Summary

  • Pakistan slip from 78-1 to 120-5

  • Abid 60 - dropped on 1 & 21

  • Two wickets for Anderson

  • Babar 25*, Azhar 20

  • Alam 0 - playing first Test for 11 years

  • Only 45.4 overs bowled

  • Second Test, day one, Ageas Bowl

  • Pakistan won toss; Eng 1-0 up in series

  1. How's stat?!published at 12:45 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    Since 2018 England have taken 73% of their slip catching chances. Only Bangladesh have a lower percentage. Pakistan have taken 89% of their chances since 2017.

  2. Pak 62-1published at 23 overs

    That's a horrible waft by Azhar Ali.

    It's short and wide by James Anderson and it should really be crashed to the fence but Azhar plays at it with an angled bat rather than a hard straight bat and just aimlessly wafts at it.

  3. Postpublished at 12:43 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    It's difficult being Matt, if you didn't know...

  4. Postpublished at 12:43 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at the Ageas Bowl

    It seems rooms with a pitch-view balcony were reserved for those who have played international cricket for this match.

    Sharing a name with the New Zealand fast bowler wasn’t enough for me to make the cut.

    Instead, I’ve been given a socially-distanced desk in the TMS box.

    Ageas Bowl
  5. Postpublished at 12:41 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    Mark Ramprakash
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    Woakes has not been at his best by the exceptionally high standards England have set. He has been a fraction short.

  6. Pak 62-1published at 22 overs

    Chris Woakes is struggling for a consistent line today I think. He's been a bit leggy a few times, including twice in this over.

    He's bowled six on the bounce now. That might be his last and we'll see Stuart Broad or a bit of spin from Dom Bess before lunch.

  7. Postpublished at 12:39 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    I'm sure many people reading this live have experienced this pain and felt incredibly sorry for Abid Ali.

    Or... you were all laughing like the fielders and Pakistan camp.

  8. Postpublished at 12:35 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    Fifty partnership from 110 balls.

  9. Pak 56-1published at 21 overs

    That's a lovely shot from Azhar Ali as he stands tall and drives square for his first boundary.

    It brings up the fifty partnership between these two as well. They've done really well because England bowled well first up this morning.

  10. Postpublished at 12:32 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    James Anderson, who took the wicket of Shan Masood earlier, is coming back on to replace Sam Curran.

  11. Postpublished at 12:31 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    Mark Ramprakash
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    Bess has an important part to play, I thought he did quite well at Old Trafford. Two years ago against India the man of the match was Moeen Ali so you can take wickets here.

  12. Pak 51-1published at 20 overs

    There's only been one maiden in the last 12 overs. That's something that will frustrate England as they often speak about control and locking the other side down.

    Chris Woakes finishes his fifth over with an absolute beauty as he shapes one from middle stump past the outside edge of a prodding Azhar Ali.

  13. Postpublished at 12:28 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at the Ageas Bowl

    I was here at the ground for the ODI matches against Ireland earlier this month. In that series, music was still played after boundaries or wickets. Not today. It's eerily quiet as the ball runs to the rope.

  14. Pak 49-1published at 19 overs

    Umpire Michael Gough has a chat with Sam Curran for encroaching on the danger area. It's not an official warning yet, just a pointer than he's getting a little close.

    Pakistan great Wasim Akram isn't happy with that on the TV coverage. He thinks Curran was fine and Gough was being over zealous towards a young bowler.

    Abid Ali looks beautifully balanced as he flicks through mid-wicket for three.

  15. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 12:24 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    #bbccricket

    Peter Robinson: Our slip catching is running my day on the beach in Mykonos.

  16. Postpublished at 12:22 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    An unusual technique, lying flat on your tummy.

  17. Pak 45-1published at 18 overs

    Abid Ali takes a single off the final ball to keep the strike.

  18. Postpublished at 12:21 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    Abid Ali has taken a deep breath and we're ready to go again.

  19. Postpublished at 12:20 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    Azhar Mahmood
    Former Pakistan all-rounder on Test Match Special

    Everybody laughs except the batsman.

  20. ouch!

    Pak 43-1published at 17.3 overs

    Abid Ali needs a moment here.

    He's down on his haunches, literally face down, after Chris Woakes hits him in the delicate area.

    On comes the laughing physio.