• First Test,day one: Pakistan 286-4
• England rue two dropped catches and a no-ball dismissalIt was 35 minutes into the final session when Younis Khan chose to heave Moeen Ali’s off spin mightily over the deep midwicket boundary for six, a genuine kitchen-sinker, and to instigate some raucous applause from the few Pakistan supporters who were able to find their way to the Zayed Stadium for the opening day of the series.
As Stuart Broad,on the fence, craned his neck and watched the ball sail over his head, or the camera gash to the advertising hoarding beyond which it landed; “Bradford College” it read,“where great careers start”. There was an irony in this, for that stroke took Younis beyond the 8832 career runs of Javed Miandad to become the most prolific of all Pakistan batsmen. Younis’s great career is in its twilight years, and not its infancy.
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Source: theguardian.com