ENG vs PAK 3rd Test: Ready to end series on a high, says England's Ollie Pope
Cricket | August 20, 2020 16:35 ISTEngland lead the series 1-0 after their dramatic win in the first Test and the rain-hit second Test which ended in a pale draw.
England lead the series 1-0 after their dramatic win in the first Test and the rain-hit second Test which ended in a pale draw.
The newly adopted flexible approach to starting times was announced Thursday, a day before the start of the Test, after the second match of the series was blighted by rain and bad light and ended in an unsatisfactory draw.
England and Pakistan could only play 134.3 overs across five days in the second Test which was marred by rain and bad light, leading to calls for starting the matches 30 minutes earlier.
Only 134.3 overs of play was possible in the drawn second Test at the Ageas Bowl due to poor weather as the match ended in a draw.
Pakistan recovered from 158 for six to 236 all out and then had England reeling at 110 for four when the rain-affected match ended.
Former Pakistan all-rounder Azhar Mahmood will join the England coaching staff ahead of Eng-Pak T20I series.
Eoin Morgan will be captain of the team, which is unchanged from the one declared before the start of the ODI series against Ireland in late July.
Archer was rested for the rain-affected second Test here, with all-rounder Sam Curran coming in as England rejigged their side in the absence of Ben Stokes owing to family reasons.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had appointed the 42-year-old former captain as the batting coach for the team's ongoing tour of England.
In his post-match press conference on Monday, the 29-year-old said authorities could consider using a brighter red ball, bringing forward the start time and improving floodlights.
England vs Pakistan, 2nd Test Day 5: England declared their innings and the two captains agreed in a draw. The hosts still lead Pakistan 1-0 in the three-match series.
After more than four hours were lost as groundstaff mopped up following heavy early-morning rain, England resumed its first innings on 7-1 and moved to 110-4 before declaring after 38.1 overs were bowled in the day.
England players had participated in the Pakistan Super League and Akram hoped that it will help to address their security concerns.
Pakistan added 13 runs to scramble to 236 all out in their first innings, and had reduced England to 7-1 before the latest bout of rain arrived at the Rose Bowl
England vs Pakistan 2nd Test: Fourth day's play called off due to rain after just 40 minutes of play which saw Pakistan being folded for 236 and England losing Rory Burns
England vs Pakistan, 2nd Test Day 3: Third day's play called off due to rain without a ball being bowled.
Intermittent rains and the ensuing poor light and wet conditions on the field throughout the day meant that Pakistan's overnight first innings score of 223/9 remains the same going into Day 4.
England were well on course to folding Pakistan for a sub-par total, but some street-smart cricket from Rizwan frustrated the home attack.
But after toiling long and hard, Broad finally managed to draw that softest of nick off Babar's outside edge with the delivery on the fourth stump which was comfortably taken by Jos Buttler.
Rizwan on Friday came to the rescue of the Pakistan side and helped them inch towards a respectable first-innings score in the ongoing second Test being played at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton.
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