Poor starts have been a problem for Pakistan in their ongoing four-Test series in England, which now stands at 1-1 after the hosts’ 330-run win in the second match at Old Trafford on Monday.
But Mohammad Hafeez and Shan Masood are not the first Pakistan opening pair to struggle in English conditions.
Indeed you have to go back to 1996 for the last time a Pakistan first-wicket duo put on a fifty stand in a Test against England in England.
Below is a look back at that lengthy list of short-lived opening stands by Pakistan against England in England (batsmen, stand, innings of match, venue, year):
Mohammad Hafeez, Shan Masood……………..27…….2……Old Trafford………2016
Mohammad Hafeez, Shan Masood…………….7……..4……Old Trafford………2016
Mohammad Hafeez, Shan Masood……………38…….1……Lord s……………..2016
Mohammad Hafeez, Shan Masood…………….2……..3……Lord s…………….2016
Imran Farhat, Yasir Hameed……………………9……..2…….Lord s…………….2010
Imran Farhat, Yasir Hameed……………………7……..3…….Lord s…………….2010
Imran Farhat, Yasir Hameed…………………..48…….2…….The Oval…………2010
Imran Farhat, Yasir Hameed……………………5…….4……..The Oval………..2010
Imran Farhat, Salman Butt……………………..8……..1……..Edgbaston……..2010
Imran Farhat, Salman Butt…………………….1………3……..Edgbaston……..2010
Imran Farhat, Salman Butt…………………….5………2……..Trent Bridge……2010
Imran Farhat, Salman Butt…………………..10……..4………Trent Bridge……2010
Imran Farhat, Mohammad Hafeez………….35*…….2………The Oval……….2006
Salman Butt, Taufeeq Umar…………………34…….2……….Headingley…….2006
Salman Butt, Taufeeq Umar…………………23…….4……….Headingley…….2006
Imran Farhat, Kamran Akmal…………………4…….1……….Old Trafford……2006
Imran Farhat, Kamran Akmal………………..21…….3………Old Trafford……2006
Imran Farhat, Salman Butt………………….28……..2………Lord s…………..2006
Imran Farhat, Salman Butt…………………..0……..4……….Lord s………….2006
Abdul Razzaq, Saeed Anwar………………..6……..1……….Old Trafford……2001
Abdul Razzaq, Saeed Anwar………………24……..3……….Old Trafford……2001
Saeed Anwar, Saleem Elahi………………..4………2……….Lord s…………..2001
Saeed Anwar, Saleem Elahi……………….2………3………..Lord s………….2001
Aamer Sohail, Saeed Anwar…………….106……..2………..The Oval……..1996
* = Hafeez retired hurt before resuming his innings, first wicket fell at 70 — number three Younis Khan.
