Spinners Noman Ali and Sajid Khan suppressed England’s batting attack inside three days and earned Pakistan a long-awaited and series-clinching nine-wicket win in the third and final test on Saturday. Left-arm spinner Ali and off-spinner Khan had grabbed all 20 wickets on a deteriorating Second Test pitch to level the series last week and yet again clipped the batters on an engineered dry surface by sharing 19 wickets as England was dismissed for 112 on Day 3. Follow the scores and ball-by-ball commentary of the third-day action of the third Test match between England and Pakistan, right here. (Day 2 Highlights | Streaming)
What Happened On Day 2
Pakistan were struggling at one time during their batting but Saud Shakeel managed to hit a fighting ton to take them back into the game. The spin duo of Noman Ali and Sajid Khan batted well down the order and made 45 and 48 not out respectively. Then they hunted in the pair and struck three early wickets of England as well.
PAK Vs ENG, 3rd Test - Playing XIs
Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Shan Masood (c), Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Agha Salman, Aamer Jamal, Noman Ali, Sajid Khan, Zahid Mahmood
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England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Gus Atkinson, Rehan Ahmed, Jack Leach, Shoaib Bashir
