Pakistan vs England Prediction and Test Cricket Betting Tips

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England will win the series
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England will have higher first innings opening partnership in first Test
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Saud Shakeel top scorer for Pakistan in first innings in first Test
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Pakistan vs England prediction

England’s summer of international cricket ended with an ODI defeat to Australia in Bristol on 29 September.

Just eight days later, England’s three-Test series against Pakistan begins in the sweltering heat of Multan and six members of the team that faced the Australians at the County Ground are part of the tour.

International cricketers are used to tight schedules and fast turnarounds, although England fast bowler Olly Stone, whose wedding takes place in Norfolk next weekend, will face a particularly busy itinerary.

Tourists will be comforted by memories of their Test series in Pakistan in December 2022, when England’s blistering batting and brilliant bowling sealed a clean 3-0 sweep on lifeless pitches.

Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope and Harry Brook all scored centuries on the first day of this series, propelling England to 506-4 after just 75 overs.

Brook finished all three Tests with 468 runs from five innings, but none of the key bowlers on that tour – James Anderson, Mark Wood and Ollie Robinson – are in the team and captain Ben Stokes was left out of the first Test with a hamstring. injury. Pope will continue to serve as captain.

England won their first five home Tests of the summer against the West Indies and Sri Lanka before a lackadaisical defeat against the Lankans at The Oval.

However, they face a Pakistan team without a win in their last ten home Tests. An attritional 1-0 loss to Australia was followed by a 3-0 loss to England and two draws against New Zealand in Karachi.

Sportier pitches were prepared for the August series against Bangladesh, but the strategy backfired against Pakistan. They lost the first Test by ten wickets, after declaring the first innings of the match at 448-6, and the Tigers recovered from 26-6 down in reply at 274, to seal a 2-0 series victory in Rawalpindi.

Captain Shan Masood has clung to his position, but the manner in which Bangladesh were beaten suggests England have a good chance of displaying winning form in 2022.

England’s run rate should put them in strong positions and they deserve to be backed to win the series while Crawley and Duckett, combined at the top of the order, can outperform their Pakistani counterparts in the first innings in Multan.

Pakistan lost their opening wicket with scores of three, five, zero and seven in the two defeats against Bangladesh and England’s opener Duckett averaged 71.4 on the 2022 tour.

Saud Shakeel scored 63 and 94 in the Multan Test against England two years ago, after making 37 and 76 on his Test debut the week before, and he is now a vital part of the middle order of Pakistan.

After unbeaten knocks of 125 against New Zealand and 208 against Sri Lanka in 2023, Shakeel began the Bangladesh series with a methodical 141 and England’s bowlers may find it difficult to dislodge him again.

Pakistan vs England calendar

Monday to Friday: First attempt, Multan
October 15 to 19: Second Test, Multan
October 24 to 28: Third Test, Rawalpindi

Pakistan vs England team news

Pakistan
Fast bowler Khurram Shahzad (side) is injured but all-rounder Aamer Jamal returns after a back injury.

England
Flyhalf Zak Crawley is available after breaking a finger. Ben Stokes (hamstring) has been ruled out so Ollie Pope will captain the side again with Chris Woakes batting at number seven. Fast bowlers Mark Wood and Josh Hull are injured so Brydon Carse makes his debut.

Pakistan vs England weather report

Sunny and dry for all five days with temperatures ranging from 31°C to 37°C.

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