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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Live Reporting

Matthew Henry, Um-E-Aymen Babar and Tom Mallows

  1. Pak 474-5

    Trail by 183

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    That was Jacks' 30th over. It may well be the most he's ever bowled in an innings. He's been pretty good today.

  2. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

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    On wickets like this you have to look wait for batters to make a mistake and that's what happened there.

  3. Agha Salman, a 29-year-old right-hander playing his third Test, is the new batter. Ben Stokes is going into ultra-attacking mode like he's playing a computer game.

  4. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    It was short and that's the false stroke you look for. No mistake from Leach and that's good reward for plugging away.

    He's a very charismatic batter who has entertained us all today.

    The run map shows Babar Azam scored 136 with 1 six, 19 fours, 2 threes, 10 twos, and 28 singles for Pakistan
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    WICKET

    Babar c Leach b Jacks 136 (Pak 473-5)

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    Babar is out. I repeat. Babar is out.

    The Pakistan captain has just plopped a catch into the hands of Jack Leach at point on the cut. It's a boost for England late in the day. A fine knock ends much earlier than Babar wanted it to.

  6. Pak 473-4

    Trail by 184

    Is it nice? They're hardly pulling me in.

    Jimmy Anderson would have less polite words to say about this pitch than palatable. No joy here.

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    Re 123 overs, there's a place in Wythenshawe called Palatable Pizza.

    Pete

  8. Pak 473-4

    Babar 136, Rizwan 29

    If Babar gets any less than 250 here I'll be surprised. Joe Root tries to get the ball to turn but it just won't budge. It goes straight onto the middle of Babar's bat and then away to mid-wicket where it's sent back by a ball boy.

  9. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

    Anderson has got to bowl full to encourage the ball to swing and it was an easy one for Babar to put away.

  10. Pak 468-4

    Babar 132, Rizwan 28

    Don't worry, Emil. There's no need to feel down.

  11. Times you slept through something

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    When I was in the Navy I slept through a whole Village People concert. It had been a surprise appearance for the platoon when we docked in Southampton. I was so gutted to have missed it the lads called me YMSleepay for the next 5 years.

    Emil, Stroud

  12. The fan with the orange sign has his wish.

    Here's Jimmy Anderson. If anyone is going to find reverse swing...

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  13. Pak 461-4

    Are any pub landlords reading this (122 overs)? I want answers.

  14. Alex Hartley
    Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Robinson is taking pace off and bowling slower balls. He's got to the stage where he is bowling like he would in a white-ball game - a slow ball, a yorker and then a fast ball, because they have tried to keep it simple but it is not working.

  15. Pak 458-4

    Trail by 199

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    Hygienic biriyani? I think he might need to find a better way to sell it.

    It's like pubs that advertise 'Good Food'. I've never understood that. A thesaurus isn't expensive.

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    Fenners: Bet England are regretting not going in with 10 spinners for this game...

  17. Pak 456-4

    Trail by 201

    Andy Zaltzman's keyboard will be worn out at the end of this Test. It's been an endless stream of record-breaking stats.

  18. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Cricket statistician on Test Match Special

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    All the top six players in the first innings have reached 20 and it's only the third time in Test history that has happened.

  19. Pak 452-4

    Babar 123, Rizwan 22

    Ollie Robinson is looking increasingly red in the face. It's probably a mixture of tiredness and frustration at the surface.

    We'll probably squeeze in another hour of play before the light fades.

  20. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Cricket statistician on Test Match Special

    Rizwan a big challenge for Jacks. He averages 150 against spin.