Babar Azam is a classy player, pleased to get him out: Stuart Broad

England’s veteran fast-bowler Stuart Broad was happy to get Pakistan batsman Babar Azam’s wicket, during the ongoing second Test match in Southampton.

Babar Azam, in for nearly two-and-a-half hours, was eventually undone for 47 when he edged a fine Broad delivery that moved late to wicketkeeper Jos Buttler.

"Babar Azam is a really classy player which you can see by some of the shots he played....we knew he would be a big wicket and I was pleased to get him out," said Broad while speaking to BBC at the close of play on the second day.

Pakistan were 223-9 at stumps on the second day, with Rizwan 60 not out just as he started to up the tempo of his innings with only last man Naseem Shah for company.

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Pakistan were in danger of being dismissed for under 200 at 176-8. But Mohammad Abbas gave Rizwan staunch support with two off 20 balls during a stand of 39 before he was lbw to Stuart Broad.

"I feel like if we'd taken a couple more chances and been a bit more ruthless with the ball, we could have bowled Pakistan out a bit cheaper," he said. "We've controlled the rate really nicely, we just need to make sure we get this wicket early tomorrow to make sure we don't undo a lot of the hard work we've done.”

"We're actually a little bit disappointed that we haven't bowled Pakistan out already - we've created enough chances, and the ball has certainly done enough, but we haven't managed to hold onto those chances or strike when we needed to as a bowling attack," he added.