Shaun Masood's negative record against English pacer James Anderson.

 

Southampton (14-Aug-2020) Pakistani opening batsman Shaun Masood's negative record against English pacer James Anderson is getting stronger. He became LBW on the first day of the second Test. The most interesting thing is that before the recent tour, Shaun Masood had been dismissed six times by the English pacer at an average of 2.50 off just 57 balls, which has improved his record against Anderson (4.86).

 It may be recalled that the second Test match between Pakistan and England is underway. By the end of the first day, Pakistan scored 126 runs for the loss of 5 wickets. Forgetting the defeat in the Old Trafford Test, Pakistan is competing in the second Test against England in Southampton where on the first day of the match, the captain of the national team Azhar Ali decided to bat first after winning the toss.

Shaun Masood and Abid Ali started the innings. Opener Shaun Masood, who scored a century in the previous match, was the guest of only one run this time. Captain Azhar Ali failed again and returned to the pavilion after scoring 20 off 85 balls. Abid Ali caught Burns at the hands of Kieran, he scored 60 off 111 balls. The fourth wicket fell to Asad Shafiq who scored 5 runs for 117 runs. In the 24th over, the match was stopped due to rain and lunch was stopped. Before the lunch break, Pakistan had scored 62 runs for the loss of one wicket.

The team's fifth wicket fell at 120, with cricketer Fawad Alam replacing Shadab Khan as part of the Test squad 11 years later, but he was bowled out for LBW by Vokes without scoring a run. He last played against New Zealand in 2009. The team played 45.4 overs, Babar Azam (25) and Mohammad (4) are on the crease and will start the second day's play. On the other hand, two changes have been made to the English squad, replacing Ben Stokes and Joffre Archer with Sam Curran and Zack Crowley.