Pakistan’s skipper Shan Masood speaks at a post-match press convention after profitable the Check sequence in opposition to England on October 26, 2024. — PCB
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan captain Shan Masood on Saturday heaped reward on his colleagues saying the nationwide facet confirmed large character to register back-to-back victories in opposition to England and win their first Check sequence on dwelling soil since 2021.
Coming from an innings defeat within the sequence opener, Pakistan levelled the sequence in Multan earlier than arriving in Rawalpindi the place they rolled out a raging turner.
For Pakistan, spin twins Noman Ali and Sajid Khan claimed 19 of the 20 English wickets to safe a nine-wicket win that additionally secured their 2-1 sequence victory.
Increasing on the win, Masood stated: “Like London buses, they come together. The first win came after a long time and it was backed up by a series win. It’s special.”
After dropping the opener, Pakistan took a daring choice name by dropping three frontline gamers — batter Babar Azam and the tempo duo of Naseem Shah and Shaheen Afridi.
Sajid and Noman have been introduced in and the duo claimed 39 of the 40 English wickets within the final two Checks, aside from producing helpful cameos with the bat, to vindicate the transfer.
Sajid reduce his chin whereas batting on Friday and needed to change his bloodied shirt however returned on Saturday to spin an internet across the English batters.
“For everyone to stand up and give their best means a lot,” stated Shan, who sealed Pakistan’s victory with a six off England spinner Shoaib Bashir.
“It is about characters, people you can trust, people you think can bleed for you — Sajid literally bled for us yesterday.
“To be right here and standing because the profitable group is probably the most particular factor for us,” he remarked.
England folded for a meagre 112 in their second innings with only Joe Root (33) looking comfortable against the hosts’ rampaging spinners.
Their usual tactics of swashbuckling batting have looked somewhat one-dimensional and inadequate on turning tracks and against in-form spinners.
“The final couple of Checks we have been thrown some challenges, and I believe it is fairly simple to evaluate that have been weren’t capable of stand as much as these challenges,” said England captain Ben Stokes while reflecting on their loss.
“The beauty of sport is that these challenges will at all times come alongside, however within the final two video games, we weren’t capable of match what Pakistan threw at us.
“We’ve got a very quick turnaround to another challenge in New Zealand, so we’ve got to put the disappointment of the last two games behind us and move on,” he stated.
