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Delhi: Pakistan had to face a crushing defeat in the first Test match played against England at Headingley. With this defeat, an unwanted record of Test cricket has been registered in the name of Pakistan, which no team would like to make. Pakistan team lost its first wicket in both the innings of the match without scoring any runs.

First wicket fell at zero in both the innings

In the first innings of the match, Pakistan lost its first wicket without adding any runs to the team's account. Opener Azan Awais was out LBW by Ollie Robinson. After this, Pakistan had a bad start in the second innings also. Imam-ul-Haq was out without opening the account.

In Test cricket, it is not a new thing for a team's first wicket to fall at a score of zero. However, it is very rare for this to happen in both innings of the same Test match. This has happened for the seventh time with Pakistan. In this case, England has done this five times, Australia four times, India twice and New Zealand once.

Pakistan was limited to 135 runs in the second innings.

Pakistan's batting seemed to be struggling throughout the match. The team could score only 171 runs in the first innings. After this, Pakistani batsmen could not stand against the fast bowlers of England in the second innings also.

Jofra Archer, Josh Tong and Ollie Robinson together took nine wickets for Pakistan. The entire Pakistan team was all out for just 135 runs in the second innings. In this way England won the match by an innings and 103 runs.

Ollie Robinson became the hero of victory

Ollie Robinson played the most important role in Pakistan's defeat. He took a total of 8 wickets in the match and was adjudged Player of the Match for his excellent bowling.

With this victory, England also achieved important points in the ICC World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle. The host team proved its dominance over Pakistan by finishing the match in just three days.