Broad, though, had overstepped in his delivery stride and so Shoaib, playing his first Test in five years, was recalled.
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Anderson should have had Hafeez (98) caught at slip in the seventh over but Ian Bell made a mess of a straight forward chance.
The wicket would have been seen as reward for England, who having been plundered for seventy four runs off ninety six balls at first of the night session by Younis and Malik, tightened issues up within the final hour of play.
The third-wicket partnership was worth 74 when Younis drove Broad to Alastair Cook at the straighter of two short mid-ons.
Broad therefore found himself reflecting on a day of significantly mixed fortunes, and conceded it is no help when chances go begging in the searing heat and on the unresponsive surfaces of the Gulf.
He has hoarded knowledge from his last trip, but insists history will count for nothing when the battle resumes.
“I’m not really a big no-ball bowler”.
“When I saw the umpire’s arm go out for the no-ball I was gutted”. We pride ourselves on our catching and not bowling no-balls.
“Team management required a replacement as a precaution and we are making sure that a player should be sitting on bench before the Test match starts”, Chief Selector Haroon Rasheed said. “I don’t know if that’s logistically possible”. With England likely opting for two spinning all-rounders, his batting prowess will prove handy too.
“Credit to everyone in that changing room – the attitude was first-class today”.
The England captain said: “We’re probably underdogs, but that’s a great position for this side to be in”. It was unacceptable – certainly in these conditions.
Abu Dhabi produces on average more centuries per Test (three) than any other ground in the world so it is no wonder Broad called it “unacceptable” on his part to gift a life to the opposition. “But that first one was a tough catch – low, left are always quite tricky”.
The last time England explored UAE to face Pakistan, Saeed Ajmal and Abdul Rehman created chaos as they grabbed 43 wickets between them to leave the Andrew Strauss-led side in a spin.
And for an away team to bowl the hosts out twice is practically unheard of.
England (possible): AN Cook (Captain), MM Ali, IR Bell, JE Root, JM Bairstow, BA Stokes, JC Buttler (wkt), AU Rashid, SCJ Broad, Massachusetts Wood, JM Anderson.
“Look, you can not say that it (his revival) is complete, but I have confidence and I am hopeful that it will be like that”, he said.
“I blame myself for the no-ball”.
Pakistan’s score at that point, early in the afternoon session, had reached 101.
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“We’ve struggled over the last two or three years for a guy to make that spot his own, so we’ve given him the opportunity”.
