Day 1: A good start for Pakistan

Test Match Special

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🗓️ 5 August 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Jonathan Agnew presents from Old Trafford where England endured a frustrating first day in the 1st Test against Pakistan. Rain interruptions and some excellent batting from Babar Azam allowed the tourists to finish the day on 139-2. Azhar Mahmood tells Aggers why he thinks it's been a good day for Pakistan while Michael Vaughan asks whether Azam could have a similar impact on this series as Steve Smith did in the 2019 Ashes. Dan Norcross gets reaction from England head coach Chris Silverwood and Pakistan opener Shan Masood and, with a new biography about the late Bob Willis being released this week, Aggers speaks to his widow Lauren and brother David about Headingley 81, Bob's style of punditry and his love of Bob Dylan.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:04.8	This is the TMS Podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live.
0:10.2	I'm Jonathan Agnew, welcome to the Test Match Special Podcast,
0:13.2	looking back on a shortened opening day of the England Pakistan Test Series,
0:17.2	but one with plenty of talking points nonetheless.
0:19.4	To come we'll hear from Michael Vaughan and Asa Mahmoud
0:22.0	and the England coach Chris Silverwood
0:24.0	and the Pakistan batsman Sean Masoud
0:26.2	and we'll be sharing memories of the much missed Bob Willis.
0:29.6	You're listening to the TMS Podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live.
0:34.6	So close to play on the first day of the first test
0:37.6	between England and Pakistan and Emirates Old Trafford,
0:40.6	a truncated day again, only 49 overs were possible,
0:43.6	but a rain, some bad light.
0:45.6	And unfortunately just those 49 overs were able to be bold
0:48.6	before the unpowered side of the day.
0:50.6	They'd had enough for the day.
0:52.6	In that time, Pakistan, who won the toss inside the bat first,
0:54.6	including two leg spinners in their team by the way,
0:57.6	reached 139 for two from those 49 overs.
1:02.6	They lost Abid Ali, the opener, who was bold by Archifers 16,
1:05.6	a ball that came back out and went through the gate.
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