Pakistan lost the toss and it is England who is batting first here at this magnificent ground at Old Trafford, Manchester. The pitch and con conditions are brilliant for batting and they prompted Cook to get the pads on first.Misbah wanted the same but was denied by the luck factor. Now his job is to make sure that his bowlers deliver the new ball in the right area and get some early wickets here. this will be a very important first session here.As for the wicket, it has no grass which some were not expecting. There were talks about England preparing bowling pitches against Pakistan. But people should remember that England knows the bowling strength of Pakistan.There was no way England could have gone on to make bowling wickets. That would have taken away the advantage from them. Pakistan bowling is much stronger than England.England has brought in James Anderson and Ben Stokes and there is no doubt that this English team looks much stronger than the one which played at Lords. Pakistan will be under pressure but they have to tackle all this.The first innings will matter again. Pakistan will have to bowl in the right areas. The new ball should be taken as an advantage by the Pakistan team. they need wickets here. After lunch, they will have their chance. England batter will be short of concentration and Pakistan can attack them after lunch.Yasir Shah might come handy though he has not turned the ball much so far. he can face the same problem again because it is the first day of the test match and the wicket is fresh. For a leg spinner, it is always tough to make the ball turn on day one. the bounce for Yasir was also pretty average. He will have to work hard for his wickets here.
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