England's Cook piles on the runs against Pakistan

[WorldNews]

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England captain Alastair Cook left Pakistan needing to rewrite the record books if they were to win the second Test at Old Trafford, after opting against enforcing the follow-on on Sunday's third day. At stumps, England, looking to level the four-Test series at 1-1, were 98 for one in their second innings. Cook, who made a first innings hundred, was 49 not out and vice-captain Joe Root, whose 254 in the same innings was his Test-best score, unbeaten on 23.

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