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Pakistan wrap up victory over England at Lord's

ByReuters

Updated 17/07/2016 at 19:49 GMT

Pakistan foiled a gutsy England run chase to win a gripping first test by 75 runs at Lord's on Sunday.

Pakistan's Rahat Ali celebrates the wicket of England's Joe Root.

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Having set the hosts a 283 victory target after their second innings was ended on 215 in the morning, Pakistan's bowlers, led by leg spinner Yasir Shah, provided a masterclass to bowl England out for 207.
Mohammad Amir, back from a five-year ban for spot-fixing, sealed victory when he clean bowled Jake Ball.
"It is one of the top wins as captain and for Pakistan as a team," captain Misbah ul-Haq said. "I am very proud of the team and the way they came out and showed really good skills.
"Today, mentally everybody was strong, and were patient. Everyone bowled well, especially Yasir Shah."
England had never chased down such a total at Lord's and when Jonny Bairstow was still at the crease they appeared to still have a chance but he was undone by Yasir Shah when he was two short of his half century.
The end was nigh after that as the final three wickets went down for 12 runs.
Pakistan's players celebrated victory by doing press-ups in front of their jubilant supporters.
England skipper Alastair Cook admitted his frustration over a run chase which never quite applied any pressure.
"There's a bitter taste in the dressing room," conceded Cook. "Some of the shots (were risky) but it's up to the individuals to change.
"I always thought we were two wickets behind where we wanted to be...
"It's really frustrating but we've lost before. We can bounce back. Credit to Pakistan. We're very confident we can beat them, but we have to get better."
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Chris Woakes celebrates a wicket - England v Pakistan, Lord's

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England began the chase confidently with Alastair Cook striking a boundary off his first ball, but the skipper was dispatched after he stabbed at Rahat Ali's delivery and was caught by Sarfraz Ahmed.
Alex Hales soon followed his captain to the pavilion after top-edging Rahat to Mohammed Hafeez before Rahat removed dangerman Joe Root for nine after he played a careless pull shot and was caught in the deep by Yasir.
James Vince (42) and Gary Ballance (43) chipped away at Pakistan's lead with valuable contributions but Vince got a thick edge driving Wahab Riaz and was caught at the second attempt by Younis at second slip.
Ballance had just struck Yasir confidently to the boundary when he was bowled by a beauty, the ball jagging back from outside off stump after pitching in the rough.
Moeen Ali hardly helped England's cause, dismissed for two when he charged at a Yasir delivery and was bowled to leave England on 139 for 6.
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England v Pakistan - First Test - Lord's - 14/7/16

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Bairstow and Chris Woakes stemmed the flow of wickets and kept the scoreboard ticking during a tense afternoon but England eventually succumbed to Pakistan's relentless attack.
Stuart Broad misjudged one from left-hander and was bowled for one, then and was dismissed as he looked for a second run.
Shah took his 10th wicket in the match when Woakes was caught by Younis Khan before Amir finished it off.
Earlier England quickly polished off Pakistan's second innings with the visitors adding only eight runs to their overnight total.
Wicketkeeper Bairstow had faced criticism on Saturday, but he got rid of Shah (30) with an athletic one-handed catch in the first over as Broad became the third English bowler to take 350 test wickets.
Broad then had Amir caught behind.
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