Robinson and Tongue put England in control in Leeds

An enticing day of Test cricket at Headingley in Leeds as Ollie Robinson and Josh Tongue returned with five-wicket hauls to bundle out Pakistan for 171 after the visitors were asked to bat first.

England reached 112/2 at stumps, with skipper Joe Root (37*) joined by No.3 Jordan Cox (23*).

It was the first time since 2006 that two England bowlers have each taken five-wicket hauls in the same innings and the pair shared the spoils by agreeing to split the ball that was used.

"We were walking off and I was like, to Tonguey, I think we should split it," Robinson said.

"He said it and I said, I think we should do that, it'd be quite cool. It's one of those things, you don't have too many half-of-cricket-balls, so it would be something we never forget. It's not very often two guys get five-for in the same innings, so a nice gesture and something to remember."

It completes a busy recent period for Robinson, who welcomed his second daughter Eva into his life last week.

"Yeah, newborn (arrived) last Thursday at 2am, so been catching up on my sleep since I got to the hotel in Leeds," Robinson said.

"Really special week, having another baby, it almost makes today even sweeter, when you leave them after they're born and you come and put a performance in, it meant a lot to do that. I know they're not here, they're at home, but I was thinking of them the whole time."

Pakistan's day with the bat began in terrible fashion after Azan Awais was dismissed off the very ball of the ICC World Test Championship series by Robinson.

The visitors' struggle with the bat showed up in the absence of their regular skipper Babar Azam but Imam-ul-Haq showed character with a composed 42 while Abdullah Shafique's resilience helped him get to 61.

While disappointed with how his fellow batters performed, Shafique still holds hope Pakistan can salvage something from the Test with the aid of early wickets on the second morning.

"As a team you must think positively," Shafique said.

"They have a good partnership going, but a new day always brings a fresh challenge, especially in that first morning session. We will try to pick up early wickets to shift the momentum. If we get wickets we are right back in the game."

Tongue (5-46) and Robinson's (5-51) fiery spell ensured them their fourth and fifth five-fors in Test cricket as Pakistan lost all 10 wickets for 171.

In return, Ben Duckett (15) and Emilio Gay (33) showed signs of holding fort but Mohammad Abbas and Mohammad Ali struck to remove the opening pair off successive overs.

Root and Cox proceeded to steady the ship with an unbeaten 64-run stand for the third wicket as England trail by 59 runs in the first innings.

Series schedule:

First Test: August 19-23, Headingley

Second Test: August 27-31, Lord's

Third Test: September 9-13, Edgbaston