RAWALPINDI (Pakistan): Pakistan’s openers were given a number of the runs on a placid pitch Friday as they took the house crew to 181 with out loss in respond to England‘s mammoth 657 within the first Test in Rawalpindi.
At shut on day two, Imam-ul-Haq (90) Abdullah Shafique (89) have been coming near loads when umpires known as stumps with 17 overs closing.
The house crew nonetheless wanted 277 runs to steer clear of the follow-on.
The pitch used to be once more unresponsive to bowlers because the England assault, led via James Anderson, toiled in the similar method as the house facet.
Shafique used to be fortunate to live to tell the tale a assured stuck at the back of attraction via Ollie Pope off a emerging supply. Although umpire Joel Wilson gave a cushy sign for out, tv professional Marais Erasmus over-ruled it.
Haq, who scored a century in every innings at the identical pitch in a Test in opposition to Australia in March, driven spinner Jack Leach for 2 to finish 1,000 runs in his seventeenth Test.
Shafique, who additionally scored 100 in opposition to Australia within the March Test, cracked two obstacles to achieve his 5th half-century in his 8th Test, highlighting his fast development.
Haq adopted go well with quickly after, taking a unmarried off Joe Root for his 5th half-century.
Earlier, resuming at 506-4, England added 151 runs in 125 mins, with Harry Brook taking his in a single day rating of 101 to 153 — one among 4 centuries within the innings.
Captain Ben Stokes (41) Liam Livingstone (9), and Brook have been all pushed aside via the pacer. naseem shahwho completed with 3–140.
Leg-spinner Zahid Mahmood conceded 235 for his 4 wickets — probably the most via a bowler on a Test debut.
Previously, Sri Lankan off-spinner Suraj Randiv conceded 222 in opposition to India in Colombo in 2010.
England’s overall is their very best in opposition to Pakistan in all Tests, bettering on their 589–9 at Manchester in 2016.
On Thursday England was the primary crew to attain 500 runs at the opening day of a Test event, making improvements to Australia’s 112-year-old document of 494-6 in opposition to South Africa in Sydney.
Zak Crawley (122), Ollie Pope (108) and Ben Duckett (107) have been the opposite centuries within the innings.
The three-match Test collection is England’s first in Pakistan for 17 years, having declined to excursion for the time being as a result of safety fears.
At shut on day two, Imam-ul-Haq (90) Abdullah Shafique (89) have been coming near loads when umpires known as stumps with 17 overs closing.
The house crew nonetheless wanted 277 runs to steer clear of the follow-on.
The pitch used to be once more unresponsive to bowlers because the England assault, led via James Anderson, toiled in the similar method as the house facet.
Shafique used to be fortunate to live to tell the tale a assured stuck at the back of attraction via Ollie Pope off a emerging supply. Although umpire Joel Wilson gave a cushy sign for out, tv professional Marais Erasmus over-ruled it.
Haq, who scored a century in every innings at the identical pitch in a Test in opposition to Australia in March, driven spinner Jack Leach for 2 to finish 1,000 runs in his seventeenth Test.
Shafique, who additionally scored 100 in opposition to Australia within the March Test, cracked two obstacles to achieve his 5th half-century in his 8th Test, highlighting his fast development.
Haq adopted go well with quickly after, taking a unmarried off Joe Root for his 5th half-century.
Earlier, resuming at 506-4, England added 151 runs in 125 mins, with Harry Brook taking his in a single day rating of 101 to 153 — one among 4 centuries within the innings.
Captain Ben Stokes (41) Liam Livingstone (9), and Brook have been all pushed aside via the pacer. naseem shahwho completed with 3–140.
Leg-spinner Zahid Mahmood conceded 235 for his 4 wickets — probably the most via a bowler on a Test debut.
Previously, Sri Lankan off-spinner Suraj Randiv conceded 222 in opposition to India in Colombo in 2010.
England’s overall is their very best in opposition to Pakistan in all Tests, bettering on their 589–9 at Manchester in 2016.
On Thursday England was the primary crew to attain 500 runs at the opening day of a Test event, making improvements to Australia’s 112-year-old document of 494-6 in opposition to South Africa in Sydney.
Zak Crawley (122), Ollie Pope (108) and Ben Duckett (107) have been the opposite centuries within the innings.
The three-match Test collection is England’s first in Pakistan for 17 years, having declined to excursion for the time being as a result of safety fears.