Multan Test’s day-3 play concludes; Pakistan need 157 more runs to win, with 6 wickets left

Multan Test’s third day’s play concluded on Sunday with Pakistan needing 157 more runs to win, with 6 wickets left!

Chasing England’s target of 355 runs at the end of the third day in the second Test, Pakistan scored 198 runs for the loss of 4 wickets.

Pakistan now needs 157 more runs to win while England needed 6 wickets.

In the match being played in Multan, the England team was bowled out for 275 runs in their second innings and thus Pakistan got a target of 355 runs to win.

Chasing a target of 355 runs, Pakistan started confidently and scored 66 runs without loss when opener Mohammad Rizwan fell to veteran fast bowler James Anderson, who was dismissed for 30 runs.

Captain Babar Azam came to the crease after the wicket-keeper batsman was dismissed but could not stay for long and fell victim to Oli Robinson for just one run.

Pakistan’s third dismissal was opener Abdullah Shafiq who was dismissed for 45 runs, he was dismissed by fast bowler Mark Wood, and the total score of the host team at that time was 83 runs.

Later, Saud Shakeel and Imam-ul-Haq put on a 108-run partnership, with Imam-ul-Haq catching Leach for an individual score of 60.

Saud Shakeel continued his brilliant batting streak in the series and scored his third half-century in the fourth innings.

At the end of the third day’s play, Pakistan scored 198 runs for the loss of 4 wickets, Saud Shakeel scored 54 runs and Faheem Ashraf scored 3 runs at the crease.

Thus, Pakistan needs 157 more runs to win with 6 wickets remaining.

Earlier today at the start of the third day’s play, Harry Brooks continued his great form in the series and turned his half-century into a century, he was dismissed for 108 runs, and he was dismissed by Zahid Mahmood.

Captain Ben Stokes was dismissed for 41 runs, he was dismissed by Mohammad Nawaz, besides Ollie Robinson for 3, Mark Wood for 6, and James Anderson for 6.

By the end of the last day’s game, the visiting team had scored 202 runs for 5 wickets and took a total lead of 281 runs, while earlier, the Pakistan team scored 202 runs with a deficit of 79 runs despite the half-centuries of Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel.

Pakistan’s Abrar Ahmed completed his 11 wickets in the debut Test by dismissing 4 players from England in the second innings.

While Zahid Mehmood dismissed 3 and Mohammad Nawaz took one wicket.

England showed a brilliant performance in the first match of the 3-Test series and defeated the hosts Pakistan by 74 runs in the last session to take a 0-1 lead in the series.

The England team is playing a Test series on Pakistani soil after 17 years before the English team toured Pakistan in 2005.