The T20 world cup ended a month ago, but the England cricket team is still in the mood for T20 cricket. England toured Pakistan for a 3-test match series. England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and opted to bat. And on the first day of the first test England Cricket Team created History. They broke so many test records on day 1 and even made some new records. Let’s look at the records England created on day 1 vs Pakistan.
Pakistan vs England 1st Test Day 1 Highlights
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500+ runs on the first day of Test cricket – England Cricket Team created History
In test cricket, the batsman is tested by their batting skills, and how much they can survive in the crease, so the strike rate doesn’t matter here. That’s why we won’t see that many runs on a single day of test cricket. But that rule doesn’t apply to England’s test team under Ben Stokes’s Captaincy. And we have seen that in day 1 of Pakistan vs England 1st test. England Scored 506 runs for a loss of 4 wickets in just 75 overs on the first day and that is the highest-ever run scored by a single team on the first day of a test match. They broke the 113-year-old record of Australia.
Most Runs on Day 1 of a Men’s Test
| Team | Opposition | Runs | Ground | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | Pakistan | 506 | Rawalpindi | 2022 |
| Australia | South Africa | 494 | Sydney | 1910 |
| Australia | South Africa | 482 | Adelaide | 2012 |
| England | Australia | 475 | The Oval | 1934 |
| England | India | 471 | The Oval | 1936 |
England Cricket Team created History – Four Hundreds on a single day of Test Cricket
This is the first time we have seen 4 individual hundreds on a single day of a Test match. Both England openers Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett scored hundreds and after that wicket-keeper batsman, Ollie Pope also scored a hundred. And in the third session, Harry Brook also smashed his first test hundred in just 81 and stayed not out till the end of day 1 along with captain Stokes
| Player | Score | Balls Faced | Fours | Sixes | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zak Crawley | 122 | 111 | 21 | 0 | 109.91 |
| Ben Duckett | 107 | 110 | 15 | 0 | 97.27 |
| Ollie Pope | 108 | 104 | 14 | 0 | 103.85 |
| Harry Brook | 101* | 81 | 14 | 2 | 124.69 |
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The Most ever runs scored in the opening session of a Test match
England openers Zak Crawley & Ben Duckett created history by putting in 174 runs in the first session and they created the record for the Most runs scored in the opening session of a Test match
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The Fastest-ever double-century stand in Test Cricket
The Zak Crawley & Ben Duckett duo created another history by putting the fastest-ever double-century stand in Test Cricket history. They brought the 200-run partnership in just 30.1 overs. This is like they we playing ODI cricket not test cricket. They put in 233 runs for the first wicket.
