149.1 -
Stokes to Shoaib Malik, leg byes, FOUR, clumsy effort from Buttler, the heat has spared nobody. Malik missed out with his glance to a ball which was straying down leg, the ball deflects off the thigh pad to the left of the keeper. He gets a hand with the dive but fails to stop
141.2 -
Moeen Ali to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, brutally hit this time. Down the track and to the pitch before drilling it low and flat wide of mid-off. No chance for the fielder and Shoaib Malik is putting his foot down. Willing to take chances as he gets tired. It is visible to everyone who are watching the game
141.1 -
Moeen Ali to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, that is a crude slog but mighty effective. It was tossed up outside off, Shoaib Malik went down on his knees and slog-swept that to the deep mid-wicket fence. Didn't get too much power behind the shot but managed to hit the gap
138.4 -
Anderson to Shafiq, leg byes, FOUR, the heads are going down. Poor, poor delivery. Straying on the hips, Shafiq misses out with his glance but the ball runs away fine off the thigh pad
137.2 -
Adil Rashid to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, down the track and bang! Will we see a different Malik now. Got close to the pitch and lofts it over mid-off
135.1 -
Adil Rashid to Shafiq, FOUR, another get up on your feet moment! Shafiq reaches his 8th Test hundred. Cook and Stokes clap in appreciation. Shafiq holds his bat and helmet aloft, big smile crossing his face. Nearly made a mess of it in getting there though. Loopy low full toss, Shafiq nearly falls over looking to play the paddle sweep. Gets it away though and into the boundary
128.4 -
Root to Shafiq, FOUR, you get these with part-timers. Regular boundary ball. Dragged down well short and angled across outside off, Shafiq makes room while going back and hammers the cut through the gap
122.3 -
Broad to Shafiq, FOUR, errs in line for once and is put away. Too easy. With no fine leg, he strays on the hips, all Shafiq had to do was get a tickle and he does so with his glance
118.3 -
Broad to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, fraction fuller outside off, Malik doesn't get quite close to the pitch with his stride but there is no seam off the track anyways. Drives it square of the wicket, the ball teases the chasing fielder into the ropes
113.0 -
Stokes to Shafiq, leg byes, FOUR, can't bowl there, very poor delivery from Stokes, down leg and Shafiq just had to get bat on the flick, did so beating Buttler to his left. The fielder is very square and he had no chance of cutting that off. Four more to Shafiq. Clearly came off the bat but the umpire has signalled it as four leg byes. I'm sure Shafiq won't be pleased to be deprived of four Test runs
111.2 -
Adil Rashid to Shafiq, FOUR, rank bad ball and Shafiq has flat-batted it wide of mid-off. A flat-batted cut and he reached out to hit it in the gap. Nicely done by Shafiq
109.5 -
Adil Rashid to Shafiq, FOUR, now Shafiq goes over mid-on. The bat turned on impact after he came down the track to loft but got it over mid-on's head. Didn't make the cleanest of connections but sometimes all you need is to clear the fielder
108.1 -
Moeen Ali to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, Shoaib Malik goes inside out and gets four. Advancing and to the pitch before slicing it over cover, did enough to clear everyone. Good way to play spin, respect the ones that need to be respected and then put pressure by attacking the ones which need to be attacked
106.3 -
Moeen Ali to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, fraction short and Shoaib Malik is quick to latch on, rocks back and then punches the turning offie through cover, it ran away wide of the fielders and into the fence. Shoaib Malik continues on his merry ways
100.5 -
Moeen Ali to Shafiq, FOUR, very tired dive by Cook at mid-off. Shafiq takes a risk against Moeen Ali and it pays off, albeit luckily. Charges Moeen Ali and then lofts it flat, not far from Cook's right, but the England captain is slow to react and the chance is gone. It was a very difficult half chance and would've needed someone like Stokes to have had any chance of pulling that off
98.5 -
Mark Wood to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, Shoaib Malik gets to 150 - his highest Test score. What a comeback this is. Streaky way to get to the landmark though. Punches the short of length delivery outside off in the air where a regulation gully would've been. Would've carried to that man but instead it runs away in the gap and to the fence. No big celebrations, just a raise of the bat and a word with Shafiq. He looks tired as sweat is dripping down from his body
97.1 -
Adil Rashid to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, drilled past Shafiq. Advanced down the track and though he got too close to the pitch of that he smashed it past the backing away Shafiq. No chance for mid-on as Shoaib Malik shows his intent to great use
