England openers depart cheaply as side need 261 to win
England fielder Ben Duckett jumps to catch Pakistan batter Sajid Khan on the boundary edge but fails to keep control during day three of the second Test match at Multan Cricket Stadium. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty ImagesFor all the chaos that preceded this game Pakistan find themselves in control.
Anthony Barry: The studious tactician whose rapid rise continues as he joins Thomas Tuchel in England dugoutQueering the pitch: How two gay men bought a Rugby League team in a northern England townThey will feel that an achievable target was within their grasp, but it slipped through their fingers along with the two straightforward catches that would have sent Agha Salman back to the dressingroom for a single-figure score.
Pakistan bowler Sajid Khan celebrates after taking the wicket of England opener Ben Duckett in the first over of the second innings during day three of the second Test at Multan Cricket Stadium. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images Pakistan’s second innings started with spin, and pressure, at both ends, and with their traditional flimsy opening partnership. Abdullah Shafique had scored four, and his team nine, when he got the thinnest of edges to a Bashir delivery as it headed down the leg side, picked up by UltraEdge on review. At least he and Saim Ayub had lifted their average as an opening pair, after 10 innings now, to 4.7.
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