England Reeling at 239-6 After Duckett’s Ton and Sajid Khan’s Five-Wicket
Jamie Smith (12*) and Brydon Carse (2*) will resume England’s innings on Day 3.
Duckett dominated the third session as he a 52-run stand with Ollie Pope (29) before Sajid Khan cleaned the latter with a sharp turn.
The in-form Joe Root joined Duckett and together they attacked Pakistan’s bowling attack with their aggressive strokeplay, raising 86 runs from 108 balls for the third wicket.
However, Sajid Khan brought Pakistan back into the game with three quick wickets to leave England reeling at 225-5.
Sajid castled Root when he was playing at 34 off 54. In the next over, the off-spinner ended Duckett’s stellar knock at 114, which conceded 129 balls. Duckett struck 16 boundaries during his innings.
Harry Brook also fell prey to Sajid five balls after Duckett’s dismissal, meanwhile, Noman Ali dismissed England captain Ben Stokes (1) in the next over.
The visitors slipped from 211-2 to 225-6, courtesy of disciplined bowling by Pakistani spinners on the supportive track in Multan.
Jamie Smith and Brydon Carse joined hands after the collapse, playing defensively as they took 52 balls to score 14 runs to close the day at 239-6.
Earlier, England opening batters Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett gave the visitors a flying start, scoring 69 runs in the first ten overs. Noman Ali removed Crawley, who was playing on 27, to break the 73-run opening stand right before the Tea.
Pakistan were bowled out on 366 during the second session with Jack Leach taking the final wicket of Noman Ali, who scored a valuable 32 while batting at number 10.
Jack Leach topped the wicket-takers chart for England with four wickets, while Brydon Carse and Matthew Potts took three and two wickets respectively.
