<p>Four England batsmen scored hundreds Thursday as the visitors piled up a record 506-4 on the opening day of the first Test against Pakistan in Rawalpindi.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Openers Zak Crawley (122) and Ben Duckett (107) set the tone with quick-fire tons against a hapless Pakistan bowling attack before Ollie Pope (108) and Harry Brook (101 not out) compounded the hosts&rsquo; misery.</p>
<h2>First day runs record</h2>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/ben-stokes-drops-a-hint-he-could-come-out-of-odi-retirement-for-50-over-world-cup-next-year-report-23258386" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Ben Stokes</a></strong> was also not out, on 34, when bad light stopped play, having helped England break a 112-year-old record for the most runs on the first day of a Test&mdash;beating Australia&rsquo;s 494-6 against South Africa at Sydney.&nbsp;</p>
<p>It was also the first time four batters scored hundreds on day one of a Test. After winning the toss England went straight into &ldquo;Bazball&rdquo; mode, the brand of freewheeling, aggressive play taken from the nickname of head coach Brendon McCullum. England&rsquo;s fiery batting&mdash;with 73 boundaries and three sixes&mdash;lifted the gloom over the start, which hung in the balance Wednesday after several of the tourists came down with a mystery virus.</p>
<p>As if the punishment from the top three wasn&rsquo;t enough, Brook&mdash;playing only his second Test&mdash;cracked six consecutive boundaries off one over from debutant spinner Saud Shakeel.&nbsp;</p>
<p>He is only the fourth batsman to score six consecutive boundaries in a Test, following West Indians Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan, and Sri Lanka&rsquo;s Sanath Jayasuriya.</p>
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<h2>Brook scores maiden ton&nbsp;</h2>
<p>Brook reached his maiden century off just 80 balls, capping a highly entertaining day for a crowd of 6,000 that included around 150 &ldquo;Barmy Army&rdquo; fans.&nbsp;</p>
<p>He added 176 for the fourth wicket with Pope, who fell to pacer Mohammad Ali. Pakistan fought back briefly in the second session when they dismissed Duckett, Crawley and <strong><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/england-test-captaincy-sucked-the-life-out-of-me-joe-root-23243807" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Joe Root</a></strong> (23) in the space of 53 runs, but that was shortlived. England have set their sights on even more runs. &ldquo;It was obviously a very good wicket to bat on,&rdquo; said Crawley. &ldquo;Hopefully, we can go on tomorrow and get more runs.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Debutant leg-spinner Zahid Mahmood was the most successful Pakistan bowler with 2-160 on an unresponsive wicket.&nbsp;</p>
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