KARACHI: The last Pakistani pair of Sohail
Khan and Rahat Ali had pulled the team tantalising close to an unlikely
draw with an 11.1-over stay at the crease that accounted for the second
highest partnership.
The match was as good as lost when
Ali, who remained unbeaten on 15, joined Khan at the crease with
Pakistan still 192 runs behind England’s target of 343.
The
two forged a partnership of 50 runs – the second highest in Pakistan’s
second innings behind Sami Aslam and Azhar Ali’s 73-run stretch for the
second wicket.
Bur more important in the context of the
game, they stayed together for 11.1 overs, also the second longest stay
after the Aslam-Ali partnership (24.5 overs).
When Khan
fell on an individual score of 36, the third highest after Aslam, 70,
and Ali, 38, they were only 14 overs away from end of play that would
have drawn the game, keeping the series level at 1-1.
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