KARACHI: Harry Brook scored his 3rd century in as many suits whilst Ben Foakes hit a half-century as England eked out a lead of 29 over Pakistan on the finish of day two of the overall Test of the sequence at Karachi’s National Stadium on Sunday.
Brook made 111 to proceed his superb begin to Test cricket, with the 23-year-old proving to be the glue in England’s innings, placing on partnerships with Ollie Pope and captain Ben Stokes earlier than a stand of 117 with Foakes.
Spinners Nauman Ali and Abrar Ahmed performed a large function in stemming England’s go with the flow on both sides of the sixth-wicket stand, selecting up 4 wickets apiece because the guests had been ultimately pushed aside for 354, in line with Pakistan’s first innings general of 304.
England misplaced two wickets in fast succession in a while after resuming on 7–1, with Nauman first trapping Ben Duckett lbw after which getting Joe Root to leave for a duck after being stuck within the slips at the subsequent supply.
Nauman was once denied a hat-trick via Brook, who stored England’s chase going, in spite of Pope being bowled via Abrar and Stokes dropping his wicket in a run out following a mix-up between the batters.
Brook and Foakes then revived England’s innings, construction a defiant partnership which ended when Mohammad Wasim was once in a position to discover a chink in Brook’s armor to disregard him lbw.
Foakes valiantly fought on, scoring 64, however skied a supply from Nauman to mid-on, the place it was once stuck via Abdullah Shafique.
The closing little bit of English resistance got here courtesy of Jack Leach and Ollie Robinson, who blended for 30 runs earlier than Robinson was once bowled via Abrar to finish England’s innings.
England had been not able to take any wickets within the few overs that Pakistan batted on day two, with Shafique finishing on 14 whilst Shan Masood was once on 3.
England gained the hole Test via 74 runs after which sealed a 26-run victory in the second one to protected their first sequence victory in Pakistan since 2000–01.
Brook made 111 to proceed his superb begin to Test cricket, with the 23-year-old proving to be the glue in England’s innings, placing on partnerships with Ollie Pope and captain Ben Stokes earlier than a stand of 117 with Foakes.
Spinners Nauman Ali and Abrar Ahmed performed a large function in stemming England’s go with the flow on both sides of the sixth-wicket stand, selecting up 4 wickets apiece because the guests had been ultimately pushed aside for 354, in line with Pakistan’s first innings general of 304.
England misplaced two wickets in fast succession in a while after resuming on 7–1, with Nauman first trapping Ben Duckett lbw after which getting Joe Root to leave for a duck after being stuck within the slips at the subsequent supply.
Nauman was once denied a hat-trick via Brook, who stored England’s chase going, in spite of Pope being bowled via Abrar and Stokes dropping his wicket in a run out following a mix-up between the batters.
Brook and Foakes then revived England’s innings, construction a defiant partnership which ended when Mohammad Wasim was once in a position to discover a chink in Brook’s armor to disregard him lbw.
Foakes valiantly fought on, scoring 64, however skied a supply from Nauman to mid-on, the place it was once stuck via Abdullah Shafique.
The closing little bit of English resistance got here courtesy of Jack Leach and Ollie Robinson, who blended for 30 runs earlier than Robinson was once bowled via Abrar to finish England’s innings.
England had been not able to take any wickets within the few overs that Pakistan batted on day two, with Shafique finishing on 14 whilst Shan Masood was once on 3.
England gained the hole Test via 74 runs after which sealed a 26-run victory in the second one to protected their first sequence victory in Pakistan since 2000–01.