Virus-hit England blows away Test traditions on 506-4 first day
Millennium Post Delhi|New Delhi 02December2022
Zak Crawley hit 122 & Ben Duckett made 107 in a blistering opening stand
Virus-hit England blows away Test traditions on 506-4 first day

RAWALPINDI: Virus-hit England stamped its aggressive brand of Test cricket on its first match in Pakistan in 17 years by amassing a world record 506-4 with four batters smashing hundreds here on Thursday.

Zak Crawley hit 122 and Ben Duckett made 107 in a blistering opening stand of 233. Ollie Pope and Harry Brook blazed hundreds in the last session in an astonishing display of power-hitting against an inexperienced Pakistan bowling attack.

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