Brook and Ben Duckett, who batted so well himself in these last two matches, put on 141. That left England with 221, the highest total ever made in an international in Pakistan, and 13 runs more than anything they have ever chased by the home team. The biggest difference between this game, though, and the one England lost by 10 wickets on Thursday, was in their bowling. Mark Wood, who is slowly working his way back to full fitness, showed he had finally got there by bowling one of the fastest spells in history, which peaked at 97.5mph with the speed gun. Subscribe to our cricket newsletter for our writers’ thoughts on the biggest stories and a review of the week’s action Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain information about charities, online advertising and content sponsored by external parties. For more information, see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Wood, back in an England team for the first time since the Test tour of the West Indies last March, replaced another Wood, Luke, and Reece Topley replaced David Willey. Between them they managed to do in two overs what six bowlers failed to do in 20 between them the night before, and dismissed both Babar Azam, caught by Wood at third man, and Mohammad Rizwan, which Tolley bowled while trying to cut a ball that was too close to him. Wood also had Hyder Alli caught at short-wicket. That meant Pakistan were 21 for three and the game was as good as over the bar with a lusty knock from Shan Masood, who made 65 off 40. England were 82 for three when Brook came on. Debutant Will Jacks, who replaced Alex Hales at the top of the order, had made 40 of them. Apart from him and Duckett, who made a fine 70 off 42, Brook looked something else. He’s got all the power he needs and has pulled some of his sixes into the metal fence twenty yards beyond the boundary rope, but he marries it with meticulous placement. He scored with scoops, sweeps, drives, looks, pulls and hooks and even at least one shot that doesn’t yet have a name. At one point he was able to drive Shahnawaz Dhanani down the ground for a six that traveled over the non-striker’s middle stump, and then, off the very next ball, a wide yorker, he played a fine late cut for four that struck. and a short and deep third man. Harris Rauf hit him with a pair of scissors, which somehow ended up rattling through the visor of his helmet without actually making contact with his face. It was a blessed night for him, the first of many, you guessed it.
