Pakistan vs England LIVE: Cricket score and first Test updates as Root and Brook help build mammoth total
Follow all the action from Multan Cricket Stadium as England and Pakistan rocket towards a draw
Joe Root has overhauled Sir Alastair Cook as England’s record run scorer in Test cricket, passing his former captain’s mark of 12,472 on day three of the series opener against Pakistan.
Root arrived in the country needing 71 to take top spot and got there in his first innings, seizing a crown he has long been destined for in typically assured fashion on the third morning in Multan.
The 33-year-old assumed the mantle with a check drive for four off Aamer Jamal, moving fifth on the all-time list in his 147th Test appearance – 14 fewer than Cook managed before his retirement in 2018.
It was a typically assured innings from the Yorkshireman and sorely needed after he came to the crease with England on 4-1 in reply to Pakistan’s bumper score of 556 but a lifeless pitch allowed the visitors to soar past their hosts’ total as Root passed 250 run and fellow Yorkshireman Harry Brook joined him in clearing 200 as the game appeared destined for a draw..
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Pakistan vs England
134.1
Jack Leach to Salman Ali Agha. Stock length ball, off stump on the front foot reverse sweeping, hit body to silly point for no runs, fielded by Smith.
Pakistan vs England
133.6
Shoaib Bashir to Salman Ali Agha. Off break length ball, down leg side on the front foot working, to backward square leg for 1 run, shy attempt by Duckett, fielded by Smith.
Pakistan vs England
133.5
FOUR! Shoaib Bashir to Salman Ali Agha. Off break half volley, middle stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control past long off for 4 runs.
Pakistan vs England
133.4
Shoaib Bashir to Salman Ali Agha. Off break length ball, wide down leg side on the front foot reverse sweeping, missed for no runs, fielded by Smith.
Pakistan vs England
133.3
FOUR! Shoaib Bashir to Salman Ali Agha. Off break length ball, down leg side on the front foot reverse sweeping, well timed in the air under control past deep point for 4 runs.
Pakistan vs England
133.2
Shoaib Bashir to Salman Ali Agha. Off break length ball, wide down leg side on the front foot Leave, Left for no runs, fielded by Smith.
Pakistan vs England
133.1
Shoaib Bashir to Salman Ali Agha. Off break length ball, down leg side down the track driving, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to mid off for 2 runs, fielded by Carse.
Pakistan vs England
132.6
Jack Leach to Salman Ali Agha. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to point for 1 run, fielded by Atkinson.
Pakistan vs England
132.5
Jack Leach to Salman Ali Agha. Stock length ball, off stump on the front foot pushing, thick edge to third man for 2 runs, fielded by Atkinson.
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