By Abdul Jabbar Faisal
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan scored 298 for 3 runs in their first inning on the third day of the first Test match at lunch break at Pindi Cricket Stadium Rawalpindi on Saturday.
Pakistan resumed their innings at 181 for 0, as both not-out batters Abdullah and Imam-ul-Haq completed their ton and consolidated the team’s position, as the first wicket fell on 225 when Abdullah Shafiq caught behind by Ollie Pope on the bowling of Wil Jacks in 66th over of Green Shirts innings. He scored 114 runs before lunch.
The hosts lost their second batter at 245 when Imam-ul-Haq got out on his personal score of 121 including 15 boundaries and two sixes.
Summarized Scorecard Lunch (Pindi Test):
Toss: England won and decided to bat first
England (Batting): 657 all out in 101 overs
Harry Brook (116 balls,153 runs, 4×19, 6×5), Zak Crawley (122 runs, balls 111, 4×2, 6×0), Ollie Pope (108 runs, 104 balls, 4×14), Ben Duckett (107 runs, 110 balls, 4×15, 6X0), Joe Root (23 runs, 31 balls, 4×3, 6×0), Ben Stoke (41 runs, 18 balls, 4×6, 6×2)
Pakistan Bowling:
Haris Rauf (1 for 78), Naseem Shah (3 for 140), Zahid Mehmood (4 for 235), Mohammad Ali (2 for 124)
Pakistan Batting:
Imam-ul-Haq 121 (207 balls, 4×15, 6×2), Abdullah Shafiq 114 (203 balls, 4×13, 6×2)
Pakistan (Playing XIs):
Babar Azam (c), Abdullah Shafique, Mohammad Rizwan (vice-captain & WK), Azhar Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Ali, Haris Rauf, Saud Shakeel, Zahid Mehmood Naseem Shah, Salman Ali Agha,
England (Playing XIs):
Ben Stokes (c), Harry Brook, Joe Root, James Anderson, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Liam Livingstone, Will Jacks, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson
Schedule of Tests:
9-13 December – 2nd Test, Multan
17-21 December – 3rd Test, Karachi
