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August 22, 2026 at 01:41 AM
Pakistan Loses First Wicket for Zero in Both Innings, Falls to England by an Innings and 103 Runs at Headingley
Pakistan's tour of England opened with a record nobody wants. At Headingley on Friday, August 21, Pakistan became the first team in Test cricket history to lose their first wicket for zero runs in both innings of the same match seven times, according to the Times of India and thedailyjagran. No other side has done it more than five times.
The pattern repeated itself almost identically across both innings. Azan Awais was dismissed off the very first ball of the match by Ollie Robinson, out lbw before Pakistan had scored a run, according to Outlook India. That made him the first Pakistan batter ever dismissed on the opening delivery of a Test series. In the second innings, Imam-ul-Haq lasted five balls before edging Jofra Archer to Jamie Smith for a duck, leaving Pakistan 0 for 1 again, as reported by theswipeup and Fox Sports.
Pakistan have now hit this mark seven times across 472 Tests, or roughly once every 68 matches, according to thedailyjagran. England sit second on that list with five instances in 1,098 Tests, about once every 220 matches. Pakistan's first occurrence came against Australia at the WACA in March 1979, and they've since repeated it against England twice more
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