Rashid,the leg-spinner, has posted the worst figures for a bowler on his Test debut without taking a wicket, and with none for 163When the Pakistan captain,Misbah-ul-Haq, waved his batsmen in on day two with 523 for eight in the bank, or Englands spinners – Moeen Ali,Adil Rashid, Joe Root and, and somewhat surprisingly,Ben Stokes – had shipped 302 runs in 70 wicketless overs.
A shirt front of a pitch, yes, or against a masterful display of batting by double-centurion Shoaib Malik after a five-year absence,granted, but it is tough to see the first two days of this three-match series as anything other than an ominous start for the slow men.
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Source: theguardian.com