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Welcome to the live coverage of the day 3 action for the first Test match between Pakistan and England being played at Multan Cricket Stadium in Multan on Wednesday. England are one wicket down in their first inning and still trailing by 460 runs at the end of the second day's play. Follow the live cricket scores and ball-by-ball commentary of the third-day action of the Pakistan Vs England, 1st Test match, right here. (Streaming | More Cricket News)
Joe Root became England's highest-run scorer in tests as the tourists continued to score at a rapid pace on the third day of the first test against Pakistan on Wednesday. Root surpassed Alastair Cook's 12,472 runs with a straight-driven boundary before lunch to reach 72 at the break and guided England to a brisk 232-2 in 45 overs.
Root is now fifth on the all-time list of test run-scorers behind Sachin Tendulkar's leading 15,921. Ben Duckett recovered from a thumb injury which denied him opening England's first innings on Tuesday afternoon and was unbeaten on 80 off 67 balls as the tourists smashed 136 runs in the first session after resuming on 96-1. England still trails Pakistan by 324 runs after the home team was bowled out for 556 on a placid wicket at Multan Cricket Stadium.
England lost the wicket of Zak Crawley (78) inside the first half-hour when he chipped a catch of Shaheen Shah Afridi (1-44) after adding 14 runs to his overnight score of 64. Jamal pounced on the opportunity on the second attempt at short mid-wicket as Crawley tried to whip the fast bowler on the on-side.
In an England-dominated session, Pakistan also lost two of its reviews when it went for a shocking caught-behind referral against Duckett soon after the left-hander had completed his half-century, but the television replays suggested the bat was nowhere near the ball.
Pakistan batted in the first and second sessions and were finally bowled out for 556 runs in the first innings. Salam Ali Agha made a fine unbeaten hundred to take Pakistan to a good total. England lost their captain's wicket early in the game, who came to open the batting. Joe Root and Zak Crawley are the overnight batters as England are still trailing by 460 runs.
Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Shan Masood (c), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Agha Salman, Aamer Jamal, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed
England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope (c), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse, Jack Leach, Shoaib Bashir