How Pakistan won the thrilling second Test

Can England win in Sharjah if they don't win the toss?

"It's starting to look like they can't. But they lost the toss in Abu Dhabi and nearly won the game. The bowlers have bowled well on this trip, the batting group has to help them out."

"Batting over 130 overs in the fourth innings will boost them. The fact that Adil Rashid batted for 172 balls, the way Mark Wood batted... it hurts you when you get blasted out for 50 by Mitchell Johnson, but they can take positives from here."

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More from England captain Alistair Cook on Sky Sports: "I seemed to have been involved in a few of these. It is not easy watching. It is frustrating. Full credit to the way the boys batted today. We showed character but the third morning cost us. We are doing a lot of good things. Nine of the 10 days we're fairly even for me.

"You always think that it is never over. Mark Wood and Jimmy are capable so it wasn't impossible. Some good things have come out of this but we shouldn't have been in that position. Whether it is naivety not to knuckle down knowing Wahab can only bowl six or seven in a spell.

"I am proud of my fitness. Yesterday I had a sore groin that hampered me. Maybe these days in the heat have taken their toll. I should be OK for the third Test.

"Moeen [Ali] didn't quite get it right with the ball. Sometimes when you are expected to turn it and take wickets you try too hard and force it. He will be disappointed. We are lucky we have a six-man attack to share the load.

"Jos [Buttler] is going through a tough time. This is what happens in international cricket, that someone is struggling."

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"Stuart Broad - I know he's my mate, but this is the best I've seen him bat for 18 months to two years, since he's got hit against India. I see positive signs with the bat - Mark Wood was brilliant, he's got such good technique against spin."

Paul Johns: So Pakistan won the second Test with 6.3 overs to spare. Can England use those overs to finish off the first Test please?

Former Surrey, Notts, Middlesex and Kent batsman Scott Newman: Again this shows players inability to play spin. Probably due to the fact that there is not enough exposure against spin in county cricket.

What an image this is, it shows the pressure the England batsmen were under in the middle.

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Ian Probert: Can England please stop being 'valiant losers' and try being 'really mean and heartless winners'.

Matthew Jordan: Where's Collingwood when you need him?

Hashim in Leeds: Geoffrey, as much as I respect him, his comments about the Pakistan side are unfair. You have to give credit where it is due. Plenty of teams have lost here. They can't be all that bad.

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Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq: "You have to give credit to the opposition. They played very well on the last day against two really good spinners. They showed character. Overall, the spinners bowled well, under pressure. When we needed the breakthrough they kept their nerve.

"It was tough in the first innings, but in the second I got in and things started to go well. It is tough when you are not playing competitive cricket for a long time and then coming back to perform."

On batsman Younus Khan: "It is all about discipline and belief. When he goes in he does so with a purpose. No matter what situation, he is always there to perform. He is a great role model."

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England captain Alastair Cook: "The morning of day three has cost us this game. To be that many at the end of the day cost us. In these conditions you can't afford to have those two or three hours. But the character we have shown today... we are disappointed not to get over the line.

"These are a fantastic bunch of players. The lower order showed a lot of character. I was half hoping the umpires would give us the light with nine overs to go to even it up from the first Test.

"We will dust ourselves off. It will be a great last Test."

Team changes for Sharjah?

"Buttler has to go, his keeping's not great and he's dropping catches. Bairstow will have to keep, and James Taylor would have played all three Tests if I were chairman of selectors. You can't go on with Moeen Ali up front, even if he gets 100 next match, he's not an opener. You can either do it or you can't, he should be batting at seven or eight. I don't know if Hales is an opening bat, he's the one they've picked. Get Taylor in, and if Bell has to go, he has to go. We can't keep waiting for him to get a hundred, but I don't think they have the courage to drop him."

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Adil Rashid batted for 239 minutes in that second innings - more than anyone else in the England team. Has be shown he could be a future option at number six for England?

"When you fancy beating a side on a dry surface which doesn't help Anderson and Broad, it's difficult when you keep collapsing. Anderson and Broad can bowl sides out at grounds like Edgbaston and Nottingham when it swings, they've bowled very well here but aren't going to really hurt you. We haven't got any other matchwinning bowlers, so when Cook and Root don't get scores, it's difficult for us to win."

What about Pakistan?

