Daniel Norcross
BBC Test Match Special

England are getting through their overs quickly which is commendable. But you may wonder the logic of it.

Joe Root hurries through another over and Shan Masood comes charging through for a quick single, forcing a fumble out of Jofra Archer at mid-off.

That's nonsense from Root though, drifting down the leg side, and it is dispatched with pleasing ease by Babar Azam.

Isa Guha
Ex-England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

Buttler had a clear view, it just hits him on the shoulder. Another missed opportunity. Huge frustration.

Oh! Shan Masood should be on his way!

This is quite bad from Jos Buttler. Masood advances, deciding to go for a bit of a heave-ho down the ground, misses, and although it hurries on to Buttler, he has bags of time to whip the bails off. Instead, the ball catches him on the shoulder, and Masood can scramble home.

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Joe Root isn't one to mess around. He's through his over in the blink of an eye.

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Azhar Mahmood
Former Pakistan all-rounder on Test Match Special

Babar and Shan have rotated the strike well. They've put pressure on the bowlers, being right and left-handed. It isn't easy for bowlers to adjust their lines.

If I was Root and I'd be told I couldn't use my quick bowlers, I'd have gone off. But then, I am a bit sulky.

Still, there's turn for Dom Bess, a slighty slower delivery spinning into to Shan Masood, and he wheels through a maiden.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Emirates Old Trafford

Do England actually want to be bowling spin at the moment? If they can't bowl the quicks, would they rather be off the field? There are two possible reasons. 1. It might brighten up. 2. They might think they can burgle one and if they can't, they just bring a quick on in the knowledge that will end the day.

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Jofra can bowl a bit of spin, can't he?

Isa Guha
Ex-England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

Babar Azam almost hit it too hard. It would have been a good reaction catch from Burns.

Hello! Good field, this, and Joe Root almost gets a skew-whiff Babar Azam caught by Rory Burns at leg slip.

Babar decides he wants to take a quick single, and Shan Masood sees off the rest of the over.

And here is Joe Root.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Emirates Old Trafford

Root is getting loose.

Because cricket has to make no sense. I think it's in the laws somewhere.

Big ol' shout for lbw against Shan Masood to end the over. Going down the leg side, maybe? England opt against the review.

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It is, unsurprisingly, a little easier for Babar Azam to deal with Dom Bess. A quick single brings Shan Masood - who was dropped off Bess' bowling a little earlier - on strike.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport at Emirates Old Trafford

Chris Woakes was going to bowl before the umpires intervened. I wouldn't be surprised if Joe Root ends up coming on at Jofra's end...

I swear, it was sunny 30 minutes ago. You know, when they were all waiting to come back out and play for no real reason.

Cricket. Making no sense since forever.

Isa Guha
Ex-England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

Joe Root does not look happy.