England’s second wicket fell on a total score of 15 runs (Photo: Getty)
At the end of the second day of the decisive Test match in Rawalpindi, England have scored 24 runs for the loss of three wickets in their second innings.
Thus, Pakistan has a lead of 53 runs over England.
Zach Crawley scored two, Ben Dockett scored 12 and Ollie Pope scored one for England.
At the end of the second day, Joe Root is at the crease with five runs and Harry Brooke with three runs.
For Pakistan, Nauman Ali took two wickets and Sajid Khan took one wicket.
Pakistan’s innings
Earlier, Pakistan team was bowled out for 344 runs in their first innings.
Saud Shakeel scored a responsible batting century which brought life to Pakistan’s innings.
On behalf of green shirts, opener Abdullah Shafiq 14, Saeem Ayub 16, captain Shaan Masood 26, Kamran Ghulam 3, Mohammad Rizwan 25 and Salman Agha got out by scoring 1 run.
For England, Shoaib Bashir and Rehan Ahmed took 2, 2 wickets while Jack Leach and Gus Atkinson took 1, 1 wicket.
First day of the match
On the first day of the Test which started on Thursday, England won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 267 runs.
Jamie Smith scored 89 runs and Ben Duckett scored 52 runs for England.
English players Gus Atkinson 39, Zach Crawley 29, Jack Leach 16 and Ben Stokes scored nine runs. Apart from him, no other player could get double figures.
The Pakistani spinners once again bowled well, with Sajid Khan taking 6 wickets, Nauman Ali 3 and Zahid Mehmood 1.
For this match to be played in Rawalpindi, the selection committee of the Pakistan Cricket Board decided to retain the initial 11 players who won the second Test match.
In this match, Pakistan is led by Shan Masood, while Kamran Ghulam, Saeem Ayub, Abdullah Shafiq, vice-captain Saud Shakeel, Muhammad Rizwan, Salman Ali Agha, Aamir Jamal, Nouman Ali, Sajid Khan and Zahid Mahmood are part of the playing XI. will be
In this series of three matches, both the teams have won one match each. In the first test match, England defeated Pakistan, while in the second match, Pakistan made a comeback and defeated England.
The result of the third match will decide the series.
