Pakistani gamers have a good time the wicket of England’s Zak Crawley on third day of first Check at Multan Cricket Stadium on October 9, 2024. — Fb/@PakistanCricketBoard
England resumed batting on day three of the primary Check on Wednesday, however misplaced the wicket of Zak Crawley (78) early on, because the guests regarded to build up runs in response to Pakistan’s mammoth rating of 556 runs.
The innings resumed at 96-1 with Crawley and Joe Root on the crease. Nevertheless, star pacer Shaheen Afridi struck early within the day because the English batter received caught by the hands of Aamir Jamal whereas attempting to play a shot on the legside.
The match, first within the three-match sequence, is being performed on the Multan Cricket Stadium and is a part of the ICC World Check Championship 2023-25.
With Root (49*) and Ben Duckett (34*) on the crease, the rating stands at 162-2 with the English facet trailing by 394 runs.
England are being led by Ollie Pope within the first Check after the guests’ captain Ben Stokes was dominated out of the competition because of a hamstring harm within the Hundred League.
Earlier within the match on day two, right-arm pacer Naseem Shah struck in his first over and despatched England skipper Pope to the pavilion.
The day started kicked off with Pakistan at 328/4 with Saud Shakeel and Naseem on the crease. Naseem (33) was dismissed after Harry Brook caught the ball within the 105.4 overs.
Salman Ali Agha’s unbeaten ton and Shakeel’s 82 guided Pakistan to a decent whole in opposition to England on the conclusion of the primary innings inside 149 overs on Tuesday.
Taking part in XI
Pakistan: Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan (wicket-keeper), Salman Ali Agha, Aamir Jamal, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmad
England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope (captain), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith, Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse, Jack Leach, Shoaib Bashir