By Mercy Kosgei England lost openers Duckett and Crawley to end on 36-2 to Pakistan leaving them to level to series 1-1. With over 250 runs to win, England real

Sajid Khan took seven wickets as England were dismissed for 291 on day three of the second Test on Thursday to trail Pakistan’s first innings 366 by 75 runs. The 31-year-old off-spinner took three of the four wickets to fall in the morning session for figures of 7-111 — his second five-wicket haul — after England had resumed at 239-6 in Multan.

It’s highly unusual for a pitch to be reused for a consecutive Test match but Pakistan it seem are set to do the same in second Test vs England at Multan.

Welcome to live coverage of day three of the second Test from Multan where play will resume with England on 239 for six, 127 behind Pakistan, after an extraordinary final session dominated by the bustling,

Pakistan lost two wickets in the post-lunch session but stretched their overall lead to 209 on day three of the spin-dominated second test against England on Thursday. Saud Shakeel, batting on 30, led Pakistan's push for a series-levelling victory on a track where most batters from both sides have struggled against the sharply turning ball.

Pakistan rode Sajid Khan's brilliance with ball and bat against a scratchy England in the second test on Thursday and eyed a long-awaited home test win. England, set a massive 297-run target for victory on a tricky pitch,

Pakistan need eight more wickets to bowl out England heading into Day 4 of the second Test and end a dismal run of six successive red-ball defeats. England ended Thursday's play on 36-2 after Ben Duckett and Zac Crawley both fell early on as they looked to secure what would be a record-breaking run chase of 297.

Pakistan rebuilt to extend their lead to 209 as they reached 134-5 at tea in the second Test after a three-wicket burst by England spinner Shoaib Bashir on Thursday. Pakistan off-spinner Sajid Khan took 7-111,

England were facing a difficult fourth-innings chase as Pakistan stretched their lead in the second Test to 209 on an increasingly difficult Multan pitch. Nine wickets fell in the first two sessions on day three,

Pakistan left England in a spin on day two in Multan, with Ben Duckett's fine century not enough to prevent the hosts running riot in the second Test.