England vs Pakistan, 3rd Test Day 1: As it happened

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Zak Crawley smashed a maiden Test century as England reached the score of 332 for four in their first-innings against Pakistan at stumps on the opening day of the third match at the Rose Bowl Cricket Ground in Southamptom on Friday.

At the end of the opening day's play, Crawley and Jos Buttler were batting at the crease at their respective scores of 171 and 87.

Earlier in the day, England lost opener Rory Burns cheaply for six runs after winning the toss and opting to bat first in the series-deciding third and final clash.

Subsequently, opener Dom Sibley and skipper Joe Root also failed to score big and went back to pavilion after scoring 22 and 29 runs, respectively.

Ollie Pope too departed cheaply for three runs before Crawley and Buttler joined forces and stitched a mammoth partnership of 205 runs to take England past 300-run mark against the Azhar Ali-led side.

Here are the highlights:

21 August 2020

23:03 IST

England reached the score of 332 for four in their first-innings against Pakistan at stumps on Day 1 of third Test. Zak Crawley and Jos Buttler remained unbeaten at the crease at their respective scores of 171 and 87.

21:58 IST

Zak Crawley is looking strong at the crease and currently batting at 138, while Jos Buttler (53) has brought up a half-century as England have crossed the 250-run mark in their first-innings against Pakistan. England 253/4 (73 overs)

21:22 IST

Zak Crawley (119) continues to remain steady at the crease as England have crossed the 200-run mark in their first-innings against Pakistan on the opening day of the third Test.England 208/4 (65 overs)

20:40 IST

CENTURY!! Zak Crawley (101) has brought up his maiden Test century off 171 balls. He reached the mark by notching up two runs on the last ball of 57th over by Mohammad Abbas.England 188/4 (57 overs)

Zak Crawley reaches his maiden Test  #ENGvPAK pic.twitter.com/uOacdqTLFu

— ICC (@ICC) August 21, 2020

20:19 IST

Zak Crawley (97) is just three runs short of a century as England reached the score of 184 for four in their first-innings against Pakistan at Tea on Day 1 of third Test. England 184/4 (56 overs)

TEA 

Zak Crawley goes into the break three runs short of his maiden Test century #ENGvPAK SCORECARD  https://t.co/ZFClksEjKM pic.twitter.com/dRZDKQBoo2

— ICC (@ICC) August 21, 2020

19:50 IST

Zak Crawley (85) continues to stand strong at the crease as England have crossed the 150-run mark in their first-innings against Pakistan.The visitors are eagerly looking to remove the England batsman. Pakistan 161/4 (50 overs)

19:02 IST

WICKET!! England have now lost four wickets in their first innings after skipper Joe Root (29) and Ollie Pope (6) departed in quick succession. While Root was caught behind the wicket by Mohammad Rizwan off a Naseem Shah delivery in the 36th over, Pope was clean bowled by Yasir Shah in the 39th over. England 128/4 (39.5 overs)

18:32 IST

Zak Crawley (54) has brought up a half-century, while Joe Root is currently batting at 22 as England have crossed the 10-run mark in their first-innings against Pakistan. England 104/2 (32 overs)

17:36 IST

England reached the score of 91 for two in their first-innings against Pakistan at Lunch on Day 1 of third Test.Zak Crawley (53) has brought up a half-century, while skipper Joe Root is currently batting at 10. England 91/2 (28 overs)

16:57 IST

WICKET! Dom Sibley departed for 22 after being caught leg before wicket by Yasir Shah on the second delivery of the 19th over. With this, a 61-run partnership between Sibley and Zak Crawley (45) for the second wicket has also come to an end. England 74/2 (18.4 overs) 

16:35 IST

Dom Sibley and Zak Crawley are currently batting at their respective scores of 15 and 27 as England are inching closer to 50-run mark in their first-innings against Pakistan in the ongoing Test.England 48/1 (13.4 overs)

15:55 IST

WICKET!! Shaheen Shah Afridi gave an early breakthrough to Pakistan after England opener Rory Burns was caught at third slip by Shan Masood in the fifth over to depart cheaply for six runs. England 16/1 (4.4 overs)

15:31 IST

Rory Burns and Dom Sibley have walked down the crease to begin England's first-innings after England won the toss and opted to bat first.Shaheen Shah Afridi to open the attack for Pakistan.

England have won a slightly delayed toss and will bat first #ENGvPAK pic.twitter.com/OtK63qsPjw

— ICC (@ICC) August 21, 2020

15:29 IST

Lineups:

England Playing XI: Dom Sibley, Rory Burns, Zak Crawley, Joe Root (captain), Ollie Pope, Jos Buttler (wk), Chris Woakes,Dom Bess, Jofra Archer, Stuart Broad, James Anderson

Pakistan Playing XI: Shan Masood, Abid Ali, Azhar Ali (capt), Babar Azam, Asad Shafiq, Fawad Alam, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Yasir Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Abbas, Naseem Shah

Pakistan have stuck with the same XI, while England have brought in Jofra Archer for Sam Curran.#ENGvPAK SCORECARD https://t.co/ZFClksEjKM pic.twitter.com/xAy751Zjee

— ICC (@ICC) August 21, 2020

15:04 IST

The covers are coming off at the Rose Bowl Cricket Ground in Southampton after it started raining just before the tos. Meanwhile, Pakistan captain Azhar Ali and his England counterpart Joe Root stood out in the middle waiting for the umpires.

15:02 IST

One minute to go for the toss in the England vs Pakistan third Test and it has started raining in Southampton.