• England's Jason Roy, right, in the game.
    England's Jason Roy, right, in the game.
  • England's Dom Bess in the game between Pakistan A and the England Lions at the Nursery Oval, Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi. All photos by Chris Whiteoak / The National
    England's Dom Bess in the game between Pakistan A and the England Lions at the Nursery Oval, Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi. All photos by Chris Whiteoak / The National
  • England's Ollie Pope in the game between Pakistan A and the England Lions.
    England's Ollie Pope in the game between Pakistan A and the England Lions.
  • England's Mark Wood takes the wicket of Pakistan's Shan Masood.
    England's Mark Wood takes the wicket of Pakistan's Shan Masood.
  • Wood bowls in the game.
    Wood bowls in the game.
  • England's Joe Clarke in the game.
    England's Joe Clarke in the game.
  • Pakistan's Shaheen Afridi in the game.
    Pakistan's Shaheen Afridi in the game.
  • England's Jamie Porter bats in the game.
    England's Jamie Porter bats in the game.
  • Pakistan's Mohammad Irfan takes the wicket of England's Danny Briggs.
    Pakistan's Mohammad Irfan takes the wicket of England's Danny Briggs.
  • Wood bats in the game.
    Wood bats in the game.
  • England's Sam Billings bats in the game.
    England's Sam Billings bats in the game.
  • Billings makes 50 in the game.
    Billings makes 50 in the game.
  • Billings eats a banana.
    Billings eats a banana.
  • Billings and Bess bat in the game.
    Billings and Bess bat in the game.
  • Bess bats in the game.
    Bess bats in the game.

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Ollie Pope and Sam Billings in action for England Lions against Pakistan A in Abu Dhabi - in pictures

Pakistan were 33-2 in reply to England's 240 all out on Day 1 of four-day game

The National

November 18, 2018

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An England Lions side featuring Ollie Pope, Jason Roy, Sam Billings and Mark Wood are in Abu Dhabi to take on Pakistan A in a four-day match at Zayed Cricket Stadium.

Sunday's first day of play at the nursery oval at Zayed Cricket Stadium saw England post 240 before being shot out with Billings top-scoring with an unbeaten 74.

He was ably supported by Roy (59) and Dominic Bess (42), while Mohammad Irfan was the pick of the Pakistan bowlers finishing with figures of 4-80.

Pakistan were 33-2 in reply at stumps with Wood and Jamie Overton accounting for the wickets of Shan Masood (8) and Abid Ali (11) respectively.

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