Abdul Jabbar Faisal
RAWALPINDI: Zak Crawley 91 not out and Ben Duckett 77 not out disarmed the local pace battery, as England reached 174 runs in 27 overs at lunch break here at Pindi Cricket Stadium on Thursday.
Earlier, in the morning English skipper Ben Stoke won the coin’s battle and decided to bat first at a dry pitch of Pindi ground. Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett showed full aggression and plundered 174 runs in just 27 overs. Both batters hit excellent strokes and were on the wicket with 91 and 77 runs respectively hit 17 and 11 boundaries too.
Pakistan (Playing XIs):
Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (vice-captain & WK), Abdullah Shafique, Azhar Ali, Haris Rauf, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Ali, Naseem Shah, Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel, Zahid Mehmood
England (Playing XIs):
Ben Stokes (c), Joe Root, James Anderson, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Jack Leach, Liam Livingstone, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson
Schedule of Tests:
1-5 December – 1st Test, Rawalpindi
9-13 December – 2nd Test, Multan
17-21 December – 3rd Test, Karachi
