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Pakistan collapse 57-4 after Root double ton
MANCHESTER, Saturday - Pakistan collapsed to 57 for four in reply to England’s
first innings 589 for eight declared, a deficit of 532 runs, at stumps on the
second day of the second Test at Old Trafford on Saturday.Chris Woakes took
three for 18 in six overs before Shan Masood (30 not out) and Pakistan captain
Misbah-ul-Haq (one not out) got through to the close. Earlier, Joe Root made 254
as he became just the fourth England batsman after Denis Compton (278,
Nottingham 1954) Ted Dexter (205, Karachi 1962) and current captain Alastair
Cook (263, Abu Dhabi 2015) to score a double century against Pakistan in a Test
match.
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England’s Joe Root leaves the pitch after being dismissed
for 254 on the second day of the second Test cricket match
against Pakistan at Old Trafford, Manchester on Saturday.
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Three Pakistan bowlers conceded more than 100 runs each with leg-spinner Yasir
Shah taking one for 213 in 54 overs. Root powered past 200 as England moved on
to 533 for six at tea. Root, who had batted for exactly 10 hours, was on 226 not
out at the interval, the right-hander’s highest test score signalling a return
to form after a disappointing series against Sri Lanka.England will look to
declare early in the final session at Old Trafford as they bid to level the
series after Pakistan won the first test at Lord’s by 75 runs.
The hosts had resumed in the morning on 314 for four and nightwatchman Chris
Woakes dominated the early strike, peppering the boundary with crisp drives and
cuts.
Root went past 150 for the fifth time in his test career but he did offer one
chance which was spilled by Younus Khan at slip off leg-spinner Yasir Shah.
Woakes continued his fine run of form, hitting eight fours and a six on the way
to his second test half-century before he poked a return catch to Shah and
departed for 58. Ben Stokes, returning to the side after injury, made a fluent
34, including five fours, and shared a sixth-wicket partnership of 57 with Root
who went past 200 with a perfectly executed reverse sweep off Shah.
Stokes nicked a catch down the leg-side to wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed off Wahab
Riaz which was given out after a lengthy review but Jonny Bairstow kept up the
momentum with a busy unbeaten 32. Pakistan lead the four-match series 1-0 after
their 75-run win in the first Test at Lord’s last week.
– Agencies
SCOREBOARD
ENGLAND 1ST INNINGS (overnight: 314-4)
A. Cook b Mohammad Amir 105
A. Hales b Mohammad Amir 10
J. Root c Mohammad Hafeez b Wahab Riaz 254
J. Vince c Sarfraz Ahmed b Rahat Ali 18
G. Ballance b Rahat Ali 23
C. Woakes c and b Yasir Shah 58
B. Stokes c Sarfraz Ahmed b Wahab Riaz 34
J. Bairstow c Misbah-ul-Haq b Wahab Riaz 58
M. Ali not out 02
Extras (lb9, w8, nb10) 27
Total (8 wkts dec, 152.2 overs) 589
Did not bat: S Broad, J Anderson
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Hales), 2-210 (Cook), 3-238 (Vince)
4-311 (Ballance), 5-414 (Woakes), 6-471 (Stokes)
7-577 (Root), 8-589 (Bairstow)
Bowling: Amir 29-6-89-2 (2w)
Rahat 29-4-101-2 (2w)
Riaz 26.2-1-106-3 (9nb, 4w)
Shah 54-6-213-1
Azhar 11-0-52-0
Masood 3-0-19-0 (1nb)
PAKISTAN 1ST INNINGS
Mohammad Hafeez c Root b Woakes 18
Shan Masood not out 30
Azhar Ali c and b Woakes 01
Younis Khan c Bairstow b Stokes 01
Rahat Ali c Ballance b Woakes 04
Misbah-ul-Haq not out 01
Extras (lb1, nb1) 02
Total (4 wkts, 24 overs) 57
To bat: Asad Shafiq, Sarfraz Ahmed, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir, Yasir Shah
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Hafeez), 2-43 (Azhar), 3-48 (Younis), 4-53 (Rahat)
Bowling: Anderson 6-3-7-0
Broad 5-2-9-0
Ali 3-0-11-0 (1nb)
Woakes 6-0-18-3
Stokes 4-0-11-1 |
