Pakistan crush England in second Test to set up series decider

Spinner Noman Ali took eight wickets as Pakistan crushed England by 152 runs in the PAK vs ENG 2nd Test to level the series 11 on Friday in MultanNoman grabbed 846 and Sajid Khan took 293 as the pair wrapped up Englands second innings for 144 after the visitors were set a daunting target of 297Meanwhile righthand batter Agha Salmans fighting halfcentury and spinners Sajid Khan and Noman Alis brilliant bowling in the third session provided an upper hand to the hosts on the third day earlier on ThursdayAt stumps on Day 3 England are 362 in 11 overs with Ollie Pope 21 and Joe Root 12 unbeaten on the crease The Three Lions need 261 runs more in the remaining two days to seal the threematch seriesChasing a mammoth total of 297 the Three Lions didnt have the start which they wanted as they lost the wicket of opener Ben Duckett for 0 when the team score was 1Following Ducketts wicket righthand batter Ollie Pope came to bat along with Zak CrawleyAlso Read Babarrsquos fall from graceBoth the batters were able to add just 10 more runs to the total as Crawley was dismissed for 3 when the team score was 11 After Crawleys wicket Joe Root came out in the middle to bat along with PopeBefore the end of play on Day 3 both batters have built a partnership of 25 runs for the third wicket For the Shan Masoodled side one wicket each was taken by the spinning duo of Sajid Khan and Noman Ali in their respective spellsEarlier the third day kicked off with the visitors batting at 239 runs in their Ist innings with the loss of six wickets At that moment Jamie Smith 12 and Brydon Carse 2 were unbeaten on the creaseThe Three Lions struggled from the first over Both the batters were able to add just nine runs to the overnight score before Carse went back to the pavillion after scoring four runsEngland lost the next two wickets inside 14 runs First Matthew Potts 6 was dismissed when the team score was 256 and then lost Jamie Smiths 21 wicket at 262The Ben Stokesled side were bowled out on 291 in the 68th over Jack Leach played an unbeaten knock of 25 runs which came with the help of three boundariesPakistan took a lead of 75 runs as they reduced the opponent to 291 in reply of their score of 366Pakistan batting second were able to score only 221 runs with valiant knocks from Agha Salman 63 runs off 89 balls with five boundaries and a six Saud Shakeel 31 runs from 51 balls with two foursIn the end Sajid Khan scored important 22 runs for his sideThe pick of the bowlers for the English side was the off spinner Shoaib Bashir who snapped four wickets in his spell of 19 overs where he conceded 66 runsThree wickets were bagged by Leach in his spell of 17 overs we conceded 67 runs and bowled three maiden oversTwo wickets were grabbed by Brydon Carse and one wicket was taken by Matthew Potts in their respective spellsThe hosts set a target of 297 runs for the England sideMore updates to follow