England shatters 112-year record on 'crazy' day

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Virus-hit England stamped its assertive marque of Test cricket successful its first Test successful Pakistan successful 17 years by amassing a satellite grounds 4-506 with 4 batters smashing hundreds.

Zak Crawley deed 122 and Ben Duckett made 107 successful a blistering opening basal of 233. Ollie Pope and Harry Brook blazed hundreds successful the past league successful an astonishing show of power-hitting against an inexperienced Pakistan bowling attack.

And the Test astir didn't start.

England confirmed it had a acceptable 11 and the lucifer could spell up lone 2 hours earlier the toss.

Then it destroyed a big of records successful lone 75 overs erstwhile play ended prematurely due to the fact that of atrocious light.

The 4-506 full was the highest connected the archetypal time of immoderate Test, surpassing Australia's 6-494 successful 1910 against South Africa successful Sydney.

England besides became the fastest squad to people 500 runs

Four England batters scored centuries successful 1 innings for the archetypal clip successful 15 years.

"It's unbelievable," Crawley said.

"I was pleased with however I played ... I was annoyed erstwhile I got retired due to the fact that you ever privation more."

Pope made 108 and Brook 101 not out.

Of the 4 centurions, Duckett was the slowest. He needed 105 balls for his maiden Test ton.

Brook took 80 balls, the 3rd fastest by an Englishman.

"Pretty brainsick day, to beryllium honest, and I deliberation (an) adjacent crazier build-up to this Test match," Duckett told Sky Sports astatine stumps.

"It was an bonzer show of batting," said erstwhile England spinner Vic Marks connected the BBC coverage.

Captain Ben Stokes, who won the flip and elected to bat aft recovering successful clip from the viral bug, was not retired connected 34 disconnected 15 balls.

England batters smashed 73 boundaries and 3 sixes successful a white-ball fireworks show with the reddish ball.

"It was breathtaking from England's constituent of view," Pakistan manager Saqlain Mushtaq said.

"The transportation was akin to the 1 we had against Australia, but it should person been a spot supportive."

The manager was referring to the drawn Test astatine the aforesaid Pindi Cricket Stadium successful March, erstwhile lone 14 wickets fell successful 5 days and the transportation was rated arsenic "below average" by ICC lucifer referee Ranjan Madugalle.

In the lack of injured spearhead Shaheen Afridi, Pakistan opted to manus debuts to 3 bowlers: accelerated bowlers Haris Rauf and Mohammad Ali, and legspinner Mohammad Zahid.

But nary of the bowlers could extract immoderate assistance from a slow, grassless pitch.

A maiden wasn't bowled until the 39th over.

Surprisingly, Joe Root was the lone batter to miss retired erstwhile helium fell to Mahmood, who finished the time with 2-168. Rauf (1-78) and Ali (1-96) shared the different wickets.

Crawley and Duckett plundered the archetypal implicit for 14 runs and had 100 unneurotic successful the 14th over. They combined for 233 astatine amended than a tally a shot earlier Pakistan picked up 3 wickets successful the mediate league erstwhile Mahmood and Rauf struck successful successive overs with the aged ball.

Mahmood broke the basal erstwhile Duckett went for a reverse expanse against the leg-spinner and Pakistan successfully went for a TV referral against on-field umpire Joe Wilson's not-out decision.

Rauf past swung successful precocious and clattered Crawley's stumps successful the adjacent over.

But England's intent to people astatine gait didn't subside aft the dismissal of the 2 century-makers.

Root was retired lbw for 23 erstwhile helium was struck connected the backmost limb portion attempting a sweep.

Crawley was connected 99 erstwhile Naseem Shah trapped him connected the backmost foot, but Crawley successfully overturned the determination arsenic video suggested the shot would person missed the limb stump.

Two balls later, Crawley achieved the fastest Test period by an England opener disconnected 86 balls with a cover-driven boundary, and Duckett reached his maiden 100 by pulling Rauf to the limb broadside for four.

"Pretty peculiar day," Duckett said.

Pope lashed 14 boundaries.

Brook struck six boundaries successful 1 implicit disconnected the bowling of debutant part-time spinner Saud Shakeel successful the last session.

Crawley and Duckett stormed England to 0-174 successful the archetypal session.

Crawley missed an accidental to go the archetypal Englishman to smash a period earlier luncheon successful a Test lucifer erstwhile helium reached 91, portion Duckett dominated Mahmood's rotation to marque 77.

Crawley was ruthless against Rauf's short-pitched deliveries and the gentle mean gait of Ali, too, to rise his half-century disconnected lone 38 balls with 11 fours. He deed different six boundaries successful the league and a team-best 21 implicit his innings.

Duckett dominated the limb rotation of Mahmood with his trademark expanse shots and didn't hesitate to onslaught the spinner aboriginal with a reverse-swept boundary. He completed his maiden Test half-century disconnected 50 balls.

The commencement of the Test was confirmed astatine lone 7:30am section clip aft the Pakistan Cricket Board said England "informed (them) they are successful a presumption to tract an XI, and, arsenic such, the archetypal Test volition commence arsenic per docket today".

England had to marque a alteration to its playing XI astatine the past minute. Foakes was replaced by Will Jacks, who's making his Test debut, and Pope volition keep. Liam Livingstone volition besides debut.

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