96.2 -
Mark Wood to Shafiq, FOUR, classy from Shafiq. On off stump and he used all the power in his wrist to whip it wide of mid-on. He is very good with those leg-side shots and uses his wrists to get timing to great effect. Had to beat short mid-wicket as well and did so. Bit of VVS in that shot but not done with the same lazy elegance like the Hyderabadi
96.1 -
Mark Wood to Shafiq, FOUR, poor delivery and glanced fine by Shafiq. Buttler diving to his left got a glove but failed to stop it cleanly. Raced away to the fence. It bounced in front of Buttler and that made it an awkward stop for the keeper
96.0 -
Adil Rashid to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, beautiful late cut from Shoaib Malik. Went deep in his crease and allowed the ball to come to him, played it late and got it wide of backward point. Managed to get it past the sweeper running across to his left as well. Shoaib Malik used the depth of the crease really well to get power and placement on the shot
90.0 -
Anderson to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, superb shot. Full outside off, Shoaib Malik leant forward and drove it with fine timing wide of mid-off, who didn't dive. The ball purred across the turf and raced away beating the chasing fielder. He looked so elegant and in control when he played that drive. He seems to be getting better and better as the innings progresses
85.2 -
Anderson to Shafiq, FOUR, half volley from Anderson, Shafiq leans into the drive and gets it wide of the man at mid-off for a sparkling boundary. Broad gives the chase, but some tired legs there. He eventually gives up as the ball crashes into the boundary boards
76.2 -
Anderson to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, short of length delivery with plenty of width on offer - that's a lollypop to a batsman who was digging it out all day. Malik slaps the cut through cover and does so with sublime timing. Stand and admire stuff
75.2 -
Adil Rashid to Shafiq, FOUR, slightly short and Shafiq is off and running with a boundary against his name - the best way to get off the mark, isn't it? Shafiq leant back and muscled the cut through cover. Lanky Broad chases the ball and flings it back just inside the ropes but unfortunately he was in contact with the ropes
68.2 -
Broad to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, as cool as you like. No punch in the air, no exult in delight. Just a little handshake with his partner and a nice big smile. Extra-ordinary year this has been for Malik. Scored a bucketful of runs on his ODI comeback, and now a ton on the resumption of his Test career. Coming to the ball, it was baited up outside off, Malik takes it and goes chasing with a loose drive, the outside edge rolls away safely though behind backward point. 3rd Test hundred for him!
67.5 -
Moeen Ali to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, loopy delivery which lands a bit too full outside off, Malik creams the drive through extra-cover
65.1 -
Moeen Ali to Younis Khan, FOUR, on the pads, Younis again brings out the reverse sweep. However, this time, around Younis timed this one well. It runs away to the third man fence for a boundary. The fielder at backward point gives the chase, but to no avail
64.2 -
Broad to Younis Khan, FOUR, Younis with a marvellous concoction of timing and placement drives this one through the cover-region and it rockets to the boundary boards. The fielder at cover gives the chase, but to no avail
63.5 -
Moeen Ali to Younis Khan, byes, FOUR, this one misses everything as it pitches and turns out of the rough. The keeper moves to his left, but had no chance in stopping that. It runs away for four byes
59.5 -
Moeen Ali to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, Shoaib advances, gets close to the pitch of the ball and lofts it over the deep mid-wicket region to collect a boundary. It crashed into the boundary boards on one bounce
59.3 -
Moeen Ali to Younis Khan, FOUR, lovely extension of hands from Younis as he slaps this delivery that was bowled outside off through deep extra cover for a boundary. He is just a few runs away from breaking Miandad's record for most runs by a Pakistani batsman in Tests
57.0 -
Stokes to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, fuller length delivery and tempting the drive, Malik comes half-forward and gets a thick outside edge that goes past the vacant gully region for a boundary. It crashed into the boundary boards
56.4 -
Stokes to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, fuller length delivery and outside off, Malik leans into the drive and it goes past the backward point fielder for a boundary. No need to run for those
47.4 -
Adil Rashid to Hafeez, FOUR, more stylishly done this time. Waits for this tossed up just outside off, stays still and lofts it high and over mid-off, superb timing on that
47.3 -
