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- Pakistan vs England 2nd Test Highlights: Pakistan win inside four days to level series at 1-1
Pakistan vs England 2nd Test Highlights: Pakistan win inside four days to level series at 1-1
Pakistan had lost the first Test in an embarrassing fashion, despite having scored more than 500 runs in their first innings and still going on to lose by an innings in the end to concede 1-0 lead to England.
Noman Ali to Joe Root, Root is off the mark! This is full and on off, it is swept to square leg for a single.
Noman Ali to Joe Root, Comes with the arm, around off, Root punches it to cover.
Joe Root is the new man in.
Noman Ali to Zak Crawley, OUT! STUMPED! Pakistan have another one! What a delivery! Very nicely bowled! Flights it full and around off, spins away enough as it brings Crawley forward to drive but he misses and it goes past his edge and the keeper clips the bails off in flash.
Noman Ali to Zak Crawley, An arm ball, full and on off, Crawley leans and defends.
- Zak Crawley 3 (6)
- Ollie Pope 8 (10)
Sajid Khan to Zak Crawley, A single to end the over as Crawley sweeps it to square leg.
Sajid Khan to Zak Crawley, Floated full and on middle, Crawley blocks.
Sajid Khan to Zak Crawley, No spin on this one, outside off, Crawley keeps it out.
Sajid Khan to Zak Crawley, Full and on off, Crawley blocks it out.
Sajid Khan to Ollie Pope, Flat and around off, Pope reverse hits, it comes off the higher part of the blade and it lobs to cover for one.
Sajid Khan to Zak Crawley, Fuller delivery, outside off, Crawley sweeps it hard to deep mid-wicket for a single.
- Ollie Pope 7 (9)
- Zak Crawley 1 (1)
Noman Ali to Ollie Pope, Tossed up full and on off, Pope paddle sweeps it to fine leg for a couple of runs.
Noman Ali to Ollie Pope, Very full and wide of off. Pope strokes it well but to covers who stops well.
Noman Ali to Ollie Pope, This one comes with the arm, full and on leg, Pope prods to defend but misses it. Going down.
Noman Ali to Ollie Pope, Quicker one on middle, Pope nudges it to the leg side.
Noman Ali to Ollie Pope, Too full and on middle, Pope defends on the front foot.
Noman Ali to Ollie Pope, Flighted full and on middle, Pope looks to reverse hit but misses. An appeal follows for LBW but not given. Height was the issue.
Noman Ali to bowl from the other end.
- Ollie Pope 5 (3)
- Zak Crawley 1 (1)
Sajid Khan to Ollie Pope, Now the reverse sweep comes out, full and on off, this is hit to third man for one.
Sajid Khan to Ollie Pope, FOUR! Off the mark! Outside off again! Pope with his long lever sweeps it through square leg for a boundary.
Ollie Pope comes to the middle.
Sajid Khan to Ollie Pope, Fuller and outside off, Pope prods across and blocks it out.
Sajid Khan to Ben Duckett, OUT! GONE! Pakistan have a big wicket! They have the centurion for a duck. Crucial, crucial wicket in the chase. Khan pushes it wide of off and Duckett goes for the sweep, he chases and only gets a top edge on the leg side. Mohammad Rizwan runs across to his right and takes it.
Sajid Khan to Ben Duckett, BEATEN! Floats it full and outside off, spins away. Duckett leans to defend but is well beaten.
Sajid Khan to Zak Crawley, England are underway! Too full and around off, Zak Crawley sweeps it to square leg for a single.
First time that a back-to-back Test is being played at the same stadium on exactly the same pitch. It's the same strip that used for the first Test match. What has the groundsmen been doing to try and bring this pitch back to life? A couple of days, he watered it, rolled it and had two giant fans drying the pitch from either end plus the hot sun.
Michael Atherton's Pitch Report
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Venue
Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
