England win by 331 runs and level the series
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 173/1 d (30 ov) AN Cook 76 not out off 78, 9 fours, JE Root 71 off 48, 10 fours, Mohammad Amir 43-1.
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.
Pakistan 2nd Innings 234-9 (70.3 ov) Mohammad Hafeez 42 off 72, 7 fours, 1 six, Mohammad Amir 29 off 43, 5 fours, Misbah-ul-Haq 35 off 71, 2 fours, 1 six, Asad Shafiq 39 off 53, 8 fours, JM Anderson 39-3, Moeen Ali 88-3, CR Woakes 41-3, JE Root 0-1
England Win by 331 runs the series at 1-1 with two matches to play at Edgbaston and The Oval.
England set second highest target of 565 to chase in tests. Alistair Cook’s 55 ball fifty is his fastest in tests. James Anderson has taken 290 wickets, most by a fast bowler in home tests beating previous record of Glenn McGrath’s tally of 289 wickets. Chris Woakes and Moeen Ali also took 3 wickets each. The next Test on August 3, 2016.