Four centurian's and the only batter to fail is Joe Root.
I take it that it is a very placid wicket.
Brook's hundred was England's 3rd fastest in Tests coming off 80 balls after Bairstow's 2nd fastest off 77 balls in the summer. Crawley's 86 ball ton was the equal 5th fastest, & the fasted by an England opener.
The 506-4 is the most runs scored on day 1 of a Test Match.
(01-12-2022 12:41 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote: [ -> ]England 657 (101 overs) Day 2 Close
Brook 153 Crawley 122 Pope 108 Duckett 107 Stokes 41 Robinson 37 Jacks 30 Mahmood 4-235 Naseem 3-140 Mohammad Ali 2-124
Pakistan 181-0 (51 overs) Imam ul-Haq 90 no Shafique 89 no
I have to say it is wonderful to see England playing a test series in Pakistan after all these years. It's obvious how much it means to the people of Pakistan and the cricket board of Pakistan too. Great stuff
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Party time.
A wicket
Well done Will Jacks
Great effort to reduce Pakistan to 499/7 at close. Very creative field settings and lots of imagination all day long from Captain Stokes on a wicket that is highly attritional.
England kept persevering and got rewards late in the day. Well done fellas.
(02-12-2022 10:41 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote: [ -> ] (01-12-2022 12:41 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote: [ -> ]England 657 (101 overs) Day 3 Close
Brook 153 Crawley 122 Pope 108 Duckett 107 Stokes 41 Robinson 37 Jacks 30 Mahmood 4-235 Naseem 3-140 Mohammad Ali 2-124
Pakistan 499-7 (136 overs) Babar 136 Imam ul-Haq 121 Shafique 114 Shakeel 37 Rizwan 29 Ali 27 Jacks 3-132 Leach 2-160
5 wickets for Jacks, a mammoth effort, 39.5-5-161-5.
(03-12-2022 14:35 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote: [ -> ] (02-12-2022 10:41 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote: [ -> ] (01-12-2022 12:41 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote: [ -> ]England 657 (101 overs) Day 4 Close
Brook 153 Crawley 122 Pope 108 Duckett 107 Stokes 41 Robinson 37 Jacks 30 Mahmood 4-235 Naseem 3-140 Mohammad Ali 2-124
Pakistan 579 (155.3 overs) Babar 136 Imam ul-Haq 121 Shafique 114 Salmon 55 Shakeel 37 Rizwan 29 Ali 27 Jacks 6-161 Leach 2-190
ENG 264-7 dec (35.5 overs) Brook 87 Root 73 Crawley 50 Jacks 24 Mohammad Ali 2-64 Naseem 2-66 Mahsood 2-84
Pakistan 80-2 (20 overs) Imam ul-Haq 43 no Shakeel 24 no
Target 343
Some will say brave, others will say foolish, tomorrow will decide if it was the right call. Only 13 declarations in the history of Test Match Cricket have resulted in a loss, let's hope that Stokes isn't No.14.