Resuming on Thursday morning in Multan on 176 and 141 respectively, with England still trailing by 64, the pair set about adding more personal and team records to their collection. Root pocketed his sixth double-century – only Wally Hammond (seven) has more for England – before moving to an outright career-best when he passed his previous highest score of 254, also against Pakistan, which had stood for more than eight years. As for Brook, this was his first journey into the 200s in all red-ball cricket.