3rd Test Match PAK vs ENG: The test Series between Pakistani and England has been an impressive, exciting, and entertaining one as each of the three matches have been closely contested. The third test match of the series between England and Pakistan has entered an interesting state as both the sides have batted once.
All three results are possible. The game is still wide open as the two teams will enter the field for the third day’s play on Monday.
3rd Test Match PAK vs ENG – Toss:
Pakistan’s Captain Babar Azam finally won the toss in the series and chose the bat first.
3rd Test Match PAK vs ENG – Playing XI Teams:
England:
Ben Stokes (c), Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Foakes (wk), Rehan Ahmed, Ollie Robinson, Jack Leach, Mark Wood.
Pakistan:
Babar Azam (c), Shan Masood, Abdullah Shafique, Azhar Ali, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Salman Ali Agha, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Nauman Ali, Abrar Ahmed
3rd Test Match PAK vs ENG – As it Happened:
Pakistan’s First Innings – A below par effort on a good track.
Pakistan had started well in their first innings and looked all set for a massive first innings total but none of their batters converted the starts as the whole team got out for 304 runs. Their batters got the starts but failed to convert their starts into big scores.
Throughout their first innings, the Pakistani batters looked in control but threw their starts due to poor shot selection. Shan Masood made 30, Azhar Ali got 45, Saud Shakeel scored 23, Nauman Ali made 20 while Salman Ali Agha scored 56 runs. Pakistan’s captain top-scored with 78 runs.
Pakistan looked in control when he was batting but his wicket proved to be the turning point in the first innings. Salman Ali Agha and Babar Azam were batting together at 219/5. Babar looked in good form and could easily score his 10th Test Century.
However, poor running between the wickets meant that Babar was run out for 78. The game turned at that moment as Pakistan crawled to 304 runs in their first innings.
England’s First Innings – Harry Brook Scored a Century:
England’s first innings had a shaky start as they lost wickets at regular intervals, they lost their first wicket in the first over and were four down for 98 runs. They lost half of their side for 145 runs as Ben Stokes got run out.
However, an excellent century from Harry Brooks and gritty knock from Ben Foakes took England to 354 runs in the first innings. Thus, taking a 50-run lead over the home side. Mark Wood and Ollie Robinson also chipped in with 35 and 29 runs respectively.
Abrar Ahmed and Noman Ali took 4 wickets each.
Pakistan’s caution in the second innings:
Pakistan made 21 runs without the loss of any wickets by the end of play on day 2. The openers will resume their duties on Monday morning.
3rd Test Match PAK vs ENG – What is Test Match?
Test cricket is a form of first-class cricket played at international level between teams representing full member countries of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
A match consists of four innings (two per team) and is scheduled to last for up to five days. In the past, some Test matches had no time limit and were called Timeless Tests. The term “test match” was originally coined in 1861–62 but in a different context.
Test cricket did not become an officially recognised format until the 1890s, but many international matches since 1877 have been retrospectively awarded Test status. The first such match took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in March 1877 between teams which were then known as a Combined Australian XI and James Lillywhite’s XI, the latter a team of visiting English professionals.
Matches between Australia and England were first called “test matches” in 1892. The first definitive list of retrospective Tests was written by South Australian journalist Clarence P. Moody two years later and, by the end of the century, had gained acceptance.
There are now twelve full ICC member countries playing Test cricket. Day/night Tests were permitted by the ICC in 2012 and the first day/night match was between Australia and New Zealand at the Adelaide Oval in November 2015.
