Pakistan VS England

Ajmal won five decisions after England won the toss and elected to bat first at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, with Matt Prior's determined knock of 70 .Pakistan openers Mohammad Hafeez  and Taufeeq Umar saw off 15 overs in the last hour of the day without too many problems in facing England's lone spinner GraemeSwann.

Captain Andrew Strauss , Ian Bell and KevinPietersen  departed within five of Ajmal's deliveries before lunch as England limped to 52-5.

After polishing off the top order before lunch, Ajmal trapped Eoin Morgan  and StuartBroad  lbw as both failed in their attempts to sweep the last year's top wicket-taker in Test cricket.

 Morgan escaped a stumping chance off Ajmal just before the break. Ajmal continued to confuse the England batsman, and when he trapped last man James Anderson lbw he concealed his previous best of 6-42 against West Indies last year.

Prior added 57 precious runs for the eighth wicket with Swann before leftarm spinner Abdur Rehman broke the stand and closed England's innings with two more wickets.

Earlier, Strauss and Alastair Cook watchfully played out new ball bowlers Umar Gul and Aizaz Cheema before Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq called up his spinners in only the sixth over.

Hafeez responded in his very first over when Cook tried to cut the offspinner's third delivery and was caught behind by Adnan Akmal.

Akmal took another brilliant acrobatic catch down the leg side off fast bowler Aizaz Cheema's short delivery, which claimed a thick edge of Jonathan Trott's  bat.

But it was the introduction of Ajmal midway into the first session that hurried the England collapse.

Strauss hastily tried to pull Ajmal's fifth delivery only to knock back his off stump, then Bell attempted to defend Ajmal's straight delivery and thinly edged to Akmal.

Pietersen also struggled through 29 deliveries before Ajmal won the lbw decision thanks to the Decision Review System after onfield Australian umpire Ben Oxenford had originally turned down a loud appeal.

England opted to go in with three seamers  James Anderson, StuartBroad and Chris Tremlett  and may miss left-arm spinner Monty Panesar.

Panesar had impressed in a warmup match but England preferred Tremlett, who is playing his first Test since recovering from a back injury last August.