The National squad has not won a single Test match outside Pakistan in the two years
January 6, 2021
Pakistan’s
national cricket team has not won a single Test match outside Pakistan in the
last two years.
The national team won the last Test match outside Pakistan
in November 2018 against New Zealand in Dubai.
In the last two years, the national cricket team has lost 9
Test matches outside Pakistan and drawn 2.
The national cricket team won the last Test series outside
Pakistan by 1-0 against Australia in the UAE.
The national team has suffered another defeat in New
Zealand. In the second Test, the national cricket team performed very poorly
and lost by an innings and 176 runs. This is Pakistan’s fourth defeat and New
Zealand’s second.
Earlier in 2001, Hamilton defeated Pakistan by an innings
and 185 runs in New Zealand.
How many runs did Pakistan score in Test series?
Mohammad Rizwan scored 202 runs in 4 innings at an average
of 50.50. He had 3 half-centuries in his innings.
Allrounder Fahim Ashraf scored 186 runs at an average of
46.50
Azhar Ali scored 173 runs at an average of 43.25 with a
maximum score of 93.
Fawad Alam scored only one century for Pakistan while the
openers flopped badly.
The opening pair of Shan Masood and Abid Ali scored only 35
runs in 4 innings at an average of 8.75.
Shan Masood scored 10 runs at an average of 2.50 in which he
was dismissed three times.
Abid Ali scored 76 runs at an average of 19, the third
failed batsman was Haris Sohail who scored only 28 runs in 4 innings at an
average of 7.
The bowlers performed very poorly in the Test series.
No Pakistani bowler could take five or more wickets in an
innings in the series.
Shaheen Afridi took 6 wickets at an average of 42.83 while
Muhammad Abbas and Naseem Shah took 4.4 wickets at an average of 45 and 73
respectively.
Yasir Shah and Faheem Ashraf took 3.3 wickets at an average
of 44 and 54 respectively.
New Zealand topped the Test rankings for the first time.
After completing the clean sweep mission against Pakistan,
the Kiwis increased their points tally to 118, pushing Australia (116) to the
second position.
Pakistan’s seventh position did not matter but only 5 points
more than the West Indies (77).
Apart from the first two positions, the rankings of other
teams remain the same,
New Zealand is first, Australia second, India third, England
fourth, South Africa fifth, Sri Lanka sixth, Pakistan seventh, West Indies
eighth, Afghanistan ninth and Bangladesh tenth.