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Second Test, day one, Multan
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My dad tore his calf doing a stupid dance at my brother's birthday. Not too uncommon, however my uncle (dad's brother) had also received a similar injury at my cousin's birthday several years earlier, as had apparently my grandad when dad was a kid.
Anonymous (to protect the guilty)
Image source, Getty ImagesShoaib Bashir has not quite found his consistency - this morning or on this tour so far, in truth.
One ball is too full to Kamran Ghulam and it is hit down the ground. Another is far too short and the right-hander hacks it for a couple.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
Image source, ReutersEncouraging over with the ball, it is turning away from the batter.
Jack Leach has got a bit more out of the surface and he has bowled a better length than Shoaib Bashir.
England have probably had a chat at lunch on where to bowl and how to bowl.
I love how we spend so much time analysing the pitch, clouds, humidity et al in cricket. In that spirit, here's a close up of some cracks.
Image source, Getty ImagesKamran Gulam is as a compact right-hander. There doesn't look to be lot that could go wrong.
He has played nicely on debut here.
Ayub 41, Ghulam 33
Shoaib Bashir's hand goes up onto his head after finding some turn and bounce. The ball skews away off the edge of Saim Ayub's bat but wide of captain Ben Stokes at slip.
Bashir pushes one wider later in the over but Kamran Ghulam climbs in to drive for four.
Stokes isn't bothered. He applauds Bashir's effort.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
Not as much spin for Jack Leach as we saw earlier on in the day. The spinners are going to bowl a lot in this Test.
It'll be Shoaib Bashir from the other end.
There's no real drama in the first over. We have said there has been more turn today. At no point has it been vicious.
Jack Leach is back into the attack after the break.
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special
I have enjoyed this first couple of hours, there's not been as many runs scored, but it's been a good contest with bat and ball.
Rachel T, always stealing the limelight...
The players are just heading back out after lunch.
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I ruptured my Achilles tendon on my son’s 18th birthday and had the op to repair it the day before my youngest turned 16. Definitely did not win Mother of the Year.
Rachel T, Lincoln
I once lost a junior tennis match on my birthday, despite leading 4-0 3-0 40-0. The cake did little to improve my mood afterwards.
Ramiz Raja
Former Pakistan captain & ex-PCB chair on Test Match Special on BBC Sounds
Pitches and squares need time to prepare. The disappointing thing is it has been two and a half years and we are still getting the same [flat] pitches.
What is our strength? I have no idea. Who are the match-winners? We have taken out Babar Azam and Shaheen Afridi.
It's Babar Azam's birthday today and he has been dropped for the team he used to captain.
Have you had a worse birthday?
Ramiz Raja
Former Pakistan captain & ex-PCB chair on Test Match Special on BBC Sounds
It is so easy to administer Pakistan cricket. The fundamentals have not changed for 100 years.
You have to have an eye for talent. You have to back talent.
What is happening now is there are so many power bases that you don't know who is controlling it.
Is the captain in charge? What about the coach? You give a team a strong leadership and stability, let them operate and then ask for accountability after the series.
You can't alter the DNA of the set-up by first opting for a pitch and attack based one pace and then switch completely to spinners.
Pakistan have used about 40 ex-cricketers' brains and you get this. It doesn't speak well of the intellect of some of these ex-cricketers.
Image source, Getty ImagesWe've seen more from the spinners than seamers today but the one England quick to keep his place from the first Test has been Brydon Carse.
He has bowled three pacy overs for just five runs this morning, on the back of four wickets during an impressive debut last week.
Jimmy Anderson had plenty of praise for the Durham quick on the latest Tailenders podcast, which you can listen to here.
“I just really like him," Anderson said.
"He bowls quick. He can move the ball and he's got that sort of action where he almost pauses in his delivery stride and then really snaps at the crease.
"It makes it feel even quicker for the batters when they're facing it.”
Srinivas Vijaykumar
Cricviz analyst
Image source, Getty Images21 overs of spin in that session for England.
Since the start of 2006, they've bowled more spin overs in the first session on day one of Test on only one occasion (23 in the second Test against India in Visakhapatnam earlier this year)
Image source, Getty ImagesJust joining us? It has been intriguing.
We are playing on the same pitch as last week, effectively making this a slightly re-energised day six surface.
The result has been trickier conditions than the first Test road.
The ball has been turning for the spinners and occasional balls are keeping low.
Jack Leach took two wickets, bowling opener Abdulluah Shafique with a beauty and having captain Shan Masood caught mid-wicket.
Since then Saim Ayub and debutant Kamran Ghulam, picked in the place of Babar Azam, have rebuilt nicely.
