Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

That's a good stroke, Ashraf has timed that better than I thought and it's the first boundary of the day.

Too full from Anderson, just shy of yorker length and Faheem jams down on it, timing the ball well enough that it gets through the vacant mid-off region and away for the first boundary of the day.

Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

Patient start here from Pakistan, they haven't played an aggressive shot at all.

Maybe they're adopting a 'we'll do it in singles' approach.

A slight change to the early pattern as Pakistan take two singles from Root's latest.

Faheem is up and running for the day with the second of them and he might have hoped for more after a well-timed on drive. However, Anderson got across well from mid-on to cut it off.

Three overs, three singles so far this morning. Tidy as ever from Anderson, offering the batters nothing.

Given how slow the pitch is now, I fancy both teams might be quite looking forward to the second new ball. We've got another 13 overs before that comes into play though.

Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

Pakistan have a real opportunity to come back into the series.

Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

If I'm Pakistan, I'd be looking to get some runs in this first hour and make it a really difficult decision for Stokes about the new ball.

A single from the last ball of the over, Shakeel able to play on the back foot for the first time and just guides the ball through backward point.

Steady start so far from both sides. The calm before the storm?

It's Joe Root from the other end, trying to turn the ball away form the two left-handers.

And there is a bit of turn first up. Nothing huge but something to encourage England.

Nothing particularly Night Hawkish from Faheem as yet. He pushes at a couple of deliveries but mistimes them to mid-on before letting the last ball of Anderson's over go through to Ollie Pope.

Jonathan Agnew
BBC cricket correspondent on Test Match Special

I wonder if Faheem is a sort of Night Hawk. He might come out and play some shots, maybe take advantage of this first hour.

Shakeel scores the first run of the day, dropping the ball behind square on the off side, into a gap and he is able to amble through for one.

The players are out and it looks like it will be Jimmy Anderson to bowl the first over of the day - you can't argue with that.

Saud Shakeel is on strike, the second new ball is available in 16 overs.

Here we go!

Saud Shakeel is still there for Pakistan, unbeaten on 54, and looks to key to their chances of levelling the series.

He's got Faheem Ashraf for company, Agha Salman is still to come and Mohammad Nawaz is useful with the bat, too, before you really get into the tail.

Basically, there is still a lot of work for England to do!

How big was this moment last night? Joe Root with the catch as ack Leach struck to remove Imam-ul-Haq and break a 108-run stand for the fourth wicket.

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England assistant coach Marcus Trescothick thinks this Test match is "50-50" going into day four.

"We're going into tomorrow with two results possible. It's going to be an exciting time," Trescothick told Test Match Special yesterday.

"We'll know around lunchtime how close it is going to be. We're very confident of what we're going to achieve."

Read more here.

Jimmy Anderson got things started for England with a magical delivery yesterday and this was a pretty remarkable statistic to come up at the end of the day three.

Not bad for someone who can only do it with a swinging ball in cloudy conditions, eh?

What a day of Test cricket we have ahead of us, although in truth I doubt it’ll last as long as that.

Pakistan need 157 runs to level the series at 1-1, England need six wickets to take an unassailable 2-0 lead.

Get ready, folks. This one could go down to the wire!