Pakistan tightens grip on Lord's Test
LONDON: Pakistan tightened their grip on the first Test against
England at Lord's when they extended their overall lead to 281 by the
end of the third day on Saturday.
England all-rounder Chris Woakes had a match haul of 11 wickets as he
took a further five wickets in the Pakistan second innings as the
tourists ended the day at 214 for eight wickets in their second innings
with useful forties from Asad Shafiq and Sarfraz Ahmed.
Earlier leg-spinner Yasir Shah collected a six-for to dismiss England
for 272 and hand Pakistan a handy 67 runs lead. Shah became the first
Pakistan bowler in England since Mohammad Amir to take six wickets at
Lord's six years ago. His performance was also the first by a spinner
since Mustaq Ahmed at the Oval in 1996. Yasir also contributed with the
bat flicking and clubbing the England bowlers on his way to his best
Test score of 30 not out.
England 1st Innings (overnight: 253-7)
A. Cook b Mohammad Amir 81
A. Hales c Azhar Ali b Rahat Ali 06
J. Root c Hafeez b Yasir Shah 48
J. Vince lbw b Yasir Shah 16
G. Ballance lbw b Yasir Shah 06
J. Bairstow b Yasir Shah 29
M. Ali lbw b Yasir Shah 23
C. Woakes not out 35
S. Broad b Wahab Riaz 17
S. Finn lbw b Yasir Shah 05
J. Ball run out 04
Extras (nb2) 02
Total (all out, 79.1 overs, 358 mins) 272
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Hales), 2-118 (Root), 3-139 (Vince)
4-147 (Ballance), 5-173 (Cook), 6-193 (Bairstow)
7-232 (Ali), 8-260 (Broad), 9-267 (Finn), 10-272 (Ball)
Bowling: Amir 18-2-65-1
Rahat Ali 14-1-68-1
Riaz 18.1-0-67-1 (2nb)
Shah 29-6-72-6
Pakistan 2nd Innings
Mohammad Hafeez c Root b Broad 00
Shan Masood c Cook b Woakes 24
Azhar Ali lbw b Woakes 23
Younis Khan b Ali 25
Misbah-ul-Haq c Hales b Ali 00
Asad Shafiq b Woakes 49
Sarfraz Ahmed c Bairstow b Woakes 45
Yasir Shah not out 30
Wahab Riaz c Bairstow b Woakes 00
Mohamad Amir not out 00
Extras (b6, lb11, nb1) 18
Total (8 wkts, 77 overs, 343 mins) 214
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Hafeez), 2-44 (Masood), 3-59 (Azhar)
4-60 (Misbah), 5-129 (Younis), 6-168 (Shafiq)
7-208 (Ahmed), 8-214 (Riaz)
Bowling: Broad 18-6-38-1
Ball 16-7-37-0
Finn 13-4-42-0
Woakes 17-6-31-5
Ali 13-3-49-2 (1nb) |
