Babar Azam shines between showers as Pakistan make solid start in first Test

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England took two early wickets but Babar Azam was unbeaten on 69 after a rain-affected first day at Old Trafford

There was not much play at Old Trafford but there was enough to alarm, delight and tantalise – when Babar Azam was on strike. He may have alarmed the English bowlers with the crispness of his stroke play, which, in turn, delighted those in his dressing room and for the rest of us looking on there is the tantalising prospect of witnessing a batsman, who is on the cusp of turning the fab four of Steve Smith, Virat Kohli, Kane Williamson and Joe Root into a quintet.

 

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