England’s Bazball revolution has been sorely tested on day one of the second Test after Pakistan debutant Abrar Ahmed sparked a mini collapse with a record equalling haul before lunch.
Ahmed took five wickets before lunch and two after to have England reeling at 7-231 in the second session, with bowlers Ollie Robinson and Mark Wood at the crease.
England were cruising at 1-117 in the 18th over, before spinner Ahmed trapped Ben Duckett lbw for 63 sparking Pakistan to four wickets in 13 overs to have the tourists 5-180 at lunch.
Ahmed finished the session with all five England scalps and figures of 5-70 from his 13 overs after bowling Zak Crawley for 19 in the ninth over to break the opening stand.
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Ahmed became the first spinner since West Indies star Alf Valentine in 1950 to take five wickets in his Test debut before lunch on the first day.
Duckett faced just 49 balls in his brilliant 63 that included nine fours and one six in a strong partnership with Ollie Pope.
Joe Root could only mange 8 from 11 balls before he was Ahmed’s third wicket and second lbw of the morning.
Pope made 60 from 61 balls including five boundaries, before he was caught by Abdullah Shafique off Ahmed.
First Test centurion Harry Brook made just 9 before he was caught by Mohammad Nawaz giving Ahmed his five wicket-haul two overs before lunch.
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England skipper Ben Stokes (14*) and Will Jacks (0*) were charged with getting the innings back on track in the second session.
England captain Stokes won the toss and opted to bat Friday in the second Test against Pakistan at Multan Cricket Stadium.
The tourists, who lead the three-match series after winning the first Test in Rawalpindi by 74 runs, brought in express pacer Mark Wood in place of Liam Livingstone.
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Livingstone has been ruled out of the tour with a knee injury. Pakistan were forced to leave out pacer Naseem Shah with a shoulder injury — one of three changes from the first Test line-up.
Also out are struggling batter Azhar Ali and the injured Haris Rauf, making way for Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz and Abrar Ahmed.
The 24-year-old Abrar is making his debut.
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Teams
Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Saud Shakeel, Agha Salman, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Zahid Mahmood, Mohammad Ali, Abrar Ahmed
England: Ben Stokes (captain), Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Will Jacks, Jack Leach, Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood, James Anderson
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (RSA) and Aleem Dar (PAK) Tv umpire: Joel Wilson (WIS) Match referee: Andy Pycroft
