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 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.
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
HIGHLIGHTS 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
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. It hasn't been the first time that England have struggled to get rid of the tail-end lineup.
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.
Vaughan's comment came after Shadab was replaced by Fawad Alam for the second Test against England at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton.
HIGHLIGHTS England vs Pakistan, 2nd Test Day 3: Third day's play called off due to rain without a ball being bowled.
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Day 2 of the ongoing second Test between England and Pakistan was called off due to bad light, inciting opinions on the bad light rules and solutions to the issue.
Inzamam said Pakistan batsmen need to play aggressive cricket if they want to beat England in the second Test here and level the three-match series.
Umpire Richard Kettleborough entered the field wearing a smartwatch on Day 2 of the Test.
The teams went off the field before tea because of the gloom, with Pakistan on 215-8, and reappeared for only another nine balls, during which Stuart Broad took his third wicket of the innings and the tourists moved to 223-9.
Stuart Broad had long kept it a secret but revealed it to his teammates only during a pre-camp training for Ashes 2015.
HIGHLIGHTS England vs Pakistan, 2nd Test Day 2: Mohammad Rizwan has single-handedly kept Pakistan alive in the contest in a rain-curtailed day 2
England legend James Anderson is only eight wickets shy of reaching the 600-wicket mark in Test cricket.
Abid Ali struck 60 — after being dropped twice early in his 111-ball innings — and was comfortably Pakistan’s top scorer on a tough day for the tourists in changing weather.
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