Updates from the opening day of play at the GabbaNew Zealand v
England – follow the first Test live!Any thoughts? Email or tweet @GeoffLemonSport 12.27am GMT
5th over:
Pakistan 13-0 (Shan Masood 1, Azhar Ali 7) Starc keeps pitching up, looking for swing, but Azhar is growing in confidence to take those deliveries on. Not with any big shots, but just presenting the straight bat and punching a couple of drives straight. First he takes two runs, then drives more firmly for three. Low-risk accumulation, smart play from the very experienced opener. Shan Masood then gets off the mark with a nudge off his pads for one. 12.22am GMT
4th over: Pakistan 7-0 (Shan Masood 0, Azhar Ali 2) Hazlewood is right in the channel outside Shan’s off stump, aside from slipping in a bouncer to see how it feels coming out. He has the best bouncer of these three
Australian quicks, for my money, when he gives it full effort. But that was a warm-up.