Pakistan out for 221, England need 297 to win second test

Spinners Shoaib Bashir and Jack Leach shared seven wickets to bowl Pakistan out for 221 on the third day in Multan, setting England a target of 297 to win the second test.

Bashir finished with 4-66 while Leach grabbed 3-67 but Pakistan were lifted from a precarious 134-5 by Salman Agha (63) and Sajid Khan (22) with a 65-run ninth-wicket stand.

The hosts made 366 in their first knock.

Pakistan offspinner Sajid took 7-111, his second five-wicket haul, to bowl England out for 291 on a pitch – also used for the first test – offering sharp turn.

PAKISTAN: Shan Masood (captain), Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan, Salman Agha, Amir Jamal, Noman Ali, Sajid Khan, Zahid Mahmood

ENGLAND: Ben Stokes (captain), Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith, Brydon Carse, Matthew Potts, Jack Leach, Shoaib Bashir