Imam-ul-Haq completed 1,000 runs in Test cricket

• Imam-ul-Haq reached a new career milestone on Friday by scoring his 1,000 Test run
• Imam received the honour while taking part in his 17th Test match of his cricket career
• The total England scored against Pakistan is higher than any other Test total

Imam-ul-Haq, the Pakistani team’s opener, reached a new career milestone on Friday by scoring his 1,000th Test run during Pakistan’s first innings against England.

Imam received the honour while taking part in his 17th Test match of his cricket career. Imam made a shot in the 18th over to reach 1,000 runs before being bowled by Will Jacks. The left-hander has played for Pakistan in 54 ODIs and two T20Is during his career and has two centuries and four fifties in Test cricket.

Earlier, in the Pakistan vs. England game, England completed its innings with a respectable score of 657. In the lengthy two-and-a-half-hour session, the team added 151 runs, restarting at 506-4.

In a batting display that set records, four of England’s top five batters scored quick hundreds against Pakistan. With England in scintillating form on their first test visit of Pakistan since 2005, 500 runs were achieved on the opening day for the first time in test cricket history.

Naseem Shah, a pacer who finished with 3-140, dismissed captain Ben Stokes (41), rookie Liam Livingstone (9) and Brook. Leg-spinner Zahid Mahmood made his Test debut by giving up the highest runs—235—for his four wickets.

Suraj Randiv, an off-spinner for Sri Lanka, gave up 222 against India in Colombo in 2010.

The total England scored against Pakistan is higher than any other Test total they have achieved (it was 589-9 in Manchester in 2016).

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Thursday saw England break Australia’s record of 494-6 against South Africa in Sydney by becoming the first side to achieve 500 runs on the first day of a Test match.

The other century players in the innings were Ben Duckett (107) and Ollie Pope (108). Zak Crawley (122).

England’s first Test series in Pakistan in 17 years will consist of three games.