Pak vs Eng: Saud down at 82 runs as Pakistan stand at 450-7 after lunch

MULTAN: Saud Shakeel stayed on course to be the third Pakistan batter eyeing a hundred before his dream was shattered with his dismissal at 82 runs on the second day of the opening Test against England.

The Green Caps were at 450 runs after lunch.

Earlier, Naseem Shah excelled in the nightwatchman's role as he smashed a career-best 33, collaborating in a 64-run partnership with Saud, before being sent to the dugout.

Pakistan pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi and Salman Ali Agha are on the wicket right now at the Multan Cricket Stadium.

England were made to toil with little reward on Monday and it was more of the same when play resumed as Naseem, a key cog in Pakistan's new-ball attack, proved he could contribute with the bat as well.

Naseem smacked three sixes, denying England a breakthrough in the first hour, despite suffering hits to the helmet and his bowling hand.

His 82-ball defiance finally came to an end when he tickled Brydon Carse to Harry Brook at leg slip, giving the debutant seamer his maiden test wicket.

Next man in Mohammad Rizwan fell for a 12-ball duck, stepping out against Jack Leach and spooning the ball to Chris Woakes at mid-off.

Saud has looked in control hitting eight fours in his fine knock.

Playing XI

Pakistan: Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan (wicket-keeper), Salman Ali Agha, Aamir Jamal, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmad

England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope (captain), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jamie Smith, Chris Woakes, Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse, Jack Leach, Shoaib Bashir