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Ben Stokes was left baffled when technology apparently failed his side during the second Test against Pakistan.
England face it as they look to complete a series of victories over their opponents, having won a historic and exciting test last week.
They need 261 more runs to win the game in Multan, with Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett falling late on the third day, leaving Stokes and co needing to stage an impressive comeback to have any chance of a result.
Pakistan scored 221 in their second innings with a lead already in their back pockets after both teams' first innings, with Salman Ali Agha top-scoring with 63 before Stokes caught him while bowling Carse.
And it was Carse who appeared to suffer as the technology malfunctioned as England chased their final two wickets, with the Durham seamer thinking he had caught Sajid Khan, only to be denied a review.
Ben Stokes was left baffled as England were apparently let down by a technological error against Pakistan.
Brydon Carse (pictured) thought he had caught Sajid Khan but England were denied a review.
Sajid appeared to push the ball back, with the bowler convinced he had picked up his second wicket.
On the fifth ball of the 57th innings and Carse's eighth, the bowler came in quickly and bowled a relatively straight delivery, hitting the cover hard as the batsman played forward.
Carse got into a bit of a pickle and celebrated when Jamie Smith collected the ball behind the stumps, with him and Joe Root motionless.
However, Carse was sure that Sajid had hit the ball, as was his bowling partner Matthew Potts, who ran from his fielding position to appeal.
Stokes was prepared to listen to his teammates and potentially send the call upstairs for a review, but was told he couldn't review the call because the technology was down.
“There must have been a sound,” the Sky Sports commentator said after the replays were shown.
Matthew Potts ran from his fielding position to claim he had also heard a lead.
Stokes seemed prepared to review, but was told he couldn't submit a review because the technology wasn't working.
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Sajid would continue batting, and Salman was the next person to lose his wicket when he was dismissed by Carse, who finished with figures of two wickets for 29 runs.
And Sajid was the last man out, caught by Smith while bowling to Potts and later for 22.
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