Pakistan vs England 2nd Test Day 1: Abrar Ahmed decimates England by taking seven wickets
Pakistani debutant Abrar Ahmed made a dream start to his Test career when he swept England's top order with a seven-wicket haul in Multan.

Match Summary
- Pakistan closes with a score of 107-2, trailing England by 174.
- Pakistan captain Babar Azam scores 61* and Shakeel scored 32*.
- James Anderson gets Imam for a duck; Abdullah Shafique nicks Leach to Pope
- England are bowled out for 281 before tea on the first day
- Pakistan spinner Abrar Ahmed takes seven wickets on debut, Zahid the other three
- Ben Duckett hits 63 off 49 balls, Pope 60 off 61, Mark Wood 36 not out off 27
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A debut to remember 😍 <br><br>Abrar Ahmed has a five-wicket haul in the first session!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvENG?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvENG</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WTC23?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WTC23</a> | <a href="https://t.co/OroPZVteRn">https://t.co/OroPZVteRn</a> <a href="https://t.co/WbY3Z2rr9a">pic.twitter.com/WbY3Z2rr9a</a></p>— ICC (@ICC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ICC/status/1601115640722604033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 9, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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