Harry Brook posted England’s fifth-highest ever Take a look at rating as they racked up 823-7, earlier than their bowlers lowered Pakistan to 152-6 of their second innings to nonetheless path by 115 runs on the finish of day 4 of the primary Take a look at in Multan.
Brook (317) hit England’s first triple hundred since 1990 – and solely the sixth ever – off 322 balls as he shared an totally exhausting but good 454-run partnership with fellow Yorkshireman Joe Root (262) – the highest-ever partnership for England, surpassing Peter Could and Colin Cowdrey’s file of 411 which had stood since 1957.
It was simply the fourth Take a look at innings during which a workforce has scored greater than 800 runs, and the primary since Sri Lanka’s Take a look at file complete of 952-6 in opposition to India in 1997.
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England then made a right away influence 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 had been lowered to 41-4 after which 82-6 however Salman Ali Agha (40no) and Aamer Jamal (24no) supplied 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 observe…
First Take a look at: Multan – October 7-11
Second Take a look at: Multan – October 15-19
Third Take a look at: Rawalpindi – October 24-28
Each match from the 2024 Ladies’s T20 World Cup can be stay on Sky Sports activities from October 3-20 with Australia aiming for a 3rd straight title and seventh total, and England looking for to triumph for the primary time for the reason that inaugural version in 2009.
Watch day 4 of the primary Take a look at between Pakistan and England in Multan, stay on Sky Sports activities Cricket and Predominant Occasion from 5.50am on Thursday, forward of play ranging from 6am. Stream with NOW
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