The score is 79-2 at lunch.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abdullah Shafique,bowled Leach Abdullah Shafique, bowled Leach | 7 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 25.00 |
Saim Ayub,caught Stokes, bowled Potts Saim Ayub, caught Stokes, bowled Potts | 77 | 160 | 7 | 0 | 226 | 48.13 |
Shan Masood,caught Crawley, bowled Leach Shan Masood, caught Crawley, bowled Leach | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 42.86 |
Kamran Ghulam,bowled Bashir Kamran Ghulam, bowled Bashir | 118 | 224 | 11 | 1 | 306 | 52.68 |
Saud Shakeel,caught Smith, bowled Carse Saud Shakeel, caught Smith, bowled Carse | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 28.57 |
Muhammad Rizwan,caught Smith, bowled Carse Muhammad Rizwan, caught Smith, bowled Carse | 41 | 97 | 5 | 0 | 132 | 42.27 |
Salman Ali Agha,caught Smith, bowled Potts Salman Ali Agha, caught Smith, bowled Potts | 31 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 68 | 58.49 |
Aamer Jamal,bowled Carse Aamer Jamal, bowled Carse | 37 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 101 | 53.62 |
Sajid Khan,caught Root, bowled Leach Sajid Khan, caught Root, bowled Leach | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22.22 |
Noman Ali,caught Carse, bowled Leach Noman Ali, caught Carse, bowled Leach | 32 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 87 | 52.46 |
Zahid Mehmood,not out Zahid Mehmood, not out | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 9.52 |
Extras, no balls 2, wides 3, byes 4, leg byes 3, total 12 Extras, no balls 2, wides 3, byes 4, leg byes 3, total 12 | ||||||
Total,366 all out 123.3 overs Total,366 all out 123.3 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Potts | 26.0 | 9 | 66 | 2 | 2.53 |
Carse | 20.0 | 6 | 50 | 3 | 2.50 |
Leach | 38.3 | 2 | 114 | 4 | 2.96 |
Bashir | 28.0 | 1 | 85 | 1 | 3.03 |
Root | 6.0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4.00 |
Stokes | 5.0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
15 for 1 (7.3 overs) | Abdullah Shafique |
19 for 2 (9.4 overs) | Shan Masood |
168 for 3 (55.6 overs) | Saim Ayub |
178 for 4 (60.5 overs) | Saud Shakeel |
243 for 5 (84.2 overs) | Kamran Ghulam |
264 for 6 (92.6 overs) | Muhammad Rizwan |
302 for 7 (100.6 overs) | Salman Ali Agha |
309 for 8 (103.5 overs) | Sajid Khan |
358 for 9 (117.1 overs) | Aamer Jamal |
366 for 10 (123.3 overs) | Noman Ali |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Crawley,caught Muhammad Rizwan, bowled Noman Ali Crawley, caught Muhammad Rizwan, bowled Noman Ali | 27 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 54 | 75.00 |
Duckett,caught Salman Ali Agha, bowled Sajid Khan Duckett, caught Salman Ali Agha, bowled Sajid Khan | 114 | 129 | 16 | 0 | 184 | 88.37 |
Pope,bowled Sajid Khan Pope, bowled Sajid Khan | 29 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 48 | 78.38 |
Root,bowled Sajid Khan Root, bowled Sajid Khan | 34 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 62.96 |
Brook,bowled Sajid Khan Brook, bowled Sajid Khan | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 100.00 |
Stokes,caught Abdullah Shafique, bowled Noman Ali Stokes, caught Abdullah Shafique, bowled Noman Ali | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.00 |
Smith,caught Saim Ayub, bowled Noman Ali Smith, caught Saim Ayub, bowled Noman Ali | 21 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 58 | 38.18 |
Carse,caught Saud Shakeel, bowled Sajid Khan Carse, caught Saud Shakeel, bowled Sajid Khan | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 13.79 |
Potts,bowled Sajid Khan Potts, bowled Sajid Khan | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 60.00 |
Leach,not out Leach, not out | 25 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 100.00 |
Bashir,caught Shan Masood, bowled Sajid Khan Bashir, caught Shan Masood, bowled Sajid Khan | 9 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 47.37 |
Extras, no balls 4, wides 0, byes 7, leg byes 1, total 12 Extras, no balls 4, wides 0, byes 7, leg byes 1, total 12 | ||||||
Total,291 all out 67.2 overs Total,291 all out 67.2 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aamer Jamal | 6.0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 6.50 |
Sajid Khan | 26.2 | 1 | 111 | 7 | 4.21 |
Noman Ali | 28.0 | 5 | 101 | 3 | 3.60 |
Zahid Mehmood | 6.0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 4.50 |
Salman Ali Agha | 1.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
73 for 1 (12.1 overs) | Crawley |
125 for 2 (23.3 overs) | Pope |
211 for 3 (41.3 overs) | Root |
224 for 4 (43.1 overs) | Duckett |
225 for 5 (43.6 overs) | Brook |
225 for 6 (44.2 overs) | Stokes |
248 for 7 (57.2 overs) | Carse |
256 for 8 (59.4 overs) | Potts |
262 for 9 (60.6 overs) | Smith |
