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England vs Pakistan: Shah reduces England to 153/4, Cook races ahead

Mohammad Amir received a muted reception from the Lord’s crowd as he bowled for the first time in a Test since being banned for spot-fixing. (Photo: AP)

Mohammad Amir received a muted reception from the Lord’s crowd as he bowled for the first time in a Test since being banned for spot-fixing. (Photo: AP)

Leg-spinner Yasir Shah took three wickets to make amends for Pakistan’s two dropped catches of Alastair Cook as England reached 153/4 at tea on Friday on the second day of the first Test.

Cook had lucky escapes on 22 and 55 off Mohammad Amir, returning after a five-year ban for spot-fixing, and was batting on 75. England still trails Pakistan by 186 runs after the visitors were bowled out for 339 in the first session. Fast bowler Chris Woakes grabbed 6-70 after Pakistan resumed at 282-6 with captain Misbah-ul-Haq adding only four to his overnight 110.

Shah (3/22) broke the 110-run stand between Cook and Joe Root (48) when the latter played a sweep before the leg-spinner had James Vince (16) and Gary Ballance (6) lbw in quick succession.

Pakistan’s Mohammad Amir got a muted reception as he bowled for the first time in a test since being banned for spot-fixing.

The left-handed pace bowler, who served half of a six-month prison sentence and was banned for five years for deliberately bowling no-balls against England at the same ground in 2010, was unlucky not to mark his first spell back with a wicket. He was treated to a few shouts of ‘no-ball’ from the crowd after his first delivery, but his return to Pakistan’s bowling attack otherwise passed largely without incident.

Earlier, England all-rounder Chris Woakes notched his first five-wicket test haul to restrict the visitors to a first innings total of 339.

Woakes, who ended the innings with figures of 6/70, struck twice in the same over to pick up the wickets of Sarfraz Ahmed and Wahab Riaz.

Scoreboard (At Tea) Pakistan (1st innings, O/N 282/6 in 87 overs): M. Hafeez c Bairstow b Woakes 40, S. Masood c Bairstow b Woakes 7, Az. Ali lbw b Ball 7, Y. Khan c Ali b Broad 33, Misbah-ul-Haq b Broad 114, A. Shafiq c Bairstow b Woakes 73, R. Ali b Woakes 0, S. Ahmed c Vince b Woakes 25, W. Riaz b Woakes 0, M. Amir c Root b Broad 12, Y. Shah (not out) 11. Extras: (b4, lb10, nb1, w2) 17. Total: (in 99.2 overs) 339. FoW: 1-38, 2-51, 3-77, 4-134, 5-282, 6-282, 7-310, 8-310, 9-316. Bowling: Broad 27.2-9-71-3, Ball 19-5-51-1, Woakes 24-7-70-6, Finn 21-2-86-0, Ali 7-0-46-0, Vince 1-0-1-0.

England (1st innings): A. Cook (batting) 75, A. Hales c Az. Ali b R. Ali 6, J. Root c Hafeez b Shah 48, J. Vince lbw b Shah 16, G. Ballance lbw b Shah 6, J. Bairstow (batting) 1. Extras: (nb1) 1. Total: (for 4 wkts, in 38 overs) 153. FoW: 1-8, 2-118, 3-139, 4-147. Bowling: Amir 11-1-46-0, Ali 9-0-44-1, Riaz 9-0-41-0, Shah 9-0-22-3.

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