After finishing the series, both the teams will face each other for the two-match Test series. According to reports from Cricbuzz, Jason is upset with a few recent decisions of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). He was was supposed to fly out to South Africa along with the Test squad via Dubai, but there was no sign of him. It is believed that he has given in his resignation.

The report also stated that Jason has not been happy with the PCB for quite some time, especially since he got kept out from some important decisions during the recent home series against England. The last point of breakage seemed to be PCB’s decision to not renew the contract of assistant coach Tim Nielsen who was taken by the board in August.

The PCB has appointed two foreign head coaches, and both were unable to survive for even six months. This is not creating any sort of good image of the PCB.

The same report has further added that former Pakistan pacer Aqib Javed has been asked to take interim charge of the red ball tea, especially considering the fact that the upcoming Tests are part of the current World Test Championship (WTC) cycle.

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However, as Pakistan great Ramiz Raja interviewed captain Shan Masood after the game, some of the questions he asked left fans flabbergasted. Instead of praising the Pakistan skipper for winning the series against England, Ramiz asked Masood about the team’s 6 consecutive Test defeats before the 2 wins against England.

Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir, reacting to the interview, went on an epic rant and asked the intention behind content of questions that Ramiz asked Masood.

“You should celebrate the series win. There is a series winning captain sitting next to you. You should have asked him about the win, next plans. But you are making fun of him. Have some respect. You are literate people and you should behave like one as well. Where the credit is due, you should give it. I was feeling so bad for Shan. Ramiz has been doing on-air duties for so long now and he has no idea what to ask a winning captain,” Amir said in a video.

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A lead of over 100 runs here can also turn out to be crucial for Pakistan as their spinners did a fantastic job against England in the first innings.

It will be interesting to see how Masood and Shakeel will tackle against the English bowling attack on the second day of the third Test.

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However, a fantastic knock of 89 from 24-year-old wicketkeper-batter Jamie Smith would carry England to a fighting total of 267. Smith has had a great start to his Test career. In the 9 matches played so far, he has scored 634 runs, with a hundred and 4 fifties.

Former England cricketer Michael Vaughan was mighty impressed with Smith’s knock and labelled him as the ‘new Adam Gilchrist’ in a post on his official X handle.

“Really good day in the end for England .. Can’t see how this pitch gets better so as with last week the toss crucial . Jamie Smith inside 8 Tests is being labelled the new Gilchrist .. no finer compliment,” Vaughan wrote on X.

Meanwhile, England would want to knock out Pakistan early in the first innings on day 2 after managing to pick up 3 wickets during the final session of the day. The pitch in Rawalpindi is not the easiest to bat and there is plenty of help for the spinners. With the ball keeping low and turning square, a lead of even 50 runs could be significant.

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The 2 spinners absolutely shattered the England batters and picked up all the 20 wickets between them. While Noman picked up 11, Sajid picked up rest of the 9 scalps.

After England won the toss and opted to bat first, Pakistan skipper Shan Masood wasted no time in bringing on the spinners. In fact, the first over of the match was bowled by Sajid while the second over was bowled by Noman.

This is the first time that spinners have bowled the first 2 overs of the first innings of a Test on Pakistan soil and only the 4th time that such a thing has happened in red-ball cricket history.

The first time that spinners ended up bowling the first 2 overs of a Test happened back in 1964 when India faced-off against England in Kanpur.

The second time this happened was during a match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in Mirpur in 2018. Finally, the third match where this happened was during Bangladesh’s clash against Afghanistan in Chattogram in 2019.

After dominating on the Multan pitch in the second Test, it will be interesting to see how the Pakistan spinners will perform against the English batters in Rawalpindi.

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While England powered to a comfortable victory in the first Test thanks to brilliant knocks from Harry Brook and Joe Root, the second Test saw Pakistan spinners Noman Ali and Sajid Khan absolutely tear apart the English batting order to carry the Men in Green to the victory.

