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Test tour of Pakistan in Multan, and the Nottinghamshire star has flown home for a significant prior engagement

Pakistan were all out for 556 in their first innings on day two of the opening test against England on Tuesday. Shan Masood (151), Abdullah Shafique (102) and Salman Agha (104 not out) struck hundreds while Saud Shakeel made 82.

England struck through debutant Brydon Carse and veteran Jack Leach as Pakistan moved to 397-6 on Day 2 of the first cricket test.

England suffered a chaotic second day in Multan, watching Pakistan pile up 556 to take control of the first Test before their response was undermined by a worrying thumb injury for opener Ben Duckett.

England took two wickets just before lunch to restrict Pakistan to 397-6 on the second day of the first Test in Multan on Tuesday.

Salman Agha knocked a fiery half-century to foil England's fightback on Tuesday, as Pakistan reached 515-8 at tea on day two of the opening Test in Multan. Agha has cracked 10 fours and two sixes in his eighth Test fifty and went past 1,

Pakistan. Saud Shakeel 51 (96) Naseem Shah 14 (45) England. Shoaib Bashir 0/83 (20) Pakistan vs England Live Score: FOUR! 7T