Are England really doomed? That seems a bit strong, but they are certainly in a very dark corner of the woods. There is, however, a chink of light for them to follow. If they pull off - or even get close to - this target, we're in for a cracking final day. See you then.
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Thomas Broadley: With Cook and Root at the crease, the morning session tomorrow will decide the outcome. Lose them both early and we are doomed.
Julian Croker: It's likely to go horribly wrong for England tomorrow when Ali and Babar start bowling in tandem.
"Moeen Ali is not an opener. He is a free spirit and you have to get him in the right spot. England have a problem and they are trying to solve it by putting in a lad who isn't fit for role. He got runs at number seven but he can't open the batting. It's staring them in the face."
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More from James Anderson: "It's not ideal missing opportunities but it happens. I thought we stuck at our task very well. If you would have given us around 250 to chase we would have taken that before the game. It's a bit over that and a couple of players are going to have to bat really well.
"I'd love it if I didn't need to get my pads on tomorrow."
"England's spinners are poor. I've been saying so and one or two people said I was harsh but our spin bowling is very ordinary.
"With the spinners all you have to do is wait for the bad ball. There is a lack of decent spin bowling at county level in England, let alone quality. You can't get blood out of a stone. The English game is not breeding decent spin. It's not Alastair Cook's fault."
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Mark Pettman: To put Hafeez's innings into context, he has scored twice as much as any other batsman in the game. A real match-winning innings that took the initiative away from us. Well played.
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England bowler Jimmy Anderson speaking to Sky Sports: "There's a chance, definitely. We are going to have to bat very well. It will be difficult on a fifth-day pitch.
"We don't want to leave UAE with nothing. We have played well this series and don't want to leave with nothing. We saw the way Pakistan batted in their second innings and they were positive."
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Fenners: "Nobody better" than Bell? How about Carberry, Vince, KP, Hales, Compton, Hildreth for starters.
Sports Retort: Ian Bell has developed making an elegant 30 and falling into an artform. Average still good but no longer a matchwiner.
On the missed stumping in the first over of the day that reprieved Mohammad Hafeez...
"Jonny Bairstow didn't pick it at all, which is quite unusual. He keeps to Adil Rashid for Yorkshire. It was a big miss.
"It was a terrible shot. Hafeez went down the pitch and was two yards out of his crease but Jonny's body wasn't going for the googly. If England got Hafeez out then it shows the captain was right to open with Rashid. It wasn't to be.
"At this level, sometimes you only get one chance and the game gets away from you and it started to get away from England from there on."
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To add a little perspective, Ian Bell is currently England's third highest runscorer in this series. Granted, there are only four men in the team picked exclusively to bat, but he has more runs that both Moeen and Bairstow, who have both batted in the top six all series.
"Ian Bell won't retire and they won't sack him because there's no-one else. He's got all the talent in the world but he's flaky in the head. He missed a straight ball from an off-spinner- how do you miss that with a four-and-a-quarter-inch bat? You can't understand it - when you want him to stand up for you he can't do it. England should move on."
Day four report
England's hopes of winning the final Test against Pakistan were dented by the loss of two wickets in quick succession late on day four in Sharjah.
Moeen Ali and Ian Bell perished in the space of 13 balls as England - chasing 284 for victory and a 1-1 series draw - reached 46-2 in the 22 overs possible.
Shoaib Malik, who announced his retirement from Test cricket on Tuesday, claimed both wickets.
Earlier, Mohammad Hafeez hit 151 as Pakistan were bowled out for 355.
"England are not totally out of it but there chances have gone from one in six to one in 15 or 20. England are now two down and there were lots of ooohhs and aaahhs. Joe Root and Alastair Cook are quality players but they didn't look at ease. If they go I think it is all over."
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Ian Bell is trending on Twitter, in between the Investigatory Powers Bill and Chris Coleman.
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Luke Sugg: England missed an opportunity with the top order. This was the option to use Hales as an out and out opener. Right and left hand.
Fenners: Once again with England in a pickle our 117 Test senior player is nowhere to be seen. How many more times?
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England 46-2 (22 overs) - target 284
Batsmen: Cook 17*, Root 6*
Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Moeen 22), 2-34 (Bell 0)
Bowling figures: Rahat 2-0-15-0, Riaz 2-0-10-0, Babar 9-2-11-0, Malik 7-3-8-2, Yasir 2-0-4-0
"It's been a tough day for England. Alastair Cook has gone up to shake hands with Hafeez and the Pakistan batsman's innings could be the difference. He got a big score for his side and then Shoaib Malik took two wickets. Pakistan are favourites but you just never know if England can get one player to a 100. There's a 15% chance of an England win."
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Eng 46-2
Misbah is having a long old chat with the umpires as he departs, I think asking about the lbw Joe Root got away with. Cook shakes hands with Shoaib Malik, congratulating him on his two-fer. Nice touch.
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Eng 46-2
England get through two down, which is at least one more than they would have liked. They will need another 238 runs tomorrow for a level series, all effectively with a man down. Not impossible, but a very tough ask. It could, however, be a thriller.
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Wayne Kilford: Looking ahead to the South Africa series we are going to get another new opener!!!!! That will be the last four series in a row (WI, NZ, Aussies & PAK) Captain Cook has had a new opening partner.....Hales - Then how long until he gets dumped?
Eng 45-2
Yasir with the final over, a Joe Root single passing responsibility to captain Cook.
"At the moment, England require 240 to win on the final day and on the previous days the runs scored have been 238, 218, 230 and 253."
Eng 44-2 (target 284)
It's dark out there now. If the pacemen were on I think we'd be off for bad light. Cook has been stoic in defence and forces Babar to come over the wicket, a more comfortable angle for the skipper. An uneventful maiden leaves one over left to play.
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Perry: Feel for Ian Bell surely suffering having to come in facing a new ball every time.
Mike Doney: Why should Bell's career end? People can be rested and come back. He isn't a pensioner yet?
Eng 43-2 (target 284)
Yasir wants to target Cook's pads, but a long hop gets the England skipper away from the danger end. As Pakistan optimistically appeal against Joe Root, TV cameras pick up the sight of Adil Rashid, padded-up as nightwatchman. England get through. 12 balls until the close.
"The partnership between Alastair Cook and Joe Root is vital for England - and Pakistan. It is about constant adjustment when playing on a day four or five pitch."
Eng 41-2
Now it's Yasir Shah. Two overs from him before the close. Danger.
"You can understand the huge appeals for Alastair Cook and Joe Root lbws and I could have understand if the umpire had given them both out. You could tell from Joe Root's body language he thought he had gone."
Eng 41-2
Ooofff. Joe Root survives by the skin of his teeth. No edge, the ball clipping leg stump, but not enough to send the Yorkie on his way. Both of Pakistan's reviews are gone. A slight silver lining for England.
"It's a good shout. It's a real tight one. It's one where you think 'how has the umpire not given that out first time?'"
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Eng 41-2
Whatever Pakistan are appealing for, this is close. Babar to Root. Lbw shout, but it's also been caught. Chris Gaffaney says no, but Misbah is eager to look again...
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Eng 40-2 (target 284)
And still no Yasir Shah. How curious. Cook, a couple of strips of tape wrapped around his bat, plods forward to defend Malik. England in survival mode, clawing their way to the close. There are four overs remaining.
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Andrew Neill: Sadly this innings wasn't to be a re-run of the tv show 'Saved by the Bell'.
Grant Kennett: Underperforming spinners, yes.But what about the same old top order issues that have plagued us all year? Sort it out!!
Henry Walmsley: Bell should have been dropped for Taylor, not Buttler. Should have retired after Ashes. Time to call an end to a great career.
Eng 38-2 (Cook 13, Root 2)
Just picking up on Michael Vaughan's comments, I'm not sure any member of the current England side draws more opinions than Ian Bell. #bbccricket is now awash, mostly will people who want his career on a spike. Harsh? Who's better? Babar round the wicket to Root with the shadow creeping menacingly behind him. Root, fleet of foot, is forward and back, picking the length.
"There will be plenty of talk now about Ian Bell in the team. I would stick with him for the tour of South Africa and add James Vince in the squad to add some competition. But I'd certainly say that's the last innings we've seen of Moeen Ali as an opener."
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Eng 37-2 (target 284)
England are two down and we haven't even seen Yasir Shah yet. Still Malik from round the wicket, threatening the outside edge of left-hander Cook and the pads of right-hander Root. Are England already toast in this match? If they can get to the close without further losses, would they still have a chance?
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Amos Kemp: Describe Ian Bell in three words: Test. Career. Over.
Rakesh Pradhan: The end of Bell ... not a number 3 4 5 or 6 anymore.
Jonathan France: Ali's had a poor series. He's been shown as an average test cricketer. Yet he'll still play as we've no-one else coming through.
Eng 35-2 (target 284)
It was a nothing shot from Bell, not footwork and a limp hang of the bat. Joe Root joins Alastair Cook, so England's two best players are at the crease as the balls spits and men in green swarm around. Cook, reasonably unflustered by the damage he's seen at the other end, defends Babar. There are seven overs left in the day.
"I think he played for the spin but it was the arm delivery. It just didn't come back and he left the off stump open."
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Bell b Malik 0 (Eng 34-2)
Bowled him! Ian Bell is gone for a duck and England are in trouble now. Round the wicket from Shoaib Malik, Bell goes back to play for turn that isn't there and loses his off stump. Malik, in his last Test match, is taking the wickets that are sending Pakistan towards victory. England, in the shadows of the Sharjah evening, are in the soup.
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Gavin in Cheltenham: No real idea how this will pan out but however it ends, what a terrific series. makes the ashes seem somewhat one dimensional by comparison.
Eng 34-1
Too many people mentioning Anastacia songs now. If you have, congratulate yourself and claim a point. Use it wisely. Paid My Dues wasn't great, but I liked Left Outside Alone.
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Cook survives. As we thought, it wasn't hitting enough of off stump to overturn Chris Gaffaney's decision. It was just clipping the top of off. If Cook had been given out on the field, he wouldn't have got it overturned. Looking a different game for England now, with new man Ian Bell watching from the other end.
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Eng 34-1
No bat. My gut is that it won't be hitting enough of the stumps to be overturned...
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Eng 34-1
All happening. Now it's Alastair Cook hit on the pads, sweeping Zulfiqar Babar. Given not out, but Pakistan are excited enough for another look. Has it turned enough?
"I think because he got his on the backfoot that made it easier for the umpire to give it out. Not only a dismissal and the loss of a batsman, but England have also lost a review. Moeen didn't look comfortable against Shoaib Malik."
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Moeen lbw Malik 22 (Eng 34-1)
Gone! Moeen Ali's career as a Test opener could be done, ended by a Shoaib Malik skidder. It was a nothing shot from Moeen, who was stuck on the crease as the ball thudded in to the front pad. Replays show it would have got full contact on the leg stump, not just a glancing blow. England's promising start is over.
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Eng 34-0
Check for inside edge. That's not saving Moeen.
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Eng 34-0
Ah. Moeen Ali looks in real strife here. Shoaib Malik gets one to skid on, trapping Moeen on the crease. Looks dead. Given out. Moeen talks to Cook and asks for another look...
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Eng 34-0 (target 284)
One point to Andy Donley on Twitter. Anastacia did Not That Kind. Not my favourite, I'll be honest. Cook squints in concentration, waiting for the very limby Babar to twirl in. He's got arms all over the place, Babar, like a man with a jumper stuck on his head. He explores the leg-stump trap, but Cook is soft-handed in defence.
"Players who made their career highest score and took their career best bowling in their final series (min 30 Tests): Lasith Malinga & Shoaib Malik."
Eng 32-0 (Moeen 21, Cook 10)
Anxious times for England as the spinners put the squeeze on - we haven't even seen Yasir Shah yet. Malik asks the question against Cook, but that's slipping down the leg side by the narrowest of margins. Singles here and there. Tense, fascinating stuff. Is it even yet? If not, what do England have to do to make it so?
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Paul B: England need to get ahead of the run chase curve while they can, the over rate will be dead slow tomorrow.
KLOPP: England need 10 Partnerships of 28.4...doesn't sound so bad when you put it like that..
Eng 29-0 (target 284)
Real cat and mouse stuff in the Sharjah evening, Moeen itching to get after the wily Babar. There's a strip of shadow, presumably from a floodlight, right across the pitch, where Babar is landing it. Tricky. Second maiden in a row.
"England must be no wickets down tonight you would think just to sow some seeds of doubts in the Pakistan minds. One thing that does work in England's favour is that, apart from the first day, a lot of wickets haven't fallen on the other days of this Test."
Eng 29-0
Malik has the shuffle of a man nipping to the newsagents in his slippers. Do people still wear slippers? He probes Cook from round the wicket, turning the ball away from the left-hander, who defends a maiden. In other news, American songstress Anastacia has just left Media City. She did I'm Outa Love. One point if you can name another of her songs.
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England 29-0 (7 overs) - target 284
Batsmen: Moeen 20*, Cook 8*
Bowling figures: Rahat 2-0-15-0, Riaz 2-0-10-0, Babar 2-0-4-0, Malik 1-0-1-0
Both Babar and Yasir will look to target the pads of this pair of left-handers, leading to Moeen being the subject to a sustained appeal from Babar. Close, very close, but not reviewed. It would have shaved leg stump. As the shadows lengthen, creeping across the outfield, England are scoring and surviving. Just. So far, so good.
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That's an excellent shout. All song titles should be adapted to include the names of cricketers. Moeen waits for the man who got him in the first innings as wicketkeeper Sarfraz chirps behind. "This is not an easy chase". Not the most insightful bit of sledging you'll ever hear. Oh, Moeen, what are you doing? A dance, a leading edge, fortunate to see it land safely.
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iSay, Porter! And do I see Dexy's Midnight Runners in the stands giving it a bit of "Come on Moeen"?
Eng 24-0
Spin chat off the pitch, spin chat on it. Shoaib Malik on the bowl his offies in his final innings as a Test cricketer.
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Greg Kingston: Great news that Daniel Vettori is joining the @englandcricket coaching. Top quality hugely underrated player. Tremendous beard.
Mike Bell: Daniel Vettori a great signing for England. Good spinner. How long before he qualifies to play for us?
Eng 24-0 (target 284)
It is spin as early as the fifth over, but Zulfiqar Babar's twirly left-armers rather than Yasir's leggies. Eeesssshhh, that's close, Cook beaten by one that doesn't turn. Babar is round the wicket to Cook, a good ploy that negates the England skipper's tendency to get across his stumps. Good, threatening stuff from Babar.
"Good positive intent from England, that's what they need to show to try to knock Pakistan out of their rhythm."
Eng 23-0 (target 284)
There was a big old mother's meeting between Misbah and four of his generals at the end of that over. Because nothing has changed, I can only think they were discussing dinner plans. Having said that, Yasir Shah is getting loose, so we might soon see some leg-spin. Riaz continues to pound Moeen, who is still showing the kahunas to attack the short ball.
"A couple of great appointments in Daniel Vettori and Gary Kirsten. I've been very impressed with how this England team has been run out here."
Kirsten joins England set-up
We bring you news that former India and South Africa coach Gary Kirsten will work with the England Lions squad as a consultant this winter.
The 47-year-old, who led India to World Cup glory in 2011, will join up with England's second string for the 50-over series against Pakistan A in the United Arab Emirates in January.
A determined left-handed opener, Kirsten scored 7,289 runs at an average of 45.27 in 101 Tests for South Africa.
Former New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori will also assist the England Performance Programme on this month's batting and spin bowling camp in Dubai which will be overseen by Andy Flower.
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Eng 21-0 (Moeen 15 from 16 balls)
Moeen has been awoken, like an angry Bruce Banner turning into the Hulk. A buffet bouncer from Rahat is pulled for four, with Moeen clearly deciding that hitting the short ball is better than getting hit on the head. This is good cricket - the Pakistan pacers are running in, Moeen is playing some shots. England's chase is already a little easier.
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Bowser: England CAN chase this down if they bat properly. But let's be honest, they'll bat like idiots and be bowled out for 150.
Liam Mellor: A 282 chase is the norm in ODI so surely for once we can be positive and look to score? Please no more stagnant collapses!
Eng 15-0 (target 284)
After what seems like an eternity, Alastair Cook finally faces his first ball, then angles his second through third man for four. Bar that worrying blow to Moeen, England have actually started with decent intent.
"In this series England's pace bowlers have taken 31 wickets at an average of 24 and an economy rate of 2.28 an over. Their spinners have taken 20 wickets at 59 apiece, at at 4.07 an over."
Eng 10-0
Moeen is staying out there, now with extra protection on the back of his neck. Riaz's first ball on resumption is short, but Moeen is comfortable in pulling for a single.
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Moeen is on his haunches and taking a drink. He's fortunate, because that blow was in a very similar region to the one that claimed the life of Phillip Hughes. TV pictures show Moeen practising playing the short ball prior to the Test, with Jos Buttler hurling deliveries at a piece of matting covered in water to speed it up. Liam Plunkett runs on with an attachment to Moeen's helmet, with the batsman still rubbing the back of his neck.
