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‘Shan Masood Looked Completely Lost…’ Nasser Hussain Criticizes PAK Skipper Amidst Duckett Ton

Nasser Hussain slams Shan Masood [Source: @HassanAbbasian, @SkyCricket/x]Nasser Hussain slams Shan Masood [Source: @HassanAbbasian, @SkyCricket/x]

Pakistan made 366 in the first innings of the second Test match against England after batting out nearly four sessions in Multan. Debutant Kamran Ghulam played starring role with the bat, considering the Babar Azam replacement belted 118 of those runs from his end.

In response, the Englishmen raced to their 200-run mark in less than 40 overs at an expense of just two wickets. Attacking opener Ben Duckett tonked his fourth Test hundred and the dashing left-hander reached the milestone figure from just 120 balls. Duckett used sweep shot effectively well to counter Pakistan spinners, successfully reaching the ball early to negate the turn on offer.

With Duckett dominating the proceedings, former England captain Nasser Hussain criticized Pakistan skipper Shan Masood for getting his field placements wrong on Day 2.

Nasser Hussain slams Shan Masood for tactical blunder

Former England captain and expert commentator Nasser Hussain believes Pakistan skipper Shan Masood looked “completely lost” while Ben Duckett was successfully employing effective sweep shots against the spinners. Speaking on Sky Sports, the cricketer-turned-commentator said:

“As a left-hander, Shan Masood must know if he's got Noman Ali bowling outside off stump, when he plays that hard sweep, it is impossible to hit it hard, just on angle. If it's out there in the rough, it's impossible to do that. The hard sweep is either going to go front, or it's going to go square. In that little passage of play (when Ben Duckett was sweeping consistently), Shan Masood completely looked lost as to what to do. And he must have known it was coming. You know what's coming from this England side, so you must prepare before, and I don't think they did.”

Ben Duckett ended up smacking 114 runs from 129 balls with 16 boundaries to take England past the 200-run mark before stumps.

As it turned out, Pakistan bowlers did manage to make inroads late in the day with four quick wickets, including that of Duckett and last week’s triple-centurion Harry Brook. After 45 overs, the visitors reached 225-6 to find themselves another 141 runs away from Pakistan.