Paceman Ball, replacing the injured James Anderson, got in on the act by trapping Azhar Ali (7) in front with a rapid yorker and the unsafe Younis Khan (33) looked well set before hitting Broad straight to midwicket.
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Pakistan Test skipper Misbah-ul-Haq elected to bat first against England after winning the toss on a sunny London morning for the first of the four-Test match series on Thursday.
Pakistan have reached 6-282 against England on the opening day of the first test at Lord’s. Yesterday people were texting me and giving me advice and saying just go out and enjoy it and do what I have been doing all season. The gestures were homage to Pakistan’s pre-tour preparation at an army boot camp. “He just said how proud the whole family are of me”.
Ball revealed: “He was holding back tears”. The tourists should have been in a stronger position but lost Asad Shafiq to the second new ball before nightwatchman Rahat Ali was bowled with the final delivery of the day.
“I’ve said all along I don’t think match fixers should be allowed to play but at that time he was given his punishment”, said Cook.
For all his time out of cricket, the 24-year-old retains the ability to swing the ball late at sharp pace, as he showed with a first-innings haul of three for 36 in Pakistan’s tour opener against Somerset.
Misbah was severe on off-spinner Moeen Ali, reverse and conventionally sweeping him for four fours in an over.
At the other end, Broad brought the edge from Hafeez on 11, driving at a touch of movement down the slope, but James Vince could not hold onto a tough chance one-handed low to his left at third slip.
First change bowler Woakes stepped up well in the injury-enforced absence of record wicket-taker Jimmy Anderson, still recovering from a stress fracture of the shoulder.
Wahab Riaz has warned any England cricketers who “sledge” or verbally abuse their Pakistani opponents during the upcoming Test series may get more than they bargained for.
The seamer repeated the dose not long after when Hafeez, who’d scored 40 of Pakistan’s first 51 runs, skied a length ball and Bairstow ran around to claim a simple catch.
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