Summary

  • Third Test, day three, Rawalpindi - series level 1-1

  • Sajid bowls Smith, Atkinson & Ahmed

  • Superb Noman removes Brook, Stokes & Root to complete five-wicket haul

  • Brook & Root nick behind, Stokes bizarrely leaves straight ball to be lbw

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Live Reporting

by Matthew Henry

  1. Not out

    Ooooft!

    I should have given Shoaib Bashir more credit. The ball has hit him outside the line of off stump.

    On we go.

  2. England review

    England are all out!

    Shoaib Bashir is given lbw and reviews because he has to as the last man with reviews in hand.

  3. Eng 109-9

    Lead by 32

    The Sri Lanka defeat at the end of the summer was described as England's worst of the Bazball era.

    Is this worse?

    This has the caveat of being in spinning conditions but it isn't a dead rubber.

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    You can point at many different reasons that England have lost this series, but the biggest concern, for me, in recent years has been our complete inability to finish off tailenders when bowling. In conditions like this you can't afford to give up so many runs to the lower order.

    James, Suffolk

  5. Eng 107-9

    Lead by 30

    It would be very fitting if Sajid Khan and Noman Ali both finish with five wickets in this innings.

    They have bowled unchanged again this morning and have turned this series on its head since coming in for the second match.

  6. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    What an impact Rehan Ahmed has had on the match.

    The end is nigh, England have been dismal.

  7. wicket

    WICKET

    Ahmed b Sajid 7 (Eng 106-9)

    10 in the match for Sajid Khan! He's on his knees kissing the pitch.

    Rehan Ahmed was trying to flick him over his shoulder but misses and is bowled.

    Make it stop.

  8. Eng 106-8

    Lead by 29

    The lowest target ever defended in the fourth innings of a Test is 85, if you're wondering.

    The bad news that was in 1882 and was the match that created The Ashes.

  9. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    This is almost the innings of a frustrated bowler.

  10. Eng 104-8

    Lead by 27

    England's bespectacled number 10 reverse sweeps his first ball for four. It's more of a reverse hack but I am feeling generous to Jack.

    Someone find me the dumb and dumber gif.

  11. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    I don't think I have ever seen a more aggressive and hostile spinner than Sajid Khan.

  12. wicket

    WICKET

    Atkinson b Sajid 10 (Eng 97-8)

    Bowled through the gate! This one is a half volley that Gus Atkinson has missed.

    Sajid, not wanting to let Noman have all of the limelight, roars again in delight, pointing to the sky as he does.

    Pakistan are nearly there.

  13. Eng 97-7

    Atkinson 10, Ahmed 6

    They are not, Aggers. Not by a long way it seems.

  14. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    I thought the days of England collapsing at the end of a tour had gone.

  15. Eng 96-7

    Lead by 19

    Ben Foakes played differently but he averaged 29 from 25 Tests, don't forget.

    We began this day wondering if the Test will go into tomorrow. Will it even make it past lunch?

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    Foakes may not be able to muscle 4s and 6s but his application on this wicket against spin would be very welcome now. 1s and 2s for a couple of hours mount up, like they did for Pakistan yesterday.

    Keeley Thomas, Wales

  17. Eng 92-7

    Lead by 15

    To summarise that previous post... If you're an England fan, you're better off in bed.

  18. What you've missed

    Jamie Smith is bowled by Sajid KhanGetty Images

    In short? The beginning of the end for England in this Test.

    Joe Root and Harry Brook made a steady start to proceedings but once that partnership was broken, the tourists crumbled.

    Noman Ali has done the damage for Pakistan, he had Brook caught behind on the cut to begin the collapse and then got Ben Stokes lbw after a bizarre leave from the England skipper.

    Sajid Khan then bowled a charging Jamie Smith and Noman got Root to feather a superb delivery behind for 33 to end any lingering England hopes.

    The visitors went from 66-3 to 85-7 and need a minor miracle to avoid defeat now.

  19. Eng 91-7

    Lead by 14

    Do Pakistan just have better players in these conditions?

    One crumb of comfort is that, after this, England don't have another Test in Asia in their schedule until February 2027.

  20. How's stat?!

    Soham Sarkhel
    CricViz analyst

    Sajid KhanGetty Images

    Pakistan's spinners have varied their pace throughout this Test. 42% of their deliveries have been below the 79 kph (49 mph) mark, compared to just 2.5% for the England spinners.

    Pakistan's spinners have picked up eight wickets so far when they have bowled below that mark.

    The difference in average speed between the two team's spinners have been around 5kph and that has meant more drift and turn for the Pakistani spinners as well.