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Came to bat at a trail of 267 runs, Pakistan lost Abdullah Shafiq (14), Saim Ayub (19) and Kamran Ghulam (3) early. Shan Masood, the skipper, saw the dismissals at the other end which will help him come out tomorrow with better planning.
Shan and Saud Shakeel, both on 16, remained not out at stumps on the opening day. Jack Leach, Gus Atkinson, and Shoaib Bashir took a wicket each for England.
Earlier, Jamie Smith played a solid knock under pressure to take out England from immense pressure before tea.
England, who were reduced 118-6 right after lunch, saw Smith and Atkinson partnering strongly to score 107 runs together at the seventh wicket partnership. The two batters took charge of Pakistani spinners who were roaring at one stage, taking all six wickets initially.
Just before the tea, Pakistan managed to break the partnership with Noman and Zahid taking two back-to-back wickets. Atkinson, who played a patient knock of 39 runs off 71 balls, gave a straight catch to Noman who took his third of this innings. Zahid, who went for plenty of runs, managed to trap Smith on a flighted delivery. Smith fell in nervous nineties, contributing 91 crucial runs to the visitors’ total.
Noman and Sajid shared seven wickets whereas Zahid bagged one wicket as Pakistan walked off for tea with some ease.
Previously, Sajid took no time after lunch to take the wicket of England’s skipper Ben Stokes as the hosts were forced to struggle at 120-6 on day 1 of the third Test here at Pindi Cricket Stadium.
Sajid alongside left-arm spin partner Noman Ali didn’t give any space to England batters after getting their first wicket on 56.
