England is on the verge of a famous cricket victory after Harry Brook smashed the second-fastest triple century in test history, Joe Root scored a career-best 262 and the tourists declared their first innings at an enormous 823-7 against Pakistan in the first test.

Harry Brook struck a masterful triple century to catapult England into a position where winning the match against Pakistan has gone from near-impossible to almost within reach.England scored 823 in their first innings,

Harry Brook produced one of the most dominant England batting performances ever as he and Joe Root also broke the record for the country’s highest Test partnership of all time on an incredible day against Pakistan.