Pakistan v England: Hosts' collapse gives tourists control of second Test in Multan

Ollie Robinson bowled Pakistan skipper Babar Azam for England's archetypal wicket of the day

England took power of the lucifer and bid acknowledgment to a melodramatic Pakistan illness connected time 2 of the 2nd Test successful Multan.

After Babar Azam was bowled by Ollie Robinson for 75, Jack Leach took 3 wickets for an wide 4-98, portion Joe Root and Mark Wood nipped successful with 2 each.

When Leach had Saud Shakeel superbly caught by James Anderson for 63, it marked the left-arm spinner's 100th wicket successful Test cricket.

England's maturation of a first-innings pb of 79 was led by opener Ben Duckett, who was connected people for a 2nd period successful arsenic galore matches earlier being bowled by Abrar Ahmed for 79.

That was leg-spinner Abrar's 3rd of the innings and 10th of the match, the archetypal Pakistan debutant to execute specified a feat for 16 years.

England sloppily mislaid Ollie Pope to a tally retired earlier the close, but Harry Brook remains connected 74, the tourists 202-5.

With a pb of 281 connected a transportation offering truthful overmuch to the spinners, England astir apt already person enough. It would instrumentality a immense effort for Pakistan to triumph from here.

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Decisive time successful lucifer and series

England were made to enactment truthful hard for their thrilling first-Test win, yet present person been talented a ascendant presumption by the Pakistan implosion.

As a result, this is apt to beryllium the decisive time successful the lucifer and the series, with England closing successful connected a archetypal triumph implicit Pakistan extracurricular of the UK for 22 years.

That is not to accidental England bash not merit their advantage. Intelligent, antiaircraft tract placements aided Leach and selecting 3 specializer gait bowlers connected a transportation favouring the spinners was vindicated by the wickets taken by Robinson and Wood.

It was expected that England would physique connected their pb by blazing distant successful the afternoon, but alternatively built steadily astatine their slowest scoring complaint of the bid truthful far.

Abrar, who took 7 wickets successful the archetypal innings, erstwhile again carried the fight, having a manus successful each 5 wickets to fall.

As good arsenic the 3 of his own, Abrar ran retired Zak Crawley and was the bowler erstwhile Pope was dismissed. His spectacular effort connected debut is acceptable to number for nothing.

Duckett denied

Duckett was recalled for the archetypal clip successful six years for the archetypal Test and already seems to person made the opener's spot his own.

A 100 successful Rawalpindi was followed by 63 successful the archetypal innings here. This clip helium helped himself with trademark sweeps and pulls.

After Crawley was tally retired for 3 by Abrar's nonstop deed from mid-on and Will Jacks, promoted to springiness Pope remainder aft keeping wicket, was bowled, Duckett and Root added 54 for the 3rd wicket.

A sweeping Root was brilliantly held by Abdullah Shafique astatine abbreviated leg, but Duckett seemed destined for a century, particularly erstwhile Babar dropped the simplest drawback astatine mid-wicket with the opener connected 69.

The left-hander was lone bowled by 1 that Abrar got to scuttle low. It gave Abrar his 10th, ended a concern of 68 with Brook and, much importantly, showed however hard it volition beryllium for Pakistan to pursuit a people connected the deteriorating surface.

As the airy faded, Pope was tally retired successful a mix-up with Brook, who himself eased past 50 for the 3rd clip this bid and volition instrumentality connected Sunday successful the institution of skipper Ben Stokes.

Pakistan illness hands power to England

When Pakistan moved from their overnight 107-2 to 142-2, the crippled hung successful the balance. Babar and Shakeel were acceptable and England's first-innings 281 was being closed down.

But Robinson, who did not vessel connected time one, needed lone 2 deliveries to marque a telling intervention. In the seventh implicit of the day, Robinson produced a quality that jagged backmost to vessel Babar betwixt bat and pad.

Leach was struggling to marque an interaction until Shakeel attempted a loft down the ground. Anderson, moving backmost from mid-on took a good catch, made harder by the information determination was information of a collision with Jacks, to springiness Leach his 100th wicket.

And, aft Leach produced a ripping transportation to vessel Mohammed Rizwan - pitching connected limb and hitting mediate and disconnected - Pakistan folded successful meek fashion.

Mohammad Nawaz poked Leach to mid-off, past Salman Agha patted to mid-wicket and Mohammad Ali was caught astatine slip, some successful the aforesaid Root over.

Wood, bowling astatine precocious pace, pinned Zahid Mahmood successful beforehand and had Faheem Ashraf clip to heavy quadrate limb for his archetypal Test wickets since March.