Harry Brook posted England’s fifth-highest ever Check rating as they racked up 823-7, earlier than their bowlers diminished Pakistan to 152-6 of their second innings to nonetheless path by 115 runs on the finish of day 4 of the primary Check in Multan.
Brook (317) hit England’s first triple hundred since 1990 – and solely the sixth ever – off 322 balls as he shared an completely exhausting but sensible 454-run partnership with fellow Yorkshireman Joe Root (262) – the highest-ever partnership for England, surpassing Peter Might and Colin Cowdrey’s document of 411 which had stood since 1957.
It was simply the fourth Check innings wherein a workforce has scored greater than 800 runs, and the primary since Sri Lanka’s Check document whole of 952-6 in opposition to India in 1997.
England then made a right away impression with the ball, first-innings centurion Abdullah Shafique bowled first ball by Chris Woakes (1-29) earlier than Gus Atkinson (2-28) had Pakistan captain Shan Masood caught for 11.
The hosts have been diminished to 41-4 after which 82-6 however Salman Ali Agha (40no) and Aamer Jamal (24no) offered much-needed resistance to the batting line-up with an unbeaten partnership of 70, fastidiously guiding their facet to 152-6 at stumps, trailing England by 115 runs.
Extra to comply with…
First Check: Multan – October 7-11
Second Check: Multan – October 15-19
Third Check: Rawalpindi – October 24-28
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