BBC Sport @ BBCSport 8m8 minutes ago
WICKET! Joe Root skies a sweep shot off Shah, caught by Hafeez, for 48. England are 118-2.
But before that :-
The captain is past the master. That’s the little master Sunil Gavaskar. Cook overtakes the Indian great’s 9,607 to top the run-scoring list for a Test opener.
Cook is making a habit of emphatically dispatching these wide deliveries. Amir strays on the off side and the captain crunches it through point.
BBC Sport @ BBCSport 1m1 minute ago
WICKET! Yasir Shah traps James Vince LBW on the back foot. He’s gone for 16. England 139-3
Oh and with that we have avoided the follow on…
The collapse is on :-
BBC Sport @ BBCSport 2m2 minutes ago
WICKET! Yasir Shah strikes again! Another LBW, Gary Ballance goes this time, for 6. 147-4.
England Cricket @ englandcricket 23s24 seconds ago
TEA! This is shaping up into an interesting # InvestecTest! England are 153-4 with Cook 75*. # EngvPak
England Cricket @ englandcricket 28s29 seconds ago
Wicket! Cook goes bowled off his inside edge to give Amir his first wicket. A well made 81 and it’s 173-5. # EngvPak
Second test started
England in 89-1 Hales bowled for 10
Lunch England 95-1
Lunch again England 427- 5 root 185 no
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Great stuff from Root.
Double ton & highest test score
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England 589-8 Declared Pakistan 3-0 20 odd overs to end of play
48 - 3. Woohoo!
57-4 at close of play
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Lunch day 3
England 589 - 8 Dec
Pakistan 119 - 8 and on the ropes.
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Why on earth didn’t they enforce the follow on?
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What is the forecast like for the next 2 days?
It’s Manchester, I’ll let you guess!!!
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I said exactly the same bloody thing when I saw the score this morning
Madness over 300 runs in front just got to bowl the buggers out again.
And for what?? Pakistan already had a record run chase just to get England to bat again. Yeah I know they wanted to give the bowlers a rest but they’d hardly done much work during the day.
Bizarre decision all around…