PAK vs ENG: Pakistan suffer Haris Rauf blow during Rawalpindi Test
Pacer has a strain in his right quad
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has stated that pacer Haris Rauf won’t be able to bowl in the remainder of the ongoing first Test against England in Rawalpindi.
The right-armer has a strain in his right quad after he rolled over the ball while fielding on the first day of the match.
Although, the PCB added that Rauf will be available to bat during the match.
Earlier, the fast-bowler underwent Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) at the hospital on Friday.
Rauf is among four players who are making their debut for Pakistan during the ongoing Test match. Apart from speedster, the debutants include pacer Mohammad Ali, leg-spinner Zahid Mehmood and batter Saud Shakeel.
This is the first time after 2003, against Bangladesh in Karachi, that Pakistan have handed Test caps to four players in a single match.
During the Bangladesh Test nearly two decades ago, Mohammad Hafeez, Umar Gul, Shabbir Ahmed and Yasir Hameed made their debut for the national side.
Pakistan have resumed their first innings on day four of the opening Test against England on day four in Rawalpindi.
Earlier, England found ways to take wickets and sensed a good lead despite hundreds from three Pakistan players on the third day.
Pakistan were 499-7 at stumps with Agha Salman (10) and Zahid Mahmood (yet to score) at the crease — still trailing England´s mammoth 657 first innings total by 158 runs, with three wickets in hand.
On a see-saw day, Pakistan were lifted by centuries from skipper Babar Azam (136), and openers Imam-ul-Haq (121) and Abdullah Shafique (114).
But England took three wickets in the first session, none in the second and three again before the close to put themselves in a better position.
Spinners Will Jacks (3-132) and Jack Leach (2-160) shared the early spoils, while the pace duo of James Anderson and Ollie Robinson took a wicket each.
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