Pakistan’s Mystery Spinner Abrar Ahmed Scripts History
Abrar Ahmed picks fifer on his Test debut | [Source: Associated Press]
Pakistan's mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed started off his Test career with a bang, picking up a five-wicket haul on his debut against star-studded England at Multan Cricket Stadium on Friday, December 9.
The 24-year-old was absolutely phenomenal with the ball. He got his first wicket in Zak Crawley, dismissing the English opener for 19. Later, he went on to wreck the middle order of England's batting lineup by scalping the key wickets of Ben Duckett (63), Ollie Pope (60), Joe Root (8), and Harry Brook (9).
Apart from Abrar Ahmed, no other bowler could manage to take any wicket in the first session of the ongoing second Test. With this, he unlocked an unprecedented achievement as he became the second bowler in the history of Test cricket to pick a five-wicket haul in the first session of his debut Test match. The only bowler to have achieved this feat earlier was Alf Valentine for West Indies vs England at Manchester in 1950.
Also, the right-arm spinner became the 13th Pakistan bowler to take a five-wicket haul. The Karachi tweaker made his T20 debut for Karachi Kings in February 2017 in the Pakistan Super League while he made his first-class debut in November 2020, for Sindh, in the 2020–21 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.
As long as the Multan Test is concerned, England's scorecard reads 180-5 at the end of the first session of day 1. The English team currently have a 1-0 lead in the ongoing series, having thrashed the hosts by 74 runs in Rawalpindi in the first Test.
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