Rawalpindi Test Day-3: Imam, Abdullah score highest opening stand for Pakistan in Test
It is the first time in the history of test cricket that the openers from both teams have scored hundreds in the first innings of a test match.
Imam, Abdullah scored highest opening stand for Pakistan in a Test match!
Runs continue to keep coming on flat pitch of Rawalpindi Stadium making it a record tumbling test match!
So far six centuries have been scored in the first three days of the ongoing test match.
On day 3 of the ongoing test series, openers Imam-ul-Haq and Abdullah Shafique completed their centuries today chasing a mammoth England total of 657 runs.
The openers broke the record for the highest opening stand for Pakistan in Test cricket with their 225-run partnership versus England.
Imam-ul-Haq scored 121, while Abdullah Shafique hit 114 in the record-breaking partnership.
Pakistan’s Mohsin Hassan and Shoaib Muhammad previously held this record for their 173-run opening partnership against England in 1984.
On Day-1 of the test, England became the first team to score 500 runs on the opening day.
It is the first time in the history of test cricket that the openers from both teams have scored hundreds in the first innings of a test match.
➡️ First time in Test history that openers of both teams have scored 💯s in their first innings of the same match 🏏#PAKvENG | #UKSePK pic.twitter.com/ha4Dumm8eA
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) December 3, 2022
