Ben Duckett was one of four England players to score hundreds (Picture: Getty)

Records tumbled on an extraordinary first day of the opening Test in Rawalpindi as four England players scored centuries and Pakistan conceded more than 500 runs.

Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope and Harry Brook all made hundreds as England reached 506-4 from 74 overs before bad light stopped play.

It is the most runs ever scored on the first day of a Test and the first time England have scored four centuries on an opening day.

Crawley’s century came from 86 balls and was the fastest ever by an England opener. Brook’s came even quicker – from 80 balls – and threatened to break Gilbert Jessop’s 76-ball record for the quickest England century.

Crawley and Duckett shared a stunning 233-run opening partnership and recorded the fastest century stand by any pair of England openers in the process, coming in 13.5 overs.

The pair also took England to the highest score by any England side at lunch on the opening day of any Test.

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England’s remarkable red-ball revival continued in Rawalpindi.