MULTAN: England notched up their highest complete in 86 years due to Harry Brook‘s triple century and Joe Root‘s double ton, declaring on 823-7 earlier than Pakistan collapsed to a deadly place on the fourth day of the primary Check on Thursday.
Pakistan’s prime order did not get going within the second innings and the hosts ended day 4 on 152-6, trailing England by 115 runs because the vacationers set themselves up for a well-known win after a Herculean batting effort.
Pakistan’s Salman Agha (40) and Aamer Jamal (27) had been on the crease at stumps, with England within the driver’s seat heading into the ultimate day in Multan.
With England main by 267, Chris Woakes steamed in and took a wicket off the primary ball as a fatigued Abdullah Shafique, who had been on the sector for 150 overs, performed a drained shot because the quick bowler rattled his off stump.
Gus Atkinson then obtained in on the act with the wickets of skipper Shan Masood and Babar Azam, whose poor type continued with the batsman not having scored a fifty in 9 Exams.
Brydon Carse additionally dismissed Saim Ayub along with his first ball when the set batter performed a poor shot for a catch earlier than the debutant cleaned up Mohammad Rizwan with a supply that nipped again in to depart Pakistan reeling at 59-5.
Saud Shakeel was caught behind off Jack Leach earlier than Agha and Jamal stitched collectively an unbeaten 70-run stand.
FOURTH-HIGHEST SCORE
Resuming on 492-3, England went previous Pakistan’s 556 to construct a useful first innings lead of 267 runs due to Brook’s 317 after Root’s 262 as they floor the drained hosts to mud on one other sizzling day.
It was the very best rating for each batsmen throughout a 454 run-partnership – the fourth-highest in Exams – on the flat observe on the Multan Cricket Stadium whereas additionally the very best partnership in England’s Check historical past.
Root finally departed lbw through the second session to at least one that stored low from Agha.
Brook, nevertheless, was notably extreme within the afternoon as he moved by way of the gears to attain the second-fastest triple ton of all time in 310 balls and he turned solely the sixth Englishman to realize the milestone.
He’s additionally England’s first triple centurion in 34 years as he punished Pakistan’s bowlers. Six bowlers conceded greater than 100 runs for less than the second time in Check historical past.
The record-breaking partnership additionally marked solely the third time two gamers scored greater than 250 in a Check innings.
MARATHON INNINGS
Brook’s marathon innings lastly ended when a miscued sweep off Ayub went straight to Masood.
Root, who eclipsed Alastair Cook dinner as England’s prime Check run-scorer on Wednesday, picked up from the place he left off and have become the primary batsman from his nation to make 20,000 worldwide runs within the morning session with a pushed boundary.
The previous captain was handed a reprieve on 186 when Azam dropped the best of catches at mid-wicket, and he made probably the most of it to succeed in his sixth double century with a single earlier than celebrating by kissing the badge on his helmet.
In reaching the milestone, Root went previous Cook dinner once more with solely Wally Hammond forward of him in England’s listing with seven double tons.
Brook then turned the most recent member of the membership to please the travelling English followers, who stayed on their toes to cheer when Root eased to his 250 with a scooped boundary in the identical over bowled by Naseem Shah.
Tv replays confirmed that the ball had struck the flap of Root’s again pad however the 33-year-old didn’t complain and went on to raised his earlier better of 254 earlier than he went shortly after lunch.
