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Pakistan's shameful defeat, for the first time in 147 years a team faced such a fate, England defeated them.

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The England cricket team has started the Pakistan tour with a victory. The first match of the 3-match Test series between the two teams was played at the Multan Stadium. In this match, the England team won by an innings and 47 runs. For Pakistan, this is the most shameful defeat in their cricket history. With this defeat, a shameful record has also been added to the name of Pakistan cricket. Their team has faced such a defeat, which no team had faced in the 147-year history of Test cricket.

The Pakistan team scored 556 runs in the first innings of this match. In such a situation, it started the match in a very good manner. For the first three and a half days of the match, the game was heading towards a draw, but from the last session of the fourth day, the match took such a turn that Pakistan had to face defeat by an innings and 47 runs. Let us tell you, this is the first time in the 147-year history of Test cricket that a team has lost a Test match by an innings even after scoring more than 500 runs in the first innings.

In reply to 556 runs, England declared their first innings at 823 runs in 150 overs. In this way, England took a lead of 267 runs in the first innings. But on this flat pitch, Pakistan's second innings collapsed at 220 runs, due to which they had to face defeat by innings. On the last day of the game, Pakistan started playing ahead with 152 runs and had 4 wickets left in hand. But Pakistan's team could not stay on the field even for a single session on the fifth day.

Joe Root and Harry Brook batted brilliantly in this match and took the Pakistani bowlers to task. A historic partnership was also seen between the two players. Joe Root scored 262 runs in the first innings, while Harry Brook scored a triple century and played an innings of 317 runs. He also became the fastest batsman to score a triple century for England. On the other hand, there was a partnership of 454 runs between the two players, which is the biggest partnership for any wicket in Test cricket for England.

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