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Home » News » Babar Azam stars as Pakistan frustrate England on Rain affected Day 1

Babar Azam stars as Pakistan frustrate England on Rain affected Day 1

Pakistan made a solid start after deciding to bat first.

Daniel Sheets by Daniel Sheets
August 6, 2020
in Cricket Highlights, News, Pakistan tour of England
Babar Azam stars as Pakistan frustrate England on Rain affected Day 1

Babar Azam reached a regal half-century just before rain brought an early tea on the first day of England’s opening Test against Pakistan with a score of 121 for 2.

After being invited to bowl first by captain Azhar Ali, the hosts will have been happy with a lunch score of 53 for 2 Jofra Archer and Chris Woakes with a wicket each.

Woakes welcomed star batsman Babar to the crease with a wonderful delivery that might easily have clipped either the outside edge or the off stump but the 25-year-old controlled proceedings in the afternoon session.

He hit 9 boundaries as he reached 52 not out in just 71 balls, almost every one of the imperious, as he set about proving all of the appreciation he has garnered in recent months is well-positioned.

The players were forced off the field by a shower just before 3 pm and would have welcomed the chance to regroup after Babar’s onslaught.

As well as stalling England’s progress his efforts also positioned Shan Masood in the shade, the opener having ground out a valuable 45 not out across more than 3 hours.

England started by an unchanged XI, Ben Stokes again selected as a specialist batsman as uncertainty over his nagging quad injury continued.

While that spelled bad news for Zak Crawley, omitted once more to accommodate the extra bowler, it at least spared a thorny selection decision between Woakes and James Anderson.

Pakistan began their innings under moody skies and with the floodlights on, but openers Masood and Abid Ali showed sufficient composure to negotiate the first hour for 32 without loss.

Both men were beaten on the outside edge on a couple of occasions but stuck admirably to the job of seeing off the challenge of Anderson and Stuart Broad.

In the end, it was the first-change bowlers, retained here ahead of Sam Curran and Mark Wood, who got England back.

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Archer, who produced more headlines off the field than on it against the West Indies, needed just 7 deliveries to make his presence felt.

After pushing the batsmen back in his first over, he started the second with a fuller ball at Abid, jagging it in off the pitch and pegging back off stump.

He made his way back for 16, an exit made all the more frustrating by a short rain shower which forced the sides off after only 3 more deliveries.

It was only a short recess but within 10 minutes of the restart, Woakes sent captain Azhar Ali for a more permanent trip to the pavilion.

Looking to get off the mark with a flick to the leg he was undone by Woakes’ unflinching control of line and length, thumped on the front pad and on his way after an unwise referral.

That brought Babar to the crease amid great anticipation, but Woakes’ greeting was best, shaping in and snaking away to leave the batsman groping.

Babar needed 15 balls to get off the mark, dropping a quick single to cover, with Woakes completing a superb eight-over spell before lunch.

Anderson resumed in the afternoon and immediately found Babar in better touch, a flick down to fine-leg, a push through midwicket, and a back-foot push through cover getting the boundary counter moving.

The 38-year-old also became the first man to be no-balled by the TV umpire, part of an ICC trial that sees the front foot monitored off-field.

Babar was into his stride now, caressing Archer past mid-on and unfurling a pair of beautiful cover drives off Dom Bess.

The spinner had better luck against Masood, deceiving him with an arm ball then clipping his outside edge with turn on45 Jos Buttler shelled the chance to deny England a breakthrough before the rain, but Babar reached his fifty just in time with another 4 off Archer.

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