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Saud Shakeel, who has been starved of the strike this morning, pulls Atkinson round the corner for four to move to 67.
No buffet for Mohammad Rizwan, who has fallen for a 12-ball duck. England left mid-off up, dangling the carrot, and Rizwan couldn’t resist. He ran down the track, made room and clothed Leach straight to Chris Woakes in that position. That’s a superb breakthrough for England, especially so close to lunch.
Brydon Carse has his first Test wicket. He celebrates with little more than a weary smile when Naseem fences a good delivery round the corner to leg slip. That’s the end of a handy innings from Naseem Shah: 33 from 81 balls with three sixes., this time a hold-the-pose drive played inside out over mid-off. What a fantastic shot! Those runs make this Naseem’sOh and he has now hit 30 per cent of his Test runs in sixes.
He was hit on his bowling hand, though he’s okay to continue. Maybe he’ll start having a swing now; no point taking more punishment, and it feels like he’s done his job by surviving the first hour.Big first hour? No, just a quiet one: 13 overs, 35 runs, no wickets. That’s“Naseem’s presence as the nightwatchman is on one hand seeing the new ball off and on the other is disrupting the flow of Saud Shakeel,” says Zain Malik. “This morning session should be more about intent from Pakistan.
Naseem steals a leg bye on the off side. Still just the one boundary this morning, and that was a thick edge from Naseem Shah. There have been 20 runs in nine overs and, crucially, no wickets.It might be time to try the extra pace of Brydon Carse against Naseem. For now it’s Atkinson to continue, with two slips and a leg slip waiting forNaseem is beaten by consecutive deliveries, the second a full-length beauty.
“We’ve just had a magnificently intense storm here in ‘sunny’ Queensland,” says Phil Withall. “The positive of this is that I no longer have to cut the grass, I believe the aquatic lawnmower is yet to be invented. The negative is that I am now free to focus on the cricket. Pakistan have no need to hurry, which will make England’s opening hour so much more trying. One can but hope...”
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