Third Test, day two, Rawalpindi
Series level at 1-1
England close on 24-3, trailing Pakistan by 53, after Duckett, Crawley & Pope fall
Pakistan punish England after tea to take first-innings lead of 77
Hosts finally bowled out for 344: Shakeel 134, Sajid 48*, Noman 45; Ahmed 4-66
Trail by 99
The deficit is now under 100 after Aamer Jamal pounces on a short ball from Jack Leach and thumps it down the ground.
Leach responds with a ripper next ball. Dragging Jamal forward and getting the ball to turn significantly to beat the bat.
Steven Finn
Former England fast bowler on BBC Test Match Special
Everyone wondered coming into this Test match what Rehan Ahmed would be like bowling, he's really settled into his style here quickly and looks good for it.
He has done exactly what Ben Stokes needed him to.
Relief for Pakistan as they get through a Rehan Ahmed over without losing a wicket.
Can they get back to the steady accumulation we saw early in this session or is the pitch doing enough now that a more aggressive approach might be needed?
Image source, Getty ImagesJust waking up? Two quick wickets for Rehan Ahmed have given England the upper hand.
The tourists have been made to work hard this morning. Shoaib Bashir had Shan Masood caught at slip for 26 before a resolute 52-run stand between Muhammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel moved Pakistan into a strong position.
But leg-spinner Ahmed, having been held back by Ben Stokes, dismissed the sweeping Rizwan lbw in his second over of the day.
In his next over he had the dangerous Salman Ali Agha pinned in front by a lovely leg-spinner.
Pakistan are still more than 100 runs behind with four wickets left. Shakeel is still there and has been solid since Jamie Smith put down a tough chance when the left-hander was on 26.
This is also an extended morning session because of Friday prayers so England have time to nip out another before lunch at 08:30 BST.
Trail by 108
From going along very nicely with Saud Shakeel and Muhammad Rizwan, Pakistan now have work to do to get up towards parity on first-innings.
Shakeel is still there on 61 and this is a vital stand with Aamer Jamal, who is a very capable batter, but one more wicket and England are into the tail.
Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special
Well bowled Rehan Ahmed.
Trail by 111
Superb again from Rehan Ahmed.
He starts with a googly to Aamer Jamal, finds the inside edge but the ball is just out of reach of Ollie Pope at bat-pad.
Another excellent over from the young wrist-spinner.
Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special
Chris Gaffaney doesn't get a lot wrong.
Salman lbw b Ahmed 1 (Pak 153-6)
Umpire's call on impact and hitting the stumps - but that'll do for England!
It's superb bowling from Rehan Ahmed again. A bit of drift in to the right-hander, just enough turn to take the ball past the outside edge and onto the back leg of Salman Ali Agha.
Clipping off stump. The leg-spinner is working his magic for England.
Pak 153-5
Rehan Ahmed might have done it again.
He turns one past Salman Ali Agha's bat, onto the back leg and the umpire's finger goes up.
Reviewed again...
Trail by 115
The travelling England fans are in good voice in Rawalpindi, doing all they can to encourage their side as they push for further wickets.
Jack Leach is back on and gets through a decent over.
Still more than half an hour until lunch, England will want at least one more wicket before then.
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Quite frankly, GET IN THERE Rehan Ahmed!
Rachel T, Lincoln
Trail by 116
Rehan Ahmed is enjoying himself now.
The ball to dismiss Muhammad Rizwan just straightened enough but his googly to new batter Salman Ali Agha turns big.
It stays low as well and Salman does well to jam the bat down on it at the last minute.
A thick outside edge ends the over. Drift for the England leggie, too. Very good over.
Ramiz Raja
Former Pakistan captain on Test Match Special
Muhammad Rizwan likes the slog sweep but he picked the wrong bowler to use it. Rehan Ahmed has just arrived, give it a minute to see what he's like and then see what shots to make.
Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special
England needed that wicket, they were searching for it.
Rizwan lbw b Ahmed 25 (Pak 151-5)
Three reds and Muhammad Rizwan is gone!
The Pakistan batter was reaching for the sweep, missed and was hit on the back leg.
It looked plumb and ball-tracking shows it was. Hitting a third of the way up middle and off.
Rehan Ahmed with the crucial breakthrough for England.
Has Rehan Ahmed made the breakthrough?
It certainly looks like it as Muhammad Rizwan misses with a sweep and is given out lbw.
He reviews but does not look confident.
Soham Sarkhel
CricViz analyst
This pitch currently has a PitchViz pace rating of 0.7 (the higher the number, the pacier the pitch) - which makes it the joint-second-slowest pitch in the ball-tracking era for the first two days of a Test.
That is probably one of the main reasons why despite having the highest deviation off the surface for any Test in the first two days of a Test in Pakistan it has still not proved to be unplayable.
Ramiz Raja
Former Pakistan captain on Test Match Special
Typical Test match batting, occupy the crease and score runs when you can. Saud Shakeel has impressed me.
Trail by 118
A ripple of applause from the Rawalpindi crowd as a single for Muhammad Rizwan brings up the fifty partnership.
This is turning into a very good session for Pakistan.
Plenty for England to ponder at drinks - and a quick reminder that it's an extended morning session today so play will go on until 08:30 BST.
