Manchester: Test England beat Pakistan to level series
England beat Pakistan by 330 runs to win the second Test at Old Trafford on Monday and so level the four-match series at 1-1.
Pakistan, set a mammoth 565 to win, were bowled out for 234 in their second innings with more than a day left in the match.
England, who lost the first Test at Lord’s by 75 runs, bounced back with a huge first-innings total of 589 for eight declared.
Joe Root made a Test-best 254 and England captain Alastair Cook 105, his 29th Test century.
Pakistan managed just 198 in reply, captain Misbah-ul-Haq top-scoring with 52 and England all-rounder Chris Woakes taking four for 67.
Despite a first-innings lead of 391, Cook opted against enforcing the follow-on.
Instead Cook (76 not out) and Root (71 not out) inflicted further punishment on Pakistan’s attack before the skipper declared England’s second innings at 173 for one on Monday morning.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 26th, 2016.
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