Sports News | Rain Plays Spoilsport on Day One of Second Test, Pak Reach 126/5 Against England

Southampton [UK], Aug 13 (ANI): Rain forced early stumps on day one of the second Test of the three-match series with Pakistan at 126/5 against England here at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton.

Batting first, Pakistan lost the wicket of in-form batsman Shan Masood (1) in the third over of the innings as he was adjudged leg-before wicket on the delivery bowled by James Anderson.

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Skipper Azhar Ali next came out to bat, and he along with Abid Ali ensured that the side does not lose wickets in a cluster. Rain forced an early lunch interval, and at the break, Pakistan's score was at 62/1 with both Azhar and Abid at the crease.

After the lunch break, Anderson bowled tight line and length for the hosts and as a result, he was finally rewarded with a breakthrough as Azhar (20) was caught at the slip cordon. This reduced the visitors to 78/2.

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With Pakistan's score at 85/2, rain hampered play and the match had to be stopped for about two hours.

As soon as play resumed after the tea break, Abid (60) got past the half-century mark, but he was sent back to the pavilion by Sam Curran in the 38th over.

In a span of five overs, Stuart Broad and Chris Woakes provided two more breakthroughs to England as the duo dismissed Asad Shafiq (5) and Fawad Alam (0) reducing Pakistan to 120/5.

With the visitors' score at 126/5, rain played spoilsport again and it forced early stumps on day one.

For Pakistan, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan remained unbeaten on 25 and 4 respectively. (ANI)

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