Summary

  • Broad, Stokes & Woakes take two wickets each as Pakistan close on 137-8

  • England bowled out for 219 - conceding first-innings lead of 107

  • Pope top-scores with 62 as six wickets fall to leg-spin

  • First Test, day three, Emirates Old Trafford

  • Watch Today at the Test at 19:00 BST

Live Reporting

Amy Lofthouse and Kal Sajad

  1. Top stuff, Amy.

    An intriguing session first up on day three at Old Trafford. All things considered, England must be pleased with having only lost the one wicket today.

    We’ll have a look back at the best of this morning's play over lunch.

  2. I'm off for a bit - it'll be Kal Sajad to see you through to tea.

  3. Azhar Mahmood
    Former Pakistan all-rounder on Test Match Special

    Pakistan are in control. They just need to get the wicket of Buttler.

  4. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

    It's marginally been England's morning but Pakistan are in the best position of this Test match.

  5. Lunch: Eng 159-5

    Trail by 167; Buttler 38, Woakes 15

    An absorbing morning session, and one England have done well to get out of with just one loss.

  6. Eng 159-5

    One more ball for Jos Buttler to see out...

  7. This should be the last over before lunch.

  8. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

    It's brightened up a bit now. We're in a situation where we could even turn the floodlights off.

  9. Eng 158-5

    A couple of loose deliveries from Yasir Shah are pounced on by England, before his final ball spins and bounces high up on Mohammad Rizwan behind the stumps. He probably needs to be a touch fuller than he is right now.

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    Everyone seems to forget that Buttler isn't in the team to bat at 62-4 after less than 20 overs. If the top order did their job and set up a platform, then he could flourish. How many times did Adam Gilchrist, widely regarded as perhaps the best aggressive wicketkeeper batsman ever, come in with not many on the board?

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  11. Azhar Mahmood
    Former Pakistan all-rounder on Test Match Special

    I have worked so much with Shaheen Afridi when I was bowling coach. He's a competitor and a thinker.

  12. Eng 156-5

    Trail by 170

    Shot!

    Full, too full, from Shaheen Afridi, and it is carved away gloriously for four by Jos Buttler. Lovely stuff.

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    Fenners: Buttler's missed chances cost us 111 runs, so even a ton from him isn't enough for him to be in credit...

  14. Eng 149-5

    Buttler 31, Woakes 14

    Hmm. Yasir Shah lands his first delivery to Chris Woakes about halfway down the pitch.

    He's milked for a couple of easy singles by Woakes and Jos Buttler, much as he was yesterday.

  15. Azhar Mahmood
    Former Pakistan all-rounder on Test Match Special

    I think Yasir Shah is the key here. The fast bowlers have done their job. He needs to now hit his lengths.

  16. Yasir Shah, who removed Joe Root yesterday, is coming on for his first bowl of the day.

  17. Azhar Mahmood
    Former Pakistan all-rounder on Test Match Special

    Good stride in from Woakes. It was full and wide and he utilised that. An excellent shot.

  18. Eng 147-5

    Trail by 179

    A streaky couple of runs for Chris Woakes as he gets a thick outside edge on Shaheen Afridi's first ball of the restart.

    Oh, that's a shot and a half though! A touch too wide from Shaheen and he's cracked with aplomb through the covers by Woakes for four.

  19. Right, let's try that again.

  20. Well, if nothing else, that break gave me time to make a brew and raid my biscuit tin. Yes, I am the picture of health.