Rawalpindi Cricket Test: The difference was not the team but the captaincy

 

Rawalpindi Cricket Test: The difference was not the team but the captaincy

Pakistan couldn't save the match even after scoring 574 runs in the first innings, while England showed great aggressive play and defeated not only Pakistan but also Pindi's dead pitch.

In the Rawalpindi Test, England defeated Pakistan by 74 runs after a sensational match to take a one-nil lead in the series.

Ben Stokes' teammates were determined but when it came to sacrifice, Stokes was the first to sacrifice. A pitch on which you could have scored a double century if you played well. But Ben played every ball in T20 style and accelerated the runs and got out in a hurry but did not back down.

England were in danger of being bowled out when they started to run fast in the second innings but Crawley Duct Root Brook Jacks all lost wickets trying to score runs quickly but the scoreboard was 343 for Pakistan. Decorated, no one cared about their score.

Most surprising was Stokes himself. High shot and out on the first ball.

343 on a lifeless wicket was not a difficult day, and Pakistan could have won, but the bad technique of the batsmen and the attitude of running away from the bouncers caused England's mistakes in this match, first against the bouncers and then against the reverse swing. revealed If the batsmen, like the legends of the past, Zaheer Abbas and Majid Khan, instead of fearing the bouncers, had adopted the method of playing the counter hook shot, the result would have been different.

Ben Stokes as the captain knew that he could lose and when the partnership of Imamul Haq Saud Shakeel and Hahar Rizwan formed, he could have panicked and taken the field defense but he did not back down from his resolve.

Constant pressure and bowling changes finally paid off, with the Pakistani batsmen falling like dry leaves on an easy wicket.

Robinson's reverse swing began to show when the match was slipping out of England's hands. First Salman Agha and then Azhar Ali could not survive the reverse swing and were given wickets. On the other hand, Anderson was also getting reverse swing. They eliminated Zahid Mahmood and Haris Rauf.

Pakistan's last players in the innings, Naseem Shah and Muhammad Ali, battled the English bowlers for a long time, but a straight ball from Leach kept their efforts to the edge, and Pakistan lost the Test by 74 runs.

Ollie Pope, the part-time wicketkeeper for England, took two very difficult catches with a brilliant capping.

Pakistan's batting, with an easy wicket, did not look ready to bat aggressively at any moment and this cowardice pushed them into the cave of defeat.

 If the Pakistani batsmen had played to their full potential on the final day, the English bowling could have come under pressure, but the fear of defeat made them closer to defeat.

England turned a match that was heading for a draw into a win.

If all the five days of this match are analyzed, the only conclusion is that the difference was not the team but the captaincy. 

A defensive-minded captain lost the battle when it could be fought, and the one who burned all the boats was crowned victorious.

The English team did not even care about hospitality

Before the match ended, England Pakistan started trending on social media and cricket fans started giving their opinions.

Fazl Abbas writes in his tweet: 'Fortune favors the brave. England deserved this win. They will definitely win.'

Another user made fun of the Pakistan team and wrote it

"Pakistan first hosted the England team, then built a highway, forced England to declare an innings early and still lost the match."

There was also a tweet from Wisden India, where they wrote, '1st Test vs Australia - Draw

2nd Test vs Australia - Draw

3rd Test vs Australia - lost

1st Test vs England - Defeated

Pakistan have yet to win a Test match at home in 2022.'