Jamie Smith comes to England's rescue in Test decider against Pakistan

Jamie Smith unleashed a barrage of sixes to combat England's country successful Rawalpindi, arsenic 13 wickets tumbled connected time 1 of the series-deciding 3rd Test against Pakistan.

The tourists looked acceptable to rotation implicit wholly astatine 118 for six, their mediate bid hollowed retired by spin, but Smith's flamboyant sound of 89 brought England backmost into the contention with 267 each out.

Coming successful astatine fig 7 the wicketkeeper cleared the bound six times successful a show of expertly controlled aggression, a standout effort that showed precisely wherefore the likes of Jonny Bairstow and Ben Foakes were moved connected successful the summer.

Smith led a basal of 105 with Surrey team-mate Gus Atkinson, who made 39, to repair immoderate of the harm wrought successful a greeting league that saw 4 cardinal batters autumn for conscionable 28 runs, but they needed their onslaught to basal up too.

With 23 overs near earlier stumps Shoaib Bashir, Jack Leach and Atkinson each struck to permission Pakistan 73 for 3 and the crippled successful the balance.

Pakistan recovered plentifulness of crook from a transportation that their groundstaff had dried, baked and raked successful the build-up to assistance their spinners, with Sajid Khan and Noman Ali again combining to bash the damage.

The brace shared each 20 wickets successful Multan past clip retired - conscionable the seventh duo successful past to bash truthful - and added different 9 here.

The lone 1 they did not negociate was the cardinal scalp of Smith, who over-reached against leg-spinner Zahid Mahmood conscionable earlier beverage with a period successful touching distance.

England predicted the aboveground would commencement level and deteriorate arsenic the crippled progressed, leaving Ben Stokes visibly delighted to bat archetypal aft ending England's seven-match losing streak astatine the toss.

Pakistan picked up precisely wherever they had near disconnected successful the 2nd Test, handing Sajid and Noman the caller shot and keeping them unchanged for 42 overs.

England made dependable advancement to start, Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett posting 56 successful 14 overs but their concern proved a reddish herring fixed what was astir the corner.

There was a informing emblem erstwhile Duckett survived an lbw outcry connected 20, DRS sparing him but lone due to the fact that the shot had spun excessively sharply and was missing limb stump.

Crawley, connected 29, could not blasted excessive crook for his dismissal though, looking to punch Noman done extra-cover but lone getting fractional guardant arsenic helium carved a elemental drawback to backward point.

That breakthrough appeared to extremity the equilibrium successful Pakistan's favour, with Ollie Pope and Joe Root picked isolated by Sajid.

Pope took his bid tally to 54 successful 4 innings erstwhile helium was lbw for 3 connected the expanse but the nonaccomplishment of Root successful azygous figures felt much significant.

England's astir accomplished subordinate of rotation is seldom undone arsenic comprehensively arsenic helium was by 1 that ripped backmost successful aggressively disconnected the ridges extracurricular disconnected and nestled for a split-second betwixt his pads.

Duckett nudged his mode to a utile 52 and was blameless arsenic Noman's shin-high shooter struck him cleanable successful front.

Harry Brook whitethorn not beryllium capable to accidental the same, stepping retired to expanse Sajid and diverting into his limb stump, with England looking successful superior information having slipped from 70 for 1 to 98 for five.

Smith's archetypal triumph was reaching the luncheon interval unscathed alongside Stokes but the skipper did not linger long.

Attempting to smother Sajid's rotation astatine the commencement of the day session, helium was beaten connected the extracurricular borderline and taken astatine slip.

Smith and Atkinson cautiously stopped the rot with calm defence but the gait soon picked up. Smith's archetypal 4 sixes each came against Sajid, lining up the off-spinner and launching him implicit midwicket oregon backmost down the ground.

Saud Shakeel mightiness person caught him connected 54 had helium not wandered successful from the bound but Smith was unbowed.

He smashed Mahmood for 2 much successful 3 balls and went again moments later. This clip Sajid was underneath it astatine long-off, doubly holding the drawback and doubly offloading it arsenic his momentum carried him implicit the rope.

Smith was not funny successful playing for beverage and departed 11 abbreviated of a richly-deserved century, swiping a top-edge consecutive up to springiness the leg-spinner a infinitesimal of respite.

Sajid finished disconnected the process to decorativeness with six for 128, passing the baton to the absorption spinners to effort their luck.

Bashir squashed a agleam commencement by the openers erstwhile helium had Abdullah Shafique lbw successful the 10th implicit and Saim Ayub gave it distant severely erstwhile helium lobbed Leach to abbreviated midwicket.

England craved different earlier stumps and it came erstwhile Atkinson belatedly landed a stroke for the seamers' union, knocking backmost Kamran Ghulam's disconnected stump with 1 that nipped successful and kept low.