Robinson and Tongue Share All Ten Wickets as England Dominate Pakistan on Day One at Headingley

Ollie Robinson needed only one ball to set the tone. His first delivery of the series trapped Pakistan's Azan Awais lbw — the first time a Test series in England has begun with a wicket — and England never let go. By stumps on day one of the first Rothesay Test at Headingley, Pakistan were bowled out for 171 and England had replied with 112 for two, trailing by 59 The Guardian.

Robinson and Josh Tongue shared all ten Pakistan wickets between them. Robinson took five for 51 from 18 overs, his fifth five-wicket haul in Test cricket. Tongue claimed his fourth, including a devastating final burst of four wickets for five runs in the space of 11 balls that mopped up the tail BBC Sport. Earlier, Tongue had also struck twice in two balls just before the tea interval BBC Sport Live.

Pakistan had briefly looked settled. After Robinson's early double strike — he had Shan Masood lbw with Pakistan at six for two in the fifth over — Abdullah Shafique and Imam-ul-Haq put on 91 together. Shafique top-scored with 61, Imam made 42. Then Robinson returned to rip through the middle order, taking four wickets after that partnership had ended, and his fifth was Khurram Shahzad. Pakistan folded for 171 in 48.1 overs The Guardian.

The day belonged to Joe Root in more ways than one. Captaining England for the 66th time in his 167th Test, Root won the toss and chose to bowl — a decision backed by Headingley's recent history, where the previous seven Tests had been won by the side bowling first. His return to the captaincy comes four years after his first stint as skipper ended BBC Sport.

A rain delay of nearly two hours interrupted the afternoon, but it did little to shift the momentum BBC Sport.

When England batted, openers Ben Duckett and Emilio Gay both fell with the score on 48, Gay for 33. Jordan Cox, batting at three in place of the injured Jacob Bethell, finished on 23 not out alongside Root, unbeaten on 37. Pakistan's Mohammad Abbas managed the only breakthrough, taking one for 34 BBC Sport.

This is the first of three Tests in the Rothesay series, with matches to follow at Lord's and Edgbaston ECB. England will resume on day two needing 59 more runs to surpass Pakistan's total with eight wickets in hand and their captain at the crease.