Lord’s Test: Pakistan beat England by 75 runs

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 series now moves to Manchester, where the second Test will start on 22 july.

Shah took six for 72 as England were bowled out for 272 – 67 runs behind Pakistan’s first innings 339.

The pair chewed up 255 balls between them, blocking out Yasir’s vicious leg-spin and milking the pace bowlers for singles, but when Bairstow was deceived by a flat non-spinning delivery from Yasir, Pakistan smelt blood.

But they all looked like batting monks compared to the wild swishing of Moeen Ali who danced down the pitch to Yasir fourth ball and was bowled.

This was the second time an England bowler took more than 10 wickets at Lord’s since 1978.

Recent history would suggest England needed substantial scores from Cook and Root but when the latter became Rahat’s third victim, caught in the deep following a mis-timed pull, the hosts were 47-3.

Amir removed the key wicket of captain Alastair Cook in the first innings, and then finished off England’s resistance on Sunday as he destroyed Jake Ball’s stumps to spark joyous scenes from the Pakistan fans.

Meanwhile, Mohammad Amir – previously banned for involvement in a 2010 spot-fixing scandal – completed his return to Test cricket by taking the final wicket of the match. But it was fellow left-arm quick Rahat who stunned England. Alex Hales, Cook’s opening partner, made a brisk 16 before carelessly chasing a wide ball from Rahat, with Mohammad Hafeez holding a good catch at first slip.

Rahat very almost had four before lunch, James Vince having survived on nine when he squeezed an edged drive low to Younus Khan’s right at second slip.

Earlier, Pakistan added just one run to their overnight 214 for 8 as Stuart Broad cleaned up the tail.

Englands Joe Root leans into a cover drive during the fourth day of the 1st Test at Lords against Pakistan on Sunday.

There may have been 2,137 days between Test match deliveries, but when Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Amir released the first ball of his second Test career at Lord’s on Friday, it was as if time had stood still.

Azhar Ali joined Shan Masood to help the tourists to 40 for one at lunch – but Woakes was already posing plenty of problems, and he upped the ante in the afternoon. Yasir Shah also contributed significantly with the bat to enhance Pakistan’s lead against England, during the second innings. It’s disappointing but the beauty of a four-match series is there is a chance to come back. Broad struck one boundary off Wahab but was then worked over by a succession of short balls, before a brace of yorkers ended his stay.