London, July 14

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq survived as top-order wickets fell around him on the first day of the first Test against England at Lord’s on Thursday.

At tea, Pakistan were 158-4 with No 5 Misbah, who won the toss, 48 not out after all the top four had returned to the Pavilion. Asad Shafiq was unbeaten on 12 as Mohammad Amir, listed to come in at No 8, waited to make his return to Test cricket at Lord’s  the scene of his spot-fixing crime.

Misbah won the toss with the pitch at Lord’s a notoriously good surface for batsmen.

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Jake Ball, given a debut in place of James Anderson after the selectors decided against risking England’s all-time leading wicket-taker following a shoulder injury, appealed for leg before against Masood with his second delivery in Test cricket.

Earlier, Amir was selected for his first Test appearance since the infamous ‘spot-fixing’ clash against England at Lord’s in 2010.

That match saw Amir and Pakistan new-ball partner Mohammad Asif deliberately bowl no-balls on the instructions of then captain Salman Butt as part of a newspaper ‘sting’ operation. All three received five-year bans from cricket and jail terms.