Pakistan vs England 1st Test Day 3 Highlights 2024
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00:00Hello and welcome to day 3 of the first test between Pakistan and England.
00:14Pakistan put up a massive effort in their first innings, winning the toss, putting 556
00:19on the board with the three centuries as well.
00:22England in pursuit now trailed by 460, with Zach Crawley not out, 64, joined by Joe Root
00:28on 32, England 96-1.
00:31Let's join the action at the start of day 3 of this first test.
00:59Nicely timed, starts the day with a boundary.
01:03He does this so often.
01:09Well that'll be four.
01:11Just the slip and the fine gully in place.
01:14It's a very controlled edge, it's just soft hands, controlled edge.
01:21He's got it, on the second attempt.
01:24It's that fielder again, perfectly positioned.
01:28Zach Crawley goal, the shine shot video has won.
01:31Well in a sense that's come from absolutely nowhere.
01:36Crawley's timing throughout this innings, both yesterday evening and this morning, has been immaculate.
01:41This one, just slightly early on the shot.
01:44Now we saw a brilliant catch yesterday, diving away one-handed to his right, went in ever so cleanly.
01:50This one still counts, second attempt, but it's a crucial wicket, early wicket for Pakistan.
01:57Zach Crawley's dreams of big runs here.
02:01There goes Duckett with the first of those onside shots.
02:07He's connected rather nicely with it, so no apparent problems with that bottom hand.
02:15Yeah, too short.
02:18Very easy for Ben Duckett, he picks up back-to-back boundaries to close out a browse over.
02:24Yes!
02:26That's up in the air, but it's perfectly safe.
02:30The first short ball of the day, the first test from the short ball of the day.
02:34And Jérôme just swats it away.
02:41Short and wide and thumped away, that'll go to the fence.
02:44So Brar leaks runs again.
02:47A little slower through the air, but that just allows Duckett to play this off the pitch.
02:53He's got all the time in the world here.
02:57In the air, just over the top, he's still chancing his arm.
03:01Brar with the double teapot on, but a bit of a risk from Duckett.
03:10Goes again, this time better connection.
03:14Couple of bounces and that'll go over the ropes again.
03:21Lovely. He's tried that a couple of times this time, he gets the gap.
03:25That's a beautiful cover drive as we all know, Jérôme Root at his best.
03:34Edge and...
03:36First slip was wide.
03:38That should have carried if there was a first slip.
03:41It was probably a third slip where Salman Ali Agha was posted.
03:47Inside edge.
03:49Will get to his 50 feet.
03:50Very assured innings, very calm innings as we expect from Jérôme Root.
03:5565th Test Match 50 for Jérôme Root.
04:00England 171 for 2.
04:07Cut nicely.
04:09Outfield is quick and that is another boundary to Duckett.
04:22Easy single to long off.
04:24Walked off the field in pain late yesterday.
04:29A big smile on his face for a half century.
04:32He's 11th 50.
04:34No sign of pain.
04:36Maybe apart from that very first delivery where he just took his hand off the bat.
04:44Cut.
04:45And there's no one out there.
04:46There's a square third man but he's just picking it up from that boundary cushion.
04:56It's a lovely shot from Duckett.
04:58It's a kind of flat back drive really.
05:01It's not an orthodox drive where you see the bat coming down on a vertical plane and a high front elbow.
05:11Slashes this time.
05:12An attempted repeat but it's just a hint of turn for Salman outside the off stump.
05:18Duckett slashes away.
05:19Overslip for another four.
05:21The runs continue to flow.
05:32And with that immaculate on drive, Joru plants his flag at the summit.
05:4012 years after making his debut in Nagpur, he now has more runs in Test cricket than any other England player.
05:50A remarkable achievement.
05:51He's been a remarkable player.
05:54There's a great sweep shot and I think that is because he tried his hand at playing the cover drive.
05:59It wasn't that convincing.
06:00This time he played it with the spin and that's his strength.
06:08A rare example of a Duckett defensive stroke ends the session.
