Pakistan v England: Abrar Ahmed says he is 'not a magician'

Abrar Ahmed was connected people to go the archetypal Test debutant to instrumentality each 10 wickets successful an innings

Pakistan leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed said helium is "not a magician" aft taking 7 wickets connected the archetypal time of his Test debut against England.

After taking the archetypal 7 wickets, helium was connected people to go the archetypal bowler successful Test past to instrumentality 10 successful an innings connected debut.

"I can't explicit successful words however blessed I feel," said Abrar.

"I volition not hide today. It's large to person achieved what I had acceptable retired for.

"I americium not a magician. I person done my job, what I was tasked with, and for that I americium precise happy."

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On a aboveground offering plentifulness of turn, Abrar recorded the champion figures by a spinner connected Test debut for 14 years.

His scalps included Joe Root, trapped lbw for eight, and England skipper Ben Stokes, who was bowled by a stunning transportation that pitched extracurricular limb stump and deed mediate and off.

"Before the match, I said successful an interrogation that Joe Root and Ben Stokes volition beryllium challenging, truthful it's large to person the wickets of both," said Abrar.

"Ben Stokes was my favourite wicket. He's my favourite player!"

Nominally a leg-spinner, Abrar turns the shot some ways with an unconventional flick of his fingers. The saltation helium utilized to vessel Stokes and, earlier, Zak Crawley is often referred to arsenic a 'carrom ball'.

The starring wicket-taker successful Pakistani home cricket this season, helium was controversially near retired of the archetypal Test successful Rawalpindi, which England won by 74 runs.

"I was amazed erstwhile helium wasn't fixed an accidental successful the archetypal Test," erstwhile Pakistan accelerated bowler Waqar Younis told Test Match Special.

"What a imagination start. He's proven that he's thing precise unsocial and that helium tin past successful Test cricket."

Opener Ben Duckett top-scored for England with 63 from from 49 balls earlier becoming Abrar's 2nd victim.

"We tried to enactment him nether unit and helium had a bully day," said Duckett.

"It volition beryllium akin successful the 2nd innings. We're not going to look to pat him back. Everyone volition person their ain strategies. I'm definite successful the 2nd innings we'll travel adjacent harder."

Pakistan moved to 107-2 by the close, 174 behind, with skipper Babar Azam unbeaten connected 61.

"Our 281 is beauteous good, possibly a spot nether par," said Duckett. "If we get a mates of wickets successful the greeting and support them to a akin people oregon under, it volition decidedly beryllium tricky scoring connected that pitch.

"We conscionable person to bent successful there, effort to restrict them arsenic overmuch arsenic we tin and anticipation wicket travel successful a cluster. I deliberation it volition beryllium different breathtaking Test."

Victory volition springiness England, holding a 1-0 pb successful the three-match series, their archetypal Test bid triumph against Pakistan extracurricular the UK successful 22 years.