But initial signs of unpredictable bounce failed to turn into anything more concerning as Saim Ayub (40 not out) and debutant Kamran Ghulam (29no) reached the lunch break relatively securely. One delivery from Potts kept low enough to leave the bowler grinning, while Ben Stokes was overheard on the stump microphone saying, “it’s started already boys”. Leach beat the bat twice before striking with his ninth ball, snaking one past Shafique’s outside edge and knocking over off stump. Abdullah Shafique is bowled by Jack Leach (K.M. Ayub began rotating the strike and Ghulam settled any first day nerves by slamming Leach for six over long-on.

Source: Express October 15, 2024 07:20 UTC