Pakistan will resume their first innings at overnight score of 73 for three in reply to England’s 267 on the second day of third and final cricket test in Rawalpindi.

PTV Sports HD is telecasting the match live.

After winning the toss, England were bowled out for 267 runs in their first innings.

On a dry and spin-friendly Rawalpindi pitch, 13 wickets fell on day one with all but one going to the spinners.

Pakistan gave the new ball to the spin duo off Sajid Khan and Noman Ali who bowled unchanged for 42 overs.

It was only the fourth time in test cricket history the new ball on the first morning was taken by two spinners and the first time in Pakistan.

Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett raced to 56 in a confident start but England lost crawley, Ollie Pope and Joe Root in the space of just 24 runs. England were struggling at 118 for six. Ben Ducket made 52, harry brook added five while ben stokes scored 12 runs.

It was wicketkeeper Jamie Smith who enabled England to add 149 for their last four wickets.

Smith smashed six towering sixes and five fours in his 89 runs knock. Gus Atkinson added 39 while jack leach made 16 runs

For Pakistan, Sajid Khan bagged six while Noman Ali took three wickets.

In reply Pakistan were 73 for three in their first innings at stumps.

After the Pakistan spinners' exploits, England’s slow bowlers came to the fore in the final session as Shoaib Bashir dismissed Abdullah Shafique for 14 and Jack Leach accounted for Saim Ayub who had made 19.

Gus Atkinson was the only fast bowler to grab a wicket on day one, dismissing Kamran Ghulam for three.

At the close, Pakistan Captain Shan Masood and Saud Shakeel were both unbeaten on 16, with the home team still trailing by 194 and the match in the balance.