"The worst thing Moeen Ali did was turn away from the ball. Look at it. I don't blame him for ducking but you have to try to keep looking at it. You just have to take a minute or two to gather yourself. Hopefully, he'll be fine."
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Oooofff, this is a serious blow. Moeen Ali has ducked into a Wahab Riaz bouncer and is in a touch of discomfort. The ball didn't bounce a great deal and Moeen turned his head, taking the impact on the back of the neck where there is no protection. He springs up and acknowledges the concern of the fielders, but the physio is immediately waved on.
"I'd say to Moeen Ali, 'I want you to be there at the close and if you're not then don't come back to the dressing room'."
Eng 7-0 (target 284)
I tell you what, if Moeen plays a few more shots like this then the chase will be a doddle. Short from Rahat, Moeen forcing off the back foot like a bearded David Gower. Good shot, sir.
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Welly: Bell has two run-outs in the innings... he's been more effective at taking wickets than all three spinners!
Alan Wood: The spinners should hang their head in shame. They wouldn't get a bowl in our 4th XI.
Chris Parker: I think the spinners owe Anderson and Broad a few drinks after this series, absolutely shocking performances on these wickets.
Eng 0-0 (target 284)
Alastair Cook and Moeen Ali have pulled the mums and dads on and are out in the middle. It's a big ask for them to get right for this chase after a long day in the field. Interestingly, Moeen Ali is taking strike, which I don't think he's done in the rest of the series. Rahat Ali has the ball in hand, there are three slips a gully and a short leg.
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Alice Stainer: Usually I have a positive attitude to run chases & we fail horribly. So now I'm adopting diffident air in hopes of reverse logic.
Kevin Rainey: If ever Moeen Ali needed a good innings it is now.
"You just have to play sensibly and you have got a chance. Play with discipline and give your wicket away dearly. It's better to have a chance than no chance. It won't be easy but it's not outrageously difficult. Moeen Ali has to be told you have to play this time. Get your head down and play."
"The highest run chase by a non-Asian team in Asia is 276 but the last run chase at this stadium in January 2014 saw Pakistan chase down 302 against Sri Lanka - and they did it in 57.3 overs."
End-of-innings scorecard
Pakistan 355 (118.2 overs) - England need 284 to win
Hafeez 151, Shafiq 46; Broad 3-44
Fall of wickets: 101-1 (Azhar 34), 105 (Shoaib 0), 146-3 (Younus 14), 152-4 (Rahat 0), 245-5 (Misbah 38), 257-6 (Hafeez 151), 312-7 (Sarfraz 36), 319-8 (Yasir Shah 4); 354-9 (Shafiq 46), 355 all out (Riaz 20); Not out: Babar 0*
"The third innings, when we thought the pitch might break up, has yielded the highest total of the match."
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There is a chance that England will chase these runs, but you have to suspect that Pakistan are favourites, especially as the tourists are effectively without Ben Stokes. If England do pull this off, they will fully deserve a series draw.
"What a dipstick. Ian Bell was turning around with it in his hand and he went for the run. England will take that and it makes it interesting. It's on for England. This is a game."
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Riaz run out 21 (Pak 355 all out)
What's Wahab Riaz doing here? He comes back for a second run that was never on and is miles short of beating Ian Bell's throw. Perhaps he thought it was time for a bowl. Ultimately, Pakistan are all out for 355 and England will need 284 to win. There are 22 overs remaining in the day.
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Eddie F: Rashid struggles to bounce the ball, there are at least 2 full tosses per over. I don't like to get on his back but he's not good enough.
Pak 354-9 (Broad 23-6-44-3)
Replays of that wicket make the delivery look even better. It's so rare to see a pace bowler get that much seam movement. It pitched plenty outside off stump and moved to take the top of middle. Pretty unplayable. Seamers don't often get the same credit as spinners for moving the ball that much. Number 11 Zulfiqar Babar defends the rest of Broad's over.
"That was a terrific delivery by Stuart Broad - it came back like a firecracker. If we were to get these runs we would have to bat out of our skin. It's possible on this pitch but not probable."
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Shafiq b Broad 46 (Pak 282-9)
Bowled him! A very angry Stuart Broad produces a beauty to do for the previously serene Asad Shafiq. Pitching outside off stump, nipping back miles off the seam, trimming the top of middle stump. A real rozzer, but not entirely welcome to an England team about to bat. Once again, England need the pacers to do the business.
"Wahab Riaz looks a better number 10 than an eight. At eight he has a bit of a nosebleed."
Pak 353-8 (lead by 281)
Moeen really is getting it to rag, but that's not really good news for England. What's worse is that the lanky Riaz is now swinging like a rusty gate, biffing over the leg side for four. England have been competitive for the majority of this series, but Pakistan are so far ahead right now. Looking into the distance, Pakistan are a dot to England.
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Pak 348-8 (Shafiq 46, Riaz 14)
Stuart Broad is wound-up and asked to bowl his umpteenth over of the series. The field is spread for Shafiq, who is hunting another half-century. He could go well in England, Shafiq. Broad hangs the ball outside the off stump, the cricketing equivalent of begging on your hands and knees. This is torturous for England.
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Marcus Black: I played Sunday league seconds and juniors as a spinner/batsman and didn't bowl as badly as this.
Ryan Mann: Pakistan should of got Inzaman back for this series. Our spinners are bowling pie after pie . He would love them.
Pak 348-8 (lead by 276)
Off-spin in the shape of Moeen Ali, so Broad and Anderson still yet to be summoned. The worrying thing for England is how much the ball is turning. When Yasir Shah gets it in the right place, he'll be a real handful. In the distance, the call to prayer rings out across Sharjah. Good idea, thinks Alastair Cook.
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Francis Edwards: Doing 10 press-ups every time I hear 'full toss, and four'. Done more press-ups than words in my essay!
Mike Bell: Why so many full tosses and long hops? England's "Test spinners" are loose. At least a hundred runs gifted, enough to lose match.
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Pak 345-8
It's given not out, but it's not as not out as I thought it was. Riaz is hit outside the line of off stump, which means he can't be out if he's playing a shot. But is he playing a shot? The bat is about a foot from the ball. The decision is umpire's call on impact, but what was the on-field umpire's call on if he's playing a shot?
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Pak 345-8
I'm not being pessimistic or overly critical, but does this just have the feeling that England will be three down by the close? Long, frustrating days in the field usually do nothing for a team that has to bat late on. Riaz, more sweeping than Trigger, is being caused few problems by Rashid. When Rashid gets desperate, England review an lbw decision that looks very not out...
"If a batsmen play a really good shot then fine but the frustration from me watching this is that Pakistan haven't had to do much against the spinners. They just have to wait and then they get a really bad ball. It's the sort of bowling you see in the Sunday leagues."
Pak 341-8 (lead by 269)
England, needing two wickets to begin a runchase, only have one spinner for Pakistan's number 10. A lack of faith in Samit Patel? When a second slip comes in, Riaz casually milks a single through the leg side with all the confidence of a number four. Shafiq, on the charge, then dances to pump down the ground for a maximum. Pakistan are taking the Mickey.
Stuart Broad, wearing the shades of someone out of the Matrix, gets loose. England need him quickly as Adil Rashid serves up more dross in the shape of a full toss that Wahab drives for four. On a pitch that has turned throughout, England's spinners have delivered more pies than Greggs.
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Rory Stoves: Moaning about the bowling is fine, but if England had taken their chances Pakistan would be in the field by now.
Dan Burrows: This spin bowling reminds me of an over I bowled for Cheadle Hulme U19's. I was told to stop messing about and bowl straight.
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Pak 327-8 (lead by 255)
Samit Patel after the break, so no Anderson or Broad yet. They've done a lot of work, but are only two balls from putting their feet up until South Africa. Only a slip for Asad Shafiq, England doing the old trick of trying to get Riaz on strike. Clever from Samit. Trying to keep Shafiq down there at the end of the over, he serves up a long hop that Shafiq can only belt for four. "Let's see him take a single off this". Well done, sir.
"Just to give England fans at home an indication of the pitch, an Adil Rashid googly spun like a Graeme Swann off-spinner."
Pak 323-8 (lead by 251)
Thanks, Justin. England need two good balls or two good bits of cricket to wrap this innings up and get on with the chase. I suspect Pakistan won't hang around much after tea and new man Wahab Riaz proves as much, announcing his arrival with a couple of sweeps and swipes.
"A nice opportunity for Adil Rashid to pick up a couple more. We've seen how Wahab Riaz likes to have a swing. England desperately need to get the pads on. Alastair Cook and Moeen Ali will be thinking about padding up."
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Pakistan's lead is 247, already more than England have chased in the fourth innings to win a Test in Asia. How many is too many? Will that Rashid wicket on the stroke of tea be the catalyst England needed? Could we see history in the making? Luckily, Stephan Shemilt is here to help answer those questions...
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Peter Coles: The third Test is building up nicely to the inevitable English second-innings batting collapse.
Jon Robards: As most of the Pakistani wickets have fallen to pace, have to wonder how big an impact Stokes' injury has been. Limited options.
"Some of the deliveries have come down with a bow on them - 'here you go, smash that to the boundary'."
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Tea report
England chipped through the Pakistan middle order to just about remain in contention at tea on the third day of the final Test in Sharjah.
The wicket of Yasir Shah, caught at point of Adil Rashid, left Pakistan 319-8, a lead of 247.
Earlier, England finally removed Mohammad Hafeez - caught at long-on off Moeen Ali - for 151, while Misbah-ul-Haq and Sarfraz Ahmed fell to Stuart Broad and Samit Patel respectively.
However, England's poor day in the field continued as James Anderson dropped Asad Shafiq, who remains unbeaten on 31.
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Rob: I don't want to be overly negative but the England spinners are delivering more pies than a pasty lorry - surely an international bowler should be able to pitch 5 out of 6 deliveries in the same spot?
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Pakistan 319-8 (109.2 overs) - lead by 247
Batsmen: Shafiq 31*
Fall of wickets: 101-1 (Azhar 34), 105 (Shoaib 0), 146-3 (Younus 14), 152-4 (Rahat 0), 245-5 (Misbah 38), 257-6 (Hafeez 151), 312-7 (Sarfraz 36), 319-8 (Yasir Shah 4)
"England have stuck to the task manfully. A few things haven't gone their way, missed chances and dropped catches. They have just given themselves half a chance of making this a game tomorrow. Chasing 250, all you need is a 100 partnership between a couple of the lads and you are not that far away, but there are still two wickets to get yet."
Tea - Pak 319-8 (lead by 247)
And with that wicket we will take tea. Hope for England - just when they needed it. The tourists are clinging on. Just.
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Yasir c Broad b Rashid 4 (Pak 319-8)
Rashid replaces Anderson - and gets Yasir with, you guessed it, a long hop. Yasir shapes to cut but spoons it tamely to point where Broad takes a sitter.
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Pak 318-7 (Shafiq 30, Yasir 4)
Patel gets five balls at Yasir. One is a rip-snorter that fizzes past the outside edge, but the tailender survives. Pakistan's lead is within one shot of 250.
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Mark: I've never seen Anderson miss such a sitter. If that was him bowling be would of gone mental!
Joshwin Maharaj: Fielding Jimmy! Never mind the catch, you saved the boundary!
Pak 317-7 (lead by 245)
I think Anderson himself will admit Tuffers is being generous there. Where's Geoffrey Boycott's mum with her pinny when you need her? That drop is even worse on second viewing. Not pretty at all. To make matters worse, Anderson has to bowl the next over. A maiden.
"The ball swung on Jimmy Anderson a lot. It wobbled like a Cristiano Ronaldo free-kick. If you want any catch to go to anyone you want it to go to Jimmy Anderson because he can catch them."
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Pak 317-7 (lead by 245)
Look away now. No, seriously, this isn't pretty. Shafiq goes after Patel, drives flat to mid-on, where James Anderson makes a hash of as straightforward catch as you will see on an international cricket pitch. Heads in hands all round.
Pak 317-7 (lead by 245)
So three more wickets needed by England. Pakistan's tail is notoriously suspect, but does it even matter? Do they have a big enough lead already? Anderson, hiding the ball in his run-up, can't dislodge Yasir with the three balls he has at him. Will Shafiq change his approach now?
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Sanj: Holy smokes, what a delivery by Patel. But if he can do that...Yasir & co will probably bowl us out for 100!
Fenners: Lay off Rashid, there's been dropped catches & missed stumpings off him. Not his fault, had they been taken Pak would be all out.
Pak 316-7 (lead by 244)
Yasir, the number nine, is welcomed with a juicy full toss. Four runs. Thank you very much. Brilliance followed by blundering by Patel.
"Great delivery by Samit. It just begs the question where have balls like that been for a day and a half? This is the time we need to have a boom-boom. Can we get Jimmy Anderson back on?"
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Sarfraz b Patel 36 (Pak 312-7)
A wicket in return for two boundaries? Yes please. Patel's introduction pays immediate dividends. And what a beauty. From round the wicket, that pitches on leg, turns to beat Sarfraz's push and hits middle and off. Payback for the one that Patel received from Yasir Shah.
"Why are England's spinners bowling so many full tosses and long hops? I'm sorry to keep going on about it, but it's just not professional. Instead of doing shuttles at lunch time, get in the nets. I sound like Geoffrey."
Pak 312-6
Samit Patel gets a whirl. His first ball is a full bunger and Sarfraz sweeps for four. Even when the left-armer finds his length, the crouching Sarfraz repeats the trick.
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Pak 304-6 (Anderson 24-7-51-2)
A slip and a fourth slip/gully for Anderson. Saving runs almost as important as taking wickets for England. One keeps low and beats Shafiq's outside edge. That's as close as England have come for a while.
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Pak 304-6 (lead by 232)
England's last throw of the dice, perhaps? James Anderson is called back into the attack by Alastair Cook.
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Mike Elliott: Time to run a million dollar arm type competition to find England's next spin king!
Bryony Lever: Let us not forget that Alastair Cook has a wicket in his career... Put him on to bowl? ;)
Pak 304-6 (Shafiq 28, Sarfraz 28)
Sarfraz is fairly rattling along. He has a career strike-rate of 75 and has 28 off 31 balls here - on a pitch where scoring has been tricky. Four off the over. Pakistan's grip on this game is tightening.
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Pak 300-6 (lead by 228)
Oh dear. A shocker of a long hop from Rashid that leaves James Taylor diving for cover at short leg as Sarfraz pulls with immense power for four. The 300 is up for Pakistan. Rashid has not taken a wicket in 36 overs in this match.
"I think when you have got three spinners in your team like Adil Rashid, Moeen Ali and Samit Patel you forget you have a decent part-timer in Joe Root. He is someone who has had some success in the past."
Pak 293-6 (lead by 221)
"Yeah, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea," screams Shafiq as he pinches a single to beat James Anderson's direct hit from mid-on. Pakistan looking purposeful. England drifting.
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Andy Shepherd from Sedgefield: The errors from the young keepers are masking the real problem England have had this series! Spinners bowling balls that I could hit for as many runs as I wanted! A controlling frontline spinner required!
Pak 292-6 (lead by 220)
Given the importance of this passage of play, there's a muted atmosphere in Sharjah. Then again, there are hardly any punters in the ground. Has a series ever been watched by so few fans? Rashid drops short, Shafiq pummels him through wide mid-off for his third four of the innings. Pakistan's lead - now 220 - is hovering around Michael Vaughan claimed would be beyond England.
"If England do win this match it would be their highest successful run chase in Asia, beating the 209 they made against Bangladesh at Dhaka in 2010."
Pak 288-6 (lead by 216)
Close. Ish. Shafiq gives Moeen the charge and doesn't quite get hold of a drive. It flies to the left of Anderson at mid-off at a catchable height. Another near miss to add to the pile for England.
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Mark in Madrid: Moeen Ali's record: 33 wickets @ 33.2 against Asian batsmen & 23 wickets @ 43.7 v non-Asian batsmen, tells own story of playing him on his merits. He gets a lot of wickets due to over-confident batsmen not seeing him as a threat. You don't average almost 3 wickets per Test (he actually has slightly better figures than Ben Stokes over the same number of Tests) by being a poor bowler.
Pak 279-6 (Rashid 0-71)
Shafiq is eager to use his feet to come down the pitch but then equally adept at rocking back to play off the back foot. Sarfraz seems to favour the sweep. Three more singles.
"Graeme Swann was a wonderful spinner. He always created a theatre out there. He didn't bowl an apologetic delivery like these England spinners. They have got the best options for these conditions but they are not bowling well enough. Why?"
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Pak 276-6 (lead by 204)
England struggling to apply the pressure they need right now - Rashid and now Moeen can't quite land it in the same spot six balls on the trot. Three singles off the over.
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Martin Williams: Might be interesting to see Pakistan bat vs their spinners; could be partly their batting is better vs spin!
Tristan: It's alright criticising our spinners for not being good enough, but how about we give them a field to bowl at, so negative.
