Amir, who served three months in prison after he was found to have deliberately bowled no balls in a match against England six years ago, bowled Cook for 81 in the afternoon session.

Cook rather gifted the 24-year-old left-arm fast bowler his wicket after he dragged a wide delivery on to his own stumps.

Amir had bowled the first over of England’s innings and received a muted response at Lord’s, considered the home of cricket, when his name was announced over the tannoy.

His effort with the ball had come after he batted for Pakistan in the morning session.

He came in with his side 310-8 and made 12 before he was caught in the slips by Joe Root off the bowling of Stuart Broad.

Amir was among a trio of Pakistan players sent to jail as a result of the notorious spot-fixing scandal in 2010.

Along with then captain Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif, Amir was convicted of taking bribes from a bookmaker, Mazhar Majeed, in return for bowling no-balls at specific points of the now infamous Test with England.

The return of Amir has caused controversy and sparked debate within the cricketing world, with some claiming the five-year suspension he received from the International Cricket Council was not sufficient.

Others, however, suggest they were the victim of a sting operation by the now defunct News of the World and that the niche element of the game they were supposed to have manipulated - no-balls - meant it was not possible for bookmakers or punters to make a profit from it.

Amir’s reintegration into the sport split opinion before the Test, with former England cricket captain Michael Atherton believing he “deserves a second chance”.

“The first circumstance is the nature of the sting,” he told Sky Sports.

“It's important to understand that this was not a betting scam, there could be no bets made.

“This was a sting set up to show that players were corruptible.

“It is perfectly fair to argue, I think, that the newspaper was creating a crime and enticing people into crime, although the justification was that the journalist had been given a tip-off.”

A number of fellow and former professionals, such as David Lloyd and Kevin Pietersen, hold the opposing view that Amir should have been banned for life.

“Any sportsman or woman caught match fixing, spot fixing or taking drugs should be banned for life,” he wrote in The Telegraph.

“They have broken the rules, should pay the price and not be given a second chance.”