Summary

  • England end day with 128-run lead

  • Nightwatchman Bess top-scorer with 49

  • Root (45), Malan (28) & Bairstow (21) waste good starts

  • Buttler (34) & Curran (16) the not out batsmen

  • Play began at 14:45 BST, close at 19:30 BST

  • Pakistan 174: Shadab 56, Broad 3-38, Anderson 3-43

  • England trail in two-Test series 1-0

  1. Eng 157-3published at 49 overs

    Bess 21, Malan 6

    Double change as Hasan Ali, who was bowling poorly, is duly replaced by Faheem Ashraf.

    Dom Bess defends the first three with aplomb before clipping through mid-wicket for a single.

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    Get Involved - Cover drivespublished at 15:35 British Summer Time 2 June 2018

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    Best cover drive in English history has to be David Gower, without a shadow of doubt.

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  3. Eng 156-3published at 48 overs

    Trail by 18

    Mohammad Amir has done all he can for now as he is replaced by Mohammad Abbas.

    Ah, that's loose, sent down leg and flicking off the pads to the fence for four leg byes.

  4. Postpublished at 15:32 British Summer Time 2 June 2018

    Not all drives are exquisite though.

    This one undid Joe Root as he nicked Mohammad Amir behind to fall for 45.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 15:31 British Summer Time 2 June 2018

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    Dan Grey: Ian Bell and Michael Vaughan would be my cover drive favourites (15:09). Bell also plays the most aesthetically-pleasing late cut that have ever passed my eyes.

    Here is Dom Bess' entry for your consideration...

  6. Postpublished at 15:31 British Summer Time 2 June 2018

    Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    Get your sweater, lad. That's not good bowling. Amir is bowling really, really well at one end, and runs are leaking from the other.

  7. Eng 151-3published at 47 overs

    Bess 19, Malan 6

    Dawid Malan would like to submit an entry into the best cover drive in English cricket competition.

    Hasan Ali slides it wide and Malan gets forward to crunch it through the covers for four.

    That brings the 150 up for England.

  8. Postpublished at 15:28 British Summer Time 2 June 2018

    Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    He could have swatted that with a frying pan. You can't bowl like that.

    Hasan AliImage source, AFP
  9. Eng 146-3published at 15:28 British Summer Time 2 June 2018

    Shot! Hasan Ali drops back of a length and Dom Bess gets up to punch it through the covers for four.

    Dom BessImage source, Getty Images
  10. Postpublished at 15:26 British Summer Time 2 June 2018

    Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    This is the opportunity for Pakistan with the new batsman there. Malan isn't flowing with ultra confidence and Amir has been bowling well. The captain's done well, too, and put a third slip in. I'd even put a gully in.

    Mohammad AmirImage source, Reuters
  11. Eng 142-3published at 46 overs

    Dom Bess works one off his pads before Dawid Malan continues to feel his way into his innings with a couple of defensive strokes.

  12. Postpublished at 15:24 British Summer Time 2 June 2018

    Dan Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Bess did get an edge on that, and it's bounced a foot in front of Sarfraz.

  13. Eng 141-3published at 45.1 overs

    Eek! Dom Bess edges it behind but it falls short of Sarfraz Ahmed.

    Mohammad Amir continues to pose a real threat.

  14. Postpublished at 15:23 British Summer Time 2 June 2018

    Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    Dom Bess looks a pretty accomplished late order batsman. He plays very well indeed. What England need more than anything is not a Moeen Ali style player who can bat - they need a match-winning spinner.

    Dom BessImage source, Getty Images
  15. Eng 141-3published at 45 overs

    Dom Bess flicks it to square leg for one and Hasan Ali gets a go at new man Dawid Malan.

    He gets one to swing back in late and not too far from off stump before Malan chases a very wide one last up. Play yourself in before trying that!

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    Get Involvedpublished at 15:18 British Summer Time 2 June 2018

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    Patrick Brennan: Well that’s one way for Root to avoid falling between 50 and 100...

    Joe RootImage source, Reuters
  17. Postpublished at 15:18 British Summer Time 2 June 2018

    Vic Marks
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    There's a technical thing with Malan - in Australia the ball bounces more but doesn't move sideways as much, and that seems to suit him. He doesn't get forward that much and he's a bit stiff armed, curiously.

  18. How's stat?!published at 15:18 British Summer Time 2 June 2018

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    Dawid Malan averages 20.07 at home and 35.46 away from home. He's made just two fifties in 10 innings in England.

  19. Eng 140-3published at 44 overs

    Trail by 34

    A brief roar from the Headingley crowd until they remember that although England's number five is coming out, the nightwatchman means it's Dawid Malan and not one of their own Jonny Bairstow.

    Not that they don't cheer Malan too, mind.

    The Middlesex man gets off the mark guiding through backward point for a couple.

  20. Postpublished at 15:15 British Summer Time 2 June 2018

    Vic Marks
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    That's a relief for Pakistan. England had scuttled along in no time, but they've got England's best player out - and one who was scoring pretty freely.

    Mohammad Amir celebratesImage source, Getty Images