England Vs Pakistan: Zak Crawley puts ‘em on track

Zak Crawley scored his lass Test century after Pakistan saw off England captain Joe Root (29) on a opening day of a array culmination here on Friday. At a time of going to press, England were 188-4 in a post-tea event after winning a toss on a stormy and increasingly balmy morning. Crawley was 101 not out and Jos Buttler 24 not out, with a span carrying common an consecutive mount of 61 runs.

Yasir Shah had tea total of 2-60 from 19 overs—a excellent lapse for a leg-spinner on a initial day of a Test. England, 1-0 adult in a three-match contest, need to equivocate better if they are to win their initial array opposite Pakistan in 10 years.

Early setback

They suffered an early reversal when Rory Burns nicked a full-length round from associate left-hander Shaheen Afridi that changed divided late, with Shan Masood holding a good low locate during fourth slip. Burns stood his belligerent though replays reliable it was a satisfactory locate and he was out for six, a Surrey batsman now averaging a squalid 5 from 4 innings in a tough array for openers. Crawley, uninformed from his 53 in a second innings of a drawn and second Test during Southampton, a compare injured by bad weather, cut Yasir for 4 and glanced quick bowler Naseem Shah for another boundary.

England mislay review

But a second-wicket mount value of 61 finished when Dom Sibley, going down a representation to Yasir, was given out lbw for 22 following an ardent appeal. Sibley reviewed but, once again this season, a preference by referee Michael Gough was upheld, with tracking record indicating a round would have strike center stump.

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