2nd Test, Multan, October 15, 2024, 10:30 AM
Pakistan
178/4(61.4ov)
England
Day 1: Session 3 - PAK opted to bat
PAK 59%
Tie 14%
ENG 27%
61.4
.
No run.
61.3
.
No run.
61.2
.
Potts digs it in short but the line is down leg, Kamran gets inside the line and lets it go.
61.1
.
Hard length, on the off stump line, Ghulam stabs it on the pitch.
In over# 61
0
0W
0
0
1nb
0
0
Brydon Carse 6/1(6)
60.6
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Back of a length, outside off from over the stumps, Mohammad Rizwan rides on the bounce and dabs it to point. A successful over for England.
Mohammad Rizwan comes in at number 6.
OUT! EDGED AND TAKEN! Excellent catch that by Jamie Smith! Brydon Carse stays around the wickets, but changes the line of attack. This time, he lands it on the back of a length and gets a bit of extra bounce on it around the off stump. It nips and zips away from the pitch but the batter plays for the ball angling into him. Shakeel hangs his bat away from the body with no footwork and hence a healthy outside edge is found. The ball flies off the edge and Jamie Smith takes a very sharp grab behind the stumps. Saud Shakeel departs on 4 (14) and most probably, the blow he took on the body a few deliveries back, unsettled him. Pakistan are 178/4.
60.5
W
OUT! EDGED AND TAKEN! Excellent catch that by Jamie Smith! Brydon Carse stays around the wickets, but changes the line of attack. This time, he lands it on the back of a length and gets a bit of extra bounce on it around the off stump. It nips and zips away from the pitch but the batter plays for the ball angling into him. Shakeel hangs his bat away from the body with no footwork and hence a healthy outside edge is found. The ball flies off the edge and Jamie Smith takes a very sharp grab behind the stumps. Saud Shakeel departs on 4 (14) and most probably, the blow he took on the body a few deliveries back, unsettled him. Pakistan are 178/4.
60.4
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Sliding down leg, on a length, Saud Shakeel misses to flick it away and the keeper collects it by diving to his right. Brydon Carse too, tumbles on the ground after delivering the ball.
60.3
.
Back of a length, outside the off stump shaping in. Shakeel leaves it alone to the keeper.
60.3
1nb
Banged into the surface, angling into the batter, Shakeel takes his eyes off the ball and wears that on the body. It has been called a No Ball as Brydon Carse has overstepped.
60.2
.
A sharp bouncer, angling on the bodyline, Saud Shakeel arches back, and gets on the toes and guides it straight to point.
60.1
.
Length, around off, Saud Shakeel defends it solidly off the back foot.
In over# 60
0
0
0
0
4
0
Matthew Potts 26/1(11)
59.6
.
Length ball, on middle and leg, Ghulam dabs it down to mid on.
59.5
.
Shade around off, on a hard length, Ghulam gets squared up and fends it to point.
59.4
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Zipping through the outside off on a full length, Kamran Ghulam leaves.
59.3
.
Fuller and tailing into the leg stump. Ghulam nearly falls over as he digs it out to short mid on.
59.2
4
FOUR! Good shot! Didn't time it well but has enough power to race away! Potts bowls it on a fractionally fuller length, outside off, Kamran Ghulam dances down the pitch of the ball, flat-bats it and finds the gap between the bowler and the short mid off fielder. Matthew Potts stretches out his left hand to make the stop but it evades and runs through to the fence. Ben Duckett from short mid off gives it a long chase but the ball wins the race eventually.