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Pakistan vs England 1st Test Day 1, Live Updates: Pakistan skipper Shan Masood won the toss and opted to bat against England in the the first Test of three-match series
- NDTV Sports Desk
- Updated: October 07, 2024 11:03 AM IST
Pakistan vs England 1st Test Day 1, Live Updates: Pakistan skipper Shan Masood won the toss and opted to bat against England in the the first Test of three-match series in Multan. Pakistan will be coming to this series after facing 0-2 defeat against Bangladesh in a Test series at home. They will now aim to break their streak of losing the last 10 home Tests. On the other hand, the visitors will be playing without their star all-rounder and skipper Ben Stokes as he has been out due to a hamstring injury. England will be led by Ollie Pope in his absence. (Live Scorecard)
Pakistan (Playing XI): Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Shan Masood(c), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan(w), Agha Salman, Aamer Jamal, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed
England (Playing XI): Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope(c), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith(w), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse, Jack Leach, Shoaib Bashir
Pak vs ENG 1st Test Day 1, Live Updates
Good-length delivery, on the fifth stump line, Shafique blocks it solidly off the front foot.
Nice and full on middle, slanting back in, Shafique flicks it off the inner half of the bat and towards mid-wicket.
Gus Atkinson is brought back into the attack.
FOUR! Shan Masood is being proactive here and is getting plenty of purchase. Tossed up around off, Shan skips down the track and lofts it with solid timing over wide mid off for another boundary. Bashir proving to be quite expensive here.
Nagging length, drifting into middle and leg, Shan dabs it down on the on side.
Fuller this time, on off, Shan Masood leans forward and blocks again.
Some turn and bounce, on off, Shan Masood blocks it back.
FOUR! Well played! Short, on off, slower too. Shan Masood hangs back and pulls it magnificently over short mid-wicket for a boundary.
Slower one, on middle, Shan Masood pushes it out towards covers.
Short and on off, Abdullah Shafique ducks underneath it.
Bowled back of a length and over the stumps, Shafique hops back to defend.
Short of a length and around off, Shafique looks to pull off the front foot but doesn't quite get on top of the bounce and mistimes it straight to mid-wicket.
Another steep bumper, over off and middle, Abdullah Shafique has enough time to duck under it.
Banged in well short and just down leg, Shan Masood gets inside the line and pulls it down to fine leg for a run.
Just back of a length around off, angling back in, Shafique just drops it into the leg side and starts running. Ollie Pope attacks the ball and misses the under-arm attempt at the bowler's end from a few yards out. Shafique wasn't even in the frame and that is certainly a chanced missed by the England skipper there.
FOUR! That one did come off the meaty part of the bat. Tossed up again, on off, Shan Masood dances down the track and swats it firmly and uppishly past the bowler and straight down the ground for another boundary.
FOUR! Aggressive intent from Shan Masood but it's not off the middle of the bat. This is tossed up around middle, Shan advances in order to smother the spin and heaves it off the inner half of the blade in front of mid-wicket for a boundary.
The bowler likes it and goes up in appeal for LBW but the umpire says no. Tossed up around middle, angled in, Shan Masood leans on to flick but misses and gets struck on the pads. Not much support from the keeper and they opt against the review. The replays confirm it was sliding down leg anyway.
Drags the length back and angles it into the pads, Shafique flicks it away down to fine leg and rotates the strike.
Tossed up in line of the stumps now, Shafique gets on the front foot and eases it towards mid on.