Ben Duckett scored a maiden century to match fellow opener Zak Crawley's ton as England put Pakistan to the sword on the opening day of the first Test in Rawalpindi on Thursday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 28-year-old left-hander pulled Pakistan paceman Haris Rauf for a boundary to reach the three-figure mark, but was out for 107 a few balls later off spinner Zahid Mahmood.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The milestone for Duckett came in his first Test in six years, after he debuted against Bangladesh in 2016 but was discarded after scoring just 110 runs in four matches.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier, 24-year-old Crawley drove Pakistan pacer Naseem Shah to the cover boundary to reach his third Test century in his 29th match, but not before overturning a leg-before decision via review.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The lanky 1.96-metre (six-foot-five) batsman showed his intent right from the start of the match, hitting three boundaries off Naseem's first over of the day, and bringing up his half-century with another one off spinner Zahid Mahmood.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He narrowly missed the chance to become the first England batsman to score a century before lunch, falling nine short.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Seven England batsmen, including current captain Ben Stokes, have scored a century before lunch in a Test -- but none on the first day.<\/p>\r\n\r\n