Harry Brook scored England’s first triple century since 1990 in a blinding show of batting in opposition to Pakistan that noticed his aspect declare after blazing 823 for seven, together with Brook’s document stand of 454 with Joe Root.
Runs rained down with abandon on day 4 of the primary Take a look at in Multan, with Brook making a surprising career-best 317 and Root 262.
By the point Ollie Pope signalled to finish the assault England had made the fourth largest complete ever seen within the Take a look at area and rewritten the historical past books. Brook, in the meantime, turned the the primary English batter to breach the 300 mark since Graham Gooch in opposition to India 34 years in the past.
At one stage he appeared intent on hauling in Len Hutton’s document of 364, however his relentless accumulation lastly got here to an finish when he top-edged a sweep off Saim Ayub.
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Beginning the day 64 behind the house aspect’s mark of 556, England reworked their place right into a lead of 267 halfway by way of the afternoon session.
It was the flattest of flat pitches, on which England should by some means try to show their very own monster complete into sufficient scoreboard strain to power 10 wickets, but it surely was nonetheless one of the crucial eye-catching achievements but seen within the ‘Bazball’ period.
Brook’s dominant knock stood on the coronary heart, containing 29 fours and three sixes, and an imperious method that made him look a category above the opposition.
He and fellow Yorkshireman Root scored mercilessly collectively in opposition to a wearied and woebegone bowling assault, smashed a 67-year-old document for the very best partnership by any England pair, simply trumping the 411 made by Peter Might and Colin Cowdrey at Edgbaston in 1957.
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