Rain & bad light - no play
No play possible on day three
Rain, bad light and wet outfield
Pakistan 223-9: Rizwan 60*
England lead three-Test series 1-0
Second Test, day three, Ageas Bowl
We're going to leave it there, on what has been an incredibly frustrating day.
Matt Henry's report from the bubble is here.
The day's big news is that MS Dhoni has announced his retirement. It seems to be from international cricket, with Indian media reporting he'll play in this year's IPL. You can read more about that here.
We'll see you at 10:45 tomorrow.
When play does restart Pakistan will be 223-9 with wicketkeeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan on 60 not out. They'll be looking to add some crucial runs to put England under pressure.
As I've just said, England will need to bat deep or at least get parity or they could lose this Test.
We've not had any cricket to show you today but you can catch up with highlights from the first two days below.
Matt is hoping for better weather tomorrow and this is the forecast.
There is apparently "a gentle breeze" - we might need more than that to dry the outfield or an 11am start may be optimistic.
Fingers crossed we see some cricket, though. If England get bowled out cheaply they can still lose this game.
Matthew Henry
BBC Sport at the Ageas Bowl
That is that on a miserable, frustrating day. There's no argument it's too dark now and it's raining too.
But it wasn't earlier. For me we should have had some play.
Here's hoping for better tomorrow but it still might not be enough for a result.
There has been an air of inevitability about that since 11am this morning.
It has never felt like we were going to get out there and play cricket today.
As we expected the umpires have called stumps on day three.
We've not had a single ball today which means we've had just 86 overs out of 270 in the first three days of this game.
The umpires are out inspecting and they have umbrellas up.
We could get stumps any minute.
It's raining at the Ageas Bowl...
The umpires will take another look in just over half an hour.
That may be to call stumps for the day - it seems unlikely the outfield is going to dry in these dark skies.
The umpires have just done their 16:15 BST inspection and the outfield is still too wet and the light has deteriorated so we won't be seeing play any time soon.
The light has deteriorated so much that it is worse than yesterday when we went off so our chances of seeing any play today are very slim.
Matthew Henry
BBC Sport at the Ageas Bowl
The light is closing in now. It feels like our window for play has gone.
Matthew Henry
BBC Sport at the Ageas Bowl
Grrrr.
The result of the inspection is there’ll be another inspection at 16:15 BST.
The light is closing in again too.
The umpires have said the outfield is still extremely well so they will take another look in half an hour.
Here are some of the numbers behind MS Dhoni's international career.
Just remarkable.
Image source, BBC SportThe umpires are outside doing the inspection/speaking to the groundsman.
There are only two people on the outfield...
Matthew Henry
BBC Sport at the Ageas Bowl
It hasn’t been raining for a good hour now and there are some very slow efforts to mop up under way.
We’re told the light is still an issue but I find that hard to understand. It seems perfectly playable.
Granted, I can’t tell how wet the outfield is but it feels like with a bit more urgency we could be a lot closer to playing.
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The umpires will have another look in around 40 minutes.
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The covers are starting to come off.
Progress.
The umpires are out in the middle having a look...