4/30

MJ Leach3/160

AAP Atkinson2/46

BA Carse2/66

Top score

317

Harry Brook · England

Biggest stand

454

4th wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–30

3 wkts for 30 · Pakistan

Match facts

TossPakistan, bat

ResultEngland won by 47 runs

Length5 days

Pakistan

556 /10 (149.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Abdullah Shafique	c OJ Pope b AAP Atkinson	102	184	10	2	55.43
Saim Ayub	c JL Smith b AAP Atkinson	4	10	1	0	40.00
Shan Masood	c & b MJ Leach	151	177	13	2	85.31
Babar Azam	lbw b CR Woakes	30	71	5	0	42.25
Saud Shakeel	c Joe Root b Shoaib Bashir	82	177	8	0	46.33
Naseem Shah	c Harry Brook b BA Carse	33	81	1	3	40.74
Mohammad Rizwan	c CR Woakes b MJ Leach	0	12	0	0	0.00
Agha Salman*	not out	104	119	10	3	87.39
Aamer Jamal	lbw b BA Carse	7	10	0	0	70.00
Shaheen Shah Afridi	b MJ Leach	26	49	2	1	53.06
Abrar Ahmed	c BM Duckett b Joe Root	3	8	0	0	37.50

Extras 14 (b 1, lb 4, w 5, nb 4)

Total 556/10 (149.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
CR Woakes	23.0	5	69	1	3.00
AAP Atkinson	25.0	5	99	2	3.96
BA Carse	22.0	3	74	2	3.36
Shoaib Bashir	32.0	3	124	1	3.88
MJ Leach	40.0	5	160	3	4.00
Joe Root	7.0	0	25	1	3.57

Fall of wickets

1-8 (Saim Ayub, 3.4)·2-261 (Abdullah Shafique, 59.5)·3-263 (Shan Masood, 62.3)·4-324 (Babar Azam, 84.3)·5-388 (Naseem Shah, 105.4)·6-393 (Mohammad Rizwan, 108.5)·7-450 (Saud Shakeel, 125.2)·8-464 (Aamer Jamal, 128.4)·9-549 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 145.5)·10-556 (Abrar Ahmed, 148.6)

England

823 /7 (150.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c Aamer Jamal b Shaheen Shah Afridi	78	85	13	0	91.76
OJ Pope	c Aamer Jamal b Naseem Shah	0	2	0	0	0.00
Joe Root	lbw b Agha Salman	262	375	17	0	69.87
BM Duckett	lbw b Aamer Jamal	84	75	11	0	112.00
Harry Brook	c Shan Masood b Saim Ayub	317	322	29	3	98.45
JL Smith	c Aamer Jamal b Naseem Shah	31	24	2	1	129.17
CR Woakes*	not out	17	16	1	0	106.25
AAP Atkinson	c Babar Azam b Saim Ayub	2	2	0	0	100.00
BA Carse*	not out	9	6	0	1	150.00

Extras 23 (b 8, lb 5, w 3, nb 7)

Total 823/7 (150.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Shaheen Shah Afridi	26.0	1	120	1	4.62
Naseem Shah	31.0	0	157	2	5.06
Abrar Ahmed	35.0	0	174	0	4.97
Aamer Jamal	24.0	0	126	1	5.25
Agha Salman	18.0	0	118	1	6.56
Saim Ayub	14.0	0	101	2	7.21
Saud Shakeel	2.0	0	14	0	7.00

Fall of wickets

1-4 (OJ Pope, 1.2)·2-113 (Z Crawley, 24.3)·3-249 (BM Duckett, 49.5)·4-703 (Joe Root, 136.1)·5-779 (JL Smith, 144.2)·6-797 (Harry Brook, 147.2)·7-799 (AAP Atkinson, 147.4)

Pakistan

220 /9 (54.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Abdullah Shafique	b CR Woakes	0	1	0	0	0.00
Shan Masood	c Z Crawley b AAP Atkinson	11	22	1	0	50.00
Saim Ayub	c BM Duckett b BA Carse	25	35	4	0	71.43
Babar Azam	c JL Smith b AAP Atkinson	5	15	1	0	33.33
Mohammad Rizwan	b BA Carse	10	19	1	0	52.63
Saud Shakeel	c JL Smith b MJ Leach	29	33	4	0	87.88
Agha Salman	lbw b MJ Leach	63	84	7	0	75.00
Aamer Jamal*	not out	55	104	5	0	52.88
Shaheen Shah Afridi	c & b MJ Leach	10	14	1	0	71.43
Naseem Shah	st JL Smith b MJ Leach	6	3	0	1	200.00

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

Total 220/9 (54.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
CR Woakes	12.0	1	41	1	3.42
AAP Atkinson	14.0	2	46	2	3.29
Shoaib Bashir	6.0	0	32	0	5.33
BA Carse	16.0	1	66	2	4.12
MJ Leach	6.5	1	30	4	4.39

Fall of wickets

1-0 (Abdullah Shafique, 0.1)·2-29 (Shan Masood, 7.6)·3-41 (Babar Azam, 11.6)·4-41 (Saim Ayub, 12.1)·5-59 (Mohammad Rizwan, 18.1)·6-82 (Saud Shakeel, 24.2)·7-191 (Agha Salman, 48.4)·8-214 (Shaheen Shah Afridi, 54.2)·9-220 (Naseem Shah, 54.5)