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Don't doubt yourself. Karl. I'd take a countdown champion over a welly wanger.

A misfield allows Joe Root to add a bonus couple, edging closer to Sir Alastair Cook in the process, as the light begins to fade.

Those stats are enough to spend a shiver down English spines but in this over Abrar drops too short and Crawley heaves him away for four. It wasn't the prettiest of Crawley strokes. He just stood there and whacked it.

Soham Sarkhel
CricViz analyst

Zak Crawley v Abrar Ahmed: 3 innings, 3 dismissals, 23 runs at an average of 7.66

Joe Root v Abrar Ahmed: 2 innings, 2 dismissals, 9 runs at an average of 4.50

It sounds like I went to the wrong university.

Leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed continues...

Aamer Jamal is slower than Naseem and Shaheen but he looks to be accurate and lively enough to cause problems.

Two come from his first over.

Ben Duckett is sat up in the dressing room, by the way. He already has that thumb bandaged up. We have had not had any official word on the injury.

Steven Finn
Former England fast bowler on BBC Test Match Special

Zak Crawley is on the way back from injury as well. He was walking around in a brace last time I saw him, stood outside a pub somewhere in northwest London. He had his hand in this cast and was not allowed to move. It wasn't all that long ago.

That is not a thing, Mike.

It's a double bowling change. Aamer Jamal, another seamer, is on.

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Former record holders certainly count, Charles. We can't be picky around here.

Pakistan bring spin into the equation for the first time in this innings in the former of leggie Abrar Ahmed. Zak Crawley greets him by smacking two fours and edging a three.

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Naseem Shah's bouffant is sensational. He's a good bowler too. Joe Root has to defend.

Aatif Nawaz
BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

Shaheen Shah Afridi does not have too much margin for error on this surface. He's erred twice and punished twice.

Pakistan's fielders all go up in anticipation of an edge after another beauty to Zak Crawley, while Shaheen Afridi has his arms wide. The bowler asks if there was a snick but it seems the ball was too good.

Crawley responds by twice driving classically for four.

It's a good tussle.

Andy Zaltzman
Statistician on Test Match Special

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Ollie Pope is having a rather curious year with the bat for England. He's played 12 Tests scoring three centuries, but has also had three ducks and six other single-digit scores, averaging 35.4 runs.

There's been 429 instances when a player has scored three 100s in a calendar year and Pope's average is currently the second-lowest of any of those players - fractionally ahead of Justin Langer who averaged 35.2 in 1999.

There's plenty going on here but is Chris the only world record holder currently reading this page? That's what I want to know.

The umpire turns down another passionate lbw shout from Pakistan. Naseem and Shaheen are still looking threatening.

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Cheers Sam.

I begin with a huge appeal for lbw against Joe Root but thankfully from England's perspective he has got his pad outside the line.

Good, probing bowling from Shaheen Afridi.

He's offering that bit of width he knows Zak Crawley is always keen to go after but just back of a drivable length.

When he does get that bit fuller, Crawley can't beat mid-off.

A fascinating start to the England innings and to see you through to the close, it's over to Matthew Henry.