Rawalpindi Test England broke the 112-year-old world record

Mainul Islam

December 2, 2022

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Rawalpindi Test England broke the 112-year-old world record

After 17 years, England is going to play a Test series in Pakistan. On the first day of the first Test of the series in Rawalpindi, the visitors set a world record with a century of four batters. On the first day, batting in 75 overs, they scored 506 runs for 4 wickets. This is the world record for the highest score on the first day of any match in Test history.
With this, a 112-year-old record was broken. The previous world record for the highest team score on the first day of a Test was held in 1910. Australia scored 494 runs for 6 wickets on the first day of the Test against South Africa in Sydney. England broke Australia’s world record today.

England’s batsmen won the toss and batted first and played in ODI style. Opener Jack Crawley scored 122, Ben Duckett 107, Ollie Pope 108, and Harry Brooke 101 not out. Among the Centurions, Crawley-Pope and Brooke had a batting strike rate of over 100. The team’s runs per over are 6.74. Captain Ben Stokes is unbeaten on 34 runs in 15 balls. His strike rate is 226. Leg-spinner Zahid Mahmud took two wickets for 160 runs in 23 overs.

Last Updated: Dec 2, 2022