Pak 273-6 (lead by 201)
"Good, Rash" is the cry from behind the stumps as Rashid lands it on that hankie and has Shafiq pushing forward in defence. But a half-tracker gets pulled to deep mid-wicket for one before Sarfraz cuts for four as Rashid drops short once more. The lead now worth 201.
"This is the second time Stuart Broad has got 50 Test wickets in a year. He took 62 in 2013."
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Pak 267-6 (lead by 195)
Where will the last four Pakistan wickets come from for England? Can Moeen and Rashid winkle a couple out? Have Anderson or Broad got another burst left in them? Moeen is milked for a couple of singles in that over.
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Pak 265-6 (lead by 193)
Two newish men at the crease, one of them injured. Pakistan's lead not yet 200. England's tails up. A key phase. Will the next hour until tea decide the match and the series? Don't go anywhere.
Rashid giving the ball some air here, but a couple of full tosses release the pressure a little on Pakistan. Time for drinks.
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Sarfraz dropped on 2
Pak 260-6
I say a drop, but that is tough. Very tough. Moeen finds turn, Sarfraz works to leg and James Taylor can't react in time at leg slip. That went quickly to him - those either stick or they don't. No fault attached to the fielder there.
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Matt: I fear the lack of international-class spinner will haunt us for years to come on the subcontinent. We just look plain ordinary. Can anyone tempt Graham Swann out of retirement?
Pak 260-6 (lead by 188)
Spin at both ends with Adil Rashid into the attack. Shafiq, still feeling the effects of that blow to the shoulder from Broad, can't get him away.
"All day tomorrow with 90 overs, I think England can chase 250."
Pak 260-6 (lead by 188)
He's safe. The back foot dragged out but he got it back in time. Smart work from Bairstow, mind. Pakistan not looking comfortable.
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Pak 260-6
A stumping? Sarfraz sweeps at Moeen, misses and Jonny Bairstow whips off the bails. The umpires goes upstairs.
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Theo Bowyer: If Pakistan get around the 250 mark then England are still in the game... They'll have to play Yasir Shah very well though!
Tony: With Hafeez finally gone, if the rest of Pakistan crumble then England can find a way back into the game yet.
Pak 259-6 (Broad 2-43)
That was super captaincy from Cook, giving Moeen a ball that was only seven overs old when the quicks had done the damage so far. Hafeez may have made 151, but he had several lives in that 266-ball knock. Maybe Cook sensed his impatience? Either way, Sarfraz Ahmed is in at number eight - and opens his account with a couple through cover off Broad.
"He was as mad as hell. When the ball was in the air I was looking at Hafeez and he was as mad as hell. They look at Moeen Ali and think he is rubbish and whenever you are going to do that you will get suckered. It was a superb innings but it was a silly shot. He has let England back into this game."
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Hafeez c Bell b Moeen 151 (Pak 257-6)
And Moeen works his magic! Then again, that was a gift from Hafeez, who advances down the track and lifts tamely to Ian Bell at long-off. Pakistan are six down and the lead is 185. England back in this game.
"England are striving for wickets which is why there are a few more gaps. They can't let the lead to grow by too much."
Pak 255-5
Shafiq is struggling here. He looks in some pain after patting one back from Moeen - and motions to the dressing room for a tablet. You wouldn't see Ben Stokes doing that...
Pak 255-5
After three overs from Anderson, England turn to the off-spin of Moeen.
"If Misbah-ul-Haq had scored 12 more runs he would have finished his career with five consecutive fifties, which would have been unique."
Pak 255-5 (lead 183)
A rare full one from Broad is driven through cover for four by Shafiq - a shot Michael Vaughan would have been proud of. But the bowler, armed with two slips, a leg gully and a short leg, then pins Shafiq on his left shoulder as he ducks into a bouncer which didn't climb quite as much as he thought. The Pakistan physio trots out, Shafiq does some windmills and everyone else has a breather.
"It's been a great innings. Every run that Hafeez manages to eek out will be on the mind of Jonny Bairstow."
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Pak 249-5 (lead by 177)
Lovely way to bring up your 150 - a sweet forcing shot through cover point for two off Anderson, who is looking sharp since the interval.
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Pak 247-5
Hope for England? The early wicket they craved after lunch has arrived, but I suspect they'll need even more from, their new-ball pairing if they are to keep Pakistan's lead to manageable proportions. The pacers have taken four of the five wickets to fall in this innings, remember. The other was a run-out.
"Misbah-ul-Haq has done fantastically. It is always a tricky job being Pakistan captain and he has united them. He left them than in a better state than he arrived."
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Pak 247-5 (lead by 175)
Is that the last we've seen of Misbah? He's been very coy on whether he'll retire after this series - so that may well be his final Test innings. If it is, he's been a good 'un. New man Asad Shafiq, off the mark with a push down the ground, ends the over by fending off another lifter from Broad. It's suddenly a different game.
"Well bowled Stuart Broad. In front of middle and nipped back. You are not going to review that even if you are captain. That was plum. That gives England a bit of a lifeline."
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Misbah lbw Broad 38 (Pak 245-5)
The breakthrough! The ploy works. England make no secret of their intention to pepper Misbah... but it's full from Broad. Misbah, his feet nowhere, is trapped on the crease and is pinned bang in front. Broad doesn't even appeal. He's already halfway to slip in celebration.
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Dan: It hasn't been the England bowlers' fault that we have found ourselves on the back foot in test matches. The Pakistan middle order has been immense with one of them getting at least 70 in every innings. They have been stoic against the seamers and cashed in against spin and shown how to recover from collapses. Well deserved series win I fear.
Pak 245-4 (lead by 173)
Anderson, zinc streaked across his cheekbones and sporting a stylish side parting, errs on the short side too. A bouncer brushes Hafeez's shoulder and another gets the batsman ducking again. But another over without success for England.
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Wayne K: What is it with all England teams? No matter what sport it is, we pick players that are not specialists in a particular position. I can't remember any successes... so let's stop making wrong selections.
Pak 243-4 (Hafeez 147, Misbah 37)
Too leggy again from Broad, who allows Hafeez to get off strike before gifting Misbah four off his hips to a very fine fine-leg. Broad, who has worked up a sweat - and a temper - already, kicks the turf at the end of the over.
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Hans Pickard: So just where is this new "keeper who keeps" going to come from? Counties just as guilty of favouring BATSMEN/keepers.
A Gate: Billings to be given a long stint in the team; he's a good young keeper, blooded in T20 and his batting is getting better.
Mark Thornley: People are being harsh on Buttler thought he was faultless behind the stumps for the Ashes took some great leg side catches.
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Pak 238-4 (lead by 166)
Anderson is tighter than Broad as he arrows the ball in on those stumps. Two singles off the over.
Pak 236-4
James Anderson shares the new ball with Broad. What have you got for us, Jimmy?
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Peter: Ah, the old wicketkeeper debate. The selectors realise that the scorebook records runs scored, but not chances missed.
Rob Zabrocky: The cricketing public do not like Jonny Bairstow do they? One mistake and they calling for his dropping, Jos is no better.
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Pak 236-4 (lead by 164)
Broad finds enough bounce straight away to hit Misbah on the bottom thumb. After a couple of wild ones down the leg side, Hafeez ducks into a bouncer and the balls cannons off the helmet and over the keeper for four. Eventful.
"Alastair Cook keeps going to Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad and he is going to need to again if they are going to get back into this Test match. The Pakistan lead is starting to get uncomfortable for England now."
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Pak 229-4 (lead by 157)
The England players are back out after lunch. Mohammad Hafeez resumes with a mighty 145 to his name, while captain Misbah-ul-Has has strolled his way to 31. The new ball has been taken - and Stuart Broad has it.
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Silent Wolf: I fear Pakistan have enough runs on the board already.
Ali Raza: I can't believe English fans are giving up on their team so easily. Missed chances, yes! but lead hasn't got out of hands yet!!!
The Spurs Report: Cricket is a complex game but sometimes problems are simple: no front-line spinner, no chance of beating Pakistan on road.
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Thanks Stephan. Good to know you're not going hungry. But pickings have been slim for England so far today - just the one wicket, and a nigthwatchman at that. What lies in store this afternoon? With the new ball due, how long before James Anderson and Stuart Broad are fresh enough to have another go? All will be revealed soon...
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I'm off for a bit, with plans for a second breakfast. Here's Justin Goulding.
"It's not done yet for England, but Pakistan are batting their way into a very good position in this Test match."
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James Hobbs: I'm told that my grandfather (who died in 1965) always loved Tom Graveney and the way he played, and although I never saw him play, he was a kind of link to my grandfather.
"I liked batting with him - he was very easy to bat with. He was regarded as a top player, a really top player. Facts and figures take you so far - Tom's were pretty good. If you really want to analyse players you have to look at conditions, the pitches, the attacks they faced.
"He was brilliant on uncovered pitches because he had a good technique. He was a top batsman."
"Tom Graveney was my idol when I was a boy - and I was lucky that I batted with my boyhood idol.
"It was the style. He could play front foot, back foot - and what he did he did effortlessly, gracefully, effortless timing. And he never lost that. He had a gift for looking elegant all the time - and his cover drive was extra special."
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Matt Roller: Love people advocating Read or Ben Brown being selected for averaging 50 in County Cricket ahead of Bairstow whose average was 92.
"He was quite forthright and was very strong about chuckers. He had this thing about Charlie Griffith and a story about a beamer at Headingley. Because of that experience, he was always very strong about bowlers with questionable actions."
"Tom was very much his own man, but he was a gentleman. There were times in his career when he spoke for himself too.
"In that golden age of batting - Cowdrey, May, Dexter - Tom had style and elegance. The move to Worcestershire, with the backdrop of that cathedral, suited his style of play."
On Test Match Special now, listen to a tribute to former England batsman Tom Graveney, who died on Tuesday at the age of 88.
One of the most elegant players of his generation, Graveney played 79 Tests for England, scoring 11 centuries and averaging 44.38.
He scored more than 47,793 first-class runs - including 122 hundreds - in a career that stretched from 1948 to 1972 and included spells at Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Queensland.
After retiring, he became a BBC commentator and served as the 200th president of the MCC in 2005.
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Lunch report
Mohammad Hafeez's unbeaten 145 helped Pakistan extend their lead over England to 157 by lunch on day four of the third Test in Sharjah.
Resuming on 146-3, Pakistan lost only nightwatchman Rahat Ali to James Anderson in the morning session as they reached 229-4.
Unbeaten on 97 overnight, Hafeez survived an England lbw review off the first ball of the morning and saw Jonny Bairstow miss a stumping in the same Adil Rashid over.
He was also put down by Stuart Broad low in his follow through on 113, but thereafter was untroubled as he and captain Misbah-ul-Haq, who is 31 not out, added an unbroken 77 for the fifth wicket.
"The new ball will be taken after lunch and in that first hour they need to get three or four quick wickets to create some panic in the Pakistan team. You can say England have not had the luck but it's also about skill levels. When you miss a stumping like Johnny Bairstow did in the first over that's not luck, that's the keeper not reading the googly. Hafeez has gone some way to making sure Pakistan win this series."
Lunch scorecard
Pakistan 229-4 (81 overs) - lead by 157
Batsmen: Hafeez 145*, Misbah 30*
Fall of wickets: 101-1 (Azhar 34), 105 (Shoaib 0), 146-3 (Younus 14), 152-4 (Rahat 0)
That's lunch, the end of a session that's gone about as well as could be expected for Pakistan. The only wicket that has fallen has been that of the nightwatchman and the lead has been pushed to 157. England have missed a stumping, dropped a catch and seen an edge fly through the slips. When the new ball comes after lunch, Alastair Cook will be ordering a pint in the last-chance saloon.
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Peter Stephens: Team selection. It's pretty obvious that you pick the best five batsmen, the best wicketkeeper, the best all - rounder and the four best bowlers. Just work out the number of runs conceded over the years by picking all - rounder wicketkeepers. Wrong selection policy or wrong selectors?
Pak 228-4 (new ball available)
Rashid stays round the wicket for what will be the penultimate over before the break. The new ball will be due after this one, but I doubt England will take it until Broad and Anderson have put their feet up. That picture of Sachin Tendular looms behind Misbah, the India great not looking unlike Kim Jong-un. Rashid almost produces a rare maiden, only for a final-ball single to ruin it.
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Andrew Murfitt: Got to give credit to Hafeez, daddy hundred in the second innings to take the game away from England.
Pak 227-4 (lead by 155)
Excellent detail from you Mark, taking the trouble to include your flight number. It's the mundane stuff that cheers us up. Moeen and his magnificent beard, Hafeez and his neat stubble. The ball is fired in, but Hafeez defends around his front pad. Nothing to see here. England haven't bowled a maiden in their last 13 overs.
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Oli: I wonder if the England selectors have ever considered calling up Ben Brown as a genuine wicketkeeper. Has been solid behind the stumps and had a serious average with the bat last season too. Its about time a keeper is selected due to his glove work and not whether they play for one of the recognised 'bigger counties'.
Mark Stansfield on BA0372 to Toulouse: Bring back Chris Read for the SA series? Averaged 50 with the bat, Notts player of the year (again) and faultless with the gloves as always.
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Pak 226-4 (78 overs)
Rashid comes round the wicket to Misbah - new threat or the cricketing equivalent of waving the white flag? It might the former, especially when Rashid gets one to rip past Misbah's grope. The next ball, though, is a half-tracker. That, right there, is England's spinners in microcosm. There are just under 10 minutes until lunch. The new ball will be due just before the break.
"Tours like this have to be a massive learning curve for the team but more so for the individuals. When you go back to your room write down a few things which you need to do to improve. You can have the memory banks but writing something has more substance. A little black book of a different type or a diary."
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Pak 225-4 (last 10 overs 40-0)
You could say that this pitch has settled, not quite as many snakes in the pit as day one. However, you can't help but think that Yasir Shah will have the ball hissing and spitting later in the day. England's bowlers aren't getting it in the right place often enough to reap the benefits of the assistance on offer. Moeen twinkles in, Misbah and Hafeez take a single apiece.
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Pak 223-4 (lead by 151)
It's not as if England can draw any inspiration from their surroundings. The sun is burning with oppression, the bowl-like stadium gives nothing more than seats are almost exclusively empty. The noise that does come is from a handful of Pakistan fans. A rare Misbah error sees him a miss a sweep shot, with Rashid's delivery ending up at slip. That's as noteworthy as it's been in the last half hour.
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dukkhaboy: If England have Moeen and Stokes at 6 and 7 then we don't need a keeper who bats we can pick a keeper who keeps.
Harvey Satterthwaite: Bairstow isn't quite up to it in Tests unfortunately. Be it batting or keeping.
Pak 221-4
Pakistan are defending in comfort and taking advantage of the regular opportunities to score. It's not that the spinners are constantly wayward, it's just the threat is too low and the chances to keep the score ticking are too high. At the moment - and things could change with a couple of wickets - England seem set for a 2-0 defeat. I'd say that would be a pretty harsh scoreline.
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Mark Goodrich: All looking very comfortable for Pakistan at the moment. This partnership will be where match gets away from England.
Chris Mitchell: Fair to say this Test is done. Fine effort by England but just not good enough. Lack of a decent spinner the real difference.
Pak 215-4 (partnership 63)
Rashid continues with some all-sorts. Occasionally too short, occasionally too full, the crouching Misbah waiting behind a thigh pad the size of a mattress and turning through the leg side. It's all gone very flat for England in the last half an hour or so. They new ball is due in six overs, so just either side of lunch. England will need it to sing concerto.
"The spinners haven't bowled well and given control. They are the best we have so the real energy involved is that England work with them to make them better."
Pak 211-4 (lead by 139)
Moeen Ali gets his first roll of the day, effectively relegated to third-choice spinner. England now have Jos Buttler on as sub fielder. I'm sure of the logic of having a keeper doing that job when you have one of the world's most electric fielders, Chris Jordan, not doing a great deal. Moeen round the wicket, Misbah sweeping. England missed two opportunities and saw an edge fly through the slips earlier on. Now a chance is an endangered species.
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'Are you mad?' Pietersen on day-night Tests
Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has derided the idea of day-night Test cricket, accusing administrators of "messing with the greatness" of the five-day game.
Australia and New Zealand will contest the first day-night Test under lights in Adelaide from 27 November to try out a concept designed to boost crowds.
Pietersen, 35, told the BBC World Service's Stumped he was "not a fan".
"Test cricket is the pinnacle," he said. "Wickets change at night. Who wants to see a new ball at certain grounds around the world at 8 o'clock at night under lights? Are you mad?"
It's right that England would be back in with a sniff if they can get two quick ones, but those wickets don't look like coming. The other problem is Misbah, who spies a loopy one from Rashid and, with a one-kneed swing of the bat, puts the leather over the straight boundary for six. How many is too many for England? Even if they take the last six wickets for 60 runs, they'll be chasing 200.
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Michael Blakey: Bairstow stumping - seem to remember Buttler missing a straightforward stumping in the Windies which cost us the match too.