As he first 2 matches were held in Multan, it will be interesting to see how both the sides will fair on the Rawalpindi pitch in the third Test.

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England ended the day on 239/6 after 53 overs with wicketkeeper-batter Jamie Smith batting on 12 and Brydon Carse batting on 2. The visitors are still 127 runs behind the hosts’ first inning total of 366.

It will be interesting to see if Pakistan will be able to bundle out England during the first session of the third day itself. There is a possibility that Smith and Carse can put up a good partnership to carry England over Pakistan’s first inning total as both the players can bat well.

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Saim Ayub also played a great knock of 77 and Mohammad Rizwan’s unbeaten 37 saw Pakistan end the day on a positive note at 259/5.

On the second day, England bowlers will be looking to get rid of both Rizwan and Salman Ali Agha as both of these batters can go on to play big knocks. While on the other hand, Pakistan will be hoping that the remaining batters can carry their total over the 400-run mark at the very least.

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With Ghulam dominating the conversation of social media, an old video has resurfaced showing a controversial moment involving the cricketer in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). Back in 2022, Ghulam got slapped by Pakistan pacer Haris Rauf while playing for the Lahore Qalandars.

Ghulam dropped a catch off Rauf’s bowling and after the bowler claimed a wicket, he slapped Ghulam during the celebration.

29-year-old Ghulam replaced an out-of-form Babar Azam at number four and foiled England’s aggressive bowling and fielding to go on and score a fantastic century.

Ghulam led a fightback along with Saim Ayub after the hosts, who won the toss, were struggling at 19/2 with England spinner Jack Leach striking twice in the first hour.

The day ended Ghulam’s frustrating long wait for a place in the Pakistan team after he smashed a national record 1,249 runs in the 2020 domestic season.

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Ghulam, who was brought in as the replacement of star batter Babar Azam, came out to bat when Pakistan was in a nervy situation at 19/2 with experienced batters Abdullah Shafique and Shan Masood already dismissed.

Ghulam showed immense maturity throughout his knock

He formed a massive stand alongside Saim Ayub to take the hosts over the 150-run mark. Though Ayub would lose his wicket on 77, Ghulam would go on to form a solid stand with Mohammad Rizwan and would reach his century during the final session of the first day.

Ghulam played some brilliant shots throughout his knock and showed immense maturity on tough situations as well. Ultimately, the 29-year-old’s innings would be brought to an end by England spinner Shoaib Bashir in the 85th over for 118 runs off 224 deliveries.

Babar’s number 4 spot in the batting order could be in danger

If he ends up performing well in the second innings as well, then Babar’s number 4 spot can very well be in danger for Pakistan’s Test series in the future. Babar may not be permanently dropped from the squad, but his batting spot can very well be snapped by Ghulam.

Interestingly, this is only Ghulam’s second international match for the Men in Green. He first made his ODI debut back in January, 2023 in a match against New Zealand in Karachi. However, since then the batter hasn’t featured in any of Pakistan’s one-day matches. He has also never made an appearance for the Men in Green in the shortest format.

Ghulam was expected to make Test debut against Bangladesh

Ghulam was expected to make his Test debut in Pakistan’s recently-concluded Test series against Bangladesh, however the PCB instead sent him along with Abrar Ahmed to play for the Pakistan Shaheens. He was finally given his chance in the second England Test.

The 29-year-old hasn’t had a short cricket career as he made his first-class debut back in 2013 for Abbottabad and has also featured for the Pakistan U-19 team. In 59 first-class matches, Ghulam has scored 4377 runs at an average of 49.17 and highest score of 166.

As far as List A matches go, Ghulam has featured on 94 occasions, scoring 3344 runs at an average of 42.32 and highest score of 123*

Ghulam has also played quite a lot of franchise cricket, featuring for sides likes of Islamabad United and Lahore Qalandars in the Pakistan Super League. He has played a total of 73 T20 matches, scoring 1510 runs at an average of 27.96 and highest score of 110*.

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