Harry Brook keeps England well on top of Pakistan in first Test despite late wickets

First Test day 2: Pakistan 171; England 366 for 8 Brook misses out on home ton as hosts slip from 322-5 The clock had just ticked past 7pm, there was still half an hour of play left on this soggy second day, and it looked for all money that Harry Brook would end a year-long wait for his 11th Test century with a first at his home ground of Headingley.

Brook had agonisingly missed out by one run against India here last summer.

And this time, against a ragged Pakistan side that had handed him a life second ball amid another outing to forget, the box was practically begging to be ticked.

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