Summary

  • Innovative England get their reward late on third day

  • Jacks takes three wickets as Pakistan lose four wickets in final session

  • Babar, Imam & Shafique all bring up centuries on attritional third day

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  1. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 65.4 overs

    Shafique c Pope b Jacks 114 (Pak 225-1)

    JacksImage source, Getty Images

    A wicket! Would you believe it?

    It's Will Jacks' first in Tests too and a really smart catch from Ollie Pope behind the stumps. Abdullah Shafique tried to cut a wider ball, just after hitting Jacks to the boundary, but gets a thick edge.

    Finally, a breakthrough.

  2. Pak 221-0published at 65 overs

    Shafique 110, Ul-Haq 109

    My laptop charger has been tidied away while I slept and I'm currently unable to locate it. We could finally have some jeopardy in this Test.

  3. Pak 220-0published at 64 overs

    Is that the type of thing you should be sharing with us, Anthony? I'm not sure if I dare ask more.

    Root tries the bouncer again. Imam-ul-Haq whacks it for four.

  4. get involved

    Times you've slept through something excitingpublished at 05:31 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2022

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    I was asleep when a double-decker bus had its roof ripped off by one of those low bridges. Been banned from driving buses ever since.

    Anthony, Manchester

  5. Pak 214-0published at 63 overs

    Shafique 109, Ul-Haq 103

    And those runs mean this matches' place in history is secure. It's the first time all four openers have hit hundreds in the first innings of a Test.

    It's only the fourth time it has ever happened in first-class cricket. There have been 60,000 matches.

  6. Postpublished at 05:26 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2022

    Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    And there it is! Ul-Haq reaches his third Test century. He's on his knees saying a prayer and is greeted by Shafique.

    The run map shows Imam ul-Haq scored 103 with 1 six, 14 fours, 2 threes, 8 twos, and 19 singles for Pakistan
  7. 100 runs

    100 for Imam-ul-Haqpublished at 62 overs

    ImamImage source, Getty Images

    He gets there this time!

    It's Imam-ul-Haq's third Test hundred. They have all come on this ground.

  8. Pak 206-0published at 61.4 overs

    "Caaaatch," shout England. Imam-ul-Haq clears the fielders... Just.

    That takes him to 99.

  9. Postpublished at 05:22 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2022

    Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    When a wicket is so flat you have to start playing these mind games.

  10. Postpublished at 05:22 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2022

    Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    There's nobody on the leg-side boundary. There's a slip and a gully and Ul-Haq is looking jumpy. Maybe he knows the record is going to be broken?

  11. Pak 204-0published at 61 overs

    Trail by 453

    Somehow that doesn't surprise me.

  12. Postpublished at 05:19 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2022

    Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport chief cricket writer in Rawalpindi

    I fell asleep while my other half was in labour with our second child. It didn't go down well.

  13. Pak 204-0published at 60 overs

    Imam-ul-Haq does look a little nervous now as he stands on the brink of his hundred. One ball is hit in the air. There's a bit of jittery foot movement too. Ben Stokes is toying with him with the field.

  14. get involved

    Times you've slept through something excitingpublished at 05:15 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2022

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    I used to work at Silverstone and I’ve managed to sleep through the Grand Prix on a couple of occasions.

    Anon

  15. Pak 204-0published at 05:13 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2022

    Shafique 105, Ul-Haq 97

    This pitch must make a bowler feel like he's fighting Darth Vader with a toothpick.

    A run-out may be the biggest threat. There's a slight mix-up here but James Anderson's throw is poor.

  16. How's stat?!published at 05:11 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2022

    Andy Zaltzman
    Cricket statistician on BBC Four

    This would be the first Test ever played where all four openers have scored 100.

  17. Pak 201-0published at 58 overs

    Joe Root loses his line and Shafique sweeps to the fence to bring up Pakistan's 200. Both opening partnerships have shared double century stands in this match. It's the first time that has happened in a Test.

  18. Postpublished at 05:04 Greenwich Mean Time 3 December 2022

    Aatif Nawaz
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    ShafiqueImage source, Getty Images

    A brilliant innings by Shafique. That's his second century at this ground and third Test century overall.

  19. 100 runs

    100 for Abdullah Shafiquepublished at 55.5 overs

    And Shafique gets to his hundred a ball later! A fine knock - his third Test century.

    The run map shows Abdullah Shafique scored 100 with 3 sixes, 10 fours, 1 three, 10 twos, and 19 singles for Pakistan