England vs Pakistan 3rd Test: Pakistan is also in danger of defeat in the third test against England. This time, it may have to face defeat by an innings margin, because by the end of the second day’s play, Pakistan had scored 52 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in its second innings. Sam Ayub could not open his account even in the second innings, while Abdullah Shafiq also returned to the pavilion without opening his account.
Earlier, England started the second day with a lead of 23 runs and its batsmen batted brilliantly and scored 453 runs in the first innings. With this, England got a huge lead of 320 runs over Pakistan.
5 batsmen of England scored half century
Five batsmen scored half-centuries in England’s first innings. Emilio Gay scored 60, Harry Brook scored 75, Dan Lawrence scored 65, Jamie Smith scored 69 and Ollie Robinson scored 50 runs.
Razaullah bowled brilliantly
Razaullah, playing his first Test match for Pakistan, bowled brilliantly and took 4 wickets, but he proved to be very expensive. He conceded 148 runs in 23 overs at an economy of 6.40. Whereas, Mohammad Ali and Mohammad Imran Randhawa took 2-2 wickets, while Mohammad Abbas took 1 wicket.
Pakistan had a bad start
Pakistan’s second innings had a very bad start after falling behind by 320 runs. England’s fast bowler Ollie Robinson gave a big blow to Pakistan by bowling a double-wicket maiden in the very first over of the innings. He dismissed Sam Ayub and Abdullah Shafiq consecutively. After this, Shan Masood and Azan Awais tried to handle the innings in difficult circumstances. Both made a partnership of 52 runs for the third wicket, but the game had to be stopped due to rain. Pakistan is still 268 runs behind England and faces a big challenge to avoid innings defeat.
Pakistan team under question
Pakistan’s batting has been under constant questioning in this Test so far and the team has not been able to even cross the 200-run mark in this series. In such a situation, on the third day, Pakistan’s batsmen will not only have the challenge of saving the match, but will also have the test of lasting longer in front of England’s fast bowlers.
If Pakistan’s batsmen fail to make long partnerships on the third day, then England will have a strong chance to end the match early. At the same time, it will be very important for Pakistan to take forward the partnership between Shan Masood and Azan Awais.