Watch: Mark Wood demolishes Abdullah Shafique’s off-stump with a vicious delivery in Multan

Pakistan and England are busy playing the second Test match of the series in Multan. In the first match of the series, England handed a 74-run loss to the home side. So, the home side were looking to level the series by winning this match. On the other hand, England were looking to seal the series.

Speaking of the match, England won the toss and opted to bat first. However, on Day three, Pakistan got a target of 355 runs to win this Test match. But, in the fourth innings, Abdullah Shafique got out to a vicious delivery from Mark Wood. Now, that video has gone viral on social media platforms.

Here is the shared video:

Abdullah Shafique scored 45 runs off 94 balls before getting out to Mark Wood in Multan

Speaking of the video, the incident took place on the 29th over. Abdullah Shafique was batting while Mark Wood came to bowl. On the first delivery of that over, Wood produced a moment of magic as his delivery knocked out the off-stump of the Pakistan batter. The ball got a shape back to the stump and it hit Shafique’s off-stump through his defense. 

It was a 141.7kph delivery that was enough to dismiss that batter. The pace was too much for Shafique to handle along with that vicious shape. Thus, Abdullah Shafique scored only 45 runs off 94 balls, including four boundaries and two sixes. Speaking of the match, England batted first and scored 281 runs in 51.4 overs. Both Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope managed 60+ scores. In reply, Pakistan got bundled out for 202 runs in 62.5 overs. 

Skipper Babar Azam scored 75 runs off 95 balls, including 10 fours and one six. Then, in the third innings, England scored 275 runs in 64.5 overs and gave the Men in Green a target of 3555 runs with two and a half days to go. Pakistan had a great start but they were struggling at 83/3 in 28.1 overs at the Drinks on Day three.