This is Ben Duckett's fifth score of 50 or more since his last Test ton against India in February. He's had another four scores over 20 in that time too.

Helpfully for Ollie Pope, Duckett has taken most of the strike since the Crawley wicket to allow England's vice-skipper to settle.

Steven Finn
Former England fast bowler on BBC Test Match Special

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Pakistan are going to regret not having a second seamer here.

With the dry wickets either side, reverse swing was going to play a part.

Pakistan's sole seamer Aamer Jamel, who bowled two overs earlier, is back for a second burst before the break.

Andy Zaltzman
Statistician on Test Match Special

It's Ben Duckett's 15th 50-plus score in his 28th Test.

He is averaging 42 runs in Test cricket.

We've got some good natured banter between Ben Duckett and Muhammad Rizwan here with the Pakistan wicketkeeper waiting with the ball by Duckett's stumps, teasing the England opener to lift his boot. Duckett just grins. He's not going to fall for that.

Tea is as 10:40 BST if you're wondering.

Steven Finn
Former England fast bowler on BBC Test Match Special

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An untroubled fifty from Ben Duckett.

He is so comfortable playing the sweep and reverse sweep. A brilliant innings from Duckett.

50 for Ben Duckettpublished at 14 overs

14 overs

Fifty from 47 balls for Ben Duckett and it's fitting that he gets there with another sweep.

Is Gilbert Jessop's 76-ball ton in reach today? Possibly not.

Duckett calmly raises his bat to the dressing room.

Ben Duckett's only change to his plan is to switch from conventional sweep to the reverse alternative.

I don't know how he doesn't put his back out playing these shots, never mind hit them for four.

I like Ollie Pope but he wouldn't be my number one choice to bring calm to a spinning situation...

Steven Finn
Former England fast bowler on BBC Test Match Special

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Excellent opening partnership for England.

Any momentum that Pakistan could have brought into this bowling innings was sapped.

Zak Crawley threw his hands out towards the ball and played with a diagonal bat. Doing that gives you far less of a chance in hitting the middle of the bat.

There's a spike...

Pakistan are appealing for a catch behind now.

Has Zak Crawley nicked this? The umpire didn't think so.

Steven Finn
Former England fast bowler on BBC Test Match Special

It has been a pleasant watch if you're an England fan. These two have scored very quickly, but I have not seen anything reckless.

When Ben Duckett is doing those sweep shots his bat is parallel to the ground and it gives you far more opportunity to sweep the ball cleanly.

This is so much more fun than the road of last week. England are scoring runs but there are chances for the bowlers too.

This time Zak Crawley goes back to offie Sajid Khan, who is finding some turn now, and is hit on the back pad.

Pakistan appeal again but it's too high.

So the pitch is more difficult and England are choosing to counter it by attacking. It has been very watchable stuff. This session has flown by.

Srinivas Vijaykumar
Cricviz analyst

PitchViz Rating in the first eight overs

1st Innings - 3.1

2nd Innings - 6.4

*The higher the number, the more difficult the pitch (out of 10).