Zimbabwe set aside their pay dispute and struck at Pakistan to leave the visitors wobbling at 3-74 by lunch on Tuesday’s opening day of the first cricket Test.

Seamer Tinashe Panyangara took 2-15 and his new-ball partner Tendai Chatara had in-form opening batsman Mohammad Hafeez caught at second slip for five.

Panyangara trapped fellow opener Khurram Manzoor lbw for 11 then bowled veteran batsman Younis Khan for three.

Captain Misbah-ul-Haq was not out 31 while Azhar Ali was on 24 at the interval.

They saw Pakistan through to lunch without further loss after the tourists had been 3-27.

Stand-in Zimbabwe captain Hamilton Masakadza won the toss and elected to field after regular captain Brendan Taylor had to be with his wife, who gave birth recently.

Zimbabwe decided to take the field after the Zimbabwe Cricket Union agreed to clear the players’ dues before the second Test next week.