Ul-Haq celebrates after scoring his ninth Test century

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Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq made England toil on the first day of the second Test in Dubai as he scored an unbeaten 102.

Veteran batsman Younis Khan and opener Shan Masood supported ul-Haq brilliantly as they scored 56 and 54 respectively.

After ul-Haq opted to bat first, Pakistan got off to a solid start as Masood and Mohammad Hafeez amassed a 51-run partnership before Hafeez was caught by Jonny Bairstow at short leg off the bowling of Moeen Ali for 19.

Shoaib Malik departed soon after for just two runs as he was also caught by Bairstow at short leg, but only off the bowling of Ben Stokes.

Masood was the next to go as he was caught behind off the bowling of James Anderson for 54 off 87 balls, which included seven boundaries and a six.

Masood hit seven boundaries and a six during his innings of 54

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Ul-Haq and Khan stabilised the innings with a 93-run partnership, during which Khan brought up his half-century, before he was caught behind off the bowling of Mark Wood.

Khan’s excellent innings of 56 came off 115 deliveries and included four boundaries.

Khan made his 30th Test fifty

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Ul-Haq and Asad Shafiq kept the runs flowing with an unbeaten 104-run stand, during which ul-Haq registered his ninth Test century by going berserk in the last over of the day.

Ul-Haq finished on 102 off 192 balls, which included eight boundaries and five sixes, while Shafiq remained undefeated on 46 off 93 deliveries, which included six boundaries.

Ali, Stokes, Anderson and Wood claimed one wicket each.

Pakistan ended day one on 282/4 and will continue batting tomorrow at 10:00 local time or 06:00 GMT.