Pak-England Test: Pakistan lost nine wickets

Multan: Pakistan's batting continues against England with the loss of nine wickets on the second day of the Multan Test.

The first match of the series consisting of three Test matches between Pakistan and England teams is being played in Multan, where the batting of the national team continues on the second day of the game.

Saud Shakeel and Naseem Shah started their incomplete innings for Pakistan on the second day.

Match Day 1

National team captain Shan Masood won the toss and decided to bat first himself and despite Saim Ayub returning to the pavilion for just four runs, Abdullah Shafiq and Shan Masood showed responsible batting.

Abdullah Shafiq and Shan Masood made an important partnership of 253 runs, during which both the batsmen also completed their centuries. Shaan scored 151 runs and Abdullah returned to the pavilion after scoring 102 runs.

Former captain Babar Azam failed to regain his lost form even on a good batting wicket, and returned to the pavilion with 30 runs moments before the end of the first day.

For England, Gus Atkinson took two wickets, Chris Woakes and Jack Leach took one wicket each.

Pakistan Playing XI

Shan Masood (c), Saim Ayub Abdullah Shafiq, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Muhammad Rizwan (wk), Salman Ali Agha, Aamir Jamal, Shaheen Shah, Naseem Shah and Abrar Ahmed.

England Playing XI

Ollie Pope (c), Zac Crawley, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Brayden Carrs, Jack Leach and Shoaib Bashir.