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
40.1
Abrar Ahmed to Ben Duckett. Leg spinner length ball, down leg side on the front foot working, to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Afridi.
Pakistan vs England
39.6
Salman Ali Agha to Ben Duckett. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Ahmed.
Pakistan vs England
39.5
FOUR! Salman Ali Agha to Ben Duckett. Off break half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, outside edge in the air uncontrolled past third man for 4 runs.
Pakistan vs England
39.4
FOUR! Salman Ali Agha to Ben Duckett. Off break length ball, wide outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed past deep extra cover for 4 runs.
Pakistan vs England
39.3
Salman Ali Agha to Joe Root. Off break length ball, down leg side on the back foot working, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Ahmed.
Pakistan vs England
39.2
Salman Ali Agha to Joe Root. Off break length ball, middle stump on the back foot driving, to deep point for 2 runs, fielded by Shafique.
Pakistan vs England
39.1
Salman Ali Agha to Joe Root. Off break length ball, down leg side on the front foot reverse sweeping, bottom edge to square leg for no runs, fielded by Shafique.
Pakistan vs England
38.6
Aamir Jamal to Ben Duckett. Length ball, off stump on the front foot glancing, Play and Miss (Leg Side) for no runs, fielded by Rizwan.
Pakistan vs England
38.5
Aamir Jamal to Ben Duckett. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot cutting, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Shakeel.
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