They'll then take an hour for lunch for Friday prayers.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Crawley,caught Saim Ayub, bowled Noman Ali Crawley, caught Saim Ayub, bowled Noman Ali | 29 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 67.44 |
Duckett,leg before wicket, bowled Noman Ali Duckett, leg before wicket, bowled Noman Ali | 52 | 84 | 4 | 1 | 100 | 61.90 |
Pope,leg before wicket, bowled Sajid Khan Pope, leg before wicket, bowled Sajid Khan | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 21.43 |
Root,leg before wicket, bowled Sajid Khan Root, leg before wicket, bowled Sajid Khan | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 83.33 |
Brook,bowled Sajid Khan Brook, bowled Sajid Khan | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 35.71 |
Stokes,caught Salman Ali Agha, bowled Sajid Khan Stokes, caught Salman Ali Agha, bowled Sajid Khan | 12 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 54.55 |
Smith,caught Muhammad Rizwan, bowled Zahid Mehmood Smith, caught Muhammad Rizwan, bowled Zahid Mehmood | 89 | 119 | 5 | 6 | 123 | 74.79 |
Atkinson,caught and bowled Noman Ali Atkinson, caught and bowled Noman Ali | 39 | 71 | 5 | 0 | 90 | 54.93 |
Ahmed,bowled Sajid Khan Ahmed, bowled Sajid Khan | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 64.29 |
Leach,stumped Muhammad Rizwan, bowled Sajid Khan Leach, stumped Muhammad Rizwan, bowled Sajid Khan | 16 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 76.19 |
Bashir,not out Bashir, not out | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20.00 |
Extras, no balls 3, wides 0, byes 3, leg byes 1, total 7 Extras, no balls 3, wides 0, byes 3, leg byes 1, total 7 | ||||||
Total,267 all out 68.2 overs Total,267 all out 68.2 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sajid Khan | 29.2 | 4 | 128 | 6 | 4.36 |
Noman Ali | 28.0 | 2 | 88 | 3 | 3.14 |
Zahid Mehmood | 10.0 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 4.40 |
Salman Ali Agha | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
56 for 1 (13.6 overs) | Crawley |
70 for 2 (18.5 overs) | Pope |
80 for 3 (20.6 overs) | Root |
98 for 4 (25.5 overs) | Duckett |
98 for 5 (26.4 overs) | Brook |
118 for 6 (32.1 overs) | Stokes |
223 for 7 (59.4 overs) | Atkinson |
241 for 8 (62.3 overs) | Smith |
258 for 9 (66.2 overs) | Ahmed |
267 for 10 (68.2 overs) | Leach |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abdullah Shafique,leg before wicket, bowled Bashir Abdullah Shafique, leg before wicket, bowled Bashir | 14 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 51.85 |
Saim Ayub,caught Root, bowled Leach Saim Ayub, caught Root, bowled Leach | 19 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 52.78 |
Shan Masood,caught Pope, bowled Bashir Shan Masood, caught Pope, bowled Bashir | 26 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 37.14 |
Kamran Ghulam,bowled Atkinson Kamran Ghulam, bowled Atkinson | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 33.33 |
Saud Shakeel,caught substitute, bowled Atkinson Saud Shakeel, caught substitute, bowled Atkinson | 134 | 223 | 5 | 0 | 308 | 60.09 |
Muhammad Rizwan,leg before wicket, bowled Ahmed Muhammad Rizwan, leg before wicket, bowled Ahmed | 25 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 54.35 |
Salman Ali Agha,leg before wicket, bowled Ahmed Salman Ali Agha, leg before wicket, bowled Ahmed | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.11 |
Aamer Jamal,bowled Ahmed Aamer Jamal, bowled Ahmed | 14 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 50.00 |
Noman Ali,leg before wicket, bowled Bashir Noman Ali, leg before wicket, bowled Bashir | 45 | 84 | 2 | 1 | 94 | 53.57 |
Sajid Khan,not out Sajid Khan, not out | 48 | 48 | 2 | 4 | 55 | 100.00 |
Zahid Mehmood,bowled Ahmed Zahid Mehmood, bowled Ahmed | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
Extras, no balls 1, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 10, total 15 Extras, no balls 1, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 10, total 15 | ||||||
Total,344 all out 96.4 overs Total,344 all out 96.4 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leach | 31.0 | 2 | 105 | 1 | 3.38 |
Atkinson | 12.0 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 1.83 |
Bashir | 33.0 | 2 | 129 | 3 | 3.90 |
Root | 3.0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2.66 |
Ahmed | 17.4 | 2 | 66 | 4 | 3.73 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
35 for 1 (9.3 overs) | Abdullah Shafique |
43 for 2 (12.1 overs) | Saim Ayub |
46 for 3 (13.4 overs) | Kamran Ghulam |
99 for 4 (35.2 overs) | Shan Masood |
151 for 5 (49.3 overs) | Muhammad Rizwan |
155 for 6 (51.5 overs) | Salman Ali Agha |
177 for 7 (57.6 overs) | Aamer Jamal |
265 for 8 (83.1 overs) | Noman Ali |
337 for 9 (95.6 overs) | Saud Shakeel |
344 for 10 (96.4 overs) | Zahid Mehmood |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Crawley,leg before wicket, bowled Noman Ali Crawley, leg before wicket, bowled Noman Ali | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16.67 |
Duckett,leg before wicket, bowled Sajid Khan Duckett, leg before wicket, bowled Sajid Khan | 12 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 80.00 |
Pope,caught Salman Ali Agha, bowled Noman Ali Pope, caught Salman Ali Agha, bowled Noman Ali | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6.67 |
batting,Root,not out batting, Root, not out | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 71.43 |
batting,Brook,not out batting, Brook, not out | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 1 Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 1 | ||||||
Total,24 for 3 9.0 overs Total,24 for 3 9.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saim Ayub | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Sajid Khan, bowling | 4.0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 3.50 |
Noman Ali | 4.0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2.25 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
15 for 1 (4.2 overs) | Duckett |
15 for 2 (5.1 overs) | Crawley |
20 for 3 (7.6 overs) | Pope |
