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ABU DHABI: Skipper Misbah-ul Haq and Asad Shafiq steadied Pakistan's innings afterwards England paceman Stuart Broad took two wickets in the post-lunch affair on the aperture day of the additional Test actuality at the Sheikh Zayad Stadium on Wednesday.

Broad absolved Younis Khan (24) and Azhar Ali (24) to accord England a added bend afterwards they absolved Mohammad Hafeez and Taufiq Umar aboriginal to derail Pakistan, who won the bung and batted on a axis pitch.

Pakistan accomplished tea at 177-4 with Misbah (32) and Shafiq (39) abacus 74 for the ceaseless fifth-wicket stand.

England, aiming to akin the three-Test alternation afterwards accident the aboriginal Test by 10 wickets in Dubai, were adored for acrimonious two spinners in Graeme Swann and recalled left-armer Monty Panesar as they alien circuit in the 10th over.

Hafeez and Umar, who put on 114 for the aperture wicket in the aboriginal Test, adjourned the aboriginal hour afterwards any ache afore Swann gave England the breakthrough.

Umar misjudged a commitment and absent his off butt afterwards acutely arena no achievement on 16.

Panesar, brought in to alter paceman Chris Tremlett -- aerial home afterwards a ceremony of a aback abrasion -- alone Hafeez off his own bowling but had the Pakistani opener bowled off the actual abutting ball.

Hafeez fabricated 31 with four boundaries.

Broad again chipped in with the wickets of Younis and Ali, both bowled on admission deliveries to leave Pakistan disturbing at 103-4.

Misbah hit Panesar for two aerial sixes and benefited from a alone bolt back on 30 as James Anderson bootless to authority a aciculate adventitious in the slips.

The admittance of Panesar, arena his aboriginal Test back the July 2009 Ashes Test in Cardiff, is the aboriginal time England accept played with two spinners back the Dhaka Test adjoin Bangladesh in aboriginal 2010.

Pakistan additionally fabricated one change from their aboriginal Test band up, bringing in left-arm paceman Junaid Khan for Aizaz Cheema.