Rachel T: At least we're getting chances - come on people, think positive! Two more wickets and we're right back in it!
Pak 198-4 (lead by 126)
Quite flat is the right way to describe England and I'm sure there's a smattering of fans to lift them like there was earlier in the series. Patels whirs in, inducing a misjudgement from the poking Misbah. All in all, though, England's spinners are generally too short.
"England's initial burst seems to have subsided and in the last half hour they seem to have been quite flat."
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Pak 197-4 (Rashid 15-2-42-0)
Misbah has what he wants - spin from both ends. Broad off, Rashid on. A curious time for England, who don't know whether to stick or twist. Save runs, or take wickets? They need to do both. They opt for an in-out field, with scouts posted to count the unpopulated seats and two catchers round the bat. Too short from Rashid and easy for Misbah.
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Jim, Bucks: Fine margins in this Test series and if England lose I think they can justifiably say they've not had the rub of the green with three lost tosses, the end to the first Test and that Shafeez review yesterday. Yes, there have been errors like that session in Dubai and the missed stumping but, overall, I think we've played pretty well throughout. Hopefully can still get the series draw.
Pak 193-4 (lead by 121)
Yep, runs flowing more easily now, demonstrated by Hafeez skipping down to loft Patel over mid-on for four. England chatter, Bairstow trying to keep spirits high from behind his white gumshield. However, in a middle-of-the-desert empty stadium, this match is slowly slipping through their fingers. They need something to happen.
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Carl Carritt: Buttler fails all summer with the bat, gets chance after chance. Bairstow fails with the gloves in one innings, knives are out.
Pak 186-4 (Hafeez 124, Misbah 10)
James Taylor takes a helluva blow at short leg, Misbah pulling a Broad delivery straight on to the helmet of the ducking England fielder. Taylor, perhaps toughened up by being the shortest kid at school, doesn't even flinch, simply nodding back at the Pakistan skipper. From that first 45 minutes or so when England created chances, batting is now looking much more straightforward.
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Pak 185-4 (lead by 113)
Anderson is withdrawn after drinks, replaced by the left-arm tweak of Samit Patel. This is where we'd usually expect Misbah to up the tempo and, sure enough, he's immediately on the sweep for a couple. On the boundary, Chris Jordan heads to the nets. Why don't England have him on as sub for Ben Stokes? A poor delivery from Patel is cut for for by Hafeez, almost taking the head of James Anderson at slip. I'm sure you've noticed that both Rashid and Patel have bowled before Moeen Ali this morning.
"It's Hafeez v England at the moment. He has been the powerful player this morning. England have bowled well and chances have been created but missed."
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Pakistan 178-4 (66 overs) - lead by 106
Batsmen: Hafeez 119*, Misbah 6*
Fall of wickets: 101-1 (Azhar 34), 105 (Shoaib 0), 146-3 (Younus 14), 152-4 (Rahat 0)
England a little desperate here, Broad appealing against Hafeez when it wouldn't have hit a second set. Anderson, at gully, blows his cheeks out like a man who has suffered a severe injustice. I can tell you that you haven't, James. In the desert heat, England have a few hands on hips, some dropped heads. Now is not the time to dip. If they don't strike soon, this match will be gone.
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Pak 178-4 (lead by 106)
Misbah is also so laid back as to not really raise an eyebrow when he almost put Hafeez on the barbecue. A short single, Hafeez having to dive to get in, Misbah wandering up the pitch with the dreamy air of Luna Lovegood. What's all the fuss about? Anderson gets through his sixth of the morning, his threat diminished. The new ball is 15 overs away, so might soon be saved for that.
"Misbah-ul-Haq has been the glue for Pakistan all series. If England could get one of these two out then something could happen but we have thought that all series."
Pak 177-4 (64 overs)
I'd like to see Misbah hooked up to an electrocardiogram, just to see if his heart is still beating. The man just doesn't seem to ever get stressed. He probably doesn't even worry when Mrs Misbah takes his credit card to the shops. The defensive stroke he plays to Stuart Broad is in slow motion, with the pose then held for an eternity. He's the rock that England must remove to win this Test.
"The last time England got a wicket with a stumping was Mumbai in 2012, when Matt Prior stumped India's Cheteshwar Pujara off Graeme Swann. They have gone 37 Tests without a stumping."
Pak 175-4 (lead by 103)
Broad banged the turf with his right hand after the chance went down, a bit like the tantrum of a child in a shopping centre. As Hafeez, who I'm asking to pick my lottery numbers tonight, again edgily takes Anderson for four through third man, Pakistan's lead goes to 100. Alastair Cook has an open-mouthed look of frustration on his face, while Anderson is a bulldog chewing a wasp.
"That was a tough, tough chance, a big tall man on his follow through. He fancied catching that. No luck for England this morning. They have bowled well. You just have to hang in."
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Pak 170-4
You're kidding. Mohammad 'more lives than a cat' Hafeez has now been put down by Stuart Broad. It's tough for Broad, in his follow-through, diving low to his left with one hand. It's very catchable, though, and a chance England probably need to take if they are going to win this match. Mohammad Hafeez is now roughly 114-5 on his own.
"This pitch is not getting worse. Nothing has jumped, nothing has squatted along the deck."
Pak 170-4
Is this bad luck, or a bad plan? Stuart Broad is summoned and, from his first ball, Hafeez is jamming an edge to second slip. Only problem is, England haven't got a second slip. They have a first and third slip, who look at each other and wave to the ball as it passes between them. I'm never entirely sure of the logic of splitting slip fielders. This morning, Hafeez could have been stumped, caught in the slips and survived a good lbw shout. That's to go with his two lives yesterday...
"The confidence that would have given Adil Rashid - first over, Hafeez stumped. You would be up and buzzing and all the confidence comes flooding back to you. It was a big miss. On such things are Test matches won and lost."
Pak 166-4 (Hafeez 109, Misbah 4)
Anderson's reverse-hoop continues to threaten, Hafeez only saved from a big leg-before shout by an inside edge. As Jonny Bairstow, the culprit from earlier, waits open-mouthed behind the stumps, Hafeez takes one on the off side. With Misbah on strike, Anderson sets the trap for a the short ball with a look of some frustration on his face. Misbah, as ever, has the deadest of dead bats.
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Paddy Emmerson: Dropping Butler for Bairstow looking even more like the wrong decision. Dropped catch & missing a simple stumping.
Matthew Vernon: Does that missed stumping prove that Buttler wasn't just there to not make runs? Can be just as important taking wickets.
Pak 165-4 (lead by 93)
On the whole, Rashid has been pretty good today and has probably been the pick of the England spinners in the second innings. Bar that one short ball in his previous over, he's mainly got it full with decent flight, landing both his leg-breaks and googlies. Ah. As I write that, he drags one down and is pulled for four by Misbah. You could say it's a commentator's curse, but it's not like I've crept up behind him and tickled him, is it?
"Mohammad Hafeez scored five centuries in his first 38 Tests. In his last nine, he has scored four centuries and averages just under 77."
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Pak 160-4 (Anderson 17-6-38-2)
Have you managed to keep up? If you're still little bleary-eyed, we've had a missed stumping, a wicket, a hundred and a very good lbw shout this morning. If it carries on like this we'll be done by tonight. Anderson isn't exclusively full to Misbah, also trying out the Pakistan skipper with a short ball. If the rest of the series is anything to go by, Misbah will have very little interest in attacking Anderson.
"Rashid has caused problems. He should have had a wicket but that's his first poor ball."
Pak 160-4 (lead by 88)
Hafeez is now looking more certain against Rashid, helped by the fact that the leggie is dragging it down. Back and across, cut for for four. When he gets it fuller, with a bit of loop, Rashid rags it past the outside edge. There's Rashid's short Test career in one over. One shocking delivery, one rozzer.
"Pakistan should be saying to themselves, 'Let's see off Anderson and Broad'. We must bat till tea. Say they score 150 till tea - they're only going to be 230 on. They've got to bat well."
Pak 154-4 (lead by 82)
The luck Sir G is referring to is the not only the reprieve Hafeez had this morning, but also the two he had yesterday. Given out caught behind on two, Hafeez got the decision over-turned. He was also dropped by Bairstow on 11, a very tough chance. Anderson is make a ball this 56-over-old ball talk, reverse-swinging it in to this pair of right-handers. Hafeez may have a century to his name, but he's completely confused around off stump.
"A bit lucky? He's been a lot lucky this morning. If I was the captain I'd be saying to him, 'You've got to stay in, you've got to get to 150'."
100 for Mohammad Hafeez
Pak 153-4
Well batted, Mohammad Hafeez. After looking very nervous this morning, Hafeez complete his ninth Test ton with a sweep off Adil Rashid. Noise from the few Pakistan fans inside the ground, a handshake from new batsman and captain Misbah-ul-Haq, a raise of the bat then a kiss of the turf. He's done a wonderful job for his team, a trio of sixes and some eye-catching strokes through the off side. The hosts need much more from him, though.
"No problem. Nip it back - he's not going to play them. It were wasted on thee, lad, as Fred Trueman used to say."
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Rahat b Anderson 0 (Pak 152-4)
Bowled him! Not the one that England wanted, but the obstacle of the nightwatchman is out of the way. It's nothing out of the ordinary from James Anderson, just targeting the top of off stump, but the lead-footed Rahat plays a curious back-away defensive stroke that is as solid as a poppadom.
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PtheP: Never mind the vertically challenged Corsican! "England expects that every man will do his duty" - Horatio 'the Full' Nelson.
Pak 152-3
Bairstow looks a little sheepish, like the little boy embarrassed to be caught with his hand in the cookie jar. Anderson, whites pristinely pressed like an ice-cream man at the start of his rounds, is immediately into the groove. Line and length. Hafeez, looking strangely more comfortable against pace, takes a single on the off side to move to 99...
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Michael S-J: I can't believe Bairstow has just missed that stumping. Would have put England firmly on top.
Pak 151-3
James Anderson shares duties in a spin-swing combo. After all that, Hafeez is only two runs from a hundred.
"That's a big miss from Bairstow. Hafeez is a long way down; that's a straightforward stumping. He should be able to read the googly from Rashid from keeping to him many, many times before."
Missed stumping
Pak 151-3
All happening. Mohammad Hafeez should have been stumped by a long, long way, but Jonny Bairstow has missed it. Looking for ton, Hafeez dances down and doesn't pick Rashid's googly. Neither, though, does Bairstow - Rashid's county colleague, remember. He's slow to move from the off side to the leg and doesn't even get a glove on it. There's also time for Rashid mis-fielding off his own bowling and then an appeal against Rahat Ali.
"Even if he hadn't nicked that I think he would have been given not out anyway."
Pak 146-3
What a big moment. It has just, and I mean just, pitched outside leg stump. It didn't look like that on first glance, but Simon Mann had it right. It was a leggie from Rashid and would have hit the stumps, but you can't be out if it pitches outside leg...
Lots of replays looking for an inside edge. Doesn't seem to be one. Has it pitched in line?
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Pak 146-3
First ball! Rashid often begins with a little straight-oner and Hafeez hasn't read it. Push forward, hit on the pad. Big appeal, turned down. England waste no time in reviewing...
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Pak 146-3 (lead by 74)
The England players are jogging to the middle in front of empty seats and under a cloudless sky. They are wearing black armbands in memory of Tom Graveney. Adil Rashid has the ball and is rubbing his hands in the dirt. Hafeez is on strike with an in-out field.
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'We need a good first hour'
England all-rounder Samit Patel, who took 2-85 and made 42 in the first innings, on Sky Sports: "It's finely balanced. We need to have a good first hour this morning - two more wickets this morning and they could be in a bit of trouble. But let's not look too far ahead.
"It's great to be back. I try and play cricket with a smile on my face. If I got a game it was a bonus, and try and take the opportunity - I'm here to try and impress."
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England's first task this morning will be to get rid of Mohammad Hafeez, who slept on 97 not out, on the verge of his ninth Test hundred.
He's in the company of nightwatchman Rahat Ali, will danger still to come in the shape of Misbah-ul-Haq, Asad Shafiq and Sarfraz Ahmed.
"England have to be batting before tea today. If they are batting after tea it will be a number around 240-250 - that's a big chase on this wicket. If England are chasing 225 or under, then they've got a really good chance.
"When we saw the pitch on day one, I didn't think we'd get to day four. Yes, it's rough, Yes, there are a few more footholes. But the 'posh' part of the surface - the middle bit - is OK. There is still spin, there is the odd ball that is bouncing, there is reverse swing."
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English cricket is also remembering former Test batsman Tom Graveney, who died yesterday aged 88.
Graveney played 79 Tests for England, averaging 44.38 and scoring 11 hundreds. He also plundered 47,793 first-class runs.
After retiring, he became a BBC commentator and served as the 200th president of the MCC in 2005.
"I still think there's a good chance of a team winning it - and I favour England. There's a good chance of winning, not any chance. It's better than every side getting 500. Runs are hard-earned and when you get runs it means a lot."
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So what do you think? England to charge on the fourth morning, or Pakistan to bat the tourists into submission? How impressed were you by Broad and Anderson last night? How disappointing was the performance of the spin bowlers? Also, as we began with Napoleon, I welcome any creativity in mentioning historical figures in a cricketing context. Text 81111, tweet using the hashtag #bbccricket or email tms@bbc.co.uk.
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Pakistan 146-3 (53 overs) - lead by 74
Batsmen: Hafeez 97*, Rahat 0*
Fall of wickets: 101-1 (Azhar 34), 105 (Shoaib 0), 146-3 (Younus 14)
Which is where we begin today. Can England take the early wickets that will limit their fourth-innings chase to something manageable? Or will Pakistan bat themselves out of sight on a pitch likely to be ideal for bag-of-tricks leg-spinner Yasir Shah?
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And deliver they did, each with a tireless, lung-busting spell on the third evening of the third and final Test against Pakistan in Sharjah.
Just as Pakistan looked like getting away to a position that would win them a series, Broad and Anderson (Branderson?) followed a comedy run out with a wicket apiece.
Pakistan 146-3, a lead of 74. England in the hunt.
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See, when England's pace pair might have reasonably expected a trio of spin bowlers to do the business on a raging bunsen burner (turner), they were treated to to a plethora of full tosses and long hops.
England's premier pace pair, without the injured Ben Stokes to call on as back-up, were called upon to deliver once more.
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"If you want a thing done well, do it yourself."
The words of the great French military leader Napoleon Bonaparte.
I doubt that Napoleon was a cricket man (although some people believe the great game originated in France), but he may well have identified with the efforts of Stuart Broad and James Anderson.
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Are England really doomed? That seems a bit strong, but they are certainly in a very dark corner of the woods. There is, however, a chink of light for them to follow. If they pull off - or even get close to - this target, we're in for a cracking final day. See you then.
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Thomas Broadley: With Cook and Root at the crease, the morning session tomorrow will decide the outcome. Lose them both early and we are doomed.
Julian Croker: It's likely to go horribly wrong for England tomorrow when Ali and Babar start bowling in tandem.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"Moeen Ali is not an opener. He is a free spirit and you have to get him in the right spot. England have a problem and they are trying to solve it by putting in a lad who isn't fit for role. He got runs at number seven but he can't open the batting. It's staring them in the face."
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More from James Anderson: "It's not ideal missing opportunities but it happens. I thought we stuck at our task very well. If you would have given us around 250 to chase we would have taken that before the game. It's a bit over that and a couple of players are going to have to bat really well.
"I'd love it if I didn't need to get my pads on tomorrow."
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"England's spinners are poor. I've been saying so and one or two people said I was harsh but our spin bowling is very ordinary.
"With the spinners all you have to do is wait for the bad ball. There is a lack of decent spin bowling at county level in England, let alone quality. You can't get blood out of a stone. The English game is not breeding decent spin. It's not Alastair Cook's fault."
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Mark Pettman: To put Hafeez's innings into context, he has scored twice as much as any other batsman in the game. A real match-winning innings that took the initiative away from us. Well played.
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England bowler Jimmy Anderson speaking to Sky Sports: "There's a chance, definitely. We are going to have to bat very well. It will be difficult on a fifth-day pitch.
"We don't want to leave UAE with nothing. We have played well this series and don't want to leave with nothing. We saw the way Pakistan batted in their second innings and they were positive."
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Fenners: "Nobody better" than Bell? How about Carberry, Vince, KP, Hales, Compton, Hildreth for starters.
Sports Retort: Ian Bell has developed making an elegant 30 and falling into an artform. Average still good but no longer a matchwiner.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
On the missed stumping in the first over of the day that reprieved Mohammad Hafeez...
"Jonny Bairstow didn't pick it at all, which is quite unusual. He keeps to Adil Rashid for Yorkshire. It was a big miss.
"It was a terrible shot. Hafeez went down the pitch and was two yards out of his crease but Jonny's body wasn't going for the googly. If England got Hafeez out then it shows the captain was right to open with Rashid. It wasn't to be.
