Summary

  • England drop five catches

  • Babar retired hurt on 68

  • Shafiq 59, Shadab 52, Azhar 50

  • Three wickets for Stokes & Anderson

  • First Test of two-match series

  1. Postpublished at 14:06 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport at Lord's

    No moving during the over. Quite a post-lunch queue to return to the stands.

    Fans at Lord'sImage source, BBC Sport
  2. Pak 151-3published at 56 overs

    Shafiq 35, Babar 16

    As is almost obligatory, the batsman quickly hits the bowler who has just had a catch dropped off his bowling for four. Cook has left the field, hopefully that dropped catch only damaged his spirits, not his hand. He is replaced by a substitute fielder with a haircut reminiscent of Peter Cook in the first series of Blackadder.

  3. Postpublished at 14:06 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    Dan Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    That was devilishly difficult.

  4. Postpublished at 14:05 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    Waqar Younis
    Former Pakistan pace bowler

    The ball was going downwards. It just hit the fingertips.

  5. dropped catch

    Babar dropped on 10published at 55.2 overs

    And there it was. It was a tough one, dipping to Cook and it barely carried to his right at first slip. But we have to get the dropped catch graphic out and Babar gets a reprieve, to the obvious alarm of bowler Anderson.

  6. Pak 145-3published at 55 overs

    Trail by 39

    There are certain characters on this keyboard that seem reluctant to work so apologies in advance, the q and the 4 are particularly bd...and the a isn't great either it would appear. Another steady over from Broad, he is close to 88mph but England still waiting for a chance.

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    Is English domestic structure damaging Test team?published at 13:55 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

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    Andy Flower's assessment of how the county game hinders England's Test side is spot on. But he's not saying anything we haven't known for years - particular his observations about spin and fast bowling. The question is "when is the ECB finally going to listen and make the progressive changes that will overcome these problems?" We've waited too long, and the pace of change has been glacial.

    Mark in London

  8. Pak 142-3published at 54 overs

    Shafiq 33, Babar 9

    I do like the way Geoffrey has padlocked his case in that previous picture, I wonder what he keeps in there? Anderson is timed around 81mph, which gives you approximately 0.540 seconds to react according to the new toy they have on the TV. Steady stuff but no alarms for the batsmen.

  9. Postpublished at 13:49 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport at Lord's

    The hat tells you who the bag belongs to.

    BagImage source, BBC Sport
  10. Pak 140-3published at 53 overs

    Trail by 44

    Broad from the Pavilion End, he is the second most productive Test bowler at Lord's with 78 wickets to date. He has three slips waiting patiently for a chance. Some movement off the seam and it beats Babar's edge, but unfortunately for England, makes no contact with it.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 13:44 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

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    Pork pies, sausage rolls and pints? We'd dream of those at Headingley. Just dish water and bowls of dirt up here.

    Flynn

  12. Pak 140-3published at 52 overs

    Shafiq 32, Babar 8

    Still overcast in north London and there is a collective groan from the crowd as an edge from Shafiq pitches just in front of the diving Dawid Malan at second slip. Shafiq then collects his third four with a stylish back-foot punch.

  13. Postpublished at 13:40 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    Well Jimmy is the most successful bowler at Lord's and he needs another nine wickets to reach 100 in Tests at the ground. It will be him to resume the attack after lunch from the Nursery End.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 13:40 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    #bbccricket

    Jon Hollis: There are a maximum of 137 more wickets that England could take this summer. If Jimmy Anderson can polish off 32 of them then he'll overtake Glenn McGrath's record for the most test match wicket taken by a fast bowler.

  15. Postpublished at 13:40 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    It's all happening in the world of sport, McIlroy surging ahead at Wentworth, the Monaco Grand Prix taking place this weekend, the richest game in football with Villa against Fulham at Wembley on Saturday and Liverpool taking on Real Madrid in the ultimate game in football, the Champions League final. All the best to those of you taking exams while all this top level sport is taking place, it's hard enough keeping up with it all for those us without that to contend with.

  16. 'A risk of torrential rain - on Sunday'published at 13:39 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    For those of you planning to come to the Home of Cricket this weekend, here's BBC Weather's Simon King with the forecast.

    "Through Saturday, there will be an increasing risk of catching a shower - I'll be keeping an eye on the radar.

    "On Sunday the threat of showers and storms increases further. There is a risk of torrential rain - with lightning. Again it feel very humid.

    "If we need it, it's looking like a dry day on Monday."

  17. Postpublished at 13:37 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    Andy Flower will coach a World XI in a one-off Twenty20 against West Indies at Lord's on 31 May - to help raise funds for the restoration of the cricket grounds in the Caribbean after Hurricanes Irma and Maria last year.

    Fancy watching Chris Gayle, Eoin Morgan and Shahid Afridi, to name but a few? Here are some more details..., externalTickets start at £10. A snip.

  18. Postpublished at 13:34 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    BBC Test Match Special

    Can a coach win the World Cup and the Ashes?

    Acting England director of cricket Andy Flower: "It's asking a lot, there's no doubt. He's got some great staff around him and they've got a really strong management staff. If they're collaborating well, they've got a great chance of doing well next year.

    "The World Cup comes first, so ensuring that we've got a great chance to do well in that would be the first step. But England and Australia fans place great emphasis on the Ashes, and we certainly won't be taking our eye off that."

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    Get Involvedpublished at 13:29 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

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    You can tell it's Lord's: cherry tomatoes, prawns and fizzy white beverages in wine glasses. The staple at Edgbaston is pork pies, sausage rolls and pints.

    Paul, Clent

  20. 'Domestic structure does not help Test side'published at 13:28 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    BBC Test Match Special

    Acting England director of cricket Andy Flower: "One of Strauss' projects is ensuring we win away from home. Can our system produce cricketers that can do that? Absolutely it can.

    "There are too many medium-pacers who are dominating some of the first-class games. We should, in how we structure our domestic competitions, need to replicate conditions that are close to Test-match cricket, when fast bowlers and spinners really come into the game.

    "At the moment we don't do that. If we play early on in the summer and right at the end, we are missing out on the best chance of replicating those conditions."