Mohammad Amir in his first Test appearance since he was given a five-year ban for his part in the 2010 spot-fixing scandal at Lord’s – Pakistan’s last Test at “the home of cricket” – ended the match when he bowled last man Jake Ball.
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England, set 283 for victory, were all out for 207.
Yasir, the legspinner, had match figures of 10 for 141, including a second-innings haul of 4 for 69 on Sunday’s fourth day.
Amir then returned to bowl Stuart Broad with full-length swing – and even Woakes, in a match he will nonetheless remember fondly for his brilliant individual performance, could prevent the inevitable as the last four wickets fell for 12 runs.
The England skipper accepted his side “were 100 runs light” in a disappointing first innings that ultimately handed Pakistan the immediate one-nil series advantage.
England had never chased down such a total at Lord’s and when Jonny Bairstow was still at the crease they appeared to still have a chance but he was undone by Yasir Shah when he was two short of his half century.
England started their run chase by mounting an assault against Pakistan’s seam attack, well aware it was only a matter of time before Yasir Shah would have the chance to flex his deadly leg spin.
It was Pakistan’s unheralded left-arm quick Rahat Ali who reduced England to 47 for three on Sunday.
Broad (three for 38) finished with six wickets in the match, to Chris Woakes’ 11, as Pakistan added only a single to their overnight total before being bowled out for 215.
But Amir managed to register his first Test scalp on his return to the longer format when Cook edged a good-length delivery on to his stumps.
England captain Alastair Cook conceded his side didn’t make the most of the conditions in the first innings, as they lost by 75 runs to Pakistan in an enthralling Lord’s Test.
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Ballance was then bowled by a wonder-ball from Yasir that turned sharply and crashed into the Yorkshireman’s stumps.
Cook praised Chris Woakes for his positive contribution, and made it clear that the absence of the experienced duo of James Anderson and Ben Stokes did not prevent England from winning.
Their bowling attack was too powerful in both innings of this Test match, with their three left-arm quicks – Rahat Ali, Wahab Riaz and Amir – offering ideal support to leg-spinner Yasir. A visibly disappointed Cook marched off after feathering an edge to wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed on 8.
Misbah, who in his maiden Test knock at Lord’s, had made 114 in the first innings, went for a duck after he heaved off-spinner Moeen Ali legside and Alex Hales, running round to the mid-wicket rope, held a good catch.
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Stuart Broad failed to build an innings of any real substance, trapped by a smart yorker from Wahab Riaz.
