Sohail strikes to dent England progress
03-Aug-2016

Alex Hales and Alastair Cook made a brisk start to England's 500th Test at home after being asked to bat in swinging conditions • AFP
But Sohail Khan, playing his first Test in five years, struck early, inducing an outside edge from Hales to end the opening stand on 36•AFP
Sohail accounted for Joe Root in his next over, getting him to edge to first slip•Getty Images
Alastair Cook held firm, however, and struck eight boundaries in a brisk knock•Getty Images
Cook's resistance ended when Rahat Ali trapped him lbw with one that nipped back in. When he fell, Cook had made 45 of England's 75 runs•Getty Images
James Vince and Gary Ballance then kept Pakistan's bowlers at bay for 7.4 overs as England went into lunch on 100 for 3•AFP
Vince continued fluently after the break and played some delightful strokes•Getty Images
... until Sohail struck for a third time to end Vince's 69-run fourth-wicket stand with Ballance•AFP
Vince departed for an attractive 39, but it was another insubstantial score•AFP
Sohail then made it four when Jonny Bairstow was caught behind•AFP
Ballance dug in for a gritty 70•AFP
... before becoming Yasir Shah's first victim of the innings•Getty Images
Moeen Ali then rallied the tail with an important half-century•Getty Images
... and played his strokes to fine effect•Getty Images
Sohail then completed his maiden five-wicket haul as James Anderson unsuccessfully reviewed his lbw•AFP
... and celebrated with ten press-ups, with a clap between each•AFP