[ad_1]
England vs Pakistan Live Score, 3rd Test, Day 1: After England won the toss and opted to bat against Pakistan in the third Test at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton, Shaheen Afridi struck in his third over to remove opener Rory Burns for 6. Only one chance for England, with Jofra Archer coming in for Sam Curran. Pakistan were in a dominant position in the first Test but managed to lose the hold and eventually lost the match to England at Old Trafford. Then the second Test concluded without a result as rain affected play. With England leading the series 1-0, Pakistan have to eke out a result for them to get something out of the series.
Follow live updates of England vs Pakistan, 3rd Test:
Spin introduced
It hasn’t taken Pakistan long to bring on Yasir Shah. Just 10 overs bowled but England batsmen haven’t found it too tough to score runs. The first 10 overs brought 33 runs with Sibley and Crawley aiming to play themselves in.
Crawley, Sibley up against Pakistan’s pace
Zak Crawley is off the mark with a first-ball boundary and added a second four two balls later off Shaheen Afridi. A few plays and misses as Afridi and Abbas try and mount pressure. Excellent content between bat and ball.
Out! England lose Burns cheaply
Edged and taken. Afridi strikes to remove Burns. There was an umpire review for a clean catch in the slip cordon where Masood took the catch. The soft signal was out and in the replay, it looked pretty clean. England 12/1.
First runs
England off the mark, just off the third ball of the innings as Rory Burns opens the face of the bat to glide the ball wide of third man boundary. First four of the innings and England are off the mark.
Captain’s Corner
Joe Root: We are going to bat first. It looks a bit dry than thep previous wicket. It’s strange conditions, the winds are quite strong. Hopefully, we can knuckle down and get off to a good start. One change, Sam Curran misses out for Jofra Archer is in. We just want him (Archer) to bowl fast. We don’t know when our next game of Test cricket is going to be, so want to make the most of it here.
Azhar Ali: We would’ve loved to bat first, looks like a very good wicket. But toss is not in our control. We will try to pick up early wickets and utilize the conditions. We are playing with the same side. It’s the last Test and important one for us. We are fresh and we will look to give everything. Every batsman likes to score runs and I would want to finish off on a high. It’s difficult that we can’t go out, but we are happy to be playing cricket.
Team News
England (Playing XI): Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Zak Crawley, Joe Root(c), Ollie Pope, Jos Buttler(w), Chris Woakes, Dominic Bess, Jofra Archer, Stuart Broad, James Anderson
Pakistan (Playing XI): Shan Masood, Abid Ali, Azhar Ali(c), Babar Azam, Asad Shafiq, Fawad Alam, Mohammad Rizwan(w), Yasir Shah, Mohammad Abbas, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah
England win toss, opt to bat
Joe Root wins the toss and he’s opted to bat. Jofra Archer was seen warming up and he’s been included in the side in place of Sam Curran. This means England will bowl with Anderson, Broad and Archer. Pakistan batsmen better watch out.
Toss is delayed
The toss has been officially delayed due to the weather.
It has started raining
Toss is about to take place and there is some bad news. It has started raining at the Ageas Bowl. Azhar Ali and Joe Root are waiting for the umpires.
Abbas has strategy in place for Stokes
“Ben Stokes is a big name in cricket right now. He is one of the world’s best allrounders, and he’s performed several times for his country. Before the game, we watched videos and analysed how best to disrupt him. So we went round the wicket straightaway,” Abbas told Pakistan Cricket Board.
Broad honoured by ECB
Stuart Broad has been given a framed silver stump for taking 500 Test wickets for England. Players from the home side will wear black armbands as a mark of respect for Dan Lawrence’s mother, who died earlier this month.
Revised timings
‘Following positive discussions with the England & Wales Cricket Board, (ECB) the International Cricket Council (ICC), led by Match Referee Chris Broad and various stakeholders including broadcast partners, the ECB and the ICC have agreed to revised start times ahead of the #raisethebat third Test starting on Friday at the Ageas Bowl. The flexible approach will enable the prospect of making up time for inclement weather during the morning session of subsequent days rather than at the end of the day,’ ECB said in a statement.
Jofra comes back
It looks like Jofra Archer has been drafted back into the squad. It is likely that pacer Mark Wood will miss out.
Pitch report
The pitch is dry and the weather is much better than the last Test. However, there is a lot of wind flowing around the stadium.
Hello and Welcome
Hello and welcome to the live coverage of Day 1 of England vs Pakistan 3rd Test match at Rose Bowl Cricket Ground in Southampton.
[ad_2]
Source link