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Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium handed its second demerit point; venues can be suspended for a year if they pick up five demerit points.

If a venue accumulates five demerits in five years, it is suspended from hosting international cricket for 12 months.

The Rawalpindi pitch used in the first test match between Pakistan and England has earned a second successive demerit point.

England win toss, elect to bat first.

Crawley, Duckett and Root were dismissed in the space of 53 runs, with debutant leg-spinner Zahid Mahmood taking 2-127.

Four English batsmen scored centuries as the tourists cantered to 506-4 at the close of play.

Four English batsmen scored centuries as the tourists cantered to 506-4 at the close of play.

Four English batsmen scored centuries as the tourists cantered to 506-4 at the close of play.

Four English batsmen scored centuries as the tourists cantered to 506-4 at the close of play.

A recharged England, playing swashbuckling cricket under skipper Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum, will get their first taste of Pakistan conditions in 17 years when the first Test begins in Rawalpindi…