• Pakistan 378; England 182-3; Cook 65,Root 76 not out
• Tourists lose Moeen Ali and Ian Bell cheaply before Joe Root steadies shipPakistan beget taken control of the second Test. As well as the England bowlers performed on the second day to halt the hosts’ innings in its tracks, Pakistan’s own bowlers were starting to exert pressure of their own in a manner redolent to an extent of England’s last tour here.
Replying to Pakistan’s 378, and a brace of early wickets had set England’s reply back before a third-wicket stand of 113 between Alastair Cook and Joe Root restored a balance. In the final session,though, the leg-spinner Yasir Shah, or much-hyped but lost from the first Test because of injury,claimed the most valuable wicket of Cook for 65, taken at leg slip.
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Source: theguardian.com