Noman Ali thanks God after Pakistan’s victory (PTI photo)

Two Pakistani bowlers, spinners Noman Ali and Sajid Khan, combined to take all 20 England wickets in Pakistan’s 152-run win on day four of the second Test in Multan on Friday, helping the hosts tie the three-match series at 1-1.
Left-armer Noman Ali’s eight wickets (8 for 46) in the second innings gave him a match result of 11 for 147, while off-spinner Sajid Khan, who took seven wickets in England’s first innings, finished with a match haul of 9. for 204.
England’s second innings was folded for 144 within two hours on the fourth day, with skipper Ben Stokes’ 37 being the highest score in the visitors’ batting chart.
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It was the first time since 1987 that two Pakistani spinners took five wickets in the same Test and only the seventh time in the history of Test cricket that two bowlers took all 20 of the opposition’s wickets.
“Sajid and Noman bulldozed England,” former Pakistan batsman Basit Ali said on his YouTube channel.
The match was played on the same pitch at the Multan Stadium where England recorded an innings victory in the first Test despite the hosts scoring over 500 runs in their first innings.

The result was that the track used offered more corners which Noman and Sajid exploited to the home side’s advantage.
Basit now said that the English media and former players will start to wonder why the same pitch was used for two Test matches.
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“I will tell you what game England will play next. (They will call it) 6th day wicket, 7th day wicket, 8th day wicket, 9th day wicket, 10th day was not required,” Basit predicted on how the criticism on the pitch will follow Pakistan’s victory.
“Every team benefits from home advantage. (There are) swinging conditions in England, bouncy in Australia and South Africa, while circuits are running in Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh,” he added. “The British media and ex-England cricketers, who are now commentators, will start saying ‘same pitch pe match khila diya (the Test was played to the same song as the first)’.
“Is there a law that says that’s not allowed?” asked 53-year-old Basit.

He then praised the new group of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) selectors led by former pacer Aaqib Javed for their decision.
“Pehli dafa thodi si akal aayi, management ko nahi, Aaqib Javed ne jo faisla kiya (the first time a decision made sense, not by PCB but by Aaqib),” Basit said. “Some people in Pakistan, I don’t think it’s right to name them, don’t want spinning tracks because it can hurt their batting performance.
“Dosti-yaari nahi chalne di Aaqib ne (Aaqib did not allow friendships to control the selection issues).”
The Aaqib-led squad had dropped Babar Azam, fast bowlers Shaheen Shah Afridi & Naseem Shah and wicketkeeper Sarfaraz Ahmed from the Test squad for the last two matches of the series.
The third and final Test of the series will be played in Rawalpindi from October 24.