Azhar Ali’s century could not save the team from follow-on. James Anderson took five wickets

In the Southampton Test against England, the Pakistani batting line flopped and fell victim to follow-on.

In the last Test match of the ongoing series in Southampton, in response to England’s 583 runs, the national team was bowled out for 273 runs in the first innings.

Pakistan captain Azhar Ali batted brilliantly and played an unbeaten innings of 141 runs, but even this innings could not save the team from follow-on.

On the third day of the match, Pakistan started batting at 24 for 3, soon after, it suffered a major loss, first in the form of Fawad Alam and then Asad Shafiq.

When the team lost 5 wickets for a total of 75, captain Azhar Ali not only pushed the team’s score forward but also completed his 17th century in his Test career.

He was joined by Mohammad Rizwan who played an innings of 53 runs and was dismissed for 213 runs.

However, after that, captain Azhar Ali continued to demonstrate his responsible batting, but despite this, the England bowlers continued to take wickets from the other side.

Pakistan’s entire team was dismissed after scoring 273 runs with which the team fell victim to follow-on in the match.

England fast bowler James Anderson took 5 wickets for 56 runs.

The national team is facing a deficit of 310 runs in the first innings.

Following on, Azhar Ali, the unbeaten captain of the previous innings, came on the field to open with Shaun Masood, but due to low light, the umpires announced the end of the third day’s play.