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 12:18 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    Waqar Younis
    Former Pakistan pace bowler

    Stokes is trying too hard, trying too many things. He needs to hit that fourth-stump line.

  2. Pak 101-2published at 40 overs

    Trail by 83 runs

    Four! Gentle hands from Asad Shafiq as he guides Ben Stokes past the slip cordon and away to the third man boundary.

    Stokes then finds some extra zip, the ball carrying through to Jonny Bairstow at head height.

  3. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 12:14 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    Text 81111

    Can't decide which is more likely, my finals paper on Ovid going well or England winning day two. Dire times.

    George in Oxford

  4. Pak 94-2published at 39 overs

    Azhar 42, Shafiq 2

    Asad Shafiq faces up to Mark Wood. He averages 42.61 against England and he made a ton at The Oval two years ago.

    Hello, he's nearly run Azar out! A quick single is called and Azhar Ali has to throw himself to the ground to get home. Dom Bess' shy at the stumps is close, but just misses.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 12:10 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    Text 81111

    Biggest collective sigh of relief reverberating around the office.

    Tracey Warren, Somerset

  6. Postpublished at 12:10 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    The umpires have checked the ball again.

    And what do you know? It's still in perfectly fine shape. As you were.

    Umpires check the condition of the ballImage source, Getty Images
  7. Postpublished at 12:09 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    Waqar Younis
    Former Pakistan pace bowler

    Pakistan played well in the first hour but that one from Wood was just too good a delivery - it landed on the seam and moved away and was on a great length. It opened him up and he had no choice but to nick it.

  8. Pak 91-2published at 38 overs

    Trail by 93

    Ben Stokes carries on after drinks - oh, and Azhar Ali has just clobbered him for four.

    Lovely weighting, Azhar just hopping onto the back foot and guiding the ball down the slope and into the boundary rope. Stuart Broad, fielding at mid-on, is still doing his best to get this ball changed.

  9. Postpublished at 12:06 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport at Lord's

    The readiness of a cricket spectator is quite wonderful. I'm in the Compton Stand, listening to corks pop and catching whiffs of meaty snacks. In the three rows in front of me, I've counted six sets of headphones (one being shared), two sausage rolls and a set of binoculars.

    Two chaps in front of me have just cracked open a bottle of beer and shared in two plastic glasses that they got from The Oval.

    I reckon if you pooled the collective food, drink, clothing, blankets and radios of a Lord's crowd, there would be enough to keep an advancing army moving for six weeks.

  10. drinks break

    Drinks breakpublished at 12:05 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    Pak 87-2

    That'll be drinks, too, which means new man Asad Shafiq has a few minutes of hanging around to do...

  11. Postpublished at 12:04 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    He played nicely. It was a good ball, just a hint of seam movement, and good catch from Bairstow low to his left.

    England needed that breakthrough. If you look at the Pakistan line-up there isn't a great deal of experience, so if England can get another one or two they could bowl them out quite quickly. You've just got to go for the basic approach today.

    Haris SohailImage source, Reuters
  12. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 37 overs

    Sohail c Bairstow b Wood 39 (Pak 87-2)

    Gone! Out of nowhere!

    Haris Sohail dangles his bat out to Mark Wood and gets an edge through to Jonny Bairstow. Wood goes wheeling away in celebration. Clever bit of bowling, that - Wood started off the over going short before finding that fuller length and the edge of the bat.

  13. Pak 87-1published at 36.4 overs

    Surely one of the joys of being captain is that you don't have to field at short leg, which must be the most unpleasant places to be? Fair play to Joe Root. I'd much prefer to be loitering somewhere else.

    A back foot punch from Azhar Ali off Mark Wood adds another few to the total.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 11:58 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    #bbccricket

    Dan Miles: '...it could be 80-5'....Or, they could rattle off 30 runs in the first 6 overs of the day with absolutely no fuss.

  15. Pak 84-1published at 36 overs

    Ben Stokes raps Haris Sohail on the thigh pad, but it's too high for even a half-appeal. It moved back some way, though.

    A maiden.

    Haris SohailImage source, Getty Images
  16. Postpublished at 11:54 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    Another change. Off goes Stuart Broad, and on comes Ben Stokes.

  17. Postpublished at 11:54 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Wood going for the leg-side bouncer, I don't think you go to plan Z in the first hour in these conditions.

  18. Pak 84-1published at 35 overs

    Azhar 34, Sohail 39

    Mark Wood, bowling at just a shade under 90mph, is opting for a quick short ball barrage.

    Joe Root's called for the lid again. He's stationing himself at short leg, just under Azhar Ali's eyeline. Azhar plays a delivery a little edgily, and Ben Stokes at leg slip pulls off a terrific diving stop.

    Joe Root and Mark WoodImage source, Getty Images
  19. How's stat?!published at 11:49 British Summer Time 25 May 2018

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    In the last five years, Jimmy Anderson has taken 27 wickets at an average of 25.2 from the Pavilion End. From the Nursery End, he has 12 wickets at a cost of 16.6.

  20. Pak 84-1published at 34 overs

    Trail by 100

    Another tidy maiden from Stuart Broad, with Haris Sohail more than happy to ignore every tempting, floating delivery.

    As an aside, England's cream kit and bright white jumpers really jar.