The teams went off the field before tea because of the gloom, with Pakistan on 215-8, and reappeared for only another nine balls, during which Stuart Broad took his third wicket of the innings and the tourists moved to 223-9.
Stuart Broad had long kept it a secret but revealed it to his teammates only during a pre-camp training for Ashes 2015.
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England legend James Anderson is only eight wickets shy of reaching the 600-wicket mark in Test cricket.
Abid Ali struck 60 — after being dropped twice early in his 111-ball innings — and was comfortably Pakistan’s top scorer on a tough day for the tourists in changing weather.
Fawad Alam came to bat at no. 6 and faced only four balls before getting dismissed by Chris Woakes.
Fawad last played a Test match for Pakistan was in November 2009 against New Zealand.
England turned around a first-innings deficit of 107 runs to seal a three-wicket win at Old Trafford, with Chris Woakes (84*) and Jos Buttler (75) helping the hosts to gun down a target of 277.
In the rain-affected opening day, Pakistan struggled against the English pacers as they lost five wickets for 126 in 45.4 overs at stumps.
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Calling it an "inadvertent mistake", PCB has put Hafeez in isolation and informed the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) about their decision.
If found guilty, like England's Jofra Archer, Hafeez will have to self isolate himself for 14 days and return COVID-19 negative in two tests before he is allowed to re-join the squad.
Anderson has taken six wickets this summer at 41.16. Statistically, it is has been his worst home summer.
While Ben Stokes misses out of the Test owing to family reasons, his replacement, Ollie Robinson, has been named in the 14-man squad.
After 10 Tests, Sibley averages 39.50 with the bat, scoring two hundreds, with his second coming in the second Test against the West Indies earlier this summer.
Azhar came under immense scrutiny after Pakistan lost the first Test from a winning position to go 0-1 down in the three-match series.
Stokes has pulled out of the next two Tests due to family reasons. The second Test starts on Thursday at the Ageas Bowl here.
While the Barmy Army took a hilarious dig this episode of a father imposing fine on son, Stuart saw the funny side to this.
The incident happened during the 46th over of Pakistan's second innings when Broad threw down a few words at Yasir Shah after dismissing him.
Sarfaraz, a former captain, was seen performing the duties of 12th man in the series opener between England and Pakistan in Manchester.
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