{"id":268014,"date":"2022-12-11T12:21:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T12:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/12\/11\/2nd-test-day-3-imam-ul-haq-and-saud-shakeel-fifties-hold-up-england-in-multan-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2022-12-11T12:21:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T12:21:52","slug":"2nd-test-day-3-imam-ul-haq-and-saud-shakeel-fifties-hold-up-england-in-multan-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/12\/11\/2nd-test-day-3-imam-ul-haq-and-saud-shakeel-fifties-hold-up-england-in-multan-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd Test, Day 3: Imam-ul-Haq and Saud Shakeel fifties hold up England in Multan | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>MULTAN: <!-- -->Imam-ul-Haq<!-- --> and <!-- -->Saud Shakeel<!-- --> struck defiant half-centuries to keep Pakistan in the hunt but England maintained the upper hand in the action-packed second Test in Multan on Sunday. <br \/>Pakistan dominated the morning session when they bowled out England for 275 but their 355-run target meant they needed to pull off a record chase on home soil to level the series. <br \/>They seemed up for the task too but England&#8217;s seamers conjured up three magical deliveries after the lunch break to wrest back the initiative. <\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component\" data-pos=\"10\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>A victory is within the grasp for both teams. #PAKvENG | #WTC23 | https:\/\/t.co\/OroPZVteRn https:\/\/t.co\/yKELTvXHZB<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ICC (@ICC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICC\/status\/1601911856267988994\">1670760523000<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The see-saw contest changed complexion in the final session again following a 108-run partnership between Imam, who fell just before the close for 60, and Saud. <br \/>Saud was unbeaten on 54 with Faheem Ashraf on three at stumps. <br \/>Pakistan, who finished day three on 198-4, are still 157 runs short of their target. <br \/>Earlier, England added 73 runs to their overnight score of 202-5 on day three at the Multan Cricket Stadium. <br \/>Ben Stokes (41) needed 43 balls to score his first boundary and was the first to fall, holing out in the deep to trigger a collapse. <br \/>Spinner Abrar Ahmed picked up his 11th wicket in his debut Test by bowling Ollie Robinson through the gate. <br \/>Overnight batsman Harry Brook (108) reached his second hundred of the series before leg-spinner Zahid Mahmood (3-52) polished off the English tail. <br \/>Pakistan spinners claimed 18 of the 20 English wickets &#8211; the other two being run outs. <br \/>The hosts had to rejig their opening pair following a hamstring niggle to Imam. <br \/>They promoted the struggling Mohammad Rizwan, who hit a flurry of boundaries early in his knock to transfer the pressure back on England. <br \/>James Anderson removed Rizwan for 30 immediately after lunch with a peach of a delivery that angled in and beat the outside edge to hit off stump. <br \/>Robinson produced a similarly stunning ball to dismiss Pakistan captain Babar Azam for one. <br \/>Babar shouldered arms to a delivery pitching outside off-stump but jagged back to rattle his stumps. <br \/>Abdullah Shafique made 45 but could not protect his off-stump from the pace and movement of Mark Wood. <br \/>Imam came in at number five and revived Pakistan&#8217;s chase with Saud. <br \/>It would have been Pakistan&#8217;s session but spinner Jack Leach finally had Imam caught in the slips to break the partnership. <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadFBEvents = function() {\n                    (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                      if (f.fbq) return;\n                      n = f.fbq = function() {\n                        n.callMethod ? 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