Masood and Abdullah troubled the England bowlers a lot. Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first, which proved to be absolutely right.

For Pakistan, the maximum runs came from the bat of captain Shan Masood. He scored a century of 151 runs in 177 balls with the help of 13 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from him, opener Abdullah Shafiq played a century inning of 102 runs in 184 balls with the help of 10 fours and 2 sixes. Shaan and Abdullah made a huge partnership of 253(338) runs for the second wicket.

Saud Shakeel is playing after scoring 35 runs in 72 balls with the help of 5 fours. Babar Azam played an inning of 30 runs in 71 balls with the help of 5 fours. Shakeel and Babar added 61(132) runs for the fourth wicket. Nightwatchman Naseem is at the crease with Shakeel on the score of 0(3). Fast bowler Gus Atkinson took the maximum 2 wickets for England. Chris Woakes and Jack Leach were successful in taking one wicket each.