Birmingham, Aug. 8: Test debutant Zulqarnain Haider and Mohammad Aamer frustrated England’s bid to go 2-0 up in their four-match Test series against Pakistan with a defiant stand here on Sunday.
Pakistan were 150/6 at tea on the third day of the second Test at Edgbaston, needing a further 29 runs to avoid an innings defeat.
Zulqarnain, who might have been out for a ‘king pair’ was batting on 36, having batted for over two hours and faced 112 balls.
Zulqarnain came in having been out for a first ball nought in Pakistan’s first innings 72. He might have been out for another nought when, to his first ball, Swann appealed for lbw. But the batsman was reprieved after requesting a DRS review. Swann, who’d taken three wickets before lunch, added a fourth when Amin was stumped by wicketkeeper Matt Prior to leave Pakistan 101/6.
Scores (at tea): Pakistan 72 & 150/6 (Haider batting 36; Swann 4/23) vs England 251.