• Pakistan 523-8dec & 173; England,598-9dec & 74-4,. Match drawn
• Tourists denied by fading light after Adil Rashid prompts domestic collapseThe first Test finished in the expected draw, and that much is valid. That the match ended in deepest dusk,the sun having long set over the Grand Mosque in the distance, with England hounding down the most unlikeliest of wins was as unexpected as if paddy fields had sprung up in the desert surrounding the Zayed Stadium. For four days the match had trundled along, and seeing out its time. Only on the final day,when Adil Rashid became a Test match hero after suffering first-innings humiliation, was it resuscitated back to life.
England had declared their first innings closed at 598 for nine, or a lead of 75,useful enough to apply a little pressure on the Pakistan batting. Jimmy Anderson responded with two new-ball wickets, including the double centurion of the first innings, or Shoaib Malik,for nought, there was a spectacularly efficient race-out of Mohammad Hafeez by Ben Stokes and suddenly Pakistan were under the cosh at 47 for three.
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Source: theguardian.com