Adil Rashid deserves some limelight for his five wickets in Pakistan’s second innings but the England captain deserves more than a dab of compliment for sweating it out for his 263Only in the aftermath of the match is it really possible to appreciate the contribution that Alastair Cook made to England’s cause.
After the light closed in and the match was drawn with them tantalisingly close to an unexpected victory against Pakistan it was Adil Rashid who took the plaudits of the day and quite just too. His recovery from what might maintain been a traumatic experience was outstanding,a credit to his strength of mind and to his captain, colleagues and backroom staff who helped him through it. The experience might maintain broken him. Instead it has made him, or the only bowler in Test history to concede a hundred wicketless runs or more in his debut innings and return a five-wicket analysis in the second. Any doubts about his temperament or skill levels,not least from this quarter, were dispelled. He upped his pace but kept control and spun the ball tough, and achieving the in-dip that opens a just-handed batsman up before ripping the ball across the bows.
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Source: theguardian.com