"At this level, sometimes you only get one chance and the game gets away from you and it started to get away from England from there on."
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To add a little perspective, Ian Bell is currently England's third highest runscorer in this series. Granted, there are only four men in the team picked exclusively to bat, but he has more runs that both Moeen and Bairstow, who have both batted in the top six all series.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"Ian Bell won't retire and they won't sack him because there's no-one else. He's got all the talent in the world but he's flaky in the head. He missed a straight ball from an off-spinner- how do you miss that with a four-and-a-quarter-inch bat? You can't understand it - when you want him to stand up for you he can't do it. England should move on."
Day four report
England's hopes of winning the final Test against Pakistan were dented by the loss of two wickets in quick succession late on day four in Sharjah.
Moeen Ali and Ian Bell perished in the space of 13 balls as England - chasing 284 for victory and a 1-1 series draw - reached 46-2 in the 22 overs possible.
Shoaib Malik, who announced his retirement from Test cricket on Tuesday, claimed both wickets.
Earlier, Mohammad Hafeez hit 151 as Pakistan were bowled out for 355.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"England are not totally out of it but there chances have gone from one in six to one in 15 or 20. England are now two down and there were lots of ooohhs and aaahhs. Joe Root and Alastair Cook are quality players but they didn't look at ease. If they go I think it is all over."
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Ian Bell is trending on Twitter, in between the Investigatory Powers Bill and Chris Coleman.
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Luke Sugg: England missed an opportunity with the top order. This was the option to use Hales as an out and out opener. Right and left hand.
Fenners: Once again with England in a pickle our 117 Test senior player is nowhere to be seen. How many more times?
Close-of-play scorecard
England 46-2 (22 overs) - target 284
Batsmen: Cook 17*, Root 6*
Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Moeen 22), 2-34 (Bell 0)
Bowling figures: Rahat 2-0-15-0, Riaz 2-0-10-0, Babar 9-2-11-0, Malik 7-3-8-2, Yasir 2-0-4-0
Pakistan 234 & 355: Hafeez 151, Shafiq 46; Broad 3-44
England 306: Taylor 74; Malik 4-33
Pakistan won toss
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"It's been a tough day for England. Alastair Cook has gone up to shake hands with Hafeez and the Pakistan batsman's innings could be the difference. He got a big score for his side and then Shoaib Malik took two wickets. Pakistan are favourites but you just never know if England can get one player to a 100. There's a 15% chance of an England win."
Close of play
Eng 46-2
Misbah is having a long old chat with the umpires as he departs, I think asking about the lbw Joe Root got away with. Cook shakes hands with Shoaib Malik, congratulating him on his two-fer. Nice touch.
Close of play
Eng 46-2
England get through two down, which is at least one more than they would have liked. They will need another 238 runs tomorrow for a level series, all effectively with a man down. Not impossible, but a very tough ask. It could, however, be a thriller.
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Wayne Kilford: Looking ahead to the South Africa series we are going to get another new opener!!!!! That will be the last four series in a row (WI, NZ, Aussies & PAK) Captain Cook has had a new opening partner.....Hales - Then how long until he gets dumped?
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Yasir with the final over, a Joe Root single passing responsibility to captain Cook.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"At the moment, England require 240 to win on the final day and on the previous days the runs scored have been 238, 218, 230 and 253."
Eng 44-2 (target 284)
It's dark out there now. If the pacemen were on I think we'd be off for bad light. Cook has been stoic in defence and forces Babar to come over the wicket, a more comfortable angle for the skipper. An uneventful maiden leaves one over left to play.
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Perry: Feel for Ian Bell surely suffering having to come in facing a new ball every time.
Mike Doney: Why should Bell's career end? People can be rested and come back. He isn't a pensioner yet?
Eng 43-2 (target 284)
Yasir wants to target Cook's pads, but a long hop gets the England skipper away from the danger end. As Pakistan optimistically appeal against Joe Root, TV cameras pick up the sight of Adil Rashid, padded-up as nightwatchman. England get through. 12 balls until the close.
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Ramiz Raja
Ex-Pakistan captain on BBC Test Match Special
"The partnership between Alastair Cook and Joe Root is vital for England - and Pakistan. It is about constant adjustment when playing on a day four or five pitch."
Eng 41-2
Now it's Yasir Shah. Two overs from him before the close. Danger.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"You can understand the huge appeals for Alastair Cook and Joe Root lbws and I could have understand if the umpire had given them both out. You could tell from Joe Root's body language he thought he had gone."
Eng 41-2
Ooofff. Joe Root survives by the skin of his teeth. No edge, the ball clipping leg stump, but not enough to send the Yorkie on his way. Both of Pakistan's reviews are gone. A slight silver lining for England.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"It's a good shout. It's a real tight one. It's one where you think 'how has the umpire not given that out first time?'"
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Eng 41-2
Whatever Pakistan are appealing for, this is close. Babar to Root. Lbw shout, but it's also been caught. Chris Gaffaney says no, but Misbah is eager to look again...
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Eng 40-2 (target 284)
And still no Yasir Shah. How curious. Cook, a couple of strips of tape wrapped around his bat, plods forward to defend Malik. England in survival mode, clawing their way to the close. There are four overs remaining.
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Andrew Neill: Sadly this innings wasn't to be a re-run of the tv show 'Saved by the Bell'.
Grant Kennett: Underperforming spinners, yes.But what about the same old top order issues that have plagued us all year? Sort it out!!
Henry Walmsley: Bell should have been dropped for Taylor, not Buttler. Should have retired after Ashes. Time to call an end to a great career.
Eng 38-2 (Cook 13, Root 2)
Just picking up on Michael Vaughan's comments, I'm not sure any member of the current England side draws more opinions than Ian Bell. #bbccricket is now awash, mostly will people who want his career on a spike. Harsh? Who's better? Babar round the wicket to Root with the shadow creeping menacingly behind him. Root, fleet of foot, is forward and back, picking the length.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"There will be plenty of talk now about Ian Bell in the team. I would stick with him for the tour of South Africa and add James Vince in the squad to add some competition. But I'd certainly say that's the last innings we've seen of Moeen Ali as an opener."
Eng 37-2 (target 284)
England are two down and we haven't even seen Yasir Shah yet. Still Malik from round the wicket, threatening the outside edge of left-hander Cook and the pads of right-hander Root. Are England already toast in this match? If they can get to the close without further losses, would they still have a chance?
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Amos Kemp: Describe Ian Bell in three words: Test. Career. Over.
Rakesh Pradhan: The end of Bell ... not a number 3 4 5 or 6 anymore.
Jonathan France: Ali's had a poor series. He's been shown as an average test cricketer. Yet he'll still play as we've no-one else coming through.
Eng 35-2 (target 284)
It was a nothing shot from Bell, not footwork and a limp hang of the bat. Joe Root joins Alastair Cook, so England's two best players are at the crease as the balls spits and men in green swarm around. Cook, reasonably unflustered by the damage he's seen at the other end, defends Babar. There are seven overs left in the day.
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Ramiz Raja
Ex-Pakistan captain on BBC Test Match Special
"I think he played for the spin but it was the arm delivery. It just didn't come back and he left the off stump open."
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Bell b Malik 0 (Eng 34-2)
Bowled him! Ian Bell is gone for a duck and England are in trouble now. Round the wicket from Shoaib Malik, Bell goes back to play for turn that isn't there and loses his off stump. Malik, in his last Test match, is taking the wickets that are sending Pakistan towards victory. England, in the shadows of the Sharjah evening, are in the soup.
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Gavin in Cheltenham: No real idea how this will pan out but however it ends, what a terrific series. makes the ashes seem somewhat one dimensional by comparison.
Eng 34-1
Too many people mentioning Anastacia songs now. If you have, congratulate yourself and claim a point. Use it wisely. Paid My Dues wasn't great, but I liked Left Outside Alone.
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Eng 34-1
Cook survives. As we thought, it wasn't hitting enough of off stump to overturn Chris Gaffaney's decision. It was just clipping the top of off. If Cook had been given out on the field, he wouldn't have got it overturned. Looking a different game for England now, with new man Ian Bell watching from the other end.
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Eng 34-1
No bat. My gut is that it won't be hitting enough of the stumps to be overturned...
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Eng 34-1
All happening. Now it's Alastair Cook hit on the pads, sweeping Zulfiqar Babar. Given not out, but Pakistan are excited enough for another look. Has it turned enough?
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Ramiz Raja
Ex-Pakistan captain on BBC Test Match Special
"I think because he got his on the backfoot that made it easier for the umpire to give it out. Not only a dismissal and the loss of a batsman, but England have also lost a review. Moeen didn't look comfortable against Shoaib Malik."
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Moeen lbw Malik 22 (Eng 34-1)
Gone! Moeen Ali's career as a Test opener could be done, ended by a Shoaib Malik skidder. It was a nothing shot from Moeen, who was stuck on the crease as the ball thudded in to the front pad. Replays show it would have got full contact on the leg stump, not just a glancing blow. England's promising start is over.
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Eng 34-0
Check for inside edge. That's not saving Moeen.
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Eng 34-0
Ah. Moeen Ali looks in real strife here. Shoaib Malik gets one to skid on, trapping Moeen on the crease. Looks dead. Given out. Moeen talks to Cook and asks for another look...
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Eng 34-0 (target 284)
One point to Andy Donley on Twitter. Anastacia did Not That Kind. Not my favourite, I'll be honest. Cook squints in concentration, waiting for the very limby Babar to twirl in. He's got arms all over the place, Babar, like a man with a jumper stuck on his head. He explores the leg-stump trap, but Cook is soft-handed in defence.
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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
"Players who made their career highest score and took their career best bowling in their final series (min 30 Tests): Lasith Malinga & Shoaib Malik."
Eng 32-0 (Moeen 21, Cook 10)
Anxious times for England as the spinners put the squeeze on - we haven't even seen Yasir Shah yet. Malik asks the question against Cook, but that's slipping down the leg side by the narrowest of margins. Singles here and there. Tense, fascinating stuff. Is it even yet? If not, what do England have to do to make it so?
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Paul B: England need to get ahead of the run chase curve while they can, the over rate will be dead slow tomorrow.
KLOPP: England need 10 Partnerships of 28.4...doesn't sound so bad when you put it like that..
Eng 29-0 (target 284)
Real cat and mouse stuff in the Sharjah evening, Moeen itching to get after the wily Babar. There's a strip of shadow, presumably from a floodlight, right across the pitch, where Babar is landing it. Tricky. Second maiden in a row.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"England must be no wickets down tonight you would think just to sow some seeds of doubts in the Pakistan minds. One thing that does work in England's favour is that, apart from the first day, a lot of wickets haven't fallen on the other days of this Test."
Eng 29-0
Malik has the shuffle of a man nipping to the newsagents in his slippers. Do people still wear slippers? He probes Cook from round the wicket, turning the ball away from the left-hander, who defends a maiden. In other news, American songstress Anastacia has just left Media City. She did I'm Outa Love. One point if you can name another of her songs.
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England 29-0 (7 overs) - target 284
Batsmen: Moeen 20*, Cook 8*
Bowling figures: Rahat 2-0-15-0, Riaz 2-0-10-0, Babar 2-0-4-0, Malik 1-0-1-0
Pakistan 234 & 355: Hafeez 151, Shafiq 46; Broad 3-44
England 306: Taylor 74; Malik 4-33
Pakistan won toss
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Eng 29-0 (target 284)
Both Babar and Yasir will look to target the pads of this pair of left-handers, leading to Moeen being the subject to a sustained appeal from Babar. Close, very close, but not reviewed. It would have shaved leg stump. As the shadows lengthen, creeping across the outfield, England are scoring and surviving. Just. So far, so good.
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Eng 24-0 (Moeen 18, Cook 6)
That's an excellent shout. All song titles should be adapted to include the names of cricketers. Moeen waits for the man who got him in the first innings as wicketkeeper Sarfraz chirps behind. "This is not an easy chase". Not the most insightful bit of sledging you'll ever hear. Oh, Moeen, what are you doing? A dance, a leading edge, fortunate to see it land safely.
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iSay, Porter! And do I see Dexy's Midnight Runners in the stands giving it a bit of "Come on Moeen"?
Eng 24-0
Spin chat off the pitch, spin chat on it. Shoaib Malik on the bowl his offies in his final innings as a Test cricketer.
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Greg Kingston: Great news that Daniel Vettori is joining the @englandcricket coaching. Top quality hugely underrated player. Tremendous beard.
Mike Bell: Daniel Vettori a great signing for England. Good spinner. How long before he qualifies to play for us?
Eng 24-0 (target 284)
It is spin as early as the fifth over, but Zulfiqar Babar's twirly left-armers rather than Yasir's leggies. Eeesssshhh, that's close, Cook beaten by one that doesn't turn. Babar is round the wicket to Cook, a good ploy that negates the England skipper's tendency to get across his stumps. Good, threatening stuff from Babar.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"Good positive intent from England, that's what they need to show to try to knock Pakistan out of their rhythm."
Eng 23-0 (target 284)
There was a big old mother's meeting between Misbah and four of his generals at the end of that over. Because nothing has changed, I can only think they were discussing dinner plans. Having said that, Yasir Shah is getting loose, so we might soon see some leg-spin. Riaz continues to pound Moeen, who is still showing the kahunas to attack the short ball.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"A couple of great appointments in Daniel Vettori and Gary Kirsten. I've been very impressed with how this England team has been run out here."
Kirsten joins England set-up
We bring you news that former India and South Africa coach Gary Kirsten will work with the England Lions squad as a consultant this winter.
The 47-year-old, who led India to World Cup glory in 2011, will join up with England's second string for the 50-over series against Pakistan A in the United Arab Emirates in January.
A determined left-handed opener, Kirsten scored 7,289 runs at an average of 45.27 in 101 Tests for South Africa.
Former New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori will also assist the England Performance Programme on this month's batting and spin bowling camp in Dubai which will be overseen by Andy Flower.
Eng 21-0 (Moeen 15 from 16 balls)
Moeen has been awoken, like an angry Bruce Banner turning into the Hulk. A buffet bouncer from Rahat is pulled for four, with Moeen clearly deciding that hitting the short ball is better than getting hit on the head. This is good cricket - the Pakistan pacers are running in, Moeen is playing some shots. England's chase is already a little easier.
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Bowser: England CAN chase this down if they bat properly. But let's be honest, they'll bat like idiots and be bowled out for 150.
Liam Mellor: A 282 chase is the norm in ODI so surely for once we can be positive and look to score? Please no more stagnant collapses!
Eng 15-0 (target 284)
After what seems like an eternity, Alastair Cook finally faces his first ball, then angles his second through third man for four. Bar that worrying blow to Moeen, England have actually started with decent intent.
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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
"In this series England's pace bowlers have taken 31 wickets at an average of 24 and an economy rate of 2.28 an over. Their spinners have taken 20 wickets at 59 apiece, at at 4.07 an over."
Eng 10-0
Moeen is staying out there, now with extra protection on the back of his neck. Riaz's first ball on resumption is short, but Moeen is comfortable in pulling for a single.
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Eng 9-0
Moeen is on his haunches and taking a drink. He's fortunate, because that blow was in a very similar region to the one that claimed the life of Phillip Hughes. TV pictures show Moeen practising playing the short ball prior to the Test, with Jos Buttler hurling deliveries at a piece of matting covered in water to speed it up. Liam Plunkett runs on with an attachment to Moeen's helmet, with the batsman still rubbing the back of his neck.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"The worst thing Moeen Ali did was turn away from the ball. Look at it. I don't blame him for ducking but you have to try to keep looking at it. You just have to take a minute or two to gather yourself. Hopefully, he'll be fine."
Eng 9-0
Oooofff, this is a serious blow. Moeen Ali has ducked into a Wahab Riaz bouncer and is in a touch of discomfort. The ball didn't bounce a great deal and Moeen turned his head, taking the impact on the back of the neck where there is no protection. He springs up and acknowledges the concern of the fielders, but the physio is immediately waved on.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"I'd say to Moeen Ali, 'I want you to be there at the close and if you're not then don't come back to the dressing room'."
Eng 7-0 (target 284)
I tell you what, if Moeen plays a few more shots like this then the chase will be a doddle. Short from Rahat, Moeen forcing off the back foot like a bearded David Gower. Good shot, sir.
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Welly: Bell has two run-outs in the innings... he's been more effective at taking wickets than all three spinners!
Alan Wood: The spinners should hang their head in shame. They wouldn't get a bowl in our 4th XI.
Chris Parker: I think the spinners owe Anderson and Broad a few drinks after this series, absolutely shocking performances on these wickets.
Eng 0-0 (target 284)
Alastair Cook and Moeen Ali have pulled the mums and dads on and are out in the middle. It's a big ask for them to get right for this chase after a long day in the field. Interestingly, Moeen Ali is taking strike, which I don't think he's done in the rest of the series. Rahat Ali has the ball in hand, there are three slips a gully and a short leg.
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Alice Stainer: Usually I have a positive attitude to run chases & we fail horribly. So now I'm adopting diffident air in hopes of reverse logic.