"If you look at their side, it's not a great side. They have batsmen who you'd like a bowl against - Jimmy Anderson could get their opener [Shan Masood] out with an orange. The left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar bowled two magic balls today, but normally he's ordinary. The best bowler is Yasir Shah, eight wickets in the match on a very good cricket pitch. If they'd had a good batting side, England might have got out of this easily."

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Man of the match Wahab Riaz, who took three wickets to reduce England from 206-3 to 216-6 in their first innings: "It was a very important spell. Everyone was putting a lot of effort in. This game is crucial for us. I always try to do well and perform for my country. The management keep me focused and push me. Credit goes to them."

Interesting from Geoffrey - he's basically saying England have just four world-class performers. It's hard to disagree.

What goes through your mind when you see a ball tossed up like that when you're trying to save the game?

"It's like a natural push-drive. Someone like me would kill it, as they can't win unless they get you out. Runs are meaningless. That's what Cook thinks and why he can bat for so long. He's a kid, he's going to make mistakes and his batting's not disciplined. But the best side won - Michael's been saying England threw it away on the third morning, Andrew's said they have had 17 collapses in 24 Test matches and if you keep doing that, you will keep losing matches. Brutally, we have two top-class bowlers in Anderson and Broad, and two top-class batsmen in Cook and Root. Do we get a level of performance from the rest? No."

Alex Haworth: So annoyed with Rashid. I'd have accepted losing his wicket to a good delivery but don't give us all that hope then do that.

Tom Rigler: Great innings by Rashid, so close to being the hero. But surely Ali can't be opening in the next Test and Buttler keeping?

"Rashid has had two Test matches - bowled poorly, then bowled great, played a stupid shot in the first innings and then played splendidly. But he was left with Anderson for six or seven overs - he'd done the hard work, on comes the leg-spinner and he creams it to cover. Do you blame him? Yes, it was a poor shot - but no, because he played splendidly in his second Test. He's an unusual character but he'll get over this, just like he got over his nought for plenty and then got his five wickets."

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How many times will Adil Rashid think about that shot in the next few days? He'll be mortified - but he shouldn't be. I'd go as far to say he picked the leg-spinner better than anyone else in the team.

Zubair Nizami: Re Geoffrey Boycott's comment "it must have hit a brick" - What does Geoffrey have against Zulfiqar Babar? Lay off him! He bowled really well! Pick on someone else!

"Stokes had the same fault he had in the first innings - playing the ball away from his body, tentatively poking at it. Somebody should be filming these and telling him his back foot should be further over so there's no gap between bat and body. He's talented, the lad, but it's raw technique that's needed. Broad did great, he got bounced by the quicks but fought his corner and got out to a tremendous yorker which just tailed at the end. No disgrace, it was a crackerjack ball."

"Root looks a class act, he plays beautifully, and Bairstow worked hard with him - he did pick the googly but he tried to play it at right angles, missed it and was bowled. Buttler comes in, no form at all, he gets a good ball and nicks it - and suddenly three wickets are down."

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So, Pakistan go 1-0 up in the series. For those wondering, the third and final Test of the series begins in Sharjah on 1 November - next Sunday.

"Wonderful game of cricket for the last day of a Test match. It looked like Pakistan would polish England off by mid-afternoon. Root and Bairstow fought hard, then suddenly the left-arm spinner Zulfiqar, who'd looked pretty ordinary, bowls one which turns and he nicks it to slip. It must have hit a brick or something."

Stu in Leicester Square: I really hope England don't become the new 'nearly' men - heroic effort from Rashid!

James Cooper, Halifax: Rashid's a Yorkie - he was going for the win!

"England faced 49 overs after the fall of the seventh wicket, which is the second longest in Test history for the fourth innings."

"Everybody will be telling Adil Rashid not to blame himself, but when he goes back to his room tonight, he'll play that ball 100 times in his sleep and block it."

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Alice Gray: Guess I can write my essay now... oh England, SO CLOSE.

Liam Poss: Great effort by the England lower order. Gutted they couldn't see it through. Things have to change at the top though before SA.

England began the day on 130-3 and, after losing Joe Root in the first hour of the day, the smart money was on a quick end to the match.

Between them, however, England's eight, nine and 10 batted for 309 balls. Herculean stuff.

