Pakistan team captain Shan Masood was over the moon after the hosts overwhelmed the much-better England team in the second cricket Test match played in Multan. Talking to the media men after thrashing England by 152 runs to level the three-match series 1-1 on Friday, Shan Masood said: “The first one is always special, after some rough times. For the boys to step in, a lot has happened this past week, but we came up with a strategy to get 20 wickets and we made it happen.” He said “Three years and 11 months created hunger, can't doubt the effort and commitment, it's come after some tough times, put plans in place and backed up with decent first and second-innings scores.”

“We tried green seamers against Bangladesh and were a bit off. Not a lot of cricket was played in Multan, it offered some spin. Noman and Sajid are seasoned campaigners,” he said and added “Big efforts in the field, everyone has a part to play.” Shan said “For Kamran, never easy to replace one of best batters in the world, I read some things that were horrid, but to get that century was special. And Agha is one of my favourite players. A team player, Pakistan all-in. Saim Ayub played maturely in the first innings."

Credit: Independent News Pakistan