Pakistan’s off-spinner Sajid Khan, on October 17 (Thursday), registered the best bowling figures at the Multan Cricket Stadium in Test cricket. The 31-year-old scalped 7/111 in 26.2 overs against England to better Abrar Ahmed’s record of 7/114 against the same opposition in 2022.
Making his comeback to the Pakistan Test team after more than nine months, Sajid single-handedly broke the back of England’s batting line-up in the second Test of the three-match series.
After Pakistan lost the first Test by an innings and 47 runs in Multan, they decided to roll out the same surface for the second Test. Considering it was a used surface, there was enough assistance on offer for the spinners, and Sajid made the most of it.
Pakistan were bundled out for 366 in the first innings, and in response, England raced to 120/1 in 23 overs. However, that’s when Sajid stepped up and knocked over Ollie Pope with a peach of a delivery.
The off-spinner then dismissed Joe Root, Ben Duckett and Harry Brook in the space of a couple of overs and reduced England to 225/5. Sajid ended day two with four wickets and returned on day three to claim three more.
The offie got rid of Brydon Carse, Matthew Potts and Shoaib Bashir to complete his seven-wicket haul and become the ninth Pakistan bowler with multiple seven-wicket hauls in red-ball cricket. Sajid took 8/42 against Bangladesh in Mirpur in 2022.
England were eventually bowled out 291 in 67.2 overs, conceding a first-innings lead of 75 runs.
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