Pakistan has made a comeback in the third Test. By the end of the third day's play in Rawalpindi, England had scored 24 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in the second innings. Saeed Shakeel, Noman Ali and Sajid Khan have taken Pakistan out of a tough situation and put it in a strong position. So far Noman has taken 2 wickets and Sajid 1 in the second innings from Pakistan.
Pakistan scored 344 runs in the first innings. Saeed Shakeel played a brilliant innings of 134 runs off 233 balls. Noman Ali played an innings of 45 runs and Sajid Khan played an unbeaten innings of 48 runs. Noman took 11 wickets in both innings and Sajid Khan took 9 wickets in the first Test.
Rehan Ahmed took 4 wickets for 66 runs in 17.4 overs.
Saeed Shakeel's Century On the second day of the match, Pakistan captain Shan Masood could only add 3 runs to his yesterday's score and was dismissed for 26 runs. After this, Saeed Shakeel and wicketkeeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan took over the innings. Both of them added 52 runs for the fifth wicket. Earlier, Shan Masood and Shakeel had added 53 runs together.
Saeed Shakeel batted brilliantly and scored a century. He played an innings of 134 runs. Shakeel hit 5 fours in the innings.
Shakeel shared a fifty partnership with Noman Ali and Sajid Khan for the last 2 wickets. He shared a 151-ball 88-run partnership for the eighth wicket with Noman. After this he added 72 runs for the ninth wicket with Sajid Khan.
Earlier, spinner Rehan Ahmed dismissed Mohammad Rizwan for 25 runs to break the partnership. Rehan Ahmed took his second and third wickets by dismissing Salman Agha for 1 and Amer Jamal for 3. Rehan took a total of 4 wickets.
Saeed Shakeel played an innings of 134 runs.
First day's game… On the first day of the third Test match between England and Pakistan being played in Rawalpindi, Pakistan bowled out England for 267 runs. Sajid Khan took 6 wickets and Noman Ali took 3 wickets for the team.
Wicketkeeper batsman Jamie Smith scored the highest 89 runs from England. Apart from that, Ben Duckett played an innings of 52 runs. Gus Atkinson contributed 39 runs.
On Thursday, Pakistan scored 73 runs for the loss of 3 wickets at stumps in the first innings. Captain Shan Masood is unbeaten on 14 runs and Kamran Ghulam on 3 runs. Currently the team is 194 runs behind England. Jack Leach, Atkinson and Bashir took 1 wicket each.
Sajid Khan dismissed 6 England batsmen.
England failed after a good start After winning the toss and batting first, England openers Jack Crowley and Ben Duckett gave the team a great start. Both added 56 runs together. Left arm spinner Noman Ali had Crowley caught by Sam Ayub for 29 runs. After this, spinner Sajid Khan took 6 wickets. He dismissed Ollie Pope for 3, Joe Root and Harry Brooke for 5 runs.
Batting from one side, Duckett scored a brilliant fifty. He played an innings of 52 runs off 84 balls. Duckett hit 4 fours and 1 six in his innings. Noman Ali bowled him out LBW.
Jamie Smith's Fifty After the dismissal of England opener Ben Duckett, wicketkeeper batsman Jamie Smith played an innings of 89 runs. He added 105 runs with Atkinson. Jamie hit 6 sixes and 5 fours in an innings of 89 runs. He was dismissed by Sajid Khan.
Jamie Smith scored the highest 89 runs from England.
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