Kevin Rainey: If ever Moeen Ali needed a good innings it is now.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"You just have to play sensibly and you have got a chance. Play with discipline and give your wicket away dearly. It's better to have a chance than no chance. It won't be easy but it's not outrageously difficult. Moeen Ali has to be told you have to play this time. Get your head down and play."
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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
"The highest run chase by a non-Asian team in Asia is 276 but the last run chase at this stadium in January 2014 saw Pakistan chase down 302 against Sri Lanka - and they did it in 57.3 overs."
End-of-innings scorecard
Pakistan 355 (118.2 overs) - England need 284 to win
Hafeez 151, Shafiq 46; Broad 3-44
Fall of wickets: 101-1 (Azhar 34), 105 (Shoaib 0), 146-3 (Younus 14), 152-4 (Rahat 0), 245-5 (Misbah 38), 257-6 (Hafeez 151), 312-7 (Sarfraz 36), 319-8 (Yasir Shah 4); 354-9 (Shafiq 46), 355 all out (Riaz 20); Not out: Babar 0*
Bowling figures: Anderson 26-8-52-2, Broad 23-6-44-3, Patel 19-1-79-1, Moeen 21.2-1-72-1, Rashid 29-3-97-1
Pakistan first innings 234: Misbah 71; Anderson 4-17
England first innings 306: Taylor 74, Malik 4-33
Pakistan won toss
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England's three spinners, by the way, have managed 20 wickets between them in the series. Broad and Anderson have exactly the same amount. In the UAE.
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Ed Smith
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"The third innings, when we thought the pitch might break up, has yielded the highest total of the match."
Eng need 284 to win
There is a chance that England will chase these runs, but you have to suspect that Pakistan are favourites, especially as the tourists are effectively without Ben Stokes. If England do pull this off, they will fully deserve a series draw.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"What a dipstick. Ian Bell was turning around with it in his hand and he went for the run. England will take that and it makes it interesting. It's on for England. This is a game."
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Riaz run out 21 (Pak 355 all out)
What's Wahab Riaz doing here? He comes back for a second run that was never on and is miles short of beating Ian Bell's throw. Perhaps he thought it was time for a bowl. Ultimately, Pakistan are all out for 355 and England will need 284 to win. There are 22 overs remaining in the day.
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Eddie F: Rashid struggles to bounce the ball, there are at least 2 full tosses per over. I don't like to get on his back but he's not good enough.
Pak 354-9 (Broad 23-6-44-3)
Replays of that wicket make the delivery look even better. It's so rare to see a pace bowler get that much seam movement. It pitched plenty outside off stump and moved to take the top of middle. Pretty unplayable. Seamers don't often get the same credit as spinners for moving the ball that much. Number 11 Zulfiqar Babar defends the rest of Broad's over.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"That was a terrific delivery by Stuart Broad - it came back like a firecracker. If we were to get these runs we would have to bat out of our skin. It's possible on this pitch but not probable."
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Shafiq b Broad 46 (Pak 282-9)
Bowled him! A very angry Stuart Broad produces a beauty to do for the previously serene Asad Shafiq. Pitching outside off stump, nipping back miles off the seam, trimming the top of middle stump. A real rozzer, but not entirely welcome to an England team about to bat. Once again, England need the pacers to do the business.
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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
"Wahab Riaz averages 4.43 at number eight. This is only the fourth time he has batted at number 10 and he is averaging 17.5."
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"Wahab Riaz looks a better number 10 than an eight. At eight he has a bit of a nosebleed."
Pak 353-8 (lead by 281)
Moeen really is getting it to rag, but that's not really good news for England. What's worse is that the lanky Riaz is now swinging like a rusty gate, biffing over the leg side for four. England have been competitive for the majority of this series, but Pakistan are so far ahead right now. Looking into the distance, Pakistan are a dot to England.
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Pak 348-8 (Shafiq 46, Riaz 14)
Stuart Broad is wound-up and asked to bowl his umpteenth over of the series. The field is spread for Shafiq, who is hunting another half-century. He could go well in England, Shafiq. Broad hangs the ball outside the off stump, the cricketing equivalent of begging on your hands and knees. This is torturous for England.
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Marcus Black: I played Sunday league seconds and juniors as a spinner/batsman and didn't bowl as badly as this.
Ryan Mann: Pakistan should of got Inzaman back for this series. Our spinners are bowling pie after pie . He would love them.
Pak 348-8 (lead by 276)
Off-spin in the shape of Moeen Ali, so Broad and Anderson still yet to be summoned. The worrying thing for England is how much the ball is turning. When Yasir Shah gets it in the right place, he'll be a real handful. In the distance, the call to prayer rings out across Sharjah. Good idea, thinks Alastair Cook.
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Francis Edwards: Doing 10 press-ups every time I hear 'full toss, and four'. Done more press-ups than words in my essay!
Mike Bell: Why so many full tosses and long hops? England's "Test spinners" are loose. At least a hundred runs gifted, enough to lose match.
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Pak 345-8
It's given not out, but it's not as not out as I thought it was. Riaz is hit outside the line of off stump, which means he can't be out if he's playing a shot. But is he playing a shot? The bat is about a foot from the ball. The decision is umpire's call on impact, but what was the on-field umpire's call on if he's playing a shot?
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Pak 345-8
I'm not being pessimistic or overly critical, but does this just have the feeling that England will be three down by the close? Long, frustrating days in the field usually do nothing for a team that has to bat late on. Riaz, more sweeping than Trigger, is being caused few problems by Rashid. When Rashid gets desperate, England review an lbw decision that looks very not out...
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"If a batsmen play a really good shot then fine but the frustration from me watching this is that Pakistan haven't had to do much against the spinners. They just have to wait and then they get a really bad ball. It's the sort of bowling you see in the Sunday leagues."
Pak 341-8 (lead by 269)
England, needing two wickets to begin a runchase, only have one spinner for Pakistan's number 10. A lack of faith in Samit Patel? When a second slip comes in, Riaz casually milks a single through the leg side with all the confidence of a number four. Shafiq, on the charge, then dances to pump down the ground for a maximum. Pakistan are taking the Mickey.
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Charles Dagnall
BBC Test Match Special
"It's like volleyball."
Pak 333-8 (lead by 261)
Stuart Broad, wearing the shades of someone out of the Matrix, gets loose. England need him quickly as Adil Rashid serves up more dross in the shape of a full toss that Wahab drives for four. On a pitch that has turned throughout, England's spinners have delivered more pies than Greggs.
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Rory Stoves: Moaning about the bowling is fine, but if England had taken their chances Pakistan would be in the field by now.
Dan Burrows: This spin bowling reminds me of an over I bowled for Cheadle Hulme U19's. I was told to stop messing about and bowl straight.
Pak 327-8 (lead by 255)
Samit Patel after the break, so no Anderson or Broad yet. They've done a lot of work, but are only two balls from putting their feet up until South Africa. Only a slip for Asad Shafiq, England doing the old trick of trying to get Riaz on strike. Clever from Samit. Trying to keep Shafiq down there at the end of the over, he serves up a long hop that Shafiq can only belt for four. "Let's see him take a single off this". Well done, sir.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"Just to give England fans at home an indication of the pitch, an Adil Rashid googly spun like a Graeme Swann off-spinner."
Pak 323-8 (lead by 251)
Thanks, Justin. England need two good balls or two good bits of cricket to wrap this innings up and get on with the chase. I suspect Pakistan won't hang around much after tea and new man Wahab Riaz proves as much, announcing his arrival with a couple of sweeps and swipes.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"A nice opportunity for Adil Rashid to pick up a couple more. We've seen how Wahab Riaz likes to have a swing. England desperately need to get the pads on. Alastair Cook and Moeen Ali will be thinking about padding up."
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Pakistan's lead is 247, already more than England have chased in the fourth innings to win a Test in Asia. How many is too many? Will that Rashid wicket on the stroke of tea be the catalyst England needed? Could we see history in the making? Luckily, Stephan Shemilt is here to help answer those questions...
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Peter Coles: The third Test is building up nicely to the inevitable English second-innings batting collapse.
Jon Robards: As most of the Pakistani wickets have fallen to pace, have to wonder how big an impact Stokes' injury has been. Limited options.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"Some of the deliveries have come down with a bow on them - 'here you go, smash that to the boundary'."
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Tea report
England chipped through the Pakistan middle order to just about remain in contention at tea on the third day of the final Test in Sharjah.
The wicket of Yasir Shah, caught at point of Adil Rashid, left Pakistan 319-8, a lead of 247.
Earlier, England finally removed Mohammad Hafeez - caught at long-on off Moeen Ali - for 151, while Misbah-ul-Haq and Sarfraz Ahmed fell to Stuart Broad and Samit Patel respectively.
However, England's poor day in the field continued as James Anderson dropped Asad Shafiq, who remains unbeaten on 31.
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Rob: I don't want to be overly negative but the England spinners are delivering more pies than a pasty lorry - surely an international bowler should be able to pitch 5 out of 6 deliveries in the same spot?
Tea scorecard
Pakistan 319-8 (109.2 overs) - lead by 247
Batsmen: Shafiq 31*
Fall of wickets: 101-1 (Azhar 34), 105 (Shoaib 0), 146-3 (Younus 14), 152-4 (Rahat 0), 245-5 (Misbah 38), 257-6 (Hafeez 151), 312-7 (Sarfraz 36), 319-8 (Yasir Shah 4)
Bowling figures: Anderson 26-8-52-2, Broad 21-5-43-1, Patel 17-1-67-1, Moeen 19-1-63-1, Rashid 26.2-3-83-1
Pakistan first innings 234: Misbah 71; Anderson 4-17
England first innings 306: Taylor 74, Malik 4-33
Pakistan won toss
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"England have stuck to the task manfully. A few things haven't gone their way, missed chances and dropped catches. They have just given themselves half a chance of making this a game tomorrow. Chasing 250, all you need is a 100 partnership between a couple of the lads and you are not that far away, but there are still two wickets to get yet."
Tea - Pak 319-8 (lead by 247)
And with that wicket we will take tea. Hope for England - just when they needed it. The tourists are clinging on. Just.
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Yasir c Broad b Rashid 4 (Pak 319-8)
Rashid replaces Anderson - and gets Yasir with, you guessed it, a long hop. Yasir shapes to cut but spoons it tamely to point where Broad takes a sitter.
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Pak 318-7 (Shafiq 30, Yasir 4)
Patel gets five balls at Yasir. One is a rip-snorter that fizzes past the outside edge, but the tailender survives. Pakistan's lead is within one shot of 250.
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Mark: I've never seen Anderson miss such a sitter. If that was him bowling be would of gone mental!
Joshwin Maharaj: Fielding Jimmy! Never mind the catch, you saved the boundary!
Pak 317-7 (lead by 245)
I think Anderson himself will admit Tuffers is being generous there. Where's Geoffrey Boycott's mum with her pinny when you need her? That drop is even worse on second viewing. Not pretty at all. To make matters worse, Anderson has to bowl the next over. A maiden.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"The ball swung on Jimmy Anderson a lot. It wobbled like a Cristiano Ronaldo free-kick. If you want any catch to go to anyone you want it to go to Jimmy Anderson because he can catch them."
Shafiq dropped on 29
Pak 317-7 (lead by 245)
Look away now. No, seriously, this isn't pretty. Shafiq goes after Patel, drives flat to mid-on, where James Anderson makes a hash of as straightforward catch as you will see on an international cricket pitch. Heads in hands all round.
Pak 317-7 (lead by 245)
So three more wickets needed by England. Pakistan's tail is notoriously suspect, but does it even matter? Do they have a big enough lead already? Anderson, hiding the ball in his run-up, can't dislodge Yasir with the three balls he has at him. Will Shafiq change his approach now?
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Sanj: Holy smokes, what a delivery by Patel. But if he can do that...Yasir & co will probably bowl us out for 100!
Fenners: Lay off Rashid, there's been dropped catches & missed stumpings off him. Not his fault, had they been taken Pak would be all out.
Pak 316-7 (lead by 244)
Yasir, the number nine, is welcomed with a juicy full toss. Four runs. Thank you very much. Brilliance followed by blundering by Patel.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"Great delivery by Samit. It just begs the question where have balls like that been for a day and a half? This is the time we need to have a boom-boom. Can we get Jimmy Anderson back on?"
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Sarfraz b Patel 36 (Pak 312-7)
A wicket in return for two boundaries? Yes please. Patel's introduction pays immediate dividends. And what a beauty. From round the wicket, that pitches on leg, turns to beat Sarfraz's push and hits middle and off. Payback for the one that Patel received from Yasir Shah.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"Why are England's spinners bowling so many full tosses and long hops? I'm sorry to keep going on about it, but it's just not professional. Instead of doing shuttles at lunch time, get in the nets. I sound like Geoffrey."
Pak 312-6
Samit Patel gets a whirl. His first ball is a full bunger and Sarfraz sweeps for four. Even when the left-armer finds his length, the crouching Sarfraz repeats the trick.
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Pak 304-6 (Anderson 24-7-51-2)
A slip and a fourth slip/gully for Anderson. Saving runs almost as important as taking wickets for England. One keeps low and beats Shafiq's outside edge. That's as close as England have come for a while.
Pak 304-6 (lead by 232)
England's last throw of the dice, perhaps? James Anderson is called back into the attack by Alastair Cook.
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Mike Elliott: Time to run a million dollar arm type competition to find England's next spin king!
Bryony Lever: Let us not forget that Alastair Cook has a wicket in his career... Put him on to bowl? ;)
Pak 304-6 (Shafiq 28, Sarfraz 28)
Sarfraz is fairly rattling along. He has a career strike-rate of 75 and has 28 off 31 balls here - on a pitch where scoring has been tricky. Four off the over. Pakistan's grip on this game is tightening.
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Pak 300-6 (lead by 228)
Oh dear. A shocker of a long hop from Rashid that leaves James Taylor diving for cover at short leg as Sarfraz pulls with immense power for four. The 300 is up for Pakistan. Rashid has not taken a wicket in 36 overs in this match.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"I think when you have got three spinners in your team like Adil Rashid, Moeen Ali and Samit Patel you forget you have a decent part-timer in Joe Root. He is someone who has had some success in the past."
Pak 293-6 (lead by 221)
"Yeah, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea," screams Shafiq as he pinches a single to beat James Anderson's direct hit from mid-on. Pakistan looking purposeful. England drifting.
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Andy Shepherd from Sedgefield: The errors from the young keepers are masking the real problem England have had this series! Spinners bowling balls that I could hit for as many runs as I wanted! A controlling frontline spinner required!
Pak 292-6 (lead by 220)
Given the importance of this passage of play, there's a muted atmosphere in Sharjah. Then again, there are hardly any punters in the ground. Has a series ever been watched by so few fans? Rashid drops short, Shafiq pummels him through wide mid-off for his third four of the innings. Pakistan's lead - now 220 - is hovering around Michael Vaughan claimed would be beyond England.
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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
"If England do win this match it would be their highest successful run chase in Asia, beating the 209 they made against Bangladesh at Dhaka in 2010."
Pak 288-6 (lead by 216)
Close. Ish. Shafiq gives Moeen the charge and doesn't quite get hold of a drive. It flies to the left of Anderson at mid-off at a catchable height. Another near miss to add to the pile for England.
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Mark in Madrid: Moeen Ali's record: 33 wickets @ 33.2 against Asian batsmen & 23 wickets @ 43.7 v non-Asian batsmen, tells own story of playing him on his merits. He gets a lot of wickets due to over-confident batsmen not seeing him as a threat. You don't average almost 3 wickets per Test (he actually has slightly better figures than Ben Stokes over the same number of Tests) by being a poor bowler.
Pak 279-6 (Rashid 0-71)
Shafiq is eager to use his feet to come down the pitch but then equally adept at rocking back to play off the back foot. Sarfraz seems to favour the sweep. Three more singles.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"Graeme Swann was a wonderful spinner. He always created a theatre out there. He didn't bowl an apologetic delivery like these England spinners. They have got the best options for these conditions but they are not bowling well enough. Why?"
Pak 276-6 (lead by 204)
England struggling to apply the pressure they need right now - Rashid and now Moeen can't quite land it in the same spot six balls on the trot. Three singles off the over.
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Martin Williams: Might be interesting to see Pakistan bat vs their spinners; could be partly their batting is better vs spin!
Tristan: It's alright criticising our spinners for not being good enough, but how about we give them a field to bowl at, so negative.
Pak 273-6 (lead by 201)
"Good, Rash" is the cry from behind the stumps as Rashid lands it on that hankie and has Shafiq pushing forward in defence. But a half-tracker gets pulled to deep mid-wicket for one before Sarfraz cuts for four as Rashid drops short once more. The lead now worth 201.
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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
"This is the second time Stuart Broad has got 50 Test wickets in a year. He took 62 in 2013."
