25-10-2024 15:10 via theguardian.com

England on brink of series defeat as wickets tumble after Pakistan fightback

Third Test, day two: England 267 & 24-3; Pakistan 344Tourists still trail by 53 with openers and Ollie Pope goneWelcome to the house of Saud. England crossed the threshold on Friday hoping to underline a slender advantage and they departed on the precipice of an emphatic defeat after the game was in almost every way transformed by Saud Shakeel. Where there was chaos he brought calm, when his team were struggling he brought success, and his spectacularly unspectacular century pushed England i
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