Pakistan’s Yasir Shah took the key wicket of Joe Root as England found runs hard to come by on the fourth day of the third Test at Edgbaston on Saturday
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Birmingham: Pakistan’s Yasir Shah took the key wicket of Joe Root as England found runs hard to come by on the fourth day of the third Test at Edgbaston on Saturday.
England’s Joe Root on Day Three of the third Test vs Pakistan on Saturday. Pic/Getty Images
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At tea, England were 262 for four in their second innings — a lead of 159 runs — after losing both Root (62) and James Vince (42). Root’s Yorkshire team-mates Gary Ballance (21 not out) and Jonny Bairstow (two not out) were unbeaten after a session where England managed just 79 runs in 26 overs.
With the four-match series all square at 1-1, England resumed on 120 without loss, 17 runs in front. Alastair Cook, the England captain, was 64 not out and Alex Hales 50 not 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 removed both batsmen inside Saturday’s first five overs during a dramatic burst of two wickets for no runs in nine balls. Cook (66) pushed out to Sohail Khan and a diving Shah held an excellent catch at point.
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