Although, in the closing stages of play on day two, Pakistan bowlers picked up a flurry of wickets, to reduce England to 239/6, still trailing by 127 runs at the Multan Cricket Stadium. Earlier, with the help of Kamran Ghulam 's hundred and Saim Ayub's 77-run knock, Pakistan were bowled out for 366 runs in their first innings. Mohammad Rizwan scored crucial 41(97) , along with crucial 30s by Salman Ali Agha, Aamir Jamal, and Noman Ali. Jack Leach took four wickets by conceding 114 runs in 38.3 overs. Apart from that, Brydon Carse took 3 wickets, while Matthew Potts and Shoaib Bashir dismissed opposition batters as well. Coming to bat in the first innings for England, Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett put up an opening partnership of 73 runs for the first wicket in 12.1 overs. Crawley got out after scoring 27 runs off 36 balls with three boundaries. After that, Duckett took charge of the innings for the visitors.