Azhar Ali came in place of Shan and he too like Shan went without doing much. In fact it was nothing from him on score board. He edged an out swinger from Anderson back to Bairstow.
The second opener Muhammad Hafeez is clearly struggling with his form. Hafeez is not making some big runs and today again after getting a start he threw his wicket away.
Hafeez tried to pull Moeen down towards square leg for a bag one but the ball took some extra bounce and hit the top edge and fell into Broad’s hands.
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Younis Khan remained unlucky. The veteran missed a low full toss from Anderson which was very much surprising. The ball hit his pad and it was plumb for the umpire.
Asad too fell to a beauty from Patel. Patel’s off spin turned and bounced a bit too much and Shafiq failed to counter it. The ball took the top edge and Bairstow really did well with his gloves on this one.
Sarfraz played well but then his attacking mode at the end was bit too much against the turning track in Sharjah. He was caught at mid-wicket.
Pakistan didn’t bat well. They realized early that the pitch was not suitable for batting yet they didn’t make a plan for it.
