Pakistan v England: Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq dig in in Rawalpindi

Abdullah Shafique is connected people for a 3rd 100 successful lone his eighth Test

England's record-breakers were shown conscionable however hard it volition beryllium to triumph the archetypal Test arsenic Pakistan dug successful connected time 2 successful Rawalpindi.

Harry Brook yet fell for 153, astatine 1 signifier taking an implicit from Zahid Mahmood for 27, besides an England Test record.

On apical of that, the 398 runs added successful bound fours and sixes was the astir England person ever scored successful a Test innings.

However, for arsenic overmuch arsenic England's batters enjoyed the flattest of pitches, their bowlers were repelled by Pakistan openers determined to marque the astir of the conditions.

Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq took the location broadside to 181-0, inactive a monolithic 476 behind.

Imam, unbeaten connected 90, was dropped connected 11, portion Shafique was fortunate not to beryllium caught down the limb broadside disconnected James Anderson connected his mode to 89 not out.

A back-breaking play for England lies ahead.

Victory task revealed to England

After the pyrotechnics of the archetypal 4 sessions of this match, the bulk of time 2 was played astatine the accepted gait of Test cricket.

England volition person been good alert conscionable however bully the transportation is for batting, but their clip successful the tract showed the effort needed to instrumentality 20 wickets required for victory.

Ben Stokes' broadside tried everything, including a spell of bouncers from the skipper himself. Liam Livingstone spent clip disconnected the tract and did not bowl.

In the tourists' favour is however rapidly they scored their runs - determination is plentifulness of clip to unit victory. Even if Pakistan bat each time connected Saturday, they volition inactive beryllium immoderate region behind.

The Pakistan revival gave beingness to the location fans connected a time erstwhile luncheon was extended for Friday prayers. Not lone was each tally cheered with enthusiasm, but determination were besides chants of "welcome England" successful their archetypal Test successful the state for 17 years.

Those chants gave mode to "Pakistan volition win". Unlikely, but the benign conditions mean redeeming the lucifer is not retired of the question.

Shafique and Imam excavation in

Whereas England bristled with intent, Shafique and Imam settled for subject and patience, punctuated by the occasional amusement of aggression.

Shafique, 23, is an outstanding prospect, averaging 67 successful 7 erstwhile Tests. He played beauteous screen drives, portion the left-handed Imam was happier to musculus the shot done the limb side.

Both needed moments of fortune, which could beryllium to beryllium crucial.

Imam's faint borderline disconnected spinner Jack Leach was enactment down by Ollie Pope, lasting successful down the stumps aft regular keeper Ben Foakes was ruled retired done illness.

Pope did good to stitchery a Shafique mitt down the limb broadside disconnected Anderson, but replays showed the shot to person bounced, past successful the adjacent implicit Shafique firmly turned Leach into the tummy of short-leg sub fielder Keaton Jennings, who had small accidental of clinging on.

Both accelerated precocious successful the time arsenic England began to tire. With the airy fading and the satellite rising, the tourists would person been pleased for the accidental to get disconnected the tract and regroup.

England propulsion connected for much records

Even if England failed to interaction their first-day heights, they inactive scored 151 runs successful 26 overs connected Friday morning, albeit whilst losing six wickets.

Whereas Thursday's batting was controlled aggression, Friday was often everything-must-go, an intent signalled erstwhile Stokes deed his archetypal shot of the time backmost implicit Naseem Shah's caput for six.

Stokes was bowled 2 balls aboriginal for 41 from 18 balls and Livingstone deed a six earlier holing retired for nine, leaving Brook to transportation the attack.

In his 101 connected time one, Brook took 24 from 1 Mahmood over. This time, 2 sixes, 3 fours and a 3 made it the joint-fifth astir costly implicit successful Test history. The Brook battle contributed to leg-spinner Mahmood returning 4-235, the astir costly figures ever by a Test debutant.

After Brook was caught astatine heavy quadrate limb disconnected Naseem, a basal of 65 betwixt Jacks and Ollie Robinson carried England past 600.

By the clip past antheral Anderson top-edged a expanse disconnected Mahmood, England had their fifth-highest full of each time.