06:13A very good one for England.
06:14A memorable one for England.
06:16A rare example of a Duckett defensive stroke ends the session.
06:20A very good one for England.
06:22A memorable one for Joru who goes to lunch unbeaten on 72 and goes in now as England's highest Test match run maker.
06:32Duckett is 80 and is quite splendidly England in a good position.
06:38England walk into lunch at 232 for 2.
06:41Zach Crawley the wicket to fall in that session.
06:44It was Amir Jamal perfectly positioned at mid-wicket for Shaheen Shahafridi to draw him to a close at 78.
06:50Joru and Ben Duckett steady the ship at 72 and 80 respectively.
06:57Pakistan just being able to add one more in that wicket's column that to Shaheen Shahafridi here on the first session.
07:04Math summary as it stands so far.
07:06556 plays, 232 for 2 from England.
07:10They trail by 324.
07:12Let's join the action post-lunch.
07:42238 for 2.
08:05I'll win.
08:12Define that gap.
08:32Original decision is out.
08:34Impact's in line.
08:35Wicket's hitting.
08:37We back on screen.
08:38You can stay with your original decision of out.
08:42Confirmation again.
08:43That is three down and it's a big wicket.
08:49Yeah, this was a good delivery coming back into Ben Duckett.
08:52One of the rare ones he's missed.
08:53Not the only one he's missed.
08:56And people are wondering about the heights.
08:57Just remember Ben Duckett is, shall we say, short of stature.
09:01He was going on all cylinders and he has to now go back for 84.
09:05Ben Duckett.
09:07Yeah.
09:11Very, very nicely glided.
09:14For four to end the over.
09:21A little bit reminiscent of Zach Crawley at the start of this England first innings.
09:26Straight into his stride for Harry Brook.
09:31Yeah.
09:33Trying for that reverse swing.
09:35Whipped away leg side.
09:36That'll go to the fence.
09:41Yeah, Brook quickly into double figures.
09:44He's only been in there ten balls.
09:46He already has two boundaries.
09:48England are all the way through their line-up.
09:50They have quick-scoring players.
09:52And on this ground, on this pitch,
09:56the batter won't stem the flow of runs.
09:59Too full.
10:00He's got to bowl the length that he bowled to Duckett.
10:01The odd surprise, Yorker.
10:06Lovely shot.
10:08Classy cover drive.
10:10And that ails four from the moment he hit the bat.
10:14Off and running.
10:15He doesn't move that front foot much.
10:17He certainly doesn't move it across to the line of the ball.
10:19Watch that front foot.
10:20It stays there.
10:27We've seen that a few times.
10:28A sweep shot.
10:30That goes to the fence.
10:34Margin for error on this surface.
10:36It's minuscule, really.
10:37That was two leg side.
10:38No one on the sweep.
10:40It was a free hit for Harry Brook.
10:41There's a leg slip there.
10:44But he's too good a player to miss out.
10:46He doesn't.
10:54He's been thrashed through the offside.
10:56He caught up with it.
10:58And it's raised to the fence.
11:00The margins squeeze when Brook is batting.
11:04Every time the ball has been pitched up in his zone,
11:08he's put it away.
11:09Once again, staying inside the line of the ball
11:11so that he can access the ball freely.
11:23He's a great talent because he plays all the form.
11:28Places like that.
11:30There's so much room there.
11:32And there's nobody in front of square.
11:35So the chances are that runs are there for the taking.
11:38Now, as I say, it has occasionally got him out.
11:40He got out like that at Lords against Australia.
11:43In the ashes.
11:44But I don't think he'll be sucked into playing
11:47to where the fielders are.
11:48He's going to do that.
11:51I think where that also becomes such a possible option for Brook
11:54is because of the pace.
11:56The pace that Shaheen Shafi is bowling at.
12:01On the offside.
12:08Again, the pace of Shaheen Shafi won't bother him too much.
12:13You see, he still gives himself, allows himself a lot of time.
12:17Moves quickly, even while on the move.
