England build slender lead over Pakistan

England’s Harry Brook is congratulated by teammate Ben Foakes after scoring a goal of the century

England built on the second day of the 3rd^approxTest in Karachi today and by the end of the game Pakistan were 29 runs behind England with Shan Masood and Abdullah Shafique the batsmen.

Game summary

Pakistan v England 3rd Test England Tour of Pakistan

Pakistan 304/10 (79ov) & 21/0 (9ov)

England *354/10 (81.4 ov)

Day 2 – End of game Pakistan Trail England with 29 runs

scorecard

England’s Tailenders fire as they take a crucial lead!#PAKvENG | #WTC23 | ??: https://t.co/y5SkcrfBY0 pic.twitter.com/Wb73AXBZQf

— ICC (@ICC) December 18, 2022

game report

highlights

Harry Brook (111), Ben Foakes (64) and Ollie Pope (51) beat England to a 50-run lead over Pakistan, also tail wagging, and laid up 89 for the last 3 wickets – Mark Wood (35) and Ollie Robinson (29) with useful runs.

Pakistani bowlers Abrar Ahmed and Nauman Ali both took 4 wickets each.

In response, Pakistan finished 21/0, 29 runs behind, allowing the game to enter Day 3 of the final Test evenly.

Match Statistics

Pakistan 1st innings case of gates: 1-18 (Abdullah Shafique – 5.2 ov), 2-46 (Shan Masood – 12.3 ov), 3-117 (Azhar Ali – 25.2 ov), 4-162 (Saud Shakeel – 41.6 ov), 5-196 (Mohammad Rizwan – 48.6 ov), 6-219 (Babar Azam – 58.6 ov), 7-237 (Faheem Ashraf – 66.3 ov), 8-285 (Nauman Ali – 74 .5 ov), 9-300 (Agha Salman – 78.3 ov), 10-304 (Abrar Ahmed – 78.6 ov)

England 1st innings Fall of the gates: 1-0 (Zak Crawley – 0.5ov), 2-58 (Ben Duckett – 13.2ov), 3-58 (Joe root – 13.3ov), 4-98 (Olli Pope – 22.2ov), 5-145 (Ben Stokes – 32.5ov), 6-262 (Harry Bach – 64.2ov), 7-265 (Rehan Ahmed – 65.2ov), 8-316 (Markus Holz – 75.2ov), 9-324 (Ben Foakes – 76.2ov), 10-354 (Olli Robinson – 81.4ov)

Pakistan 2nd innings case of gates:

play XI

Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Shan Masood, Azhar Ali, Babar Azam (C), Mohammad Rizwan (WK), Agha Salman, Saud Shakeel, Faheem Ashraf, Nauman Ali, Mohammad Wasim, Abrar Ahmed

England: Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Ben Stokes (C), Harry Brook, Ben Foakes (WK), Rehan Ahmed, Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood, Jack Leach

Game details:

Date: Saturday, December 17, 2022 05:00

Venue: National Stadium, Karachi

Throw: Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat