In the third and decisive match, England won the toss and opted to ban.
3rd Test Pak vs Eng Live (Aaj Samaj), Sports Desk: In the third and decisive match of the ongoing three-Test series against Pakistan, the England team won the toss and decided to bat first. However, England’s opening batsmen gave the team a firm start. Jake Corvey and Ben Dockett added 51 runs for the first wicket. In this sense, Pakistani player Noman Ali gave the first blow to England and showed Jake Carraway the way to the pavilion. After this, England’s middle order appeared under pressure and second spinner Sajid Khan soon showed the way to the pavilion to Ollie Pope and Joe Root. Ollie Pope could only score 3 runs while Root could only score 5 runs. In this way, the team lost three wickets for 80 runs in 21 overs.
The series is head to head.
This series of three Test matches is tied at one apiece. The first test match played in Multan was won by the English team by a huge margin. While in the second test match, Pakistan team bounced back and recorded an easy victory over England. In the second Test match, England’s strong batting order seemed helpless against Pakistan’s bowlers.
Pakistani team in the third test match
Saeem Ayub, Abdullah Shafiq, Shan Masood (captain), Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (goalkeeper), Agha Salman, Aamer Jamal, Noman Ali, Sajid Khan, Zahid Mahmood.
England team in the third test match
Jack Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Gus Atkinson, Rehan Ahmed, Jack Leach, Shoaib Bashir.
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