Watchful Pakistan make steady progress

Driven by an unbeaten stand of 80 runs by Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan, for the fourth wicket, Pakistan edged nearer to the objective, making a beeline for Lunch at 169 for 3, in Rawalpindi, on Monday. In what was an attritional yet careful morning meeting of play in Rawalpindi, Pakistan added 89 runs for the deficiency of only one wicket - Imam ul Haq. The sluggish idea of the surface didn't consider a lot of activity. Indeed, even as Britain had set a going after field, and the pacers were bowling tight lines, the players were in an agreeable situation to see through the early difficulty. The main achievement that they got on the last morning was through a touch of karma, with Imam getting an edge to the 'manager while endeavoring to flick a ball going the legside by James Anderson. His excusal on 48, simply over 30 minutes into the day's play, opened up entryways for Britain to take the energy. Be that as it may, odds were far and few. Rizwan was held in line almost immediately, and as the runs evaporated - with just 30 coming in the principal hour - he hoped to assault. A lot of that work came to no end, and, surprisingly, the odd limits that he found were either through edges and around various mishits. Notwithstanding, several sixes down the ground, off Jack Filter and Will Jacks separately, just assisted Pakistan with getting truly necessary runs. Joe Root, bowling from around the wicket to Rizwan, even endeavored to entice him into botches by bowling on the harsh down the legside. It set out open doors yet nothing that took steps to break the fourth wicket partnership. Besides, as the organization prospered, Shakeel just turned out to be more guaranteed with his strokeplay as well as leaves, and switched gears in the final part of the innings, without facing an excessive number of challenges to raise his lady Test fifty with a straight hit for a limit against Filter. The spinners demonstrated costly however the pacers, with their trained channels of activity, were difficult to move away. Shakeel went to Lunch unbeaten on 63, with Rizwan for organization, and 174 runs required in the last two meetings of the Test. To help Pakistan's case, Azahar Ali - who had resigned harmed on Sunday night - is fit and accessible to bat. Brief scores: Pakistan 579 & 169/3 (Saud Shakeel 63*, Imam-ul-Haq 48; James Anderson 1-11) trail England 657 & 264/7 decl. (Harry Brook 87, Joe Root 73; Mohammad Ali 2-64) by 173 runs.