England lead second Test by 489 runs with 9 wickets remaining
Pakistan tour of England and Ireland, 2nd Investec Test: England v Pakistan at Manchester, Jul 22-26, 2016
England won the toss and elected to bat.
England 1st Innings 589/8d (152.2 ov) AN Cook 105 off 172, 15 fours, JE Root 254 off 406, 27 fours, CR Woakes 58 off 104, 8 fours and 1 six, Mohammad Amir 89-2, Rahat Ali 101-2, Wahab Riaz 106-3, Yasir Shah 213-1.
England 2nd Innings 98/1 (21 ov) AN Cook 49 not out off 53, 6 fours, JE Root 23 off 19, 3 fours, Mohammad Amir 36-1.
Pakistan 1st Innings 198 ao (63.4 ov) Shan Masood 39 off 84, 5 fours, Misbah-ul –Haq 52 off 114, 4 fours, Wahab Riaz 39 off 61, 5 fours and 1 six, CR Woakes 67-4, BA Stokes 39-2, MM Ali 43-2, SCJ Broad 20-1, JM Anderson 27-1.
England lead by 489 runs with 9 wickets remaining.
England did not enforce the follow-on but opeted for meaty 391 run lead against the Pakistan side that had beaten them at Lord’s at the Old Trafford Test. However, Cook’s reluctance to ask their bowlers to go the extra mile and bowl for a second time. However, England advanced that lead to 498 in 21 overs for the lone loss of Alex Hales, with bothg Joe Root’s 23 and AN Cook’s 49 not out. Earlier England middle order malfunctioned, James Vince, Gary Balance falling cheaply. Pakistan’s Captain Misbah-ul-Haq scored a half century with stubborn stroke adding 60 in 15 overs with Wahab Riaz for the nine wicket to hold up England after lunch before a top-edged sweeo agustnMoeen Ali was held by Cook at short fine leg. CR Woakes took four wickets.