- BATSMENRB4s6sSR7.3 Splat! Leach strikes with a beauty! Perfection from the left-armer, round the wicket again, finding the ideal drift and drop before straightening the ball from an off-stump line, into the top of that self-same stump, past a half-formed defensive push. Pakistan's opening stand is over! 15/155.6 oh gone! Ayub pops one straight to short mid-off! Stokes throws the ball in the air in celebration, he's managed to conjure a wicket just before the break. Potts is the beneficiary, plugging away outside off, and after almost four hours without putting a foot wrong, Ayub fails to stay over the ball and simply pushes it straight into the hands of the fielder 168/39.4 flicked in the air, Crawley scoops it up at short midwicket! Stokes' attacking field pays dividends again, but that's a poor shot, hard-handed from Masood. It didn't really turn, he just went too firmly at the angle into his pads, and the man was waiting to snap the trap shut, with a well-judged swoop! 19/284.2 bowled 'im! Ghulam won't make it to the close. A top innings from the debutant comes to an end as he runs down the pitch at Bashir. He ends up playing inside the line, the ball just tickling off the leg bail - would have been stumped by a distance had it gone straight into the keeper's gloves. The spectators in the ground rise to applaud Ghulam, as do his team-mates in the dressing room. A fine, fine effort from the new boy 243/560.5 fuller length, finds the edge, sharp take from Smith! Carse has the wicket, 140kph is some effort on this pitch, and it's the extra bounce that does for Saud. Just pushing a touch too hard outside his eyeline. Smith had to reach behind him to complete the take to his left, that properly zipped through! 178/4Extras8 (b 4, lb 3, nb 1)TOTAL259/5 (90 Overs, RR: 2.87)Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Abdullah Shafique, 7.3 ov), 2-19 (Shan Masood, 9.4 ov), 3-168 (Saim Ayub, 55.6 ov), 4-178 (Saud Shakeel, 60.5 ov), 5-243 (Kamran Ghulam, 84.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MJ Potts 17 6 36 1 2.11 0 0 BA Carse 11 5 14 1 1.27 0 1 MJ Leach 28 1 92 2 3.28 0 0 Shoaib Bashir 23 1 66 1 2.86 0 0 JE Root 6 0 24 0 4.00 0 0 BA Stokes 5 0 20 0 4.00 0 0 England Team Zak Crawley Ben Duckett Ollie Pope Joe Root Harry Brook Ben Stokes (c) Allrounder Jamie Smith † Wicketkeeper Brydon Carse Allrounder Matthew Potts Bowler Jack Leach Bowler Shoaib Bashir Bowler
Current Run Rate
CRR
2.87
Last 10 Ov (Run Rate)
Last 10 Ov (RR)
24/1 (2.4)
Current Run Rate
CRR
2.87
Last 10 Ov (Run Rate)
Last 10 Ov (RR)
24/1 (2.4)
Match Details
Toss
Pakistan , elected to bat first
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10.00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days
15,16,17,18,19 October 2024 (5-day match)
Test debut
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Close of Play
- day 1 - Pakistan 1st innings 259/5 (Mohammad Rizwan 37*, Agha Salman 5*, 90 ov)
Match Notes
- Drinks: Pakistan - 42/2 in 15.0 overs (Saim Ayub 22, Kamran Ghulam 10)
- Pakistan: 50 runs in 19.2 overs (116 balls), Extras 0
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 85 balls (Saim Ayub 26, Kamran Ghulam 24, Ex 0)
- Lunch: Pakistan - 79/2 in 29.0 overs (Saim Ayub 40, Kamran Ghulam 29)
- Saim Ayub: 50 off 97 balls (3 x 4)
- Pakistan: 100 runs in 37.6 overs (228 balls), Extras 0
- Kamran Ghulam: 50 off 104 balls (2 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 206 balls (Saim Ayub 48, Kamran Ghulam 52, Ex 1)
- Drinks: Pakistan - 131/2 in 47.0 overs (Saim Ayub 57, Kamran Ghulam 59)
- Pakistan: 150 runs in 50.4 overs (304 balls), Extras 5
- Tea: Pakistan - 173/3 in 57.0 overs (Kamran Ghulam 75, Saud Shakeel 4)
- Pakistan: 200 runs in 68.4 overs (413 balls), Extras 8
- Drinks: Pakistan - 208/4 in 73.0 overs (Kamran Ghulam 97, Mohammad Rizwan 12)
- Kamran Ghulam: 100 off 192 balls (9 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Over 78.1: Review by England (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - Mohammad Rizwan (Struck down)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 108 balls (Kamran Ghulam 24, Mohammad Rizwan 26, Ex 0)
- Second New ball taken at 80.1 overs
- Pakistan: 250 runs in 86.1 overs (518 balls), Extras 8
- End Of Day: Pakistan - 259/5 in 90.0 overs (Mohammad Rizwan 37, Agha Salman 5)
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