"If you'd given me a list of likely dismissals for Rashid, I'd have said 'caught cover point' was about 25th favourite."

Matt Lord: Don't blame Rashid too much. Shouldn't have been left for the tailend charlies to save the match in the first place.

Rajapack: Valiant effort by the England tailenders. Rashid did well for his 61 under high pressure conditions.

Richard Bourn: Well played @AdilRashid03 @StuartBroad8 and @MAWood33 Your 'batsmen' colleagues should be ashamed of themselves.

"Adil Rashid has been magnificent all afternoon but it was one moment of madness which cost him. A couple of balls earlier he turned down a run, so to play that shot he just had one of those moments. There'll be no consoling him in the dressing room. He'll be gutted."

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Kevin Ticehurst: There was no NEED for that Adil Rashid. But you can't fault his resilience.

Blues Club Over 31's: Well done Pakistan, to win a Test you need to score 300+ both innings and take 20 wickets. We can't do either.

Bryony Lever: I AM SO SORRY I AM NEVER TURNING THE RADIO ON AGAIN!

There's plenty of 'if onlys' but England can walk away with their heads held high. Some thought they'd be bowled out by this time yesterday.

"Rashid had been playing very watchfully, played a couple of drives to the seamers, then his eyes lit up and hit it straight down cover point's throat."

I imagine you're referencing our wicket alert in the live text, Adam?

"It's important Jimmy Anderson comes up to Rashid and says that even though he's made a glaring error, he's played an incredible innings in only his second Test. A poor shot, in the circumstance, but to be six down at lunch, you'd have had many people laughing at you if you'd say you'd get within six overs of saving the game."

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Pakistan are jubilant, Yasir Shah diving across the turf in celebration. Well played to Pakistan - they deserve victory. But what a superb show of character from England. Adil Rashid's innings lasted 172 balls.

"Anderson has survived 13 balls. He'll probably have to survive 30."

Tweet of the day, Ian. Tweet of the day.

"This is almost better than those close run chases, isn't it?"

An inside edge saves James Anderson when Pakistan appeal for another leg-before. I'm watching this through the gaps in my fingers now.

"When you know the batsman's not going to be playing an aggressive shot, that's a straightforward catch for short leg."

This is hard to watch - James Anderson is dropped at short leg by Asad Shafiq. Pakistan might just have dropped the series. Or maybe not.

"This is the right decision to stay with the slow left-armer Zulfiqar Babar. He's looked the most threatening in the last hour, and he got the wicket of Wood. Seven men round the bat for Anderson."

James in Manchester: 10am uni lecture skipped for cricket. Will England hold on long enough for the 1pm to get the sack?

It would give the game away if "Jimmy" takes a right-handed guard...

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Adil Rashid crouches beneath a bouncer and it's back over to Jimmy, the Burnley Lara.

Adil Rashid hits the ball towards the cover boundary, where it is fielded just inside the rope. The batsmen decide not to run.

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Rory Ngah: England's tail providing a very apt tonic to a morning spent researching the great attritional battles of 1916-17!

Joseph Burns: Turned off @bbctms at 10am thinking the game was over. Just been online to check result & England are still batting. Come on!

A full toss from Wahab and Adil Rashid turns down a single into the leg side. He's going to farm the strike from now on.

"Whatever else happens in the game, it was a needlessly delayed declaration from Pakistan. I wonder if they should reintroduce Yasir Shah against Anderson."

"This is the longest Pakistan have ever fielded in a Test."

By hook or by crook, James Anderson survives against Babar. They can't, can they?

James Gutteridge: Afraid England don't deserve a draw, getting ridiculous how often they fail to prepare properly before a series.

Terry G: Should have sent Jimmy out in a miner's helmet. Hint to the umpires!

"Every dot is now being applauded by the England fans in front of us."

So, so close to the match-winning moment for Pakistan when Babar spins one past Jimmy's outside edge. Close, but no cigar.

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England 312-9 (134 overs) - min 10 overs left, victory target 491

Batsmen: Rashid 61*, Anderson 0*

Fall of wickets: 9-1 (Moeen 1), 19-2 (Cook 10), 121-3 (Bell 46), 157-4 (Root 71), 163-5 (Bairstow 22), 178-6 (Buttler 7), 193-7 (Stokes 13), 253-8 (Broad 30), 308-9 (Wood 29)

Bowling figures: Imran 14-4-41-2, Riaz 24-3-78-1, Yasir 41-15-87-3, Malik 10-2-37-0, Zulfiqar 45-21-53-3.

