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In the first match of the three-match Test series, England has defeated Pakistan by an innings and 47 runs. Pakistan had scored 556 runs in its first innings. In reply, England declared their first innings after scoring 823 runs for seven wickets. They had a lead of 267 runs. In response, by the end of the fourth day's play, Pakistan had scored 152 runs for six wickets in its second innings. On Friday, the fifth day, Pakistan team was reduced to 220 runs. The team could add only 68 runs to Thursday's score and lost the remaining four wickets.
With this victory, the England team has gone 1-0 ahead in the series. The next match will be played in Multan from 15th October. This is the sixth consecutive defeat of Pakistan team in Test. Before England, Australia had defeated this team in three consecutive Tests and Bangladesh had defeated this team in two consecutive Tests. At the same time, Pakistan has lost its third consecutive test at home. In the second innings of Pakistan, its batsmen could not withstand the spin of Jack Leach. Leach took four wickets.
