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PAK vs ENG: After Joe Root, Harry Brook scored a double century

By Akshay - October 10, 2024 03:50 PM

Joe Root and Harry Brook are currently at the crease. Both have scored more than 400 runs for the fourth wicket. Both have scored their respective double centuries.

PAK vs ENG: After Joe Root, Harry Brook scored a double century

England has scored 653 runs for three wickets in the first innings. Joe Root and Harry Brook are currently at the crease. There has been a partnership of more than 400 runs between the two for the fourth wicket. Both have scored their respective double centuries. Let us tell you that England started the day with 492/3. Earlier, Pakistan was all out for 556 runs in the first innings. In this way, England has taken a lead of more than 100 runs.

Harry Brook continued his impressive form against Pakistan and the 25-year-old scored his first double century during the Multan Test. Brook completed his 200th century on Thursday after Joe Root completed his 200 as the duo kept the pressure on the hosts in Multan. Brook achieved the feat in 245 balls with the help of 18 fours and a six.

It was also Brook's highest score in first-class cricket as he and Root became only the second pair to score double centuries in the same innings of a Test for England, with Graeme Fowler and Mike Gatting being the first to do so against India in Chennai in 1985.

Multiple double centuries in the same innings for England:

G Fowler (201) and Mike Gatting (207) v India, Chennai, 1985

Joe Root (246*) and Harry Brooke (201*) v Pakistan, Multan, 2024

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