Pak vs Eng, 1st Test | Pakistan reaches 108/0 at tea on Day 2 after England out for record 657

Pakistan reached a relatively quiet 108-0 after England was bowled out for an aggressive 657 on the second day of its record-setting first test in Pakistan in 17 years

Pakistan reached a relatively quiet 108/0 after England was bowled out for an aggressive 657 on the second day of its record-setting first Test in Pakistan in 17 years on Friday.

Openers Imam-ul-Haq and Abdullah Shafique hit sedate half centuries before tea, but could exhibit only half of the England batters’ aggression on a grass-less wicket where neither fast bowlers nor spinners have troubled the batters.

Shafique was unbeaten on 54 off 101 balls while Imam was not out on 52 off 97 balls, but Pakistan still trails England by 549 runs.

Imam should have been dismissed very early into the second session but wicketkeeper Ollie Pope couldn’t grab a faint edge in left-arm spinner Jack Leach’s first over.

On an unresponsive wicket for the bowlers, England persisted with spinners for the majority of the second session with veteran James Anderson bowling only one over after lunch and Ollie Robinson two overs.

Imam and Shafique batted confidently against Leach’s left-arm spin, but were more attacking against offspinner Will Jacks, who conceded 44 runs off his 10 overs.

After amassing a world record 506/4 in 75 overs on the opening day when four of the five top-order England batters scored centuries, England added 151 runs at the same electrifying pace to rack up its highest total in a test innings against Pakistan.