Pak vs Eng: Harry Brook, Joe Root regular as England resume chase on fourth day

 England’s Harry Brook and Joe Root in motion as they run between the wickets on the third day of the primary Take a look at in opposition to Pakistan at Multan Cricket Stadium on October 9, 2024. — Reuters

England on Thursday resumed their innings from 492-3 on the fourth day of the primary Take a look at with Joe Root eyeing a double century after reaching a key private milestone the day earlier through the match being performed on the Multan Cricket Stadium.

With Root and Harry Brook on the crease with 176* and 141* to their names, respectively, the guests path by 64 runs within the first innings in opposition to Pakistan’s 556-run whole.

With the guests aiming to surpass the nationwide aspect’s whole at the moment, the Shan Masood-led aspect confronted a setback because the staff’s leg-spinner Abrar Ahmad did not come out on the sector as a consequence of fever.

The spinner has thus far been wicketless in his 35 overs the place he conceded 174 runs.

Moreover, the staff additionally missed out on dismissing Root as Babar Azam dropped a sitter because the right-handed batter tried a pull shot on the leg aspect off Naseem Shah’s bowling.

Beginning out at 32* a day earlier, Root went on to surpass his former teammate and skipper Alastair Cook dinner’s tally of 12,472 runs.

After Root, Brook accomplished his century within the 84th over with eight fours and one six. It was Brook’s sixth Take a look at ton and fourth in opposition to Pakistan — which got here off 118 balls.

Earlier than that, the English aspect misplaced Zak Crawley for 78 inside the primary hour when the opener flicked one from Shaheen Afridi to Aamer Jamal at mid-wicket.

That abruptly ended the 109-run stand for the second wicket however England had been in no temper to decelerate.

Enjoying 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