Watch: Aamer Jamal grabs one of the greatest catches in Pakistan cricket history to dismiss Ollie Pope

Aamer Jamal, on Tuesday (October 8), took an absolutely stunning catch to dismiss Ollie Pope in the ongoing first Pakistan vs England Test in Multan.

With opener Ben Duckett suffering an injury, Pope had to come out to open the innings. Duckett suffered an injury on his left thumb when he took Abrar Ahmed's catch to end Pakistan's innings. Pope and Zak Crawley opened the innings for the visitors.

Crawley faced the first over from Shaheen Afridi and got going by hitting the last ball of the over for a four. And Pope could face only two deliveries in the innings as the brilliant effort from Aamer Jamal sent him back. The England captain could not even open his account as Naseem Shah dismissed him for a two-ball duck.

On the second ball of the over, Naseem bowled one that was a bit short and Pope went for a pull shot. The right-handed batsman connected really well with the ball before Aamer Jamal came up with the stunner. The Pakistan allrounder Aamer Jamal leapt to his right side and caught the ball with one hand while being airborne.

Watch the stunning catch from Aamer Jamal:

UNBELIEVABLE CATCH 😲

Aamer Jamal pucks it out of thin air to send back the England captain 👌#PAKvENG | #TestAtHome pic.twitter.com/MY3vsto4St

— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) October 8, 2024

At the time of writing this report, England were on 30 for 1 in the 8th over. Zak Crawley and former captain Joe Root were fighting it out in the middle for the visitors. Crawley was batting on 20 while Root was unbeaten on 10.

Earlier in the day, Pakistan ended their first innings with a big total of 556 runs. Opting to bat first, Pakistan scored 328/4 on the opening day of the Test thanks to centuries from captain Shan Masood and opener Abdullah Shafique. Masood scored 151 runs while Shafique scored 102 runs as the duo shared a big stand of 253 runs for the second innings.

On the second day, Agha Salman led Pakistan's charge with the bat by scoring an unbeaten century. After Pakistan were reduced to 463/8, Salman shared crucial stands with the lower-order players to take his team to 556 runs. He remained unbeaten on 104 runs. Saud Shakeel also played a crucial knock of 82 runs.

For England, Jack Leach was the pick of the bowlers, taking three wickets while debutant Brydon Carse and Gus Atkinson picked up two wickets each.