Moeen Ali and Alex Hales fail in final England warm-up

Tour match, Sharjah, day two of two:

Pakistan A 192-12: A Akmal 74 not out, Finn 4-16, Rashid 3-53

England: Currently batting

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Moeen Ali and Alex Hales failed with the bat in England's final warm-up game before the first Test against Pakistan.

With England looking for an opener to partner Alastair Cook, neither managed double figures on the second day against Pakistan A in Sharjah.
Moeen pushed to second slip for seven, and Hales, in his first innings of the tour, edged to first slip for nine.


That left England, who will bat for the entire day, struggling at 16-2 in reply to Pakistan A's score of 192-12.
Both sides made an arrangement that each team bat one day of the two-day, 15-a-side match.
The first of three Tests in the United Arab Emirates begins on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi.

Analysis - Test Match Special producer Adam Mountford

"Moeen and Hales got off the mark comfortably in the first over, but after that both were unconvincing. Moeen had several wafts outside the off stump and, two balls before he was out, edged through the slips.
"After he was held at second slip off Junaid Khan, all eyes were on Hales, but he edged with a flat-footed drive. Moeen walked off holding his helmet in his hands, while Hales looked in the direction of the press box. Both realised it was an opportunity missed."