Pakistan v England: Jack Leach strikes late blow on day three in Multan

Joe Root holds the drawback to disregard Imam-ul-Haq

England struck precocious to interruption a important Pakistan concern connected the 3rd time of the 2nd Test successful Multan.

But Jack Leach, who struggled passim the day, had Imam borderline a thrust to Joe Root astatine gaffe for 60.

Shakeel remains connected 54, the lucifer tantalisingly poised, with Pakistan 157 runs abbreviated of their people connected 198-4.

That Pakistan are adjacent successful the hunt is down to a mediocre England illness successful the greeting session.

Despite Harry Brook completing his 2nd period successful arsenic galore Tests, skipper Ben Stokes' dismissal sparked a capitulation of 5 wickets for 19 runs that near England 275 each out.

Abdullah Shafique and Mohammad Rizwan added 66 for the archetypal wicket, lone for James Anderson, Ollie Robinson and Mark Wood to nutrient a trio of magic deliveries to nonstop Pakistan to 83-3.

Imam and Shakeel dug in, leaving England successful a conflict for the triumph that would seal a bid win.

• England's trio of magic wickets successful Multan
• Reaction to time 3 of the 2nd Test

England fto Pakistan in

This contention has much beingness successful it that seemed apt astatine the commencement of the time acknowledgment to England's wastefulness and Pakistan's battling qualities.

The tourists should person been retired of sight, but the greeting illness gave Pakistan a glimmer of anticipation they clung connected to.

Despite the turning pitch, Pakistan attacked the spinners - Leach's 20 overs outgo 88. It was lone the efforts of Anderson, Robinson and Wood, who competed to vessel the astir unplayable transportation - that returned power to England.

Still, Pakistan would not buckle, overmuch to the delight of the biggest and noisiest assemblage of the lucifer truthful far.

Leach's precocious involution volition permission England feeling they are lone 1 wicket distant from breaking the location resistance, but the tourists volition besides beryllium alert that Pakistan chased 344 to bushed Sri Lanka successful Galle arsenic precocious arsenic July.

From nowhere, this bid looks to person thrown up a 2nd fascinating finale successful the abstraction of a week.

Pacemen nutrient magic earlier Pakistan defiance

Anderson did not vessel immoderate of England's 15 overs successful the greeting session, but needed lone 5 deliveries of the day to adhd to his canon of stunning dismissals.

Angling the shot in, past nipping it away, it went past the extracurricular borderline and deed disconnected stump to nonstop a bewildered Rizwan connected his mode for 30.

Then came Robinson's effort, 1 that started wide capable to person Babar Azam shouldering arms, past jagged backmost similar an off-break to vessel the location captain.

And Wood, hurling himself disconnected his feet, recovered reverse plaything astatine astir 90mph to whistle the shot betwixt Shafique's bat and pad.

Shakeel offered a pugnacious accidental to Brook astatine abbreviated limb disconnected Leach erstwhile connected four, portion Imam, batting astatine fig 5 aft having a scan connected his hamstring, burst the hands of bowler Will Jacks connected 19.

Reprieved, some left-handers expertly utilized their feet against the spin. All 3 of England's frontline pacers spent clip disconnected the field, portion skipper Stokes did not vessel astatine all.

When umpire Marais Erasmus failed to spot Imam's tickle down the limb broadside disconnected Wood and England opted against the review, it felt similar the momentum was with Pakistan, lone for Leach to conjure the melodramatic breakthrough successful fading light.

Brook shines earlier England fto it slip

How volition England acceptable Brook and Jonny Bairstow into the aforesaid broadside erstwhile the second recovers from a breached leg?

Brook has looked wholly astatine location astatine this level - helium is lone the 3rd England antheral to people 2 hundreds successful his archetypal 3 Tests.

With England 202-5 overnight and Brook connected 74, helium continued scoring down the crushed and done the limb broadside to scope 3 figures from 137 balls.

Brook added 101 with Stokes, who deed his 107th six to adjacent the Test grounds held by England manager Brendon McCullum. But, erstwhile Stokes was good caught connected the leg-side bound by Mohammad Ali disconnected the rotation of Mohammad Nawaz for 41, England's sloppy descent began.

Robinson charged and was bowled by Abrar Ahmed to springiness the leg-spinner 11 wickets successful the lucifer - lone 5 debutants person ever taken more.

Wood guided to slip, Brook holed retired connected the limb broadside and Anderson was lbw, each to leg-spinner Zahid Mahmood.