22/07Result
2nd Investec Test, Pakistan tour of England and Ireland at Manchester, Jul 22-25 2016
England won by 330 runs
Player of the Match
Joe Root
Joe RootEngland
22/07Result
2nd Investec Test, Pakistan tour of England and Ireland at Manchester, Jul 22-25 2016
England won by 330 runs
Player of the Match
Joe Root
Joe RootEngland

END OF OVER:
30 | 12 Runs | ENG: 173/1

  • Alastair Cook76 (78b)
  • Joe Root71 (48b)
  • Azhar Ali2-0-21-0
  • Yasir Shah9-0-53-0

England have declared. Cook and Root walk of after enjoying themselves for 40 minutes. They will rarely have the chance to play with such freedom in a Test match. Now we get back to the serious stuff. Pakistan's target 565 with, I make it, 185 overs left in the match weather permitting. I'll be back in a few minutes for the start of Pakistan's second innings.

29.6
4
Azhar Ali to Cook, FOUR, opens up his stance and plays a fantastic cover drive which races to the boundary...and that is that!
29.5
1
Azhar Ali to Root, 1 run, now he slog sweeps another full toss, a skimmer out to deep midwicket which lands just short of Hafeez
29.4
4
Azhar Ali to Root, FOUR, my goodness, was that a switch hit? Yep, he switches his hands and reverse wallops a full toss through the covers.
29.3
1
Azhar Ali to Cook, 1 run, goes for a heave over the leg side, gets a big top edge that loops into the vacant area at point. A slog from the skipper
29.2
1
Azhar Ali to Root, 1 run, low full toss from round the wicket, whipped to deep square

PAK tour of ENG 2016 News

Huge win for England

330

Runs England won this Test by - their second biggest win against Pakistan by margin of runs. Their biggest win came at Trent Bridge in 2010, by 354 runs.

Woakes' special knack

8

Number of times Chris Woakes has struck in the first over of his spells in his Test career. He has done so four times already in this series.

Younis' lean patch

6

No. of consecutive Test inns in which Younis Khan has been dismissed without scoring at least 50 runs - equals his worst streak. His first such streak since 2003.

Jimmy at home

290

Wickets taken by James Anderson in England - the most by a fast bowler in home Tests beating Glenn McGrath's tally of 289 wickets.

Missing opening act, again

18.50

Runs Pakistan's first wicket has averaged in this series. In their last series in England Pakistan had averaged 11.62 for their fist wicket in four Tests.

Tall order

565

Target set by England - the second-highest ever Pakistan have been set to chase in Tests.

Cook's quickest

55

Balls taken by Alastair Cook for his fifty in England's second innings; this is his fastest fifty in Tests. Previous fastest came off 56 balls, v India in Mohali, 2007-08

Tall order for Pakistan

402

Highest 4th-inngs total in Tests at Old Trafford, by Australia in 1981. In terms of overs faced, the best is 145.1, by India in 1959

Where's the follow-on?

2

Instances of England not enforcing the follow-on despite a lead higher than 391; in 1930 v WI (lead 563), and v Aus in 1928 (lead 399)

Huge lead

391

England's 1st-innings lead, their 2nd-highest in a Test v Pakistan. Their highest is 401, at Trent Bridge in 1954

Misbah's hot streak

7

Fifty-plus scores for Misbah in his last 10 Test innings - two hundreds and five fifties.

Iffy top order

23

Instances, in 51 Tests in England, when Pakistan have been seven down for less than 120