Remarkably, this was also Haq’s first Test anywhere in England.
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The brilliant Pakistan left-armer was wicketless in his first Test spell back at the scene of the 2010 spot-fixing crime which earned him a prison sentence and five-year global ban from all cricket.
Sheffield’s Joe Root has dismissed Pakistan’s bid to unsettle his move up England’s order to number three as “trash talk”.
That gave the 27-year-old Woakes his maiden five wickets in a Test innings haul in what was the Warwickshire paceman’s ninth match at this level.
Chris Woakes took a Test-best 6 for 70 as Pakistan, 282 for 6 overnight, were bowled out for 339.
“I’ve said all along I don’t think match-fixers should be allowed to play but at the time he (Amir) was given his punishment, he’s served it so he’s entitled to come back”.
He later revealed that his celebration was in tribute to the army sergeants at Abbottabad where the Pakistani team had a military boot camp before the England tour. And he would have been run out for 58 after a mix-up with Shafiq if Gary Ballance had hit the stumps.
A single to third man off Finn saw Misbah to his 10th century in 62 Tests off 154 balls with 17 boundaries.
The wicket surprised everyone as Mohammad Amir was expected to cause England batsmen all the problems in the world (at least that was what the British media was focusing on). Mohammad Hafeez was much more positive for his 40, only to play one shot too many, pulling Woakes into the sky as Bairstow claimed another catch.
Younus Khan (33) shared a 57-run stand with Misbah before falling in rather tame fashion, clipping Broad straight to Moeen Ali at mid-wicket, but the skipper pressed on to reach his half-century off 81 balls by working the first ball after tea into the leg-side for an easy couple.
“That settled me down”, said Ball.
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“(The review, second ball) looked pretty close where I was. There were two quick wickets which fell at the very end, but a fighting first innings total can be envisaged. First he removed the lively Sarfraz Ahmed, who had batted at a lick making 25 from 29 balls before he slapped a short wide one to James Vince who took the catch, tipping his stats to three chances taken out of seven in his fledgling Test career.
