.Subscribe to our cost-free sporting activity newsletter for all the most recent information on everything from bicycling to boxingSign approximately our complimentary sporting activity e-mail for all the latest newsSign as much as our cost-free sport email for all the latest newsJoe Root thought of an unusual procedure to always keep the sphere shiny during the course of England's 2nd Test against Pakistan in Multan.The past captain is actually commonly the guy asked for with always keeping the sphere healthy for this England edge and he went with an unorthodox technique in hot and also damp conditions on the sub-continent. Jack Leach's hairless head was actually used through Root as the cams recorded him rubbing the round on the top of his teammate's bonce to make certain one edge remains bright and also has a possibility of turning off of the batters.Leach appeared to be completely at ease with his head being used for an uncommon reason and the rewriter had a good morning in Multan as he clean bowled Abdullah Shafique as well as had actually Shan Masood recorded by Zak Crawley to take two openings in the opening session.Pakistan were 19-2 at that stage, although they properly reconstructed the innings with an alliance of 149 between Saim Ayub and also Saud Shakeel just before Ayub was eventually dismissed by Matthew Potts just before tea.Remarkably, this isn't the first time Root has actually used Leach's smooth head as a way of polishing the sphere, having picked the same tactic in Pakistan two years ago.It proved astonishingly efficient as England gotten the first-ever whitewash of a Test series in Pakistan through flourishing 3-0 and they'll expect to repeat the trick this moment around, as they make an effort to build on their historic success through an innings as well as 47 operates in the first Exam final week.And it seems Leach's head, as well as his bowling arm, might properly hold the trick to Ben Stokes's guys results.