New Delhi: Pakistan’s debutant Leg Spinner, Abrar Ahmad, has had a magical spell today on Day 1 of Pakistan’s second Test match vs England on Friday. In his spell of 22 overs, Abrar gave just 114 runs and managed to snatch 7 wickets from the visitors. Pakistan restricted England to 281 runs and the sessions were completely dominated by Pakistan. Earlier, Ben Stokes had won the toss and elected to bat first against the hosts.
As for England, Ben Duckett and Pope played good knocks of 63 and 60, respectively but it wasn’t enough in front of Abrar’s storm today who was the highlight of the whole Day 1.
Who is Abrar Ahmad?
Abrar Ahmad is the mystery spinner of Pakistan who played his maiden test match on Friday. He was born on October 16 in 1998 in Pakistan’s Sindh Province. His later moved to Karachi for a better life. The 24-year-old cricketer is also famous for his nick name Harry Potter.
The left-hander, who bowls leg-break, destroyed the English batting lineup with his googlies. Abrar now holds the record of being the 13th Pakistan bowler to take a five-wicket haul on his Test debut.
The 24-year-old made his t20 debut for Karachi Kings in Feb 2017 in the PSL. In November 2020, he played his maiden first-class match from Sindh, in the 2020–21 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. He was added to the test squad of Pakistan’s national team in November.
Here are all the wickets taken by Abrar Today
1st Wicket: Abrar bowls a well-disguised googly to bowl Zak Crawley
What a ball to get your first Test wicket! ?
Immediate impact by Abrar Ahmed ?#PAKvENG | #UKSePK pic.twitter.com/8tvnuGFzyo
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) December 9, 2022
2nd Wicket: Ben Duckett sent back to pavilion by Abrar Ahmed
Once again, it’s Abrar! ☝️
Brilliant review.#PAKvENG | #UKSePK pic.twitter.com/KgGaB3kt3K
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) December 9, 2022
3rd Wicket: Abrar snatches Joe Root’s wicket with a beauty
More magic from Abrar ?
Another superb review ?#PAKvENG | #UKSePK pic.twitter.com/jxlIjxIi4B
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) December 9, 2022
4th Wicket: Abrar sends back Ollie Pope packing
Abrar Ahmed to Ollie Pope, THATS OUT!! Caught!! ?? ??????? ? pic.twitter.com/vNPqPTDfnx
— Roshan Abeysinghe (@RoshanCricket) December 9, 2022
5th Wicket: Abrar dismisses Harry Brook, five-wicket haul for Abrar
????? ????? ?#PAKvENG | #UKSePK pic.twitter.com/l9LUdcLVgZ
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) December 9, 2022
6th Wicket: A Googly from Abrar disturbs stumps behind Ben Stokes
This. Is. Special. ?#PAKvENG | #UKSePK pic.twitter.com/ExgHlMfrxY
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) December 9, 2022
7th Wicket: Abrar sends back Will Jacks
No.7️⃣ for Abrar! ?#PAKvENG | #UKSePK pic.twitter.com/cmsq585Mus
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) December 9, 2022
