Summary

  1. Postpublished at 05:56 British Summer Time

    Steven Finn
    Former England fast bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Pakistan's only way out the hole is to try negate England.

    England will come out with a plan which Pakistan lacked in their bowling innings.

    The only way Pakistan get back into this is by not letting England have anything in the first half-an-hour.

  2. Postpublished at 05:53 British Summer Time

    Andy Zaltzman's scorecard from England's innings of the first Test in MultanImage source, BBC Sport

    A work of art to draw your attention to before play starts this morning.

    BBC Test Match Special scorer Andy Zaltzman's handwritten scorecard from England's first innings.

    There were quite a few records broken...

  3. Spirit behind record-breaking daypublished at 05:49 British Summer Time

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport chief cricket writer in Multan

    England's players walk off the field at the end of day four in MultanImage source, Getty Images

    Two days ago, England had shipped 556, had an opener with a dislocated thumb and a stand-in captain out for a duck.

    They were feeling the heat, literally and figuratively, in the unbearable temperatures that have accompanied the first Test against Pakistan in Multan.

    Questions over preparation, Ben Stokes' hamstring and the lack of a reserve opener hung in the molten air. Why was there no fast bowler to cover for the injured Josh Hull and soon-to-be-married Olly Stone? Bowling consultant James Anderson had only just arrived from playing golf in Scotland.

    Forty-eight hours on, a record-breaking response has put England on the verge of their most remarkable Test victory since the last time they were in Pakistan.

    Read more about how England's record-breaking runscoring is testament to their incredible spirit...

  4. Good morning...published at 05:45 British Summer Time

    It's the crack of dawn so nice to have you with us. The early bird catches the worm and all that, eh?

    Remarkably, England have to take four wickets to wrap up a quite sensational Test victory over Pakistan. Something which seemed utterly unthinkable when Pakistan were bowled out for 556 in the evening session on day two.

    After a thrilling record-breaking day on Thursday are we set for more cricket mayhem in Multan? We shall see over the course of the next few hours.

    There could yet be another twist in this brilliantly bonkers match.

    Welcome to live text commentary of the fifth and final day of the first Test.