Zak Crawley scored his third half-century for England as the second Test with Pakistan ended in a draw.

The Kent youngster went on the attack in what amounted to a glorified practice session on the final day of the rain-affected match at Southampton.

With England stuck on 7-1 since early on day four in reply to Pakistan’s 236, play finally resumed on the final afternoon, with Crawley making 53 in a stand of 91 with Dom Sibley.

Crawley - filling in for the injured Ben Stokes - showed his intent by pulling Shaheen Afridi for four and also punishing a short ball from Mohammad Abbas.

He brought up his 50 with another boundary before falling lbw to Abbas in the next over, having hit seven fours in 99 balls.

England declared on 110-4 and lead the three-Test series 1-0 going into the final match which starts on Friday.

Crawley, who made a career-best 76 in the first Test against the West Indies this summer, had spoken about the possibility of hitting his first England century over the weekend.

“I think about (it) all the time,” he said.

“I pinch myself thinking about scoring a hundred in my room at night.

“The first one is probably the hardest to get so I’m very much looking forward to the day I hopefully can get one.

“There’s a lot of hard work yet.”

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