Adil Rashid to Hafeez, FOUR, full toss and that's a dolly to Hafeez who spanks that through mid-wicket. There is no one in the deep which means it's a boundary
47.0 -
Stokes to Hafeez, FOUR, yet again Hafeez brings up 150 - but this time it's the partnership. Not a convincing way to get there though. Pitched on a good length and enticing width on offer for Hafeez, he drives and gets a healthy outside edge which runs away to the left of Root at gully
46.1 -
Stokes to Hafeez, FOUR, Hafeez brings up the 150 for Pakistan. This was full and wide, Hafeez leans into the drive and places it behind point, once it beat the fielder it was always going in one direction - boundary ropes that is
45.2 -
Adil Rashid to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, full toss again, what are you doing Adil Rashid? Is he still feeling the nerves? Malik belts that with a slog across the line through mid-wicket, don't bother running for those
43.4 -
Adil Rashid to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, Malik is not hanging back! Once he sees the poor delivery he pounces on it. This was the rank long hop from Adil Rashid, Malik cashes in as he rocks back and cuts it fiercely through cover
39.4 -
Broad to Hafeez, FOUR, with the pitch offering nothing, Broad wants to take it out of the equation by aiming for yorkers. Gets it wrong again, ends up as a full toss on the pads, flicked away nonchalantly through the square leg region
33.1 -
Anderson to Hafeez, FOUR, some nice desserts after the Lunch. Shortish and width on offer, Hafeez's first movement was forward, doesn't bother to go back and cuts it square of the wicket in the gap
23.1 -
Adil Rashid to Hafeez, FOUR, no respect whatsoever for Adil Rashid. Tossed up outside off, Hafeez lofts it over mid-on. Plenty of bottom hand in the stroke and a punchy way to get a boundary
20.0 -
Broad to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, Shoaib Malik gets lucky. It was angled in on a fuller length and swung in, Shoaib Malik was looking to punch that straight down the ground, the ball takes the thick outside edge and wrong-foots gully to his left, races away to the vacant third man fence
18.2 -
Adil Rashid to Hafeez, FOUR, can't bowl short and wide like that, Hafeez rocked back to cut it wide of point and helped himself to another boundary. That boundary also brought up Hafeez's 3000 Test runs
18.0 -
Mark Wood to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, beautiful shot. Two drives in the over - one on-drive and now the off-drive. Balance and poise from Shoaib Malik as he got forward to drive wide of mid-off. Mark Wood guilty of overpitching and Malik good enough to take advantage of that
17.4 -
Mark Wood to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, Shoaib Malik is looking in good nick. Full on the stumps, hint of reverse for Mark Wood, but Shoaib Malik punched that wide of Anderson's right at silly mid-on, Broad didn't dive at a conventional mid-on and escorted the ball to the fence. He certainly looks tired
16.2 -
Adil Rashid to Hafeez, FOUR, Hafeez comes down the track and takes it on the full, lofts it over mid-on, one bounce over the ropes. Hafeez not allowing Adil Rashid to settle
15.4 -
Mark Wood to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, Mark Wood does his zig-zag thing. But he delivers it very full on the stumps after swaying wide of the crease, missed his length and Shoaib Malik drove it straight down the ground for a boundary
14.4 -
Adil Rashid to Hafeez, FOUR, didn't take long for Hafeez to assert his domination over Adil Rashid. Down the track and a short-arm jab loft back over the bowler's head. Easy four and a some glove with Shoaib Malik after the shot
13.1 -
Mark Wood to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, now Shoaib Malik punches a back of a length delivery and gets four. Wide of backward point and beats Stokes' head-first dive into the ropes. Mark Wood has to pitch it up further. He has been hitting back of a length consistently and that is not the way to go on this deck
13.0 -
Adil Rashid to Hafeez, FOUR, beautiful shot. Not all that short but Hafeez rocked back in a flash and then used the depth of the crease to cut it between point and cover, bisected the two fielders and had the legs to go to the fence. Adil Rashid grimaces
8.1 -
Mark Wood to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, Mark Wood begins with a loosener and Shoaib Malik cashes in. On a back of a length and outside off, Shoaib Malik punches to the right of point where the fielder goes with one hand on the dive and fails to stop it. Races away
8.0 -
Stokes to Hafeez, FOUR, back of a length outside off, Hafeez stands tall and cuts very late, in the gap at gully and it races away. Got on top of the bounce and put it away
6.3 -
Anderson to Hafeez, FOUR, first boundary of the innings and a lovely shot to bring it up. Half-volley outside off, Hafeez leans forward into the cover drive and times it well to get it down to the fence