12:20And he's intentionally playing it in front of square.
12:23On the offside, in front of those two fielders.
12:26Might have to just change his tactics here, Shaheen, just a little bit.
12:38Beats covers left-hand side.
12:43Very full from Shaheen, who's looked better when he's hit the pitch
12:46rather than floated it up on the drive.
12:49And that boundary, another fluent offside boundary,
12:52takes Root to 96.
12:57Now, the previous one went straight to the fielder.
12:59This time to his left.
13:04It's just been fantastic to watch.
13:06He's been so much in control of the game.
13:09Plays the ball late, plays the ball right under his eyes.
13:18It's a fruitful combination, Harry Brook, in Pakistan.
13:22Three hundreds in the series two years ago.
13:24He likes batting here, he likes these low bounce pitches.
13:28And he has 50 once again.
13:35Root's golden run in this calendar year continues.
13:40A record tumble to him in the morning session here in Multan.
13:44He now has a first Test Match 100 in Pakistan in the afternoon session.
13:55Man out there.
13:57Just separates the two that are in the deep.
14:00Both looked at each other, they continue to look at each other.
14:04All it produces is another boundary for Joe Root.
14:12Yeah, and it seemed Shah was complaining what the fielder was doing there.
14:16Why wasn't he behind square?
14:18Another boundary picked up.
14:22It's becoming harder and harder for the bowlers.
14:32Played off the pitch from Harry Brook.
14:3770 overs done, 3.51 for three.
14:43And that should be tea.
14:46And that should be tea.
14:49As session two here concludes on day three.
14:52England walk back at 3.51 for three.
14:55Joe Root with another magnificent century.
14:58Also overtakes Sir Alistair Cook's records of the most runs by an English Test Batter.
15:04He remains not out at 119.
15:06Brook has raised to 64.
15:08It was Amir Jamal who brought about the downfall of Ben Duckett.
15:12It was an important breakthrough as he picked up Ben Duckett at 84.
15:17The position of the match so far.
15:19Pakistan in their first innings putting on 556.
15:23England reply currently at 351 for three.
15:26They trail by 205 runs.
15:29Let's join the action in this final session here on day three.
15:33I found a way through.
15:36Around the back of the legs.
15:39All the way down to the boundary.
15:41No, just a diving stop.
15:44Good commitment from Salman Ali Agha.
15:53That is the closest it's come for a long, long time.
15:59The closest it's come for a long, long time.
16:02Dislodging the bail.
16:04Did this roll onto the stumps?
16:06Hits him on the chest.
16:08Spun back.
16:09He missed it with his right boot.
16:11And it did hit the stumps.
16:13The bail stays on.
16:19I don't know which football team he supports, but he ain't getting a gig there, is he?
16:25Game pulling away from Pakistan.
16:29England in hot pursuit of the deficit, which is reduced now to 130.
16:35That's a shot into the gap.
16:37And four.
16:40Sorry, deficit is 180.
16:42In fact, now 176.
16:47It's been a marathon from Rooten.
16:50Even though it's been cramping up a little.
16:52But there's no sight of him departing the crease.
17:04Catch it!
17:07As I speak, that's the second four in the last 11 overs.
17:10That's a well-struck sweep shot.
17:14I was just going to mention that Dogo might have stopped playing the sweep with the field set.
17:19And also given his cramps, it's slightly more difficult.
17:22Harry Brooke hasn't.
17:24They've persisted with this line far outside the leg stump.
17:28Every now and then, Abrad drops it short.
17:31Harry Brooke is being able to pick up ones and twos.
17:35This time, pierces the gap as well.
17:39That's extraordinary.
17:41That is absolutely brilliant from Harry Brooke.
17:45He jumps to 98.
17:47Yeah, how many would hit a six in the 90s like this?
17:51Effortlessly put away.
17:53That over the wicked angle, not worrying him at all.
17:57This is better.
17:59Child's play.
18:03Good uses of the feet.
18:06Full face of the bat.
18:09Got the desired result.
