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Pakistan dominate Day One

May 26, 2018 01:14·
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Pakistan lost Imam-ul-Haq, trapped lbw to Stuart Broad for 4, early in the reply but Azhar Ali (18) and Haris Sohail (21) held out in the face of some probing seam bowling by Broad, Jimmy Anderson and Mark Wood.

Alastair Cook top-scored with 70 on the day he matched Allan Border's record of 153 Test matches in a row, while visiting seamers Mohammad Abbas and Hasan Ali bagged four wickets each.

Pakistan had drawn the four-match test series with England by 2-2.

Overcast skies allied to a green-tinged pitch promised to assist Pakistan's pacemen but Cook defended the decision of his successor as England captain by saying: "It was a really tricky one".

Cook acknowledges that Pakistan are on top but believes England are not yet down and out.

Mark Stoneman's unconvincing global career continued when he was bowled by Abbas for four, beaten as he tried to drive a full-length delivery which clipped the top of his off stump.

Root, promoted up the order to number three, also fell for four when a loose drive off Hasan saw him caught behind by opposing captain Sarfraz Ahmed. "The Ashes (a 2019 series in England) are only just over a year away, so he'll be 34 and could have a great series, and then he might even fancy coming back to Australia again".

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Cook, England's all-time leading Test run-scorer, benefitted from an "umpire's call" lbw review verdict on 23 and went to fifty with a four to third man off Amir.

He had spent over 20 overs at the crease alongside Jonny Bairstow when England's wicketkeeper-batsman was bowled for 27, playing down the wrong line as Faheem claimed his first wicket at Lord's.

And it was not long before England's 168 for six became 168 for seven.

Pakistan's close-catching has often been a fallible part of their game.

That this was indeed Pakistan's day was clear when Asad Shafiq held a hard catch at second slip to dismiss Jos Buttler after an edged drive off Hasan.

It was the latest memorable Lord's incident for Amir, who took six wickets in a Test innings at MCC's headquarters in 2010 - the same match where his involvement in a spot-fixing scandal led to a jail sentence and a five-year ban from cricket.

Pakistan provoked England's latest batting collapse by combining disciplined bowling with superb catching before showing resistance in its reply to dominate the opening day of the first test at Lord's on Thursday (Friday NZ Time).

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