Multan
\nZak Crawley and Joe Root revived England\u2019s first innings after skipper Ollie Pope\u2019s early departure by guiding their team to score 96 runs in reply to Pakistan\u2019s 556 as day two play of the first Test concluded at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.
\nRight-arm pacer Naseem Shah struck in his first over and sent England skipper Pope to the pavilion.
\nAfter the fall of the first wicket, Crawley, along with Root, took the charge and smashed 64 runs off 64 balls. Root stayed on the crease with 32 off 54 balls to lead his side scoring 96\/1 till the closure of the day two play. The visitors are trial by 460 runs.
\nEarlier, Salman Ali Agha\u2019s unbeaten ton and Saud Shakeel\u2019s 82 guided Pakistan to 556 runs against England at the conclusion of the first innings within 149 overs on the second day of the first Test at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.
\nThe innings was over after Abrar Ahmed (3) was caught by Duckett while Salman Ali Agha stood till the end after making 104 runs off 119 balls.
\nThe second day kicked off with Pakistan at 328\/4 with Shakeel and Naseem Shah, on the crease. Shah (33) was dismissed after Harry Brook caught the ball in the 105.4 overs.
\nThe right-arm fast bowler smacked three sixes, denying England a breakthrough in the first hour, despite suffering hits to the helmet and his bowling hand.
\nShakeel\u2019s 82-ball defiance finally came to an end when he tickled Brydon Carse to Harry Brook at leg slip, giving the debutant seamer his maiden test wicket.
\nAiming for a century, Shakeel ended up being caught by Joe Root after making 82 runs off 177 deliveries in the 125.2 overs.
\nThe next man in, Mohammad Rizwan, fell for a 12-ball duck, stepping out against Jack Leach and spooning the ball to Chris Woakes at mid-off.
\nAdditionally, with Brydon Carse delivering the fourth ball of the over, dismissed Aamer Jamal in the 128.4 over after he scored only seven runs for the team.
\nFollowing Masood, who made a century on the first day, Agha made 100 runs in the 145th over of the innings, after hitting 10 fours and three towering sixes.
\nThe Men in Green standing at 549-9 witnessed Shaheen Shah Afridi heading towards the pavilion after making 26 off 49 balls.
\nBowling first, England\u2019s Gus Atkinson and Brydon Carse bagged two wickets each while Chris Woakes and Shoaib Bashir took one wicket each.
\nTaking the most wickets, Jack Leach dismissed three players on Tuesday.
\nThe match, first in the three-match series, is being played at the Multan Cricket Stadium and is part of the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25.
\nEngland are being led by Ollie Pope in the first Test after the visitors\u2019 captain Ben Stokes was ruled out of the contest due to a hamstring injury in the Hundred League.
\nMoreover, James Anderson is not accompanying the team on their tour of Pakistan, as he is participating in Scotland\u2019s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
\nThe last time England were in Pakistan for a red-ball series, they handed a 3-0 defeat to the national side back in 2022.
\nBefore that, the visitors had played 24 Tests in Pakistan, winning just two out of them making the 3-0 win much more remarkable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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