Multan
\nEngland Saturday reached 202-5 at stumps on day two of the second Test against Pakistan in Multan as spinner Abrar Ahmed kept the Men In Green in the hunt.
\nThe visitors have an overall lead of 281 runs in the second innings with three days left in the match.
\nAfter claiming seven wickets in the first innings, Ahmed added three more to his tally in the second innings.
\nEarlier, opener Ben Duckett scored a steely half-century to put England in a poll position.
\nThe left-handed batter had compiled a solid 58 at the break, his second fifty of the match, to push the visitors to 89-3 and an overall 168-run lead.
\nEngland had bundled Pakistan out for 202 in their first innings.
\nLeft-arm spinner Jack Leach destroyed the hosts with figures of 4-98, also completing 100 wickets in 31 Tests.
\nSpin was also Pakistan\u2019s key weapon, with debutant Abrar Ahmed dismissing Will Jacks (four) and Joe Root (21) to follow up his 7-114 in England\u2019s first innings of 281.
\nAhmed also had a hand in Zak Crawley\u2019s dismissal for three, running him out with a direct hit from mid-on as the batter attempted a quick single.
\nDuckett, who smashed a maiden century in the first Test and 63 in the first innings, has so far hit five boundaries.
\nIn the morning session, Pakistan\u2019s batters wasted a strong position after they resumed at 107-2 with skipper Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel looking to build a solid lead.
\nBut once Azam was bowled off fast bowler Ollie Robinson for 75 in the seventh over of the day, the innings was jolted with seven wickets falling for just 37 runs.
\nLeach dismissed Shakeel (63), Mohammad Rizwan (ten) and Mohammad Nawaz (one) for three wickets in the day.
\nAfter Leach\u2019s inroads, Root joined the act with his looping off-breaks, dismissing Agha Salman (four) and Mohammad Ali (nought).
\nWith lunch extended for the last wicket, Faheem Ashraf (22) and Ahmed (seven not out) held on for 23 runs before Mark Wood broke the partnership.
\nRoot had figures of 2-23 and Wood 2-40.
\nAzam hit ten boundaries and a six and added 91 for the third wicket with Shakeel.
\nLeach lured Shakeel into playing a lofted shot toward mid-on were James Anderson held a smart running catch, giving the spinner his 100th Test wicket.
\nEngland lead the three-match series 1-0 after winning the first Test by 74 runs in Rawalpindi.
\nEngland are on their first Test tour of Pakistan since 2005.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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