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Sports Desk: England had to settle for a draw in the final test against Pakistan on the day James Anderson became the first fast bowler to reach 600 Test wickets.<\/p>\nSports Desk: England had to settle for a draw in the final test against Pakistan on the day James Anderson became the first fast bowler to reach 600 Test wickets.<\/p>\n
Torrential rain prevented any play until 16:15 BST at the Ageas Bowl, all but ensuring the draw that left England with a 1-0 series win, reports BBC.<\/p>\n
There was still the opportunity for Anderson's moment of history, which came from his 14th delivery of the day when he had Azhar Ali caught by Joe Root at first slip.<\/p>\n
Root himself also had Asad Shafiq held at short leg, Pakistan closing on 187-4 following-on in their second innings, 123 runs behind.<\/p>\n
The players shook hands just after the last hour began, confirming the second successive weather-affected draw in Southampton.<\/p>\n
England still record their first series victory over Pakistan in 10 years, but remain third in the World Test Championship behind India and Australia.<\/p>\n
Even if that new competition overcomes the obstacles of the coronavirus pandemic, England face a huge battle to reach the final.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, the bio-secure summer continues when an entirely different England squad takes on Pakistan in a three-match Twenty20 series in Manchester, beginning on Friday.<\/p>\n
Anderson<\/strong>‘s moment of history<\/strong><\/p>\n The pandemic means England's winter schedule is yet to be confirmed – they will definitely not play any more Tests this year – so it is unclear when 38-year-old Anderson would have have got another opportunity for his latest landmark had he remained stranded on 599.<\/p>\n As time was eaten up by the weather and the draw became more and more inevitable, the prospect of the historic moment was the only meaningful reason for play to begin.<\/p>\n It arrived when Anderson found some extra bounce, taking the shoulder of the fencing Azhar's bat, with Root taking the catch in front of his face.<\/p>\n The Lancashire bowler got a hug from Root, a handshake from long-time new-ball partner Stuart Broad, then raised the ball to the few people in the ground – the great shame being that no spectators were present to celebrate.<\/p>\n The rest of the action, played out in a howling wind, was largely England hurrying through the overs to get to a point when a draw could be agreed.<\/p>\n Dom Bess and Root did the bulk of the work, Dom Sibley bowled one over of filthy leg-breaks, with Babar Azam helping himself to 63 not out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sports Desk: England had to settle for a draw in the final test against Pakistan on the day James Anderson became the first fast bowler to reach 600 Test wickets. Torrential rain prevented any play until 16:15 BST at the Ageas Bowl, all but ensuring the draw that left England with a 1-0 series win, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":62047,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n