Harry Brook scored his third century in as many matches on the finish of the second day of the ultimate Test of the sequence on the National Stadium in Karachi on Sunday, whereas a half-century from Ben Foakes gave England a 29-run lead over Pakistan.
Brook made 111 to proceed his spectacular debut in Test cricket, with the 23-year-old proving to be the glue in England’s innings, sharing partnerships with Ollie Pope and captain Ben Stokes earlier than a stand of 117 with Foakes.
Spinners Nauman Ali and Abrar Ahmed performed a giant position in stemming England’s movement from both aspect for the sixth wicket, claiming 4 wickets every because the guests had been finally bowled out for 354 in reply to Pakistan’s first innings complete of 304.
England misplaced two wickets in fast succession as quickly as they moved to 7–1, Naumann first dismissed Ben Duckett lbw after which dismissed Joe Root for a duck after he was caught within the slips on the following supply.
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premiumNaumann was denied a hat-trick by Brook, who continued England’s chase regardless of Pope being bowled by Abrar and Stokes shedding his wicket in a run out after a mix-up between the batsmen. Brook and Foakes then revived the England innings, constructing a rebellious partnership that ended when Mohammad Wasim was capable of finding a chink in Brook’s armour, permitting him to be dismissed lbw.
“It’s been a good day for us today. We tried to put it back on them and get a bit of a lead,” Brook advised Sky Sports.
Fox fought valiantly after Brook’s departure, scoring 64, however dropped a supply from Nauman to mid-on, the place it was caught by Abdullah Shafiq. The final little bit of English resistance got here courtesy of Jack Leach and Ollie Robinson, who shared a 30-run partnership, earlier than Robinson was bowled by Abrar to finish England’s innings.
England had been unable to take any wickets within the few overs that Pakistan batted on the second day, with Shafiq ending on 14 whereas Shan Masood was on 3.
“It would have been nice to get a few wickets tonight, but I’m sure we’ll be working hard against them tomorrow,” mentioned Brook.
“There is a whole lot of roughness at each ends of the pitch and it’s beginning to break down, it’s so dry and cracked. So hopefully that retains taking place and we are able to get slightly little bit of spin and it stays brief.”
England received the opening Test by 74 runs after which received the second Test by 26 runs to safe their first sequence win in Pakistan since 2000–01.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
