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PAK Vs ENG, 2nd Test: Sajid and Salman Shines As Pakistan Dominated England On Day 3

Pakistan dominated Day Three in Multan, with Sajid Khan's seven-wicket haul leading to England's struggle at 11/2 in their chase.

On the third day of the second Test in Multan, 16 wickets were lost, and it is the third consecutive day that more than 16 wickets were lost in a day of play in Pakistan. With 261 still needed by England and with only eight wickets left, the pitch is proving to be tricky as it is assisting consistent spin, uneven bounce, and reverse swing.

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Sajid Khan Took Seven Wickets In The First Innings

Sajid Khan added only three to his overnight total at the start of the day but finished up with seven wickets in what proved a significant bowling effort to bowl England out for 291. This gave Pakistan a really useful lead of 75 runs, frustrating though a last wicket stand of 29 runs between Shoaib Bashir and Jack Leach proved to be. Noman Ali was also significant, having taken three wickets, and that of Jamie Smith, who became crucial in those circumstances for England.

In Pakistan’s second innings, they were building up their lead to 118 runs by the morning session but lost three wickets in the process. England decided to start with spin from both ends and Shoaib Bashir made crucial breakthroughs. Getting rid of Abdullah Shafique and Shan Masood, he put England into the fray just before lunch by getting rid of Saim Ayub.

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Agha Salman Late Flourish

In the second session, Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan fell, but Pakistan added 91 runs for the loss of two wickets. Jack Leach and Bashir, again under pressure, have to continue taking wickets quickly. At 156/8, the lead was just 231. But Agha Salman celebrated his strokeful 63 off 89 balls to gradually levelled the innings and thereby combined for an unbeaten ninth-wicket partnership of 65 runs.

England’s Shaky Start To The Chase

England’s chase began very erratically. The first innings centurion, Ben Duckett, ended up leg before Sajid Khan off the very first ball of the chase. Noman Ali was quick enough to stump Zak Crawley, and the score stands at 11/2. Joe Root, along with Ollie Pope, needs to steady the ship against a pretty testing pitch on what can be considered, for all practical purposes, the fourth and final day of the Test.

Brief scores: Pakistan 366 & 221 (Salman 63; Bashir 4-66, Leach 3-67) lead England 291 & 36/2 (Pope 21, Root 12; Sajid 1-27, Noman 1-9) by 260 runs.

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Aditya Mallick


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