Summary

  • Woakes takes five wickets; has 11 in the match

  • Moeen removes Younus and Misbah

  • First innings: Pakistan 339ao, England 272ao

  1. My cricketing Saturday...published at 12:52 British Summer Time 16 July 2016

    My cricketing Saturday is preparing my garden for a bbq for 120 members of the Verbier Festival Orchestra here in the Alps. Won’t be getting much of the cricket today, but should be a fun evening.

    Alan

  2. Pak 39-1 (Masood 20, Azhar 16)published at 12:51

    Woakes gets look at right-hander Azhar, moving the ball away both in the air and down the slope. In the posh seats, Imran Khan and Wasim Akram are locked in conversation. Even in the whistle and flutes, they look like they could make the new ball (and old ball) sing. Enough to give a batsman nightmares.

  3. Postpublished at 12:48 British Summer Time 16 July 2016

    Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    It's just simple little things. There's been nice intensity by England's seamers. Broad has done well, Ball bowled really well with height, enough pace and movement. It's just the discipline and patience. If you don't get the ball in the right areas you can score comfortably. There's not been enough balls in that corridor outside off stump.

  4. Pak 39-1 (lead by 106)published at 12:47

    Masood is getting miles across his stumps, really exposing that leg peg. England need the spirit of Craig White to Brian Lara, circa 2000. Finn takes a tumble to the ground in his follow-through, Masood showing a straight bat in defence. Threat definitely diminished. 

  5. Postpublished at 12:43 British Summer Time 16 July 2016

    Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    Chris Woakes appeals for the wicket of Shan MasoodImage source, Reuters

    I think it was high, and might have pitched outside leg stump. It's always those two to think about with a left-hander.

  6. Pak 36-1published at 12:42

    Woakes finally comes on second change, the crowd cheering when the ball ends in the hands of short leg Gary Ballance, but that's only off Masood's thigh pad. When the left-hander tucks one of his hips to the square leg boundary, the lead goes past 100. Another shout for leg before, but that's too high. England need something before the break. 

  7. Postpublished at 12:38 British Summer Time 16 July 2016

    Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    It was much better rhythm from Finn. I watch him running up and it didn't look like he was running through treacle that over. There was a fluency about his bowling.

  8. Pak 30-1 (lead by 97)published at 12:36

    Steven Finn, probably bowling for his place in the side, on first change as the sun just dips behind a cloud. Down the slope, angling the ball into right-hander Azhar, who's looked more accomplished at three than opener Masood. Two slips, Azhar getting a controlled edge to third man for four. Chris Woakes, anyone?

  9. Postpublished at 12:33 British Summer Time 16 July 2016

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    In the next 30 minutes England need a breakthrough or two. It's been a decent partnership since that first wicket. It's taken the sting out of it for England.

  10. Pak 26-1 (lead by 93)published at 12:31

    I'm still reeling from the sight of that bloke with the leopard print sartorials. He looked like an extra in an Austin Powers film. Ball gets one to nip back to Masood and asks the question, but that's pitched outside leg. And again. Half an hour or so to go until lunch. 

  11. Postpublished at 12:29 British Summer Time 16 July 2016

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    It's been fantastic cricket, really exciting. It's been pretty much everything you hope from a Test match. Skill levels, dropped chances, leg-spin, great strokeplay, bad strokeplay. Pakistan are the favourites but it's very close indeed.

  12. Pak 22-1 (Masood 11, Azhar 10)published at 12:27

    Masood shuffles across, exposing leg stump, as the England fielders chatter encouragement to bowler Broad. In the crowd, a chap puts a newspaper on his head to shield himself from the sun. On the wireless this morning, Danny Baker was trying to say putting a cabbage leaf on your head keeps you cool. He's winding me up, right? Elsewhere, another chap wears a leopard print blazer with matching tie. Seriously, what is he thinking?

  13. Postpublished at 12:24 British Summer Time 16 July 2016

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    That's perfect bowling from the Nursery End to a batsmen who hasn't played much cricket here. I used to fall over a lot to one side, but I was advised to get a big heavy earring!

  14. Pak 19-1 (lead by 86)published at 12:22

    Jake Ball in action for EnglandImage source, Reuters

    Ball has seen something in Azhar Ali, perhaps a heavy head which leads to some overbalancing. Delivering that yorker from a great height, Ball almost has Azhar's toes in trouble again. Like Masood, though, Azhar is happy to whip through mid-wicket for four.

  15. get involved

    Mistaken identitypublished at 12:20 British Summer Time 16 July 2016

    tms@bbc.co.uk

    My wife was on a school skiing holiday many years ago when she was introduced to a group of people by one of her friends on the trip. One of the group simply said 'hi, I'm Jimmy' so my wife smiled, shook hands and made small talk for a few minutes before rejoining the crowd who looked at her aghast. They then went on to explain that she had just been speaking to Jimmy Adams, recently retired West Indies captain!

    Chris Brooks

  16. Pak 14-1 (lead by 81)published at 12:18

    Shan Masood, jittery around off stump, looks more interested when he can whip the ball off his pads. It looks good when he takes Broad through mid-wicket for four, but don't rule out an lbw from the one that he misses. Broad back over the wicket for right-hander Azhar, who moves the small white boards that pretend to be sightscreens. Lord's - brilliant ground, terrible sightscreens. 

  17. get involved

    Mistaken identitypublished at 12:15 British Summer Time 16 July 2016

    tms@bbc.co.uk

    Once asked Malcolm Marshall for an autograph when he played for Natal... only problem was the guy I asked wasn't Marshall, he was one of the groundsmen.

    Marc Christensen

  18. Pak 7-1 (lead by 74)published at 12:14

    A general view of play on day threeImage source, Getty Images

    Excitement in the crowd when Ball spears a yorker in at Azhar, but that's going down the leg side. Great passage of Test cricket, this. Spectators invested in the action. If Pakistan get through, they have the whip hand. England need wickets and they are striving to get them. Don't go anywhere.

  19. Postpublished at 12:12 British Summer Time 16 July 2016

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Looking at Masood, where are his shots, his power coming from? He doesn't have any kind of pace in his batting. It looks like his mindset is one of survival. It's not a great mindset to take out to bat.

  20. Pak 7-1published at 12:10

    Broad, blond and lanky, is round the wicket to Masood, exploring the off stump. In the crowd, a chap in a blue T-shirt dips into a picnic hamper as a big as a coffin. Why do cricket spectators always carry enough food to last them a week? More uncertainty from Masood, who almost inside edges on to his stumps. At the moment, he looks more nervous than Piglet on a blustery day.