At the series finale at Rawalpindi, the England captain won the toss and decided to bat first on a pitch that was predicted to turn from the beginning of the game. After opening batsmen Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley put up 56 for the first wicket, Sajid Khan and Noman Ali wreaked havoc in the middle overs, leaving the visitors at 98-5 and then 118-6.
Why did Jamie Smith's score change to 89 from 91?
Jamie Smith, the wicketkeeper, then displayed the attacking range of shots that had occasionally been seen during the English home summer. By the time he was the eighth wicket to fall, Smith had taken England to 241 after less than two hours at the crease. In the end, they were bowled out for 267. Smith's score was 91, nine runs shy of a well-earned century, when he was removed after being caught behind Zahid Mahmood. But thirty minutes later, his score of 89 was shown on the official scorecard.
Only after Smith was removed did it become clear that one of his boundaries had been mistakenly recorded as a six before being changed to four runs. In the 59th over of the game, Smith slid down the track and blasted Sajid Khan down the ground with this shot. The ball bounced before going over the ropes, which the scorers later corrected, even though it first looked like it had gone over.
The turning point for England came when Shoaib Bashir dismissed Abdullah Shafique for 14. Then came the wickets of Jack Leach and Gus Atkinson, who reduced Pakistan to 46-3 by Leach dismissing Saim Ayub and Atkinson sending Kamran Ghulam through the gate.
Thanks to Saud Shakeel and captain Shan Masood, Pakistan was able to somewhat steady their innings despite a few near misses that were reversed on DRS. But Pakistan finished the day at 73-3, 194 runs behind England. On 16 apiece, Shakeel and Masood were undefeated, paving the way for an exciting second day.