1st Test: England v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi

Younis Khan salutes the crowd after breaking Javed Miandad's Pakistan record :

Pakistan v England, 1st Test, Abu Dhabi, October 13, 2015

                                             

                             

124 *  at stumps  : Shabash !

                                     

Bismillah !

Adil recieves "a different" :Cap from Vaughan !

                                               

Whacked on Helmet on to the stumps .....Shan Masood given out : bowled Jimmeh !

chap still rubbing he head in pain and disbelief  ::LOL::

                                                 

maybe root spin will get pakistan out

they will fail again

Those 2 dropped catches from Bell was erm , ahhhmm .... :-[

I can't remember the last time I saw a batsman bowled after the ball hit his helmet. Masood got himself in a right pickle on a pitch that offered very little pace or bounce.

The drop of Hafeez really hurt England. Prior to the start of play, Matt Prior and Nasser Hussain suggested that a good day for England would be to have Pakistan five wickets down at the close of play.

The wicket really offered no pace or bounce and the spin was slow and gentle. Taking 40 wickets on this pitch is going to be a real challenge. Pakistan are in the driver's seat but England were at least able to restrict the run rate. After winning the toss, I was afraid Pakistan would finish the day with 400+ runs.

Pakistan batsman have taken a real liking to Adil Rashid. A very inauspicious debut so far. This wicket is a joke though. It's as flat as a pancake with no pace, bounce or spin.

347 - 4 after 102 overs

151* to Shoaib

Current partnership  96 runs, 27.3 overs, RR: 3.49 (Shoaib Malik 48, Asad Shafiq 45)