Abrar Ahmed, a mysterious spinner, enter a select club of just three spinners who claimed five wickets in their debut Test session.
On his Test debut, the 24-year-old took his first five-wicket haul and held England to 180/5. Before lunch on the first day of the second Test in Multan.
After pursuing two more wickets in the afternoon session, he concluded his first Test innings with remarkable stats of 7-114.
Abrar, who made his Test debut in Multan, became the third bowler after Fred Spofforth of Australia. And Alf Valentine of the West Indies to take five wickets before lunch on the first day of play.
Since Valentine accomplish the feat in 1950 while Spofforth had the distinction in 1879. He is the only bowler to have done it in the current century.
Abrar also joins Mohammad Nazir and Mohammad Nazir as the third Pakistani bowler. To claim seven victims in a first-ever Test.
List of Pakistan bowlers taking fifer on Test Debut
| Arif Butt | 6/89 against Australia in Melbourne | 1964 |
| Mohammad Nazir | 7/99 against New Zealand in Karachi | 1969 |
| Shahid Nazir | 5/53 against Zimbabwe in Sheikhupura | 1996 |
| Mohammad Zahid | 7/66 against New Zealand in Rawalpindi | 1996 |
| Shahid Afridi | 5/52 against Australia in Karachi | 1998 |
| Mohammad Sami | 5/36 against New Zealand in Auckland | 1998 |
| Shabbir Ahmed | 5/48 against Bangladesh in Karachi | 2003 |
| Yasir Arafat | 5/161 against India in Bangalore | 2007 |
| Wahab Riaz | 5/63 against England at the Oval | 2010 |
| Tanvir Ahmed | 6/120 against South Africa in Abu Dhabi | 2010 |
| Bilal Asif | 6/36 against Australia in Dubai | 2018 |
| Nauman Ali | 5/35 against South Africa | 2021 |
| Abrar Ahmed | 7/114* against England in Multan | 2022 |
Who is Abrar Ahmed?
| FULL NAME | Abrar Ahmed |
| BORN | October 16, 1998 |
| AGE | 24y 54d |
| BATTING STYLE | Left hand Bat |
| BOWLING STYLE | Legbreak Googly |
| PLAYING ROLE | Bowler |
Domestic career
The 24-year-old played his first Twenty20 match for Karachi Kings in the Pakistan Super League in February 2017. For Sindh, he made his first-class debut in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in November 2020.
He was includ in the Pakistan Shaheens lineup for their trip to Sri Lanka in October 2021. He play for the Pakistan Shaheens against the Sri Lanka. A cricket team in November 2021, making his List A debut.
The tweaker from Karachi was name to the Pakistani team in November for the Test series against England.