England bowled out Pakistan for 304 on the primary day of the third and last Test on the National Stadium in Karachi on Saturday, with dwelling workforce captain Babar Azam and Agha Salman hitting half-centuries.
Babar scored a superb 78 within the prime order whereas Salman scored 56 later within the innings to take them to a good complete as wickets saved falling recurrently round them. With Ben Duckett (4) and Ollie Pope (3) batting collectively, England had been 7–1, with Zak Crawley trapped in entrance of the wicket for a duck in Abrar Ahmed’s opening over.
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Pakistan, which has already misplaced the sequence with defeats in Rawalpindi and Multan, received the toss and opted to bat first on one other flat observe. But the hosts had been rocked by England, who took an early lead within the first session of their bid for a clear sweep.
Spinner Jack Leach (4-140) was the primary to dismiss Abdullah Shafiq with the brand new ball and took a catch to ship again Shan Masood off quick bowler Mark Wood to go away Pakistan at 46-2 inside 13 overs, earlier than Azhar Ali raised the ship.
The top-order batsman, recalled for one final look to announce his retirement from worldwide cricket after the Karachi Test, scored a fluent 45 within the firm of Babar earlier than collapsing on the stroke of lunch.
England then went on the assault and 18-year-old debutant all-rounder Rehan Ahmed – who grew to become their youngest male Test cricketer – had Saud Shakeel caught for 23 for his first wicket. Babar hit 9 fours in his 123-ball knock earlier than part-timer Joe Root dismissed Mohammad Rizwan. The skipper handed his half-century however was run out whereas making an attempt one to place Pakistan in additional hassle.
Faheem Ashraf and Nauman Ali then fell to Rehan and Leach, however Salman held the fort and was rewarded along with his second half-century of the sequence earlier than the autumn of Leach, who cleaned up the tail late within the day.
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premiumEngland received the opening Test by 74 runs, earlier than a 26-run victory within the second to safe their first sequence win in Pakistan since 2000–01.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
