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\nPakistan ended day 1 play at 259\/5 with the aid of Kamran Ghulam\u2019s debut century, who came in as the replacement of star batter Babar Azam, and steadied the hosts\u2019 innings in the 2nd Test against England at Multan Cricket Stadium.
\nPakistan scored 259\/5 at the conclusion of Day 1 play with Mohammad Rizwan and Salman Ali Agha on the crease to drive the team\u2019s innings after they opted to bat first after winning the toss.
\nKamran completed his century off 192 balls containing nine fours and one six.
\nHe became the 13th Pakistani batter who smashed a ton on his debut followed by Javed Miandad, Saleem Malik, Muhammad Waseem, Ali Naqvi, Azhar Mahmood, Younis Khan, Taufeeq Umar, whereas, Yasir Hameed was the only batter who scored a ton in both innings.
\nAdditionally, Fawad Alam, Umar Akmal, and Abid Ali were among the batters who slammed a ton during their debut test matches.
\nKamran\u2019s top innings was concluded at 118 after he was bowled out by Shoaib Bashir.
\nSalman came in after Kamran\u2019s departure and continued the innings with Mohammad Rizwan (37*) besides scoring 5 runs till the conclusion of today\u2019s play.
\nEarlier, Pakistan captain Masood won the toss but was soon ruing his decision to bat first as the hosts slumped to 19-2 inside 40 minutes.
\nAfter five overs of seam bowling, England captain Ben Stokes opted for spin from both ends and the decision paid off immediately.
\nJack Leach beat Abdullah Shafique\u2019s tentative prod and uprooted the off-stump to dismiss the opener for seven.
\nIn his next over the left-arm spinner dismissed Shan for three, getting the Pakistan skipper to flick a delivery from outside the off-stump into the hand of Zak Crawley at short mid-wicket.
\nWith Pakistan in trouble, Kamran walked in for his first test but the right-hander showed no nerves as he stepped out against Leach hitting the spinner over his head for a big six.
\nThe duo returned after the lunch break to consolidate Pakistan\u2019s position and Kamran took a single off Shoaib Bashir to bring up his maiden test fifty.
\nKeen to break the stand, Stokes brought himself on and proved quite a handful with his swing and awkward bounce though a wicket eluded the seamer.
\nStokes maintained an attacking field, however, and Saim eventually fell into the trap, pushing a ball from Matthew Potts straight into the hand of the England captain at short mid-off.
\nSaim\u2019s 77 contained seven fours.
\nEngland were bolstered by the return of Stokes, who missed their comprehensive victory in the opening test at the same venue to complete his recovery from a hamstring injury.
\nStung by the innings defeat, Pakistan have dropped out-of-form batter Azam and frontline pacers Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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