Tea England 657 and 264 for 7 dec (Brook 87, Root 73, Crawley 50) lead Pakistan 579 (Babar 136, Imam 121, Shafique 114) by 342 runs
Brook stole the present for a second time in simply his second Test. Having prime-scored in England’s first innings with a fast 153 of simply 116 balls, he threatened to put up one other quickfire century with a boundary laden 87 off 65 balls earlier than he was bowled by Naseem Shah on the stroke of tea.
Crawley added one other fifty to his first-innings 122, however no sooner had he introduced up his newest milestone in 47 balls, he was caught behind off a Mohammad Ali quick ball with Pakistan overturning umpire Ahsan Raza’s not-out resolution when replays confirmed that the ball had kissed the glove on the way in which via to Mohammad Rizwan.
Root reached the identical milestone off 48 deliveries, crashing Naseem’s fuller ball via mid-off to the boundary as England stored the tempo excessive. Then, in an unconventional transfer, Root switched to batting left-handed on the primary ball of legspinner Zahid Mahmood’s first over after drinks.
He produced two sweeps, the second of which was put down by Naseem at midwicket then, switching again to proper-handed, Root reverse-swept the following ball he confronted via backward level for 4. Root fell sweeping too, prime-edging a Zahid supply which was going extensive down the leg aspect to Imam-ul-Haq at quick backward sq.. Ben Stokes adopted for a duck off the third ball he confronted, chasing a Zahid ball exterior off and bobbing a catch to Saud Shakeel at cowl.
At that time, England’s lead was 270 and Brook continued a silky show of elegant strokeplay and beautiful timing earlier than he chased one large shot too many.
Jacks staged a doughty cameo of 24 off 13 balls, together with three sixes, earlier than he holed out to lengthy-off, bringing like-minded heavy hitter Liam Livingstone to the crease after spending a lot of the Pakistan innings off the sector with a knee harm.
After Jacks had cleared up Pakistan’s tail following an hour-and-a-half price of resistance led by Salman’s 53 to go away Pakistan with a 78-run first-innings deficit, the house aspect made early inroads.
Naseem snared the wicket of Ben Duckett – one among England’s 4 centurions within the first innings – for a primary-ball duck making an attempt to steer via deep third however choosing out Salman at second slip.
Naseem might have had a second when Crawley, who had simply hit him for again-to-again fours via the leg aspect within the fifth over, despatched a vanguard again in direction of the bowler, who bought his left hand to it on his comply with-via however could not maintain on.
Straight away, nevertheless, on the primary ball of the following over, Naseem made amends when he swallowed a catch at deep backward sq. to take away Ollie Pope, who had skied Mohammad Ali’s excellent bouncer.
Jacks, referred to as up as a late alternative for Ben Foakes who was struck down by sickness on the eve of the match, ended up bowling greater than he ever would have imagined with fellow debutant and half-time spinner Livingstone out of motion. Jacks despatched down down 40.3 overs – second behind solely frontline spinner Jack Leach’s 49 – and walked away with 6 for 161.
Jacks, the 24-12 months-previous large-hitter, got here into the sport with simply 21 first-class wickets, started the day with three extra already to his title – together with that of Pakistan captain Babar Azam. After the hosts resumed on 499 for 7, Jacks took care of the remaining.
Salman, on 10 in a single day, helped himself to 16 off the third over of the day, swinging Leach via sq. leg for 4 off the primary ball earlier than dispatching the final two for six down the bottom and 4 via midwicket, respectively.
He introduced up his second Test fifty with a nicely-positioned chip off Leach over the covers which raced to the boundary however fell a short while later, edging Jacks to Crawley at slip.
The dismissal introduced in Test debutant Haris Rauf, who was cleared to bat however will not bowl in England’s second innings after struggling a thigh pressure rolling over the ball whereas fielding on the primary day.
Zahid placed on a steadfast 17 off 48 balls earlier than he tried to reverse sweep Jacks and was stumped by Pope, appearing wicketkeeper in Foakes’ absence and Rauf was the final man out, chasing a wider Jacks supply and edging to Root, who took a powerful catch reaching overhead at slip.
Valkerie Baynes is a normal editor at ESPNcricinfo
