Edgbaston Test, Pakistan's big challenge to avoid innings defeat

Pakistan is facing serious difficulties in the Edgbaston Test and avoiding an innings defeat against England has also become a big challenge for the national team. After being dismissed for only 133 runs in the first innings, Pakistan started the second innings and lost two more wickets by the end of the day.

The second day's play could not be completed due to rain and when the play was ended, Pakistan had scored 52 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in the second innings. Owais Azan was 29 while Shan Masood was not out on 21 runs.

England has a big lead in the first innings

In response to Pakistan's first innings of 133 runs, England completed their innings by scoring 453 runs, thus giving them a big lead of 320 runs over Pakistan.

For England, Harry Brook scored 75 and Jamie Smith scored 69 runs, while Dean Lawrence, Emilio Gay and Olly Robinson also scored half-centuries. Debutant Razaullah dismissed 4 players during England's innings.

Pakistan's first innings batting failed

In Pakistan's first innings, only Saud Shakeel with 43 and Mohammad Abbas with 21 runs stood out, while Razaullah scored 11 runs. 8 batsmen of the national team could not even enter double figures.

Saim Ayub scored 0 runs, Abdullah Shafiq 3, Ghazi Ghauri 4 and captain Babar Azam were out for 7 runs. Shan Masood and Imran Randhawa scored 5 runs each while Owais Azan returned to the pavilion for 9 runs.

Effective attack by English bowlers

Josh Ting from England damaged Pakistan's batting line, while Olly Robinson and Jofra Archer took 3 wickets each.

Pakistan is now at 52 runs in the second innings and needs 268 more runs to avoid an innings defeat. Thus, the third day's game will be extremely important for the national team.

Important match situation