The hosts set out in pursuit of 283 to win, with nearly two full days at their disposal, after bowling Pakistan out for 215.
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Yasir then added four more to his first-innings tally and registered best match figures at Lord’s by a Pakistan player, to hand England an embarrassing defeat in the series opener.
Shah told the International Cricket Council he had inadvertently taken his wife’s blood pressure medication and his suspension was lifted in March, making him eligible for the England tour.
Yasir Shah led their charge early in the middle session removing Gary Ballance, for 43, and Moeen Ali, for just two.
On a gripping fourth day, Pakistan surged to victory with four wickets in 31 balls after Jonny Bairstow and Chris Woakes had threatened to work their way towards the target of 283.
Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq believes that Mohammad Amir can finally move on with his global career, after his side clinched a remarkable 75-run win over England at Lord’s to take a 1-0 lead in the four-match Test series.
Yasir Shah picked up four wickets in the second innings. England captain Alastair Cook was the top-scorer for his side with an individual score of 81 runs. “The team was really hoping that we get a chance, because I got a chance after scoring a hundred”, said Misbah, the oldest man to score a Test hundred in 82 years, of his press-up celebration. The latest dismissal meant that Yasir had claimed four wickets this innings while earlier he had claimed six English scalps in the previous innings of England.
But Rahat Ali took three top-order wickets, and then Yasir Shah had his inevitable say too, as a succession of batsmen failed to decide between attack and defence and struggled for a winning tempo.
Bairstow and Chris Woakes stemmed the flow of wickets and kept the scoreboard ticking during a tense afternoon but England eventually succumbed to Pakistan’s relentless attack.
The run-rate slowed as Bairstow and Woakes dug in, knowing they had just the tail behind them at a sun-drenched Lord’s.
Pakistan are now 0-1 in the four-Test match series.
Cook hinted that England would use the sight of Pakistan’s jubilant post-match frolics as motivation for the second Test at Old Trafford, which starts on Friday, although the lack of batting nous was the principal cause of his anger.
Left-arm quick Amir, at the scene of his 2010 spot-fixing crime, ended the match when he bowled last man Jake Ball.
James Vince (42) got a lucky escape on 9 before lunch when Younis Khan couldn’t grasp a hard low catch on his second attempt in the slips off Ali before Younis caught him – again on the second attempt – soon after lunch off Wahab Riaz.
Pace bowler Woakes led England off the field after taking five for 32 for a match haul of 11 for 102.
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Pakistan, 214 for eight overnight, lost their last two wickets for just one run in 13 balls during Sunday’s opening 10 minutes.
