Pakistan vs England

By Nick Hoult, in Karachi. “We are at the start of something,” said Ben Stokes as he confirmed Rehan Ahmed's debut as England's youngest ever Test cricketer ...

After Faheem’s dismissal, Agha Salman and Nuaman Ali started to take the day away from England with a 48 run stand for the eighth wicket but Leach came back and finished it off with three in four overs. With a better rhythm to his bowling he was effective and Pakistan struggled to pick the googly. In five overs he took one for 19, the maiden wicket of Shakeel was one to remember. Foakes gathered the ball but as he did so he flicked a bail off with his glove. A hug and kiss from his dad was followed by warm applause from the small contingent of England fans who recognised this moment of history. Mohammad Rizwan, their second most likely batsman to make a big score, pulled a full toss to midwicket as Pakistan faltered in the face of aggressive fields, some short pitched quick stuff which knocked over two of the top three and positive captaincy matched with good fielding on a flat pitch.

Four wickets from Jack Leach and an excellent performance from debutant Rehan Ahmed saw England bowl out Pakistan for 304 on day one of the third Test, ...

The pair took Pakistan to the cusp of lunch before Azhar gloved a leg-side delivery from Robinson through to Ben Foakes to leave the score at 117 for three. Then Agha Salman would run-out his captain Babar for 78 after a fantastic one-handed pick up from Foakes where in one motion he claimed Brook’s throw on the bounce and then removed the bails. First Stokes took a skier to dismiss Nauman Ali for a brisk 20, before Salman was comprehensively stumped and No11 Abrar Ahmed clean bowled as Pakistan finished on 304 all out. The ball looked to be falling painfully out of the reach of fielder Harry Brook, but stationed at short leg he dived forward one-handed and plucked the ball off the turf before all 10 of the England team swarmed Ahmed in celebration. Not long after, Leach would be in the thick of the action again. His first five overs went for 35 runs as Azhar Ali and Babar Azam punished any waverings of length from the teenager.

Pakistan hit back early through spinner Abrar Ahmed, who claimed Zak Crawley leg before wicket without scoring in his first over.

Azhar, who announced his retirement from test cricket on Friday, was snapped up by Foakes and the television replays confirmed it was a clean catch as Pakistan reached 117-3. Pakistan hit back early through spinner Abrar Ahmed, who claimed Zak Crawley leg before wicket without scoring in his first over, and England finished the opening day at 7-1. Azhar, playing in his 97th test, replaced all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz. Leach had Salman stumped off a delivery, which spun sharply away from the right-hander before wrapping up the innings. Leach had earlier struck in his second over when he had Abdullah Shafique trapped lbw for 8 in his third over with a new ball that skidded off the wicket and hit the batter on the front pad. England, looking for a rare 3-0 clean sweep in its first test tour to Pakistan in 17 years, had made early inroads after Babar won his first toss in the series and chose to bat.

CRR: 2.33. Batting, R(B), 4s, 6s, SR. Ollie Pope*, 3(7), 0, 0, 42.86. Ben Duckett, 4(6), 0, 0, 66.67. Bowling, O, M, R, W. Abrar Ahmed*, 2, 1, 2, 1.

Duckett tried to sweep and missed it completely, got hit on the back leg in front of middle but it pitched just outside leg which proved to be his saving factor eventually... 0.5 Abrar Ahmed to Crawley, out Lbw!! Just about manages to pull the ball back into play... Pakistan review with 2 seconds to go on the DRS timer: It's for lbw against Duckett and the ball seems to have pitched just outside leg or was it? The legreak that pitches on middle and spins just enough to hit Crawley plumb in front of off. Crawley should have been forward but instead he stays back looking to smother into the off-side, the ball spins and strikes Crawley even before he could react. Nauman Ali was slightly confident but Babar wasn't going to budge. Just past the fielder at short leg that... And given how the spinners started to dominate from second half of the second session, it appears to be a spin-fest. With about 14 minutes to stumps, opener Crawley was trapped plumb in front in the very first over from Abrar Ahmed and if that is any indication of things to come, we are in for a thrilling second day's play which promises to be a contest between spin vs smash. Also, Rehan ahmed became the only second England leg spinner after Ian Salisbury to claim two wickets in the first innings on Test debut. Urooj Mumtaz, before the start of play, opined that the pitch looks like a second-day wicket with plenty of cracks sans any moisture.

Wicket! Ben Duckett lbw b Nauman Ali 26. But after Rizwan consults Nauman to readjust their game plan, Pakistan see immediate results! Nauman's delivery to ...

He can pick up a single before Duckett does the same, before Pope rounds up the over with a couple more that gets the fielders running. The England debutant reacted after taking 2-89 stating "I think I rushed a little bit in my first spell but it came out better than I expected. Pope picks off Wasim's muddled line to smack the ball through legside, streaking past the fielder on square to kiss the boundary for four. Agha Salman and Babar Azam both passed half-centuries for Pakistan but you sense their score looks below par on such a flat surface, however the pitch did seem to offer more turn as the day progressed with Jack Leach completing figures of 4-140. Duckett nets England their opening half-century in style, with a sweet strike that floats over the boundary at the sightscreen for six, picking off Abrar's delivery with a gentle lift. Pope rounds off with a couple with a strike that glances behind. Abrar sends in a quickening ball with a view to ruffling Pope's feather's. The review only serves to prolong the agony, as far as I can tell. Umpire's call of not out stands, as the ball would have had to travel and travel to meet the stumps. Babar scoops to miss a jumping ball that leaps out of his palms to grant England an additional run. After Stokes picks up a single through legside, Brook gets England to their opening century with a stupendous six that looks entirely effortless as he lifts the full delivery up and over the boundary. He attempts to get off the mark with a play down the pitch, but the strike is fielded back quickly.

PAK vs ENG, 3rd Test, Day 2 Live Updates: England will resume their innings at the score of 7 for 1 with Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope at the crease.

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CRR: 4.38. Batting, R(B), 4s, 6s, SR. Harry Brook*, 1(2), 0, 0, 50. Ollie Pope, 38(44), 3, 0, 86.36. Bowling, O, M, R, W. Abrar Ahmed*, 7.5, 2, 27, 1.

28.5 Mohammad Wasim Jr to Stokes, FOUR, Stokes nails it this time. 30.1 Mohammad Wasim Jr to Harry Brook, no run, stifled appeal for LBW and it's going down. Did not get hold of it fully but managed to put it in the gap 30.3 Mohammad Wasim Jr to Harry Brook, FOUR, superb batting this. He set the fields back and allowed Duckett and Pope to take easy singles. Coming back to this session, Babar was off the field and Rizwan was the one who was captaining in the first hour.