Pak 267-6 (lead by 195)
Where will the last four Pakistan wickets come from for England? Can Moeen and Rashid winkle a couple out? Have Anderson or Broad got another burst left in them? Moeen is milked for a couple of singles in that over.
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Pak 265-6 (lead by 193)
Two newish men at the crease, one of them injured. Pakistan's lead not yet 200. England's tails up. A key phase. Will the next hour until tea decide the match and the series? Don't go anywhere.
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Pakistan 265-6 (94 overs) - lead by 193
Batsmen: Shafiq 12*, Sarfraz 5*
Fall of wickets: 101-1 (Azhar 34), 105 (Shoaib 0), 146-3 (Younus 14), 152-4 (Rahat 0), 245-5 (Misbah 38), 257-6 (Hafeez 151)
Bowling figures: Anderson 23-6-51-2, Broad 21-5-43-2, Patel 14-0-54-0, Moeen 14-1-44-1, Rashid 22-3-62-0
Pakistan first innings 234: Misbah 71; Anderson 4-17
England first innings 306: Taylor 74, Malik 4-33
Pakistan won toss
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Drinks - Pak 265-6 (lead by 193)
Rashid giving the ball some air here, but a couple of full tosses release the pressure a little on Pakistan. Time for drinks.
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Sarfraz dropped on 2
Pak 260-6
I say a drop, but that is tough. Very tough. Moeen finds turn, Sarfraz works to leg and James Taylor can't react in time at leg slip. That went quickly to him - those either stick or they don't. No fault attached to the fielder there.
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Matt: I fear the lack of international-class spinner will haunt us for years to come on the subcontinent. We just look plain ordinary. Can anyone tempt Graham Swann out of retirement?
Pak 260-6 (lead by 188)
Spin at both ends with Adil Rashid into the attack. Shafiq, still feeling the effects of that blow to the shoulder from Broad, can't get him away.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"All day tomorrow with 90 overs, I think England can chase 250."
Pak 260-6 (lead by 188)
He's safe. The back foot dragged out but he got it back in time. Smart work from Bairstow, mind. Pakistan not looking comfortable.
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Pak 260-6
A stumping? Sarfraz sweeps at Moeen, misses and Jonny Bairstow whips off the bails. The umpires goes upstairs.
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Theo Bowyer: If Pakistan get around the 250 mark then England are still in the game... They'll have to play Yasir Shah very well though!
Tony: With Hafeez finally gone, if the rest of Pakistan crumble then England can find a way back into the game yet.
Pak 259-6 (Broad 2-43)
That was super captaincy from Cook, giving Moeen a ball that was only seven overs old when the quicks had done the damage so far. Hafeez may have made 151, but he had several lives in that 266-ball knock. Maybe Cook sensed his impatience? Either way, Sarfraz Ahmed is in at number eight - and opens his account with a couple through cover off Broad.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"He was as mad as hell. When the ball was in the air I was looking at Hafeez and he was as mad as hell. They look at Moeen Ali and think he is rubbish and whenever you are going to do that you will get suckered. It was a superb innings but it was a silly shot. He has let England back into this game."
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Hafeez c Bell b Moeen 151 (Pak 257-6)
And Moeen works his magic! Then again, that was a gift from Hafeez, who advances down the track and lifts tamely to Ian Bell at long-off. Pakistan are six down and the lead is 185. England back in this game.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"England are striving for wickets which is why there are a few more gaps. They can't let the lead to grow by too much."
Pak 255-5
Shafiq is struggling here. He looks in some pain after patting one back from Moeen - and motions to the dressing room for a tablet. You wouldn't see Ben Stokes doing that...
Pak 255-5
After three overs from Anderson, England turn to the off-spin of Moeen.
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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
"If Misbah-ul-Haq had scored 12 more runs he would have finished his career with five consecutive fifties, which would have been unique."
Pak 255-5 (lead 183)
A rare full one from Broad is driven through cover for four by Shafiq - a shot Michael Vaughan would have been proud of. But the bowler, armed with two slips, a leg gully and a short leg, then pins Shafiq on his left shoulder as he ducks into a bouncer which didn't climb quite as much as he thought. The Pakistan physio trots out, Shafiq does some windmills and everyone else has a breather.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"It's been a great innings. Every run that Hafeez manages to eek out will be on the mind of Jonny Bairstow."
Hafeez 150
Pak 249-5 (lead by 177)
Lovely way to bring up your 150 - a sweet forcing shot through cover point for two off Anderson, who is looking sharp since the interval.
Pak 247-5
Hope for England? The early wicket they craved after lunch has arrived, but I suspect they'll need even more from, their new-ball pairing if they are to keep Pakistan's lead to manageable proportions. The pacers have taken four of the five wickets to fall in this innings, remember. The other was a run-out.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"Misbah-ul-Haq has done fantastically. It is always a tricky job being Pakistan captain and he has united them. He left them than in a better state than he arrived."
Pak 247-5 (lead by 175)
Is that the last we've seen of Misbah? He's been very coy on whether he'll retire after this series - so that may well be his final Test innings. If it is, he's been a good 'un. New man Asad Shafiq, off the mark with a push down the ground, ends the over by fending off another lifter from Broad. It's suddenly a different game.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"Well bowled Stuart Broad. In front of middle and nipped back. You are not going to review that even if you are captain. That was plum. That gives England a bit of a lifeline."
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Misbah lbw Broad 38 (Pak 245-5)
The breakthrough! The ploy works. England make no secret of their intention to pepper Misbah... but it's full from Broad. Misbah, his feet nowhere, is trapped on the crease and is pinned bang in front. Broad doesn't even appeal. He's already halfway to slip in celebration.
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Dan: It hasn't been the England bowlers' fault that we have found ourselves on the back foot in test matches. The Pakistan middle order has been immense with one of them getting at least 70 in every innings. They have been stoic against the seamers and cashed in against spin and shown how to recover from collapses. Well deserved series win I fear.
Pak 245-4 (lead by 173)
Anderson, zinc streaked across his cheekbones and sporting a stylish side parting, errs on the short side too. A bouncer brushes Hafeez's shoulder and another gets the batsman ducking again. But another over without success for England.
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Wayne K: What is it with all England teams? No matter what sport it is, we pick players that are not specialists in a particular position. I can't remember any successes... so let's stop making wrong selections.
Pak 243-4 (Hafeez 147, Misbah 37)
Too leggy again from Broad, who allows Hafeez to get off strike before gifting Misbah four off his hips to a very fine fine-leg. Broad, who has worked up a sweat - and a temper - already, kicks the turf at the end of the over.
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Hans Pickard: So just where is this new "keeper who keeps" going to come from? Counties just as guilty of favouring BATSMEN/keepers.
A Gate: Billings to be given a long stint in the team; he's a good young keeper, blooded in T20 and his batting is getting better.
Mark Thornley: People are being harsh on Buttler thought he was faultless behind the stumps for the Ashes took some great leg side catches.
Pak 238-4 (lead by 166)
Anderson is tighter than Broad as he arrows the ball in on those stumps. Two singles off the over.
Pak 236-4
James Anderson shares the new ball with Broad. What have you got for us, Jimmy?
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Peter: Ah, the old wicketkeeper debate. The selectors realise that the scorebook records runs scored, but not chances missed.
Rob Zabrocky: The cricketing public do not like Jonny Bairstow do they? One mistake and they calling for his dropping, Jos is no better.
Pak 236-4 (lead by 164)
Broad finds enough bounce straight away to hit Misbah on the bottom thumb. After a couple of wild ones down the leg side, Hafeez ducks into a bouncer and the balls cannons off the helmet and over the keeper for four. Eventful.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"Alastair Cook keeps going to Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad and he is going to need to again if they are going to get back into this Test match. The Pakistan lead is starting to get uncomfortable for England now."
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Pak 229-4 (lead by 157)
The England players are back out after lunch. Mohammad Hafeez resumes with a mighty 145 to his name, while captain Misbah-ul-Has has strolled his way to 31. The new ball has been taken - and Stuart Broad has it.
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Silent Wolf: I fear Pakistan have enough runs on the board already.
Ali Raza: I can't believe English fans are giving up on their team so easily. Missed chances, yes! but lead hasn't got out of hands yet!!!
The Spurs Report: Cricket is a complex game but sometimes problems are simple: no front-line spinner, no chance of beating Pakistan on road.
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Thanks Stephan. Good to know you're not going hungry. But pickings have been slim for England so far today - just the one wicket, and a nigthwatchman at that. What lies in store this afternoon? With the new ball due, how long before James Anderson and Stuart Broad are fresh enough to have another go? All will be revealed soon...
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I'm off for a bit, with plans for a second breakfast. Here's Justin Goulding.
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Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special
"It's not done yet for England, but Pakistan are batting their way into a very good position in this Test match."
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James Hobbs: I'm told that my grandfather (who died in 1965) always loved Tom Graveney and the way he played, and although I never saw him play, he was a kind of link to my grandfather.
Tom Graveney tribute
Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"I liked batting with him - he was very easy to bat with. He was regarded as a top player, a really top player. Facts and figures take you so far - Tom's were pretty good. If you really want to analyse players you have to look at conditions, the pitches, the attacks they faced.
"He was brilliant on uncovered pitches because he had a good technique. He was a top batsman."
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Tom Graveney tribute
Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"Tom Graveney was my idol when I was a boy - and I was lucky that I batted with my boyhood idol.
"It was the style. He could play front foot, back foot - and what he did he did effortlessly, gracefully, effortless timing. And he never lost that. He had a gift for looking elegant all the time - and his cover drive was extra special."
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Matt Roller: Love people advocating Read or Ben Brown being selected for averaging 50 in County Cricket ahead of Bairstow whose average was 92.
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
"He was quite forthright and was very strong about chuckers. He had this thing about Charlie Griffith and a story about a beamer at Headingley. Because of that experience, he was always very strong about bowlers with questionable actions."
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Jonathan Agnew
BBC Test Match Special
"Tom was very much his own man, but he was a gentleman. There were times in his career when he spoke for himself too.
"In that golden age of batting - Cowdrey, May, Dexter - Tom had style and elegance. The move to Worcestershire, with the backdrop of that cathedral, suited his style of play."
Tom Graveney tribute
BBC Radio Test Match Special
On Test Match Special now, listen to a tribute to former England batsman Tom Graveney, who died on Tuesday at the age of 88.
One of the most elegant players of his generation, Graveney played 79 Tests for England, scoring 11 centuries and averaging 44.38.
He scored more than 47,793 first-class runs - including 122 hundreds - in a career that stretched from 1948 to 1972 and included spells at Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Queensland.
After retiring, he became a BBC commentator and served as the 200th president of the MCC in 2005.
Lunch report
Mohammad Hafeez's unbeaten 145 helped Pakistan extend their lead over England to 157 by lunch on day four of the third Test in Sharjah.
Resuming on 146-3, Pakistan lost only nightwatchman Rahat Ali to James Anderson in the morning session as they reached 229-4.
Unbeaten on 97 overnight, Hafeez survived an England lbw review off the first ball of the morning and saw Jonny Bairstow miss a stumping in the same Adil Rashid over.
He was also put down by Stuart Broad low in his follow through on 113, but thereafter was untroubled as he and captain Misbah-ul-Haq, who is 31 not out, added an unbroken 77 for the fifth wicket.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"The new ball will be taken after lunch and in that first hour they need to get three or four quick wickets to create some panic in the Pakistan team. You can say England have not had the luck but it's also about skill levels. When you miss a stumping like Johnny Bairstow did in the first over that's not luck, that's the keeper not reading the googly. Hafeez has gone some way to making sure Pakistan win this series."
Lunch scorecard
Pakistan 229-4 (81 overs) - lead by 157
Batsmen: Hafeez 145*, Misbah 30*
Fall of wickets: 101-1 (Azhar 34), 105 (Shoaib 0), 146-3 (Younus 14), 152-4 (Rahat 0)
Bowling figures: Anderson 20-6-45-2, Broad 16-5-27-1, Patel 14-0-54-0, Moeen 11-1-40-0, Rashid 20-2-58-0
Pakistan first innings 234: Misbah 71; Anderson 4-17
England first innings 306: Taylor 74, Malik 4-33
Pakistan won toss
Full scorecard
Lunch
Pak 229-4
That's lunch, the end of a session that's gone about as well as could be expected for Pakistan. The only wicket that has fallen has been that of the nightwatchman and the lead has been pushed to 157. England have missed a stumping, dropped a catch and seen an edge fly through the slips. When the new ball comes after lunch, Alastair Cook will be ordering a pint in the last-chance saloon.
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Peter Stephens: Team selection. It's pretty obvious that you pick the best five batsmen, the best wicketkeeper, the best all - rounder and the four best bowlers. Just work out the number of runs conceded over the years by picking all - rounder wicketkeepers. Wrong selection policy or wrong selectors?
Pak 228-4 (new ball available)
Rashid stays round the wicket for what will be the penultimate over before the break. The new ball will be due after this one, but I doubt England will take it until Broad and Anderson have put their feet up. That picture of Sachin Tendular looms behind Misbah, the India great not looking unlike Kim Jong-un. Rashid almost produces a rare maiden, only for a final-ball single to ruin it.
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Andrew Murfitt: Got to give credit to Hafeez, daddy hundred in the second innings to take the game away from England.
Pak 227-4 (lead by 155)
Excellent detail from you Mark, taking the trouble to include your flight number. It's the mundane stuff that cheers us up. Moeen and his magnificent beard, Hafeez and his neat stubble. The ball is fired in, but Hafeez defends around his front pad. Nothing to see here. England haven't bowled a maiden in their last 13 overs.
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Oli: I wonder if the England selectors have ever considered calling up Ben Brown as a genuine wicketkeeper. Has been solid behind the stumps and had a serious average with the bat last season too. Its about time a keeper is selected due to his glove work and not whether they play for one of the recognised 'bigger counties'.
Mark Stansfield on BA0372 to Toulouse: Bring back Chris Read for the SA series? Averaged 50 with the bat, Notts player of the year (again) and faultless with the gloves as always.
Pak 226-4 (78 overs)
Rashid comes round the wicket to Misbah - new threat or the cricketing equivalent of waving the white flag? It might the former, especially when Rashid gets one to rip past Misbah's grope. The next ball, though, is a half-tracker. That, right there, is England's spinners in microcosm. There are just under 10 minutes until lunch. The new ball will be due just before the break.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"Tours like this have to be a massive learning curve for the team but more so for the individuals. When you go back to your room write down a few things which you need to do to improve. You can have the memory banks but writing something has more substance. A little black book of a different type or a diary."
Pak 225-4 (last 10 overs 40-0)
You could say that this pitch has settled, not quite as many snakes in the pit as day one. However, you can't help but think that Yasir Shah will have the ball hissing and spitting later in the day. England's bowlers aren't getting it in the right place often enough to reap the benefits of the assistance on offer. Moeen twinkles in, Misbah and Hafeez take a single apiece.
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Pak 223-4 (lead by 151)
It's not as if England can draw any inspiration from their surroundings. The sun is burning with oppression, the bowl-like stadium gives nothing more than seats are almost exclusively empty. The noise that does come is from a handful of Pakistan fans. A rare Misbah error sees him a miss a sweep shot, with Rashid's delivery ending up at slip. That's as noteworthy as it's been in the last half hour.
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dukkhaboy: If England have Moeen and Stokes at 6 and 7 then we don't need a keeper who bats we can pick a keeper who keeps.
Harvey Satterthwaite: Bairstow isn't quite up to it in Tests unfortunately. Be it batting or keeping.
Pak 221-4
Pakistan are defending in comfort and taking advantage of the regular opportunities to score. It's not that the spinners are constantly wayward, it's just the threat is too low and the chances to keep the score ticking are too high. At the moment - and things could change with a couple of wickets - England seem set for a 2-0 defeat. I'd say that would be a pretty harsh scoreline.
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Mark Goodrich: All looking very comfortable for Pakistan at the moment. This partnership will be where match gets away from England.
Chris Mitchell: Fair to say this Test is done. Fine effort by England but just not good enough. Lack of a decent spinner the real difference.
Pak 215-4 (partnership 63)
Rashid continues with some all-sorts. Occasionally too short, occasionally too full, the crouching Misbah waiting behind a thigh pad the size of a mattress and turning through the leg side. It's all gone very flat for England in the last half an hour or so. They new ball is due in six overs, so just either side of lunch. England will need it to sing concerto.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"The spinners haven't bowled well and given control. They are the best we have so the real energy involved is that England work with them to make them better."
Pak 211-4 (lead by 139)
Moeen Ali gets his first roll of the day, effectively relegated to third-choice spinner. England now have Jos Buttler on as sub fielder. I'm sure of the logic of having a keeper doing that job when you have one of the world's most electric fielders, Chris Jordan, not doing a great deal. Moeen round the wicket, Misbah sweeping. England missed two opportunities and saw an edge fly through the slips earlier on. Now a chance is an endangered species.
'Are you mad?' Pietersen on day-night Tests
Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has derided the idea of day-night Test cricket, accusing administrators of "messing with the greatness" of the five-day game.
