Pakistan vs England

By Nick Hoult, in Karachi. “We are at the start of something,” said Ben Stokes as he confirmed Rehan Ahmed's debut as England's youngest ever Test cricketer ...

After Faheem’s dismissal, Agha Salman and Nuaman Ali started to take the day away from England with a 48 run stand for the eighth wicket but Leach came back and finished it off with three in four overs. With a better rhythm to his bowling he was effective and Pakistan struggled to pick the googly. In five overs he took one for 19, the maiden wicket of Shakeel was one to remember. Foakes gathered the ball but as he did so he flicked a bail off with his glove. A hug and kiss from his dad was followed by warm applause from the small contingent of England fans who recognised this moment of history. Mohammad Rizwan, their second most likely batsman to make a big score, pulled a full toss to midwicket as Pakistan faltered in the face of aggressive fields, some short pitched quick stuff which knocked over two of the top three and positive captaincy matched with good fielding on a flat pitch.

Four wickets from Jack Leach and an excellent performance from debutant Rehan Ahmed saw England bowl out Pakistan for 304 on day one of the third Test, ...

The pair took Pakistan to the cusp of lunch before Azhar gloved a leg-side delivery from Robinson through to Ben Foakes to leave the score at 117 for three. Then Agha Salman would run-out his captain Babar for 78 after a fantastic one-handed pick up from Foakes where in one motion he claimed Brook’s throw on the bounce and then removed the bails. First Stokes took a skier to dismiss Nauman Ali for a brisk 20, before Salman was comprehensively stumped and No11 Abrar Ahmed clean bowled as Pakistan finished on 304 all out. The ball looked to be falling painfully out of the reach of fielder Harry Brook, but stationed at short leg he dived forward one-handed and plucked the ball off the turf before all 10 of the England team swarmed Ahmed in celebration. Not long after, Leach would be in the thick of the action again. His first five overs went for 35 runs as Azhar Ali and Babar Azam punished any waverings of length from the teenager.

Pakistan hit back early through spinner Abrar Ahmed, who claimed Zak Crawley leg before wicket without scoring in his first over.

Azhar, who announced his retirement from test cricket on Friday, was snapped up by Foakes and the television replays confirmed it was a clean catch as Pakistan reached 117-3. Pakistan hit back early through spinner Abrar Ahmed, who claimed Zak Crawley leg before wicket without scoring in his first over, and England finished the opening day at 7-1. Azhar, playing in his 97th test, replaced all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz. Leach had Salman stumped off a delivery, which spun sharply away from the right-hander before wrapping up the innings. Leach had earlier struck in his second over when he had Abdullah Shafique trapped lbw for 8 in his third over with a new ball that skidded off the wicket and hit the batter on the front pad. England, looking for a rare 3-0 clean sweep in its first test tour to Pakistan in 17 years, had made early inroads after Babar won his first toss in the series and chose to bat.