18:11Cuts, cuts well.
18:13Picks up a run.
18:15It's misfielded at point.
18:17Come back for two.
18:19And that's another great hundred by Brooke.
18:23He doesn't seem to break his stride at all when he's batting here on these pitches in Pakistan.
18:28That's a terrific hundred and a terrific track record for a very, very great talent.
18:36He's an exceptional talent.
18:37He's an exceptional talent.
18:39Let's not forget his prowess in white ball cricket and in test cricket.
18:44He averages over 50.
18:51Yeah, majestic.
18:53Really is majestic.
18:55Cover drive.
18:58Wonderfully played.
19:00Brooke on that occasion.
19:01Wasn't a full swing, just a mere push and the ball travelled.
19:18Lovely.
19:20Stand and admire.
19:22Joe Root stood and admired his own shot there and we can do so on television as well.
19:28Wonderful way to go through to 150.
19:32Fabulous.
19:34Goes with the swing.
19:37Absolutely nails it through the offside.
19:46This time off the middle.
19:48And this time pings away for four.
19:50That is absolutely exquisite to watch.
19:54I mean that is one special drive.
19:57He's played a few like that earlier as well.
20:00200 run partnership is raised.
20:02But have a look at this easy grace through the offside.
20:05Picture perfect.
20:07They've not really been able to crack the code how to get Brooke out here in Pakistan.
20:12Four tests, four hundreds.
20:18Picked up off a length and dispatched in front of square for four.
20:22131 is not going to threaten a guy who's batting at 160.
20:27Easy shot to play.
20:29Just trying his hand at a bit of variation by pitching that one shot.
20:33I don't know whether it was intentional or a tired ball.
20:36But whatever it was, it was put away beautifully.
20:39And it tells you how much time Joe Root has.
20:42It wasn't a shot delivery.
20:43It wasn't a shot delivery.
20:50That's one way to welcome him to the crease.
20:53It's not the first time he's seen that happen.
20:55Struck for four for the very first.
20:58It's not a great start.
21:02I know it's a newish ball, but you've got to be on target and much better than this.
21:07Deficit is now under 100.
21:09A rank full toss put away very nicely.
21:14Another beauty.
21:17Another beauty pinging off the bat of Rook.
21:22Yeah, he has conceded 167 runs.
21:26It should challenge his ego.
21:30He should be jolted.
21:32He should wake him up.
21:34And say, OK, I have to redeem myself.
21:38I have to pick up a few wickets here.
21:39I have to redeem myself.
21:41I have to pick up a few wickets here.
21:49Gives him the charge and blasts this away through the offside.
21:52That is again spectacular from Rook.
21:57Great shot. Really is something special from Rook, this knock.
22:03Out of the crease, making room and hitting it crisply.
22:10Final ball of the day is pulled away down to Longleg.
22:17396 runs in the day. Day three here in Wartime.
22:23Has some weary body language.
22:26Not just from the fielding side.
22:28Not just from the fielding side.
22:30Not just from the fielding side.
22:32Not just from the fielding side.
22:34Not just from the fielding side.
22:36Spent all day in the field with both Joe Root and Harry Brook,
22:40who have played absolutely magnificently.
22:43They've had to weather the cramps.
22:45They've had to weather the conditions, the heat.
22:48Although they must have enjoyed themselves out there the way they passed it.
22:54Day three comes to an end with England in a very strong position
22:58in pursuit of the 556 by Pakistan.
23:01They are 492 for 3 with the maestro in Joe Root.
23:05176 not out and Brook as well.
23:08His love affair with Pakistan continues.
23:10He's 141 not out.
23:12As expected, it's always going to be a tough toil for the seamers in particular.
23:17Shaheen Shah, Fredi, Naseem Shah and Amir Jamal with the one wicket.
23:21At the end of day three in this first test, Pakistan in their first innings managed 556.
23:27England at the moment stand at 492 for 3.
23:31They trail by 64.
23:33Hope you've enjoyed the highlights here.
23:35We'll see you again tomorrow.