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. Watch the five wickets...published at 17:44 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

  2. get involved

    Alam's stance reminds me of...published at 17:41 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

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    Does Fawad Alam's stance remind me of anyone? You mean other than the crab himself, Chanderpaul?

    Dan in Wimbledon

    Shivnarine ChanderpaulImage source, Getty Images

    Surely Peter Willey was the innovator of the bad stance?!

    Andy in Thornton-Cleveleys

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    Get Involvedpublished at 17:38 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

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    Currently arranging various pots and pans to catch the water drips coming through the roof after that downpour. Much like England's slip positionings the drips seem to get through the gaps continuously. Can't get the spacings right!!

    Archie, Winchester

  4. Postpublished at 17:36 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    Bad news I'm afraid, folks.

    The groundstaff are rolling out more covers and covering the bowlers' run-ups again.

    We could be done for the day, I fear.

  5. Postpublished at 17:33 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    Phil Tufnell
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Fawad's stance you could say is a trigger movement. And it's a heck of a trigger movement. If he gets it wrong he's going to get in trouble. I haven't seen a stance like that for a while.

    Fawad Alam stanceImage source, BBC Sport
  6. Postpublished at 17:30 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

    It seems like we're not going to get a resumption in the next few minutes. It must be pretty dark behind the hotel.

  7. Postpublished at 17:27 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    Hmmm, I don't think we're getting a restart any time soon.

    They've stopped the clear-up and the groundstaff and umpires are walking off again.

  8. Postpublished at 17:26 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    The clear-up is going pretty slowly. The covers covering the bowlers' run-up have been taken away but the ones that come out from the hover cover are still covering at least two or three pitches either side.

    The umpires and the head groundsman are still in dialogue. There are very dark skies on the horizon.

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    Alam's stance reminds of...published at 17:23 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

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    Gary G Knightley: Fawid Alam's stance reminds me of Clayton Lambert from the 90s West Indies team. Mad stance.

    T-Dogg: George Bailey's back to the bowler stance is weirder than anything else I've seen

  10. Postpublished at 17:20 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    The two standing umpires have joined fourth umpire Martin Saggers outside and they are all talking to the groundstaff.

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    Alam's stance reminds me of...published at 17:18 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

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    Nearest I can get to that stance is Maddie Hinch. Works better for her, though.

    Philip, Kingsbury

    Maddie HinchImage source, Getty Images
  12. Postpublished at 17:16 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at the Ageas Bowl

    The covers are being rolled up. This delay may not be as long as I expected.

  13. Postpublished at 17:14 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    Good news.

    I can see on the TV coverage that the groundstaff have started the clean-up process.

  14. Postpublished at 17:13 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    When play restarts Pakistan's Babar Azam will resume on 25.

    He's prodded at a few outside off stump but he's also looked high class at times.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 17:10 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

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    Adam Gray: Rain is my fault. Finished work, made a cup of tea and was ready to settle down for the final hour or so and the heavens opened. Apologies everyone.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 17:07 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

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    Are you England in disguise?

    Chris, Somerset

  17. Watch Pakistan lose three quick wicketspublished at 17:05 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    England definitely had the better of things after tea, despite an initial quiet spell.

    Here's how Pakistan lost 3-18 in 6.1 overs.

  18. Postpublished at 17:03 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

    It's a steady drizzle rather than the deluge we had at the last rain break.

  19. Postpublished at 17:01 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    The guys in the video team have worked their magic and got us this still of Fawad Alam's stance.

    To say it's unusual would be kind.

    Does it remind of you anyone? Let us know using #bbccricket on Twitter or by texting 81111.

    Fawad Alam's stanceImage source, BBC Sport
  20. Postpublished at 16:59 British Summer Time 13 August 2020

    Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at the Ageas Bowl

    I just nipped back to my room from the TMS box and got a nasty shock at how grey it is looking out the back of the ground. It’s bleak.