PAK vs ENG Day 3: Babar Azam lost his wicket to Will Jacks. After securing his 136 runs in the underway 1st Test against England in Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. The hosts also have lost wickets of Imam Ul Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Azhar Ali, Mohammad Rizwan, Saud Shakeel and Naseem Shah. Will Jacks and Jack Leach have booked two wickets so far, while Ollie Robinson has grabbed one. The three lions were all out for 657 in their first innings, as Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope secured centuries.
Pakistan began the final session on a very positive aspect in PAK vs ENG Day 3. With Babar placing off, having reached a hundred in the previous meeting. Saud Shakeel has been cultivated for 90 odd deliveries, drove at one outside stump from Robinson and departed early. Pakistan trail by 158 runs as Pakistan 499 for 7, including 4 late wickets. And awarded England for some intricate cutting on the pitch where runs have governed. While keeping their hope for pushing for a win over Pakistan in the first Test.
Rizwan and Babar Partnership Took The Game to the Next Level
PAK vs ENG Day 3: Mohammad Rizwan’s arrival in the middle hastened the scoring rate for Pakistan as the Pakistan wicketkeeper adopted some spin bowling early in his innings. He and Babar Azam rose to a 50-run partnership in next to no time. After that, things seemed good for Pakistan. That was until Babar cut a delivery from Will Jacks that rebounded slightly more than usual. And finished grasping a catch to Jack Leach at a point.
Pakistan Players Maintained to Perform Safely in PAK vs ENG Day 3
Centuries to Pakistan openers Abdullah Shafique and Imam ul-haq as well as Babar Azam, their captain on Rawalpindi trace that now yielded 7 centuries, had gone some way to continuing England’s overflow of 657 first innings runs at best than a run a ball. Both debutants Will Jacks profess three wickets among England’s seven for the day to keep command in their hands.
PAK vs ENG Day 3: In spite of an unproductive middle session highlighted by Babar’s elegant 136. Jacks had bowled 33 overs while his man debutant and part-time spinner Liam Livingstone rested in the dressing room nursing a knee injury. Pakistan started again on 181 without loss. While Shafique, who began the day on 89, was the first to bring up his hundred, bashing Joe Root over the deep mid-wicket boundary at the fifth over of the day to proceed to 99 before notching the next ball behind point for a single. Imam succeeded, securing up a century with a four through the leg side off Root after restarting on 90.
Ben Stokes Arrived in the Conflict in PAK vs ENG Day 3
PAK vs ENG Day 3: When Ben Stokes entered the encounter after nailing a bumper; his next delivery after a short ball was met with contempt by Babar. Who sent it down the ground to move to 90. Two times more in the space of four balls, he delivered Stokes short balls to the boundary. The latter lashed through the covers to bring up his eighth Test century and first against England. In pointless to achieve something with the ball. When Mohammad Rizwan entered at the crease and, after getting off the mark, steered Robinson through the covers for four boundaries in one Jacks overs. It was Jacks who finally erased Babar chopping to Leach at a point in PAK vs ENG Day 3.
England Joe Root Flared Ball on Jack Leach Steaming Head
PAK vs ENG Day 3: England’s Joe Root has found an unusual way to glow the ball. During the first Test against Pakistan by stroking the red cherry all over left-arm spinner Jack Leach’s head on Day 3. It occurs during the 73rd over of the Pakistan innings. England, in terrible need of wickets, gave the ball to Ollie Robinson. And when the stadium pacer offered his jumper to the umpire. Root started to gloss the ball on Jack Leach’s head.
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