MULTAN: Pakistan racked up 556 in their first innings before England’s rejigged top order cruised to 96 for one on an eventful second day in the opening Test in Multan on Tuesday.
Salman Agha, who made an unbeaten 104, became the third Pakistan batter to smash a hundred in the match before they were all out in the final session on day two.
Forced into shuffling their top order after Ben Duckett injured his thumb while taking a catch, England began well with Zak Crawley leading their reply with a run-a-ball 64 not out.
Joe Root was on 32 at the other end needing another 39 to overtake Alastair Cook as England’s leading scorer in Test cricket.
England’s struggle with the ball was compounded by stand-in skipper Ollie Pope‘s poor reviews as he maintained his record of not getting it right even once in 13 attempts as captain of the side.
England were made to toil with little reward on Monday and it was more of the same when play resumed as Naseem Shah, a key cog in Pakistan’s new-ball…