England v Pakistan: Tourists follow on despite Azhar Ali century
Pakistan 273 all out :England forced Pakistan to follow on on day three of the final Test at the Ageas Bowl despite a defiant century by visiting captain Azhar Ali.
However, just as the players returned for the start of the Pakistan second innings, the umpires decided the light was not good enough to resume. Jofra Archer bowled as quickly as he has since last summer's Ashes and Dom Bess found turn, but there was a period in the afternoon when batting was comfortable.
Circumspect at first, he gradually found fluency. Azhar scored only 29 runs from his first 112 balls, then 74 from his next 93. He was strong square on the wicket on both sides. That was the first of three excellent catches by Buttler, whose keeping had previously been under fire, the best of which was a flying grab down the leg side to hold Shaheen Afridi off Stuart Broad.
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