Pakistan provoked England’s latest batting collapse by combining disciplined bowling with superb catching before showing resistance in its reply to dominate the opening day of the first Test at the Lord’s on Thursday. Moments after Root made his choice, Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed said he would have wanted to bowl if given the choice. Sohail was dropped on 16 by Ben Stokes, who dived to his right from third slip in front of Dawid Malan at second slip. Pakistan won by 75 runs at Lord’s in the first Test of the series in 2016. Cook’s run of successive Test matches, which stretches from 2006, tied the record held by former Australia captain Allan Border.

Source: Hindustan Times May 24, 2018 18:00 UTC