Pakistani batters piled on more misery on England bowlers during day 2 of the 1st Test in Multan. There was a controversy which erupted during the post-lunch session involving Salman Agha. The incident happened in the 3rd ball off the 117th over of the innings as the batter went for a huge shot against Jack Leach.
Salman Agha looked as if he had mistimed the ball as it was making its way towards the boundary. The power in the shot was what helped the ball sail past the ropes. Chris Woakes who fielding at the long-off region took the catch and threw the ball back into the field of play.
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England’s seamer made it back in time to take the catch. Even the Pakistani batter looked like he was going back to the hut as he felt he was out. That’s when the third umpire was called for as Naseer Hussain on commentary said the benefit will be given to the batter. Once the replays came on, it was seen that Woakes had some part of his foot beyond the boundary while throwing the ball back into play.
Pakistan coast past 500 runs to outplay England
Starting the day at 4 wickets down, overnight batters Saud Shakeel and Naseem Shah frustrated the visitors. The pair added 64 runs for the 5th wicket in 127 balls before Naseem became the 1st wicket of the day. Brydon Carse got his 1st wicket in Test cricket as he had Naseem Shah caught by Harry Brook for 33.
Jack Leach then got England their 2nd wicket of the day when he had the key scalp of Mohammad Rizwan. Pakistani wicketkeeper was out for a duck as he gave Chris Woakes a simple catch.
57 runs were added for the 7th wicket between Saud Shakeel and Agha Salman. The pair mixed caution with aggression as they kept the scoreboard ticking. Shoaib Bashir did the job for England when he had Saud Shakeel edging to Joe Root for 82 runs. The knock came off 177 balls with 8 hits to the fence.
At the time of writing, the home team had scored 508/8 from 136 overs with Agha Salman batting on 77 off 88 balls. Shaheen Afridi was keeping him company as he was batting on 8 runs. Pakistan had got an early advantage thanks to centuries skipper Shan Masood and opener Abdullah Shafique on the opening day of the game on Monday.
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