England have lost two wickets after opening batters Zak Crawley and Ben Ducket gave an outstanding opening stand in the first Test match against Pakistan in the three-match series.
England had won the toss and opted to bat first. Coming on crease, the opening pair did not hesitate to give Pakistan a tough time. In their stand till lunch, the openers posted 174 runs. Pakistani bowlers were unable to grab any wicket but they got the first wicket on 233 in 36th over.
Pakistan spinner Zahid Mehmood sent Ducket back to the pavilion at 107 runs. Later, pacer Haris Rauf took Crawley’s wicket, who posted 122 runs on 111 balls.
The game started on its decided schedule after a tension of delay as a virus had spread through the England camp on the eve of the game. Later, the English side was able to come up with a fine playing eleven with one change to their original team, replacing Ben Foakes with Will Jacks, who makes his test debut along with all-rounder Liam Livingstone.
