Yasir Shah has bagged six wickets as England were all out on 272 in first inning of Lord’s Test here on Saturday.
Pakistan’s triumph card leggie again presented an outstanding spell of leg-spin bowling getting figures of six for 72 in his Lord’s debut Test, restricting the hosts England to 272.
With three wickets in the bag and 253 runs on the board, England came out to bat but just managed to add 19 runs before getting bowled out in the first inning still trailing by 67 runs.
Mohammad Amir, Wahab Riaz and Rahat Ali bagged a wicket each for the Green-shirts.
England skipper after getting two chances only managed to score only 81. As he chopped Amir’s in-swinging delivery. This was Amir’s first wicket on his return to Test cricket after six years.
Joe Root who became the first victim of Yasir Shah only managed to add 48 runs. Inform Alex Hales was sent back to the pavilion by Rahat Ali when he was batting on 6 runs.
Jonny Bairstow (29) and Moeen Ali (23) showed some resistance to Pakistani bowlers but were failed to tackle Yasir’s leg-spin.
Chris Woakes who picked up his career best in the same game, remained unbeaten on 35 runs.
