Abdullah Shafique was bowled out for a duck on the very first ball of Pakistan’s second innings in the Multan Test after England posted the fourth highest total in Test match history.

In response to Pakistan’s 556 runs in the first innings, England posted a mammoth 823/7.

Harry Brook made 317 runs from 322 balls while Joe Root made 262 of 375 deliveries. The pair combined for the highest-ever partnership in Test history.

England’s total left with a 267 run lead over Pakistan, with just under 40 overs left in the fourth day of the match.

The 25-year-old clubbed a four off spinner Saim Ayub to become the sixth Englishman to score 300 or more in Test cricket, achieving the feat off 310 balls, with 28 fours and three sixes.

Andy Sandham of England was the first btasman to score a triple hundred in Test cricket, scoring 325 against the West Indies at Kingston in 1930.

Other Englishmen to score 300 are Len Hutton (364), Wally Hammond (336 not out), Graham Gooch (333 not out) and Bill Edrich (310 not out).

Brook has made rapid strides at the international level since making his debut in 2022. He knocked three centuries against Pakistan in 2022 – in only his second series, which England won 3-0.

Brook’s senior partner Joe Root was unlucky not to reach his maiden triple century as he was trapped leg-before by spinner Agha Salman for 262 soon after lunch.