08-10-2024 14:51 via theguardian.com

Crawley and Root rebuild after Duckett blow and Salman Agha ton for Pakistan

First Test, day two: Pakistan 556; England 96-1Agha Salman hits fine hundred as hosts’ tail wagsFor the best part of two days England toiled in the field, hours of perspiration and very occasional inspiration in which Pakistan gradually accumulated a score that many teams – though perhaps not this one, who beyond their general proclivity to positivity have won the last two games in which they had conceded more than 500 – would find completely daunting. England kept calm, they k
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