Shan Masood and Azan Awais are at the crease, with skipper Babar Azam set to follow. England vs Pakistan 3rd Test LIVE Updates: Pakistan need a Herculean batting effort to avoid defeat against England, heading into Day 3 of the third Test at Edgbaston. Pakistan will resume from 52/2 in their second innings, still trailing the hosts by 268 runs. On Day 2, England posted a first innings total of 453, taking an inital lead of 320 runs. Half-centuries from Emilio Gay , Harry Brook , Dan Lawrence , Jamie Smith and Ollie Robinson put England in control, and favourites to complete a 3-0 series sweep. ( Live Scorecard )
A comprehensive bowling display by the hosts, with the troika of Archer, Robinson and Tongue sharing the bulk of load. Atkinson, for his part, walked away wicketless, though there was nothing wrong with how he bowled. OUT! CAUGHT AT SECOND SLIP! Abbas stays leg side of it and pushes tentatively away from his body, only to find an outside edge that flies straight to Harry Brook at second slip. A routine take for him and he is not dropping those at all. A touch fuller, around off, Ali pushes it through cover and gets a brace. Full delivery outside off, and Abbas nudges it away in front of cover-point, setting off for a single before his partner sends him back. Archer swoops to his left, stops the ball with his left leg and fires in a quick throw at the striker’s end, but Abbas gets home well in time. Yorker, outside off, Mohammad Abbas jams it to the off side.
1.40 pm GMT – Swiftly done – It took England just under 34 overs and under two sessions to expose Pakistan’s vulnerabilities with the bat once again. Archer wraps it up, bagging a three-for as Pakistan have been skittled out on 133. Archer rifles in a good-length delivery around the off pole, clocking it at 141 kph.
Truth be told, he barely got the chance to loosen up before it was all over.
