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08-06-2016, 04:54 PM
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Root holds firm after Pakistan´s double strike
BIRMINGHAM: Joe Root led England´s recovery after Pakistan took two early wickets on the fourth day of the third Test at Edgbaston on Saturday.
At lunch, England were 183 for two in their second innings -- a lead of 80 runs -- after losing openers Alastair Cook and Alex Hales. Root dropped on 25 and struggling with a longstanding back problem, was 34 **t out, with James Vince 20 **t out in an unbroken third-wicket partnership of 57. With the four-match ****** all square at 1-1, England resumed on 120 without loss, 17 runs in front. Cook, the England captain, was 64 **t out and Hales 50 **t out after they had erased a first-innings deficit of 103 with their maiden century stand in 18 innings as a Test-match opening pair. But Pakistan ******* both batsmen in a dramatic burst of two wickets for ** runs in nine balls. Left-hander Cook (66) pushed out to Sohail Khan and a diving Yasir Shah held an excellent catch at point. Sohail had bowled a lacklustre spell Friday after marking his return to Test cricket following a five-year absence with five for 96 in England´s first-innings 297. But, publicly upbraided by Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur after Friday´s stumps, Sohail **w whistled a delivery past new batsman Root´s **se. But it was left-arm quick Mohammad Amir who turned England´s 126 for one into 126 for two when Hales (54) edged a seaming delivery and Younis Khan, held a difficult low chance going to his right at second slip. Root, who made a Test-best 254 in England´s 330-run ******-levelling win at Old Trafford, countered with two superb boundaries in four balls off Sohail -- a back-foot force followed by a cover-drive. The latter shot has often proved Vince´s undoing in his brief Test career. But it is also one of the Hampshire batsman´s best strokes and it enabled him to get off the mark with a stylish four off Amir. Root, however, had a reprieve on 25 when he edged Rahat Ali only for Mohammad Hafeez to drop the low, two-handed, chance at first slip -- a rare blemish in an otherwise much-improved Pakistan catching effort this match. It was tough luck on left-arm quick Rahat, who reeled off five successive maidens in a probing spell of seven overs costing just seven runs. أكثر... ??????? ??????: Root holds firm after Pakistan´s double strike || ??????: ahlam1399 || ??????: اسم منتداك
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