Saud Shakeel and wicketkeeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan together added 52 runs for the fifth wicket.
On the second day of the third Test match played between England and Pakistan in Rawalpindi, Pakistani batsman Saud Shakeel scored a century. This is his fourth Test century. While Pakistan crossed the 270 mark after losing 8 wickets in the first innings.
Made a partnership of 88 runs off 151 balls for the eighth wicket with Noman Ali. Noman Ali was out after scoring 45 runs off 84 balls.
On Friday, Pakistan started play with yesterday’s score of 73/3. Captain Shan Masood was dismissed by Shoaib Bashir for 26 runs. Currently, the team is 80 points behind England’s score.
Rehan Ahmed took 3 wickets for England. Shoaib Bashir got 2 wickets and Gus Atkinson and Jack Leach got 1-1 wicket. Currently, the play from the first session continues.
Rehan Ahmed has taken three wickets so far.
Saud Shakeel’s half century
On the second day of the match, Pakistan captain Shan Masood could only add 3 runs to his score from yesterday and was bowled out on 26 runs. After that, the hesitant innings was handled by Saud Shakeel and wicketkeeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan. Together they added 52 runs for the fifth wicket. Earlier, Shan Masood and Shakeel added 53 runs together.
Saud Shakeel batted brilliantly and completed his fifty. He plays after scoring 72 points. Earlier, spinner Rehan Ahmed broke the partnership by dismissing Mohammad Rizwan for 25 runs. Rehan Ahmed took his second and third wickets dismissing Salman Agha for 1 and Aamer Jamal for 3 runs.
Saud Shakeel plays after scoring 72 runs.
First day game…
On the first day of the third Test match played between England and Pakistan in Rawalpindi, Pakistan bowled out England for 267 runs. Sajid Khan took 6 wickets and Noman Ali took 3 wickets of the team.
For England, wicketkeeper batsman Jamie Smith scored the highest 89 runs. Besides him, Ben Duckett played a 52-point inning. Gus Atkinson contributed 39 points.
On Thursday, Pakistan had scored 73 runs after losing 3 wickets at stumps in the first innings. Captain Shan Masood is unbeaten on 14 runs and Kamran Ghulam is unbeaten on 3 runs. Currently, the team is 194 points behind England. Jack Leach, Atkinson and Bashir took 1 wicket each.
Sajid Khan dismissed 6 England batsmen.
England falter after good start
England openers Jack Crawley and Ben Duckett, who arrived first after winning the toss, gave the team an excellent start. Together, they added 56 runs. Left-arm spinner Noman Ali had Crawley caught by Saim Ayub for 29 runs. After this spinner, Sajid Khan took 6 wickets. He dismissed Ollie Pope for 3 runs, Joe Root and Harry Brook for 5 runs.
Batting on one side, Duckett scored a brilliant fifty. He played an innings of 52 runs off 84 balls. Duckett hit 4 fours and 1 six in his innings. Noman Ali gave him LBW.
Ben Duckett played a 52-run inning.
Jamie Smith’s fifty
After the dismissal of England opener Ben Duckett, wicketkeeper batsman Jamie Smith played an innings of 89 runs. He added 105 points with Atkinson. Jamie hit 6 sixes and 5 fours during his innings of 89 runs. He was fired by Sajid Khan.
Jamie Smith scored the highest score of 89 runs for England.
Play the XI of both teams
Pakistan: Abdullah Shafiq, Saim Ayyub, Shan Masood (captain), Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Salman Aga, Aamer Jamal, Sajid Khan, Noman Ali and Zahid Mahmood.
England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Gus Atkinson, Rehan Ahmed, Jack Leach and Shoaib Bashir.