England cricket team has taken a strong stand against the Pakistan team at the end of Stumps Day 3 of the three-match series which is being played at the Multan Cricket Stadium. Star English batter Harry Brook has surpassed legendary cricketer Rahul Dravid for an epic milestone with an astonishing hundred against the hosts. He smashed the sixth century of his International Test career on Wednesday and it came in just 19 matches. This was also his 4th Test ton on Pakistan soil.
Harry Brook surpasses Rahul Dravid
Harry Brook has surpassed Rahul Dravid in the list of away players with the most hundreds in Pakistan. Former Indian head coach had three centuries in Pakistan and now Harry Brook has overtaken him by his fourth ton in Pakistan. He has equalled the tally with India's Mohinder Amarnath and two former Sri Lankan players Thilan Samaraweera and Aravinda de Silva. However, he is the quickest in the list to get to four hundred in Pakistan as he reached this milestone in just 6 innings.
Most hundreds in Pakistan for an away batter
4 - Harry Brook (6 innings)
4 - Mohinder Amarnath (18 innings)
4 - Aravinda de Silva (17 innings)
3 - Thilan Samaraweera (8 innings)
3 - Rahul Dravid (9 innings)
England post 492/3 at stumps
After Pakistan posted 556/10 riding on the hundreds from Abdullah Shafique, Shan Masood and Agha Salman, the visitors needed some great performances from their players in order to stay in this match and avoid reeling behind after the first innings and this was ensured by their batters who did not allow Pakistan bowlers to capitalise the massive score on the board or push them on the backfoot.
Despite losing their skipper Ollie Pope for a two-ball duck, England fought back with the help of fifties from Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett and centuries from Joe Root and Harry Brook. They put the visitors in a strong position at the end of stumps day 3. England is batting at 492/3 and are only trailing by 64 runs.
