At the time of writing, the Pakistan squad were yet to have a look at the pitch, while Root was reserving judgement until the morning of the match. That Stokes was out for 0 and 7 showed that while England are all the stronger for having him - of the nine Tests England have played without Stokes None of this will have been lost on Pakistan, who were left wondering how to counter an England side who had all the answers when they needed them.

For his unbeaten innings of 84 runs, Woakes was named player of the match.While five days of play were scheduled for each Test, the first Test reached a result in four days.

Ahead of the tour to England, Pakistan were scheduled to play three In late May 2020, a revised schedule was issued, starting with the first Test match at Old Trafford from 5 August 2020.The PCB announced that the touring party would go through three rounds of COVID-19 testing prior to leaving Pakistan, and would be tested every five days once in England.On 12 June 2020, the PCB named a touring squad of 29 players for both the Test and T20I matches.On 27 June 2020, due to the high number of positive tests for COVID-19, On 29 July 2020, England named their squad for the first Test, which was unchanged from the side that had Pope reached his fifty early on the third day, but the scoring rate was slow, and shortly after he and Buttler had reached their fifty-partnership, Pope was caught in the gully for 62 off the bowling of Naseem Shah. Pakistan vs England 2020 Team Squads. ""It's been five months since we last played a Test. The complete list of names for the Pakistan … I don't think tiredness is an issue with the team.

Stokes struck a few overs later, after a Pakistan review confirmed that his delivery to Rizwan would have gone on to hit the stumps; England then used a review in the next over to consign Shadab Khan to the same fate after umpire In an attempt to set a defendable target for England's batsmen to chase, Pakistan came out with aggressive intent; Yasir Shah hit three fours and a six before edging a ball from Broad behind to Buttler. Woakes himself then removed Babar Azam for 5, caught in the slips by Stokes, and Azhar Ali, trapped lbw for 18. (2:20)No Stokes, no worries for England? Pakistan's record in the second Test of a series in England since 2000: won 1, lost 4 In the four Tests at the Ageas Bowl, spinners average 30.27 (33 … The PCB also named Bilal Asif, Imran Butt, Musa Khan and Mohammad Nawaz as reserve players for the tour. England vs Pakistan - Check out England (ENG) Squad vs Pakistan (PAK) Squad, cricket schedule, match details of 2nd Test of Pakistan in England 3 Test Series 2020, PAK in ENG 3 Test Series 2020 only at News18.com. It does tend to turn, however, at the Ageas Bowl - Moeen Ali has 17 wickets at 15.47 in his two Tests at the ground.Pakistan's record in the second Test of a series in England since 2000: won 1, lost 4In the four Tests at the Ageas Bowl, spinners average 30.27 (33 wkts), compared to 31.73 for seamers (94 wkts)Shan Masood faced more balls from James Anderson (62, without being dismissed) in the previous Test than he had faced in six innings previously (57 balls, six dismissals)"It doesn't matter who it is, but obviously for it to not be Ben on this occasion gives those two a huge amount of confidence. Having scored 29 off 25 balls in the first innings, England sent out Broad to join Woakes in the hunt for the remaining 21 runs; he ultimately contributed seven runs to a partnership of 17 as Woakes continued to hold up his end, Broad out lbw to Shah. Sibley had passed him, meanwhile, and he and Root worked to add 64 runs to the total before he was tempted into a big shot by Yasir Shah that was edged to the slips with the pair on 36 each. The wicket of Stokes (9) another three overs later, also caught behind off Shah, continued England's mini-collapse, and the loss of Pope for 7 left them at 117/5, still 160 runs from victory. Shah also took the next two wickets at regular intervals, as Bess edged him to slip for 1 before Woakes suffered the same fate as Buttler, out bowled. We shall see when England, 1-0 up in a series for the first time since 2018, face Pakistan in the second Test at the Ageas Bowl without Ben Stokes, In fairness to the hosts, they showed in winning the first Test that while Stokes is their Then there was Buttler who, in his own words, thought he might be Stokes had been picked for the first Test purely as a batsman, having failed to pull up sufficiently from a quad muscle strain to bowl in the first innings. Pakistan announced on Monday a 20-man squad for their three-match Test series against England. Expected rain on Friday and Saturday and more storms possible after that doesn't bode well. Asad Shafiq and Mohammad Rizwan put on 38 for the fifth wicket, but a direct hit of the stumps by Sibley saw Shafiq run out for 29 while attempting a quick single.

But his 2 for 11, combined with Woakes' identical figures, restricted Pakistan to just 169 in their second innings. Buttler ultimately reached 75 before he was trapped lbw by Yasir Shah while attempting a reverse sweep, ending the partnership at 139 runs.