Pakistan vs England LIVE: Cricket score and first Test updates as Root and Brook help build mammoth total
Follow all the action from Multan Cricket Stadium as England and Pakistan rocket towards a draw
Joe Root has overhauled Sir Alastair Cook as England’s record run scorer in Test cricket, passing his former captain’s mark of 12,472 on day three of the series opener against Pakistan.
Root arrived in the country needing 71 to take top spot and got there in his first innings, seizing a crown he has long been destined for in typically assured fashion on the third morning in Multan.
The 33-year-old assumed the mantle with a check drive for four off Aamer Jamal, moving fifth on the all-time list in his 147th Test appearance – 14 fewer than Cook managed before his retirement in 2018.
It was a typically assured innings from the Yorkshireman and sorely needed after he came to the crease with England on 4-1 in reply to Pakistan’s bumper score of 556 but a lifeless pitch allowed the visitors to soar past their hosts’ total as Root passed 250 run and fellow Yorkshireman Harry Brook joined him in clearing 200 as the game appeared destined for a draw..
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Pakistan vs England
8.4
Chris Woakes to Babar Azam. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to mid off for no runs, mis-fielded by Woakes, fielded by Duckett.
Pakistan vs England
8.3
APPEAL! Chris Woakes to Saim Ayub. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, inside edge to square leg for 1 run, fielded by Carse, appeal made for L.B.W.
Pakistan vs England
8.2
FOUR! Chris Woakes to Saim Ayub. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, well timed in the air under control past deep backward point for 4 runs.
Pakistan vs England
8.1
Chris Woakes to Saim Ayub. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot Steer, to third man for 2 runs, fielded by Brook.
Pakistan vs England
7.6
OUT! Caught. Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood. Seaming in back of a length, wide outside off stump on the back foot working, leading edge in the air uncontrolled to short mid wicket, caught by Crawley.
Pakistan vs England
7.5
Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to mid on for no runs, fielded by Duckett.
Pakistan vs England
7.4
Gus Atkinson to Saim Ayub. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Pope.
Pakistan vs England
7.3
Gus Atkinson to Saim Ayub. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to mid on for no runs, fielded by Duckett.
Pakistan vs England
7.2
Gus Atkinson to Saim Ayub. Length ball, wide outside off stump on the back foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Crawley.
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