Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician

That last boundary brought up the fifty partnership from 105 balls with six fours.

Phil Tufnell
Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

Pakistan are almost now waiting for it to happen where before they were making it happen. They might have gone slightly on the defensive a bit early.

Faheem Ashraf works his way through another over, with Jos Buttler and Dom Bess calmly working singles here and there.

Well, that is until Jos Buttler pulls and the man down on the boundary leaps over the ball, rather than cutting it off. Four!

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Kash in Halesowen: In reply to Zak from Burnley. A British Pakistani here as well, the Pakistani squad aren't fasting, you can clearly see them a having drinks, tea or lunch throughout this Test match. A professional cricketer won't fast during a game, outside the matches they will however.

Andrew Samson
BBC Test Match Special statistician

Pakistan have only beaten England by an innings three times, twice in Lahore and once in Leeds, in 1987.

A flick off the hips brings Jos Buttler a single, before Dom Bess leaves and blocks his way through the rest of Mohammad Amir's over.

Dave in Altrincham: Reliving Headingley 81 ... Buttler and Bess ... the new Botham and Dilley?

Close - but it's through the slips and away for four!

Dom Bess goes with hard hands at a wide delivery, and gets the ball up and over second slip and through to the third man boundary. That's a better shot, though, a cover drive flying away for four!

It's been a period of relative calm for England since tea.

Faheem Ashraf is going to continue - theoretically, there's 27 overs left today.

Charlie Whitting: When was the last time the team losing by an innings also had the match’s top scoring batsman?

Anyone...?

Mohammad Amir grunts as he gets to the top of his mark, wheeling his way through a very tidy maiden over.

And here is Mohammad Amir, replacing Mohammad Abbas...

LutonEye: Strauss came in on a ticket of turning us into a white ball cricket force and not worrying about Test cricket. This shambles is the result. We do ok in T20 and ODIs and are embarrassing at Test level.

Good pick up and throw from Azhar Ali, lurking at cover, as Jos Buttler comes charging through for a single, but he was home safe.

Mohammad Amir is cranking himself up in the outfield...

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

Jos Buttler has played orthodox, he doesn't just play the reverse sweeps and the ramps, he can play.

Another fine sliding stop on the boundary, this time from Hasan Ali, keeps Jos Buttler to just two from his latest back foot drive.

Mohammad Abbas sticks out a hand and cuts off a Buttler straight drive, before he swings one in to the batsman and Buttler just about avoids getting castled.

Sam Ottley: Root is a brilliant player. But since he's been captain, we've lost a Test to a poor West Indies. Been butchered in Austraia and NZ. And now face a home series defeat to Pakistan!

Sean Grogan: This is what happens when you show no faith in your bowlers and decide to bat first.

Could England force this into a fourth day?

A little flick from Jos Buttler adds another two to the total

Michael Vaughan
Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

Pakistan's fielding unit has looked fitter, more energised, agile, things I never thought I would be saying.

Swish and a miss from Dom Bess, before he guides the ball down towards third man to jog a single.

Runs! A hearty drive from Jos Buttler just avoids the diving man at cover and goes rumbling towards the boundary, where two fielders keep it to three.