LAHORE: The third and decisive Test between Pakistan and England is scheduled in Rawalpindi from October 24, for which both teams will leave for Pindi from Multan tonight.
According to the sources, a plan has been made for the departure of England and Pakistan players by a chartered flight at eight o’clock in the night.
After camping in Pindi tonight, both teams will rest on Sunday, with their training sessions scheduled from Monday.
Like Multan, Rawalpindi is also preparing a pitch to help spinners. The visiting team has an advantage over the Pakistani team at Kopindi Stadium. The last Test between Pakistan and England was played here on December 1-5, 2022, in which Ben Stokes’ XI won by seventy-four runs.
Pakistan had entered the field with pacers Naseem Shah, Muhammad Ali, Haris Rauf, spinners Zahid Mahmood, Salman Agha and Saud Shakeel did the duties. England won the toss and batted first to score 657 in the first innings, which included four centuries.
Openers Ben Duckett and Zach Crowley gave a stand of two hundred and thirty-three runs, Ben Duckett scored one hundred and seven runs while Zach Crowley played an innings of one hundred and twenty-two runs. Ollie Pope was heavy on the Pakistani bowlers with one hundred and eight runs. Harry Brooke scored one hundred. Chun played an important role in making his team’s position more stable by scoring runs.
On behalf of Pakistan, Zahid Mahmood took four wickets, Naseem Shah took three wickets, Muhammad Ali took two wickets while Haris Rauf took one wicket. In reply, Babar Azam XI managed to score 589 runs. Abdullah Shafiq was outstanding with 114, Imamul Haq 121, Babar Azam 136. Val Jacques took six catches.
In the second over, England declared the innings at two hundred and sixty for the loss of seven wickets. In response, the Pakistani team scored 268 runs in the target of 343 runs. Saud Shakeel scored 77 runs, Imamul Haque scored 48 runs, Muhammad Rizwan scored 46 runs. can be done
