MULTAN: England captain Ollie Pope decided to declare the first innings at 823-7 after visiting side achieved a lead of 267 runs.
Before this Harry Brook played a marathon 317-run knock on the fourth day of the first Test against Pakistan here on Thursday.
The. Chris Woakes and Gus Atkinson were playing at 17 and 9 respectively when the captain called them back.
Shaheen Shah Afridi 1 ,Naseem Shah 2, Aamer Jamal,1 Salman Agha 1Saim Ayub
Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub got two wickets each while Shaheen Shah Afridi, Aamer Jamal and Salman Ali Agha begged one wicket each
England batters frustrated Pakistan bowlers with a dominant batting display on the morning of the fourth day as they racked up 166 runs without any loss, pushing the team’s total to 658-3.
At lunch Harry Brook ended the session with 218* while Joe Root scored a marathon 259*. Their fourth-wicket partnership extended to 409 runs against a helpless Pakistan bowling attack.
Previously, the touring side enjoyed a commanding third session of play on Day 3 as they piled up 141 runs to get to 492/3 with Root closing in on a double century.
Root, unbeaten on 176 and Brook, 141 not out, resumed England’s first innings on the fourth day.
England also dominated the second session as they had reached 351-3, trailing by 205 runs, with Root (119) and Brook (64) on the crease.
Pakistan got rid of dangerous Ben Duckett early in the second session with Aamir Jamal providing the breakthrough. The left-hander played a quick-fire knock of 84 runs from 71 balls, laced with eleven boundaries.
Root was joined by Brook and together they added an unbeaten 110 runs in 133 balls for the fourth wicket until the umpires called the Tea on Day 3.
Prior to that, Pakistan lost their two wickets in quick succession in the third session after piling up a mammoth 556-run total on the board.
Abrar Ahmed (3) was the last wicket to fall, falling prey to part-time bowler Joe Root. Prior to that, Shaheen Shah Afridi, who scored a crucial 26 runs, was bowled by Jack Leach.
Salman Ali Agha remained unbeaten at 104 runs from 119 balls, which featured ten boundaries and three sixes.
Meanwhile, Pakistan captain Shan Masood top-scored with a marathon 151-run knock from 177 deliveries, featuring 13 fours and two sixes.
Opening batter Abdullah Shafique also played a brilliant innings of 102 off 184 deliveries, laced up with a dozen boundaries including two sixes.
Shan opted to bat first after winning the toss and came out to bat in the fourth over after Saim Ayub (4) fell to Gus Atkinson.
Playing XIs
Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Shan Masood (c), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel (vc), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Salman Ali Agha, Aamir Jamal, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, and Abrar Ahmad.
England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope (c), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse, Jack Leach, and Shoaib Bashir.
