Pakistan ahead by 128 with three wickets in hand
Pakistan extended lead to 128 runs with 3 wickets in hand at lunch on the fourth day of Second Test
Abu Dhabi: Pakistan extended their lead to 128 runs with three wickets in hand at lunch on the fourth day of the Second Test against England being played at the Zayed International Cricket Stadium.
Resuming at their overnight score of 125 for 4, Pakistan lost Asad Shafiq who could only add eight runs and fell on 43, caught in the slips by James Anderson off Monty Panesar to give the spinner his fourth wicket of the innings.
Azhar Ali remained steady at the other end and shared another 28 runs with Adnan Akmal before the new ball earned England two wickets. Ali went for a fighting 68, caught behind off Anderson while Chris Broad forced Akmal (13) to snick one to the slips where Andrew Strauss grabbed it gleefully and Pakistan at that stage were just ahead by 102 runs.
However since then both Saeed Ajmal (11) and Abdur Rehman (10) hung on to add 26 valuable runs until lunch and help Pakistan lead by 128 runs with Umar Gul and Junaid Khan to follow after them.
Brief Scores:
Pakistan: 257 all out and 198 for 7
England: 323
