Pakistan’s Abrar Ahmed takes seven on debut as England all out for 281 | Cricket News – Times of India

Ben Duckett (63) and Ollie Pope (60) scored breezy half-centuries for the touring side who are 1-0 up in the three-Test series.
England, who won the opening match in Rawalpindi by 74 runs, are on their first Test tour of Pakistan since 2005.
Ahmed struck off his fifth ball as captain Babar Azam turned to his mystery spinner as early as in the ninth over.
Ahmed challenged England’s aggression through his variety of bowling on a wicket offering plenty of assistance to the spinners from the onset and wasn’t afraid to lure the England batters through his variations.
Zak Crawley (19) was baffled by Ahmed’s sharp delivery which jagged back into him and knocked back his stumps and then the leg-spinner successfully won lbw decisions against Duckett and Joe Root (8) through television referrals.

Duckett and Pope combined in a 79-run stand off 61 balls and briefly dominated even Ahmed through their extravagant reverse sweep shots before the bowler broke through soon after Duckett had completed his half century.
All-rounder Faheem Ashraf and Ahmed were two of the three changes Pakistan had to make after fast bowlers Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah both were ruled out with injuries, and the home team also dropped experienced No. 3 batter Azhar Ali because of lack of form and brought in allrounder Mohammad Nawaz.
England didn’t slow down and its fearless approach to score at a rapid pace cost them when Pope was caught at point while going for a reverse sweep and Harry Brook gave a skied shot to Nawaz at mid-off against Ahmed as England reached 180-5 in an extended 2 1/2 first sessions due to Friday prayers.
Captain Stokes (30) and Will Jacks (31) added 61 runs but Ahmed continued to strike after lunch by removing both batters in his successive overs. Stokes was baffled by Ahmed’s sharp turner that hit the lefthander’s off stump and Jacks was trapped leg before wicket.
(With Inputs From Agencies)