Australia and New Zealand will contest the first day-night Test under lights in Adelaide from 27 November to try out a concept designed to boost crowds.
Pietersen, 35, told the BBC World Service's Stumped he was "not a fan".
"Test cricket is the pinnacle," he said. "Wickets change at night. Who wants to see a new ball at certain grounds around the world at 8 o'clock at night under lights? Are you mad?"
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Pak 206-4
It's right that England would be back in with a sniff if they can get two quick ones, but those wickets don't look like coming. The other problem is Misbah, who spies a loopy one from Rashid and, with a one-kneed swing of the bat, puts the leather over the straight boundary for six. How many is too many for England? Even if they take the last six wickets for 60 runs, they'll be chasing 200.
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Michael Blakey: Bairstow stumping - seem to remember Buttler missing a straightforward stumping in the Windies which cost us the match too.
Rachel T: At least we're getting chances - come on people, think positive! Two more wickets and we're right back in it!
Pak 198-4 (lead by 126)
Quite flat is the right way to describe England and I'm sure there's a smattering of fans to lift them like there was earlier in the series. Patels whirs in, inducing a misjudgement from the poking Misbah. All in all, though, England's spinners are generally too short.
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Ramiz Raja
Ex-Pakistan captain on BBC Test Match Special
"England's initial burst seems to have subsided and in the last half hour they seem to have been quite flat."
Pak 197-4 (Rashid 15-2-42-0)
Misbah has what he wants - spin from both ends. Broad off, Rashid on. A curious time for England, who don't know whether to stick or twist. Save runs, or take wickets? They need to do both. They opt for an in-out field, with scouts posted to count the unpopulated seats and two catchers round the bat. Too short from Rashid and easy for Misbah.
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Jim, Bucks: Fine margins in this Test series and if England lose I think they can justifiably say they've not had the rub of the green with three lost tosses, the end to the first Test and that Shafeez review yesterday. Yes, there have been errors like that session in Dubai and the missed stumping but, overall, I think we've played pretty well throughout. Hopefully can still get the series draw.
Pak 193-4 (lead by 121)
Yep, runs flowing more easily now, demonstrated by Hafeez skipping down to loft Patel over mid-on for four. England chatter, Bairstow trying to keep spirits high from behind his white gumshield. However, in a middle-of-the-desert empty stadium, this match is slowly slipping through their fingers. They need something to happen.
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Carl Carritt: Buttler fails all summer with the bat, gets chance after chance. Bairstow fails with the gloves in one innings, knives are out.
Pak 186-4 (Hafeez 124, Misbah 10)
James Taylor takes a helluva blow at short leg, Misbah pulling a Broad delivery straight on to the helmet of the ducking England fielder. Taylor, perhaps toughened up by being the shortest kid at school, doesn't even flinch, simply nodding back at the Pakistan skipper. From that first 45 minutes or so when England created chances, batting is now looking much more straightforward.
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Pak 185-4 (lead by 113)
Anderson is withdrawn after drinks, replaced by the left-arm tweak of Samit Patel. This is where we'd usually expect Misbah to up the tempo and, sure enough, he's immediately on the sweep for a couple. On the boundary, Chris Jordan heads to the nets. Why don't England have him on as sub for Ben Stokes? A poor delivery from Patel is cut for for by Hafeez, almost taking the head of James Anderson at slip. I'm sure you've noticed that both Rashid and Patel have bowled before Moeen Ali this morning.
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Ramiz Raja
Ex-Pakistan captain on BBC Test Match Special
"It's Hafeez v England at the moment. He has been the powerful player this morning. England have bowled well and chances have been created but missed."
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Pakistan 178-4 (66 overs) - lead by 106
Batsmen: Hafeez 119*, Misbah 6*
Fall of wickets: 101-1 (Azhar 34), 105 (Shoaib 0), 146-3 (Younus 14), 152-4 (Rahat 0)
Bowling figures: Anderson 20-5-45-2, Broad 15-5-25-1, Patel 11-0-40-0, Moeen 6-1-25-0, Rashid 14-2-38-0
Pakistan first innings 234: Misbah 71; Anderson 4-17
England first innings 306: Taylor 74, Malik 4-33
Pakistan won toss
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Pak 179-4 (Hafeez 119, Misbah 6)
England a little desperate here, Broad appealing against Hafeez when it wouldn't have hit a second set. Anderson, at gully, blows his cheeks out like a man who has suffered a severe injustice. I can tell you that you haven't, James. In the desert heat, England have a few hands on hips, some dropped heads. Now is not the time to dip. If they don't strike soon, this match will be gone.
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Brian Jeffrey: Buttler and Bairstow are great young cricketers but their glovework has cost England dearly this year. It's time to select the best wicketkeeper irrespective of his batting ability.
Pak 178-4 (lead by 106)
Misbah is also so laid back as to not really raise an eyebrow when he almost put Hafeez on the barbecue. A short single, Hafeez having to dive to get in, Misbah wandering up the pitch with the dreamy air of Luna Lovegood. What's all the fuss about? Anderson gets through his sixth of the morning, his threat diminished. The new ball is 15 overs away, so might soon be saved for that.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"Misbah-ul-Haq has been the glue for Pakistan all series. If England could get one of these two out then something could happen but we have thought that all series."
Pak 177-4 (64 overs)
I'd like to see Misbah hooked up to an electrocardiogram, just to see if his heart is still beating. The man just doesn't seem to ever get stressed. He probably doesn't even worry when Mrs Misbah takes his credit card to the shops. The defensive stroke he plays to Stuart Broad is in slow motion, with the pose then held for an eternity. He's the rock that England must remove to win this Test.
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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
"The last time England got a wicket with a stumping was Mumbai in 2012, when Matt Prior stumped India's Cheteshwar Pujara off Graeme Swann. They have gone 37 Tests without a stumping."
Pak 175-4 (lead by 103)
Broad banged the turf with his right hand after the chance went down, a bit like the tantrum of a child in a shopping centre. As Hafeez, who I'm asking to pick my lottery numbers tonight, again edgily takes Anderson for four through third man, Pakistan's lead goes to 100. Alastair Cook has an open-mouthed look of frustration on his face, while Anderson is a bulldog chewing a wasp.
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"That was a tough, tough chance, a big tall man on his follow through. He fancied catching that. No luck for England this morning. They have bowled well. You just have to hang in."
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Pak 170-4
You're kidding. Mohammad 'more lives than a cat' Hafeez has now been put down by Stuart Broad. It's tough for Broad, in his follow-through, diving low to his left with one hand. It's very catchable, though, and a chance England probably need to take if they are going to win this match. Mohammad Hafeez is now roughly 114-5 on his own.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"This pitch is not getting worse. Nothing has jumped, nothing has squatted along the deck."
Pak 170-4
Is this bad luck, or a bad plan? Stuart Broad is summoned and, from his first ball, Hafeez is jamming an edge to second slip. Only problem is, England haven't got a second slip. They have a first and third slip, who look at each other and wave to the ball as it passes between them. I'm never entirely sure of the logic of splitting slip fielders. This morning, Hafeez could have been stumped, caught in the slips and survived a good lbw shout. That's to go with his two lives yesterday...
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"The confidence that would have given Adil Rashid - first over, Hafeez stumped. You would be up and buzzing and all the confidence comes flooding back to you. It was a big miss. On such things are Test matches won and lost."
Pak 166-4 (Hafeez 109, Misbah 4)
Anderson's reverse-hoop continues to threaten, Hafeez only saved from a big leg-before shout by an inside edge. As Jonny Bairstow, the culprit from earlier, waits open-mouthed behind the stumps, Hafeez takes one on the off side. With Misbah on strike, Anderson sets the trap for a the short ball with a look of some frustration on his face. Misbah, as ever, has the deadest of dead bats.
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Paddy Emmerson: Dropping Butler for Bairstow looking even more like the wrong decision. Dropped catch & missing a simple stumping.
Matthew Vernon: Does that missed stumping prove that Buttler wasn't just there to not make runs? Can be just as important taking wickets.
Pak 165-4 (lead by 93)
On the whole, Rashid has been pretty good today and has probably been the pick of the England spinners in the second innings. Bar that one short ball in his previous over, he's mainly got it full with decent flight, landing both his leg-breaks and googlies. Ah. As I write that, he drags one down and is pulled for four by Misbah. You could say it's a commentator's curse, but it's not like I've crept up behind him and tickled him, is it?
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Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician
"Mohammad Hafeez scored five centuries in his first 38 Tests. In his last nine, he has scored four centuries and averages just under 77."
Pak 160-4 (Anderson 17-6-38-2)
Have you managed to keep up? If you're still little bleary-eyed, we've had a missed stumping, a wicket, a hundred and a very good lbw shout this morning. If it carries on like this we'll be done by tonight. Anderson isn't exclusively full to Misbah, also trying out the Pakistan skipper with a short ball. If the rest of the series is anything to go by, Misbah will have very little interest in attacking Anderson.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"Rashid has caused problems. He should have had a wicket but that's his first poor ball."
Pak 160-4 (lead by 88)
Hafeez is now looking more certain against Rashid, helped by the fact that the leggie is dragging it down. Back and across, cut for for four. When he gets it fuller, with a bit of loop, Rashid rags it past the outside edge. There's Rashid's short Test career in one over. One shocking delivery, one rozzer.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"Pakistan should be saying to themselves, 'Let's see off Anderson and Broad'. We must bat till tea. Say they score 150 till tea - they're only going to be 230 on. They've got to bat well."
Pak 154-4 (lead by 82)
The luck Sir G is referring to is the not only the reprieve Hafeez had this morning, but also the two he had yesterday. Given out caught behind on two, Hafeez got the decision over-turned. He was also dropped by Bairstow on 11, a very tough chance. Anderson is make a ball this 56-over-old ball talk, reverse-swinging it in to this pair of right-handers. Hafeez may have a century to his name, but he's completely confused around off stump.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"A bit lucky? He's been a lot lucky this morning. If I was the captain I'd be saying to him, 'You've got to stay in, you've got to get to 150'."
100 for Mohammad Hafeez
Pak 153-4
Well batted, Mohammad Hafeez. After looking very nervous this morning, Hafeez complete his ninth Test ton with a sweep off Adil Rashid. Noise from the few Pakistan fans inside the ground, a handshake from new batsman and captain Misbah-ul-Haq, a raise of the bat then a kiss of the turf. He's done a wonderful job for his team, a trio of sixes and some eye-catching strokes through the off side. The hosts need much more from him, though.
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"No problem. Nip it back - he's not going to play them. It were wasted on thee, lad, as Fred Trueman used to say."
WICKET
Rahat b Anderson 0 (Pak 152-4)
Bowled him! Not the one that England wanted, but the obstacle of the nightwatchman is out of the way. It's nothing out of the ordinary from James Anderson, just targeting the top of off stump, but the lead-footed Rahat plays a curious back-away defensive stroke that is as solid as a poppadom.
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PtheP: Never mind the vertically challenged Corsican! "England expects that every man will do his duty" - Horatio 'the Full' Nelson.
Pak 152-3
Bairstow looks a little sheepish, like the little boy embarrassed to be caught with his hand in the cookie jar. Anderson, whites pristinely pressed like an ice-cream man at the start of his rounds, is immediately into the groove. Line and length. Hafeez, looking strangely more comfortable against pace, takes a single on the off side to move to 99...
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Michael S-J: I can't believe Bairstow has just missed that stumping. Would have put England firmly on top.
Pak 151-3
James Anderson shares duties in a spin-swing combo. After all that, Hafeez is only two runs from a hundred.
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Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special
"What a dramatic first over. If the game carries on like this, we're in for some fun."
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"That's a big miss from Bairstow. Hafeez is a long way down; that's a straightforward stumping. He should be able to read the googly from Rashid from keeping to him many, many times before."
Missed stumping
Pak 151-3
All happening. Mohammad Hafeez should have been stumped by a long, long way, but Jonny Bairstow has missed it. Looking for ton, Hafeez dances down and doesn't pick Rashid's googly. Neither, though, does Bairstow - Rashid's county colleague, remember. He's slow to move from the off side to the leg and doesn't even get a glove on it. There's also time for Rashid mis-fielding off his own bowling and then an appeal against Rahat Ali.
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Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special
"Even if he hadn't nicked that I think he would have been given not out anyway."
Pak 146-3
What a big moment. It has just, and I mean just, pitched outside leg stump. It didn't look like that on first glance, but Simon Mann had it right. It was a leggie from Rashid and would have hit the stumps, but you can't be out if it pitches outside leg...
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Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special
"It must have pitched outside leg stump..."
Umpire review
Pak 146-3
Lots of replays looking for an inside edge. Doesn't seem to be one. Has it pitched in line?
Umpire review
Pak 146-3
First ball! Rashid often begins with a little straight-oner and Hafeez hasn't read it. Push forward, hit on the pad. Big appeal, turned down. England waste no time in reviewing...
Pak 146-3 (lead by 74)
The England players are jogging to the middle in front of empty seats and under a cloudless sky. They are wearing black armbands in memory of Tom Graveney. Adil Rashid has the ball and is rubbing his hands in the dirt. Hafeez is on strike with an in-out field.
'We need a good first hour'
England all-rounder Samit Patel, who took 2-85 and made 42 in the first innings, on Sky Sports: "It's finely balanced. We need to have a good first hour this morning - two more wickets this morning and they could be in a bit of trouble. But let's not look too far ahead.
"It's great to be back. I try and play cricket with a smile on my face. If I got a game it was a bonus, and try and take the opportunity - I'm here to try and impress."
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England's first task this morning will be to get rid of Mohammad Hafeez, who slept on 97 not out, on the verge of his ninth Test hundred.
He's in the company of nightwatchman Rahat Ali, will danger still to come in the shape of Misbah-ul-Haq, Asad Shafiq and Sarfraz Ahmed.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"England have to be batting before tea today. If they are batting after tea it will be a number around 240-250 - that's a big chase on this wicket. If England are chasing 225 or under, then they've got a really good chance.
"When we saw the pitch on day one, I didn't think we'd get to day four. Yes, it's rough, Yes, there are a few more footholes. But the 'posh' part of the surface - the middle bit - is OK. There is still spin, there is the odd ball that is bouncing, there is reverse swing."
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English cricket is also remembering former Test batsman Tom Graveney, who died yesterday aged 88.
Graveney played 79 Tests for England, averaging 44.38 and scoring 11 hundreds. He also plundered 47,793 first-class runs.
After retiring, he became a BBC commentator and served as the 200th president of the MCC in 2005.
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Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special
"England can't just think Anderson and Broad will get all seven. The spinners will have to come to the party."
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Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special
"Broad and Anderson need to get a couple of quick wickets, otherwise it could run away from them."
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Geoffrey Boycott
Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special
"I still think there's a good chance of a team winning it - and I favour England. There's a good chance of winning, not any chance. It's better than every side getting 500. Runs are hard-earned and when you get runs it means a lot."
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Moon: Freezing again in Slovakia, once more I hold hope for England to chase 180...
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So what do you think? England to charge on the fourth morning, or Pakistan to bat the tourists into submission? How impressed were you by Broad and Anderson last night? How disappointing was the performance of the spin bowlers? Also, as we began with Napoleon, I welcome any creativity in mentioning historical figures in a cricketing context. Text 81111, tweet using the hashtag #bbccricket or email tms@bbc.co.uk.
Start-of-play scorecard
Pakistan 146-3 (53 overs) - lead by 74
Batsmen: Hafeez 97*, Rahat 0*
Fall of wickets: 101-1 (Azhar 34), 105 (Shoaib 0), 146-3 (Younus 14)
Bowling figures: Anderson 14-5-36-1, Broad 12-4-19-1, Patel 11-0-40-0, Moeen 6-1-25-0, Rashid 10-2-25-0
Pakistan first innings 234: Misbah 71; Anderson 4-17
England first innings 306: Taylor 74, Bairstow 43, Patel 42; Malik 4-33, Yasir 3-99
Pakistan won toss
Full scorecard
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Which is where we begin today. Can England take the early wickets that will limit their fourth-innings chase to something manageable? Or will Pakistan bat themselves out of sight on a pitch likely to be ideal for bag-of-tricks leg-spinner Yasir Shah?
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And deliver they did, each with a tireless, lung-busting spell on the third evening of the third and final Test against Pakistan in Sharjah.
Just as Pakistan looked like getting away to a position that would win them a series, Broad and Anderson (Branderson?) followed a comedy run out with a wicket apiece.
Pakistan 146-3, a lead of 74. England in the hunt.
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See, when England's pace pair might have reasonably expected a trio of spin bowlers to do the business on a raging bunsen burner (turner), they were treated to to a plethora of full tosses and long hops.
England's premier pace pair, without the injured Ben Stokes to call on as back-up, were called upon to deliver once more.
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"If you want a thing done well, do it yourself."
The words of the great French military leader Napoleon Bonaparte.
I doubt that Napoleon was a cricket man (although some people believe the great game originated in France), but he may well have identified with the efforts of Stuart Broad and James Anderson.