Summary

  • Azhar 18*, Sohail 21* at close

  • Stokes drops Sohail on 16

  • England 184: Cook 70, Stokes 38

  • England lost last 5 wkts for 16 runs

  • Abbas 4-23, Hasan 4-51

  • England won toss; two-Test series

  1. Postpublished at 18:41 British Summer Time 24 May 2018

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    I would have batted, it was a dry surface underneath. In a county match two weeks ago 420 was scored. You can give the excuse that the captain could have bowled first but the fact is the England batting line-up has under performed again. It's like the start of a new school year. Last year was a C minus, when they had the ability to be B plus or A minus.

  2. Postpublished at 18:41 British Summer Time 24 May 2018

    Did Joe Root make the right call at the toss?

    I wonder if Adelaide was in the back of his mind - bowling first and then watching his bowlers waste the new ball. But these were such different conditions, and Pakistan's top order were fragile against Ireland...

  3. Postpublished at 18:40 British Summer Time 24 May 2018

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    It isn't the style of wicket to throw the hands of the ball. Give Pakistan a huge amount of credit for dangling the carrot. Stoneman has not scored any runs for Surrey and gets bowled because his hands go towards the ball.

  4. Postpublished at 18:39 British Summer Time 24 May 2018

    Alastair Cook was the top scorer for England with 70.

    Only three other batsmen reached double figures - Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler.

  5. Postpublished at 18:37 British Summer Time 24 May 2018

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    Pakistan are in a really strong position.

  6. Postpublished at 18:35 British Summer Time 24 May 2018

    Phil Tufnell
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Pakistan much better in course management, as the golfers would say. They have done it better than England without a better.

  7. get involved

    If England were a type of food...published at 18:35 British Summer Time 24 May 2018

    Text 81111

    A full English - most opponents have them for breakfast these days.

    Andy, Maidenhead

    Strawberries. Start fresh but soon go off.

    Vic Reid, Barrow in Furness

    Month old herring - rank and gutless.

    Keith, Cambs

  8. Close of play - Pak 50-1published at 18:33 British Summer Time 24 May 2018

    Trail by 134 runs

    A tidy final over from Ben Stokes, but it's easily negotiated by Pakistan and that, folks, is that.

    A superb day's cricket from Pakistan and some absolute codswallop on show from England.

  9. Postpublished at 18:31 British Summer Time 24 May 2018

    It'll be Ben Stokes to bowl the final over of the day. Six overs lost...

  10. Pak 50-1published at 22 overs

    This is only Dom Bess' 17th first-class game. A remarkable achievement.

    He gives the ball some flight and Haris Sohail taps his bat down. He gives himself a few sighters before slapping a slightly wide delivery away for a boundary. Bess shakes his head as he wanders back to his fielding position.

  11. Postpublished at 18:27 British Summer Time 24 May 2018

    Phil Tufnell
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    I don't even remember my first two deliveries at the MCG so Bess is doing well.

  12. Postpublished at 18:25 British Summer Time 24 May 2018

    Dom Bess, on his Test debut, is coming on for a bowl!

  13. Postpublished at 18:25 British Summer Time 24 May 2018

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport at Lord's

    The good doctor has been on something of a journey. Previously batting on the edge of the Coronation Garden, he has been moved into the shadow of the new Warner Stand.

    Grace statueImage source, BBC Sport
  14. Pak 46-1published at 21 overs

    Just five minutes remaining at Lord's. It's got a very sedate feel to proceedings.

    Mark Wood tries to liven things up with an 88mph delivery that Azhar Ali thumps away for a couple.

  15. get involved

    If England were a type of food...published at 18:21 British Summer Time 24 May 2018

    #bbccricket

    A ripe banana. Can rely on it for 1 day but useless over 5 days.

    Gords, London

    England as a food? A gravy sandwich. Looks tasty but really is a mess waiting to happen.

    Ted in Hull

    A packet of crisps that's been sat in the cupboard slightly open. Tasteless and a very awful texture.

    James, Pocklington

  16. Pak 43-1published at 20 overs

    Ben Stokes, perhaps keen to make amends for that drop, comes firing in.

    Azhar Ali tries to drive him this way and that but can't get it away. A maiden.

  17. Postpublished at 18:18 British Summer Time 24 May 2018

    Phil Tufnell
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Those situations are always difficult because your eyes follow where the batsman intended to hit it and then suddenly you get a thick leading edge coming at you. That's why Stokes flung a hand at it, but it would have gone straight into the old bread basket of Malan.

    Ben StokesImage source, Getty Images
  18. dropped catch

    Sohail dropped on 16published at 19 overs

    Pak 43-1

    Oh! Ben Stokes has shelled a chance - and that was an easy take!

    Now, I think Stokes has done Mark Wood over, here. The edge was heading straight towards second slip, which is Dawid Malan, and Stokes launched himself in front of Malan, arm outstretched, and dropped it. He apologises straight away, to both Wood and Malan.

  19. Pak 43-1published at 18.5 overs

    Joe Root is plonking on the helmet and going in at what my collegue has described as "a short leg that's not quite as short as normal". We're very technical.

    Anyway, no sooner has Root gone in than Azhar Ali clips a single away. Mark Wood responds with a delivery that thuds into Sohail Haris' pads, but is too high to trouble the umpire.

    Mark WoodImage source, Reuters
  20. get involved

    If England were a type of food...published at 18:11 British Summer Time 24 May 2018

    Text 81111

    Fish & chips - good on paper.

    Anon

    Simply offal.

    Matt P, The Toon

    A plum duff.

    James T, Hants