Babar Azam scored an attractive half-century on the opening day of the first Test
Pakistan, who opted to bat first, went with two legspinners in Yasir Shah and Shadab Khan. England went with an unchanged XI, meaning Chris Woakes played ahead of Zak Crawley.
England and Pakistan players observed a minute's silence before the start of play in honour of the COVID-19 victims
Abid Ali was bowled by Jofra Archer on the other side of Lunch, giving England their first breakthrough
Babar Azam played a couple of good-looking cover drives off Dom Bess
Only 49 overs could be bowled on Day 1 in Manchester