MULTAN: England declared their first innings at a mammoth 823-7 before tea on the fourth day of the opening Test against Pakistan on Thursday for a lead of 267 runs.<\/p>\n
Harry Brook notched up a superb 317 and Joe Root hit 262 as both batsmen made their highest Test scores on the flat wicket at the Multan Cricket Stadium.<\/p>\n
The visitors’ mammoth 823-run total marks the second time in history that a team has scored more than 700 runs in a Test match against Pakistan.<\/p>\n
Previously, the West Indies scored 790-3 against the Men in Green in 1958. <\/p>\n
Earlier in the day, both Root and Brook propelled their side way past Pakistan’s 556-run total in the first innings with the former becoming the first English batter to make 20,000 international runs.<\/p>\n
The former captain was handed a reprieve on 186 when Babar Azam dropped the simplest of catches at mid-wicket, and he made the most of it to reach his sixth double-century with a single before celebrating by kissing the badge on his helmet.<\/p>\n
By scoring his sixth double ton, Root went past Cook again with only Wally Hammond ahead of him in England’s list with seven double centuries.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, he had surpassed Alastair Cook as England’s top Test run-scorer.<\/p>\n
Following the innings declaration, the Shan Masood-led side had a rather unsettling start to the second innings with opener Abdullah Shafique (0) losing his wicket to Chris Woakes on the very first ball.<\/p>\n
With captain Masood (10*) and opener Saim Ayub (13*) on the crease, the national side trails by 244 runs with the scoreboard at 23-1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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