291 for 10 (67.2 overs) | Bashir |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abdullah Shafique,caught Smith, bowled Bashir Abdullah Shafique, caught Smith, bowled Bashir | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 21.05 |
Saim Ayub,caught Pope, bowled Bashir Saim Ayub, caught Pope, bowled Bashir | 22 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 56.41 |
Shan Masood,caught Pope, bowled Bashir Shan Masood, caught Pope, bowled Bashir | 11 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 61.11 |
Kamran Ghulam,leg before wicket, bowled Leach Kamran Ghulam, leg before wicket, bowled Leach | 26 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 66.67 |
Saud Shakeel,leg before wicket, bowled Leach Saud Shakeel, leg before wicket, bowled Leach | 31 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 129 | 60.78 |
Muhammad Rizwan,caught Root, bowled Carse Muhammad Rizwan, caught Root, bowled Carse | 23 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 53.49 |
Salman Ali Agha,caught Stokes, bowled Carse Salman Ali Agha, caught Stokes, bowled Carse | 63 | 89 | 5 | 1 | 131 | 70.79 |
Aamer Jamal,bowled Leach Aamer Jamal, bowled Leach | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9.09 |
Noman Ali,caught Stokes, bowled Bashir Noman Ali, caught Stokes, bowled Bashir | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33.33 |
Sajid Khan,caught Smith, bowled Potts Sajid Khan, caught Smith, bowled Potts | 22 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 51.16 |
Zahid Mehmood,not out Zahid Mehmood, not out | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 |
Extras, no balls 3, wides 0, byes 9, leg byes 5, total 17 Extras, no balls 3, wides 0, byes 9, leg byes 5, total 17 | ||||||
Total,221 all out 59.2 overs Total,221 all out 59.2 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leach | 17.0 | 3 | 67 | 3 | 3.94 |
Bashir | 19.0 | 0 | 66 | 4 | 3.47 |
Root | 4.0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3.25 |
Carse | 9.0 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 3.22 |
Potts | 5.2 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 3.56 |
Stokes | 5.0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2.60 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
9 for 1 (5.3 overs) | Abdullah Shafique |
25 for 2 (9.5 overs) | Shan Masood |
43 for 3 (14.6 overs) | Saim Ayub |
77 for 4 (20.5 overs) | Kamran Ghulam |
114 for 5 (31.5 overs) | Muhammad Rizwan |
145 for 6 (42.4 overs) | Saud Shakeel |
150 for 7 (44.6 overs) | Aamer Jamal |
156 for 8 (46.1 overs) | Noman Ali |
221 for 9 (58.2 overs) | Salman Ali Agha |
221 for 10 (59.2 overs) | Sajid Khan |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Crawley,stumped Muhammad Rizwan, bowled Noman Ali Crawley, stumped Muhammad Rizwan, bowled Noman Ali | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 37.50 |
Duckett,caught Muhammad Rizwan, bowled Sajid Khan Duckett, caught Muhammad Rizwan, bowled Sajid Khan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
Pope,caught and bowled Sajid Khan Pope, caught and bowled Sajid Khan | 22 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 57.89 |
Root,leg before wicket, bowled Noman Ali Root, leg before wicket, bowled Noman Ali | 18 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 52.94 |
Brook,leg before wicket, bowled Noman Ali Brook, leg before wicket, bowled Noman Ali | 16 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 76.19 |
Stokes,stumped Muhammad Rizwan, bowled Noman Ali Stokes, stumped Muhammad Rizwan, bowled Noman Ali | 37 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 102.78 |
Smith,caught Shan Masood, bowled Noman Ali Smith, caught Shan Masood, bowled Noman Ali | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 60.00 |
Carse,caught Salman Ali Agha, bowled Noman Ali Carse, caught Salman Ali Agha, bowled Noman Ali | 27 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 84.38 |
Potts,not out Potts, not out | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 90.00 |
Leach,caught Abdullah Shafique, bowled Noman Ali Leach, caught Abdullah Shafique, bowled Noman Ali | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11.11 |
Bashir,caught Abdullah Shafique, bowled Noman Ali Bashir, caught Abdullah Shafique, bowled Noman Ali | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 3, leg byes 2, total 5 Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 3, leg byes 2, total 5 | ||||||
Total,144 all out 33.3 overs Total,144 all out 33.3 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sajid Khan | 17.0 | 0 | 93 | 2 | 5.47 |
Noman Ali | 16.3 | 1 | 46 | 8 | 2.78 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
1 for 1 (0.3 overs) | Duckett |
11 for 2 (3.2 overs) | Crawley |
37 for 3 (12.2 overs) | Pope |
55 for 4 (15.3 overs) | Root |
78 for 5 (19.3 overs) | Brook |
88 for 6 (21.6 overs) | Smith |
125 for 7 (27.2 overs) | Stokes |
138 for 8 (31.3 overs) | Carse |
144 for 9 (33.2 overs) | Leach |
144 for 10 (33.3 overs) | Bashir |