Pakistan 378 (Misbah 102, Shafiq 83) & 354-6 dec (Younus 118, Misbah 87, Shafiq 79, Hafeez 51)

England first innings 242 (Root 88, Cook 65, Riaz 4-66, Yasir 4-93)

Pakistan won toss

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Adil Rashid talks to himself between deliveries, and is fortunate not to pick out short-leg when he fends off a Wahab Riaz bouncer. It's great stamina from the fast bowler who is into his 24th over. When Wahab strays down leg, Rashid glances four down to fine leg. He can't steal the strike though - leaving James Anderson to face up to Babar.

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Sunday Times cricket correspondent Simon Wilde: England's last wicket pair of Rashid and Anderson must survive 67 balls. Anderson and Panesar got through the last 69 balls at Cardiff 2009.

"A special partnership, but I don't think it is going to be enough. It's a tremendous effort after losing three wickets in the first session. I think Rashid's got to keep hold of Wahab Riaz, he can't let Jimmy Anderson get down that end. The ball which got Broad was a beauty."

Looking at the Mark Wood dismissal again, it was the bounce which did for him. The ball hit high on the bat handle, perhaps even a bit of glove. Good delivery really.

David Jones: Where's a solar eclipse when you need one? Divine intervention required.

James Anderson pat backs his first delivery. 11 overs to go.

Nervous much?

"It was a very easy catch. I'm glad they got it right, you don't want a bad decision to save England."

Adam C-S: WARNING: 'The-English-love-a-valiant-failure-&-this-was-the-very-bravest-of-surrenders' narrative imminent.

Rex Vinorum: "It's not the despair, Laura, I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand." John Cleese in "Clockwise".

The Mighty Mojo: I've been sitting with my coat on waiting to leave the house on my Monday errands for over two hours. I'm going nowhere yet.

Feel free to send us your #celebrateadotball pictures to #bbccricket. It might alleviate the tension.

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dukkhaboy: My lack of faith is embarrassment to me: this morning I agree to take three kids & two nephews out this pm & ENGLAND ARE STILL BATTING.

Howard Horner: I'm about to go into class, so won't find out if we've survived or not until 3... The tension is gonna be unbearable by the end!

Mick Le Mare: Four of us refusing to leave our desks. Q: 'Come & have a look at this'. A: 'you're going to have to bring your PC here'.

"Pakistan have got to keep thinking 'Two balls. That's all we need. Two straight balls'. I think I'd have a leg gully, and a man right in front of his face on the off side. Jimmy Anderson will be hoping he doesn't have to bat, especially after what happened at Headingley last year."

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Wahab Riaz is perhaps trying too hard now and becomes a bit leggy to the right-handers - both Adil Rashid and Mark Wood happy to rotate the strike when they can.

Ian Benson: Could Mark Wood surreptitiously slip some plates into the bowlers pockets to slow their run ups?

kevin parr: 15 overs remaining? Surely England need to use the powerplay before the run rate gets out of hand?

"At which point during this stand will it become more likely that England will save the game than lose it? Four overs to go?"

Geoffrey Boycott: "When there's one ball left."

Wahab Riaz is back for one, final crack at England. This could be the key battle.

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Matt Coombs: Could England get away with asking about the light levels?

Players can no longer appeal against the light - it's entirely down the the officials. The umpires took a light meter reading when they went off for bad light on Friday. That is the benchmark - they will only go off if the light deteriorates to that level.

Pakistan coach Mushtaq Ahmed sits twiddling his thumbs, perhaps betraying the nerves he's now feeling. Alastair Cook rocks back and forth on a plastic chair and Joe Root looks quite chirpy while he sips liquid refreshment from a sports bottle.

Babar is into his 44th over now - he's only gone for 53 runs, but it's the wickets column which counts. Another over chalked off.

This is now the second longest England ninth-wicket Test partnership in terms of balls received - overtaking Craig White and Matthew Hoggard's 156 balls against India at Trent Bridge in 2002.

The record is the 248-ball vigil by Mark Ramprakash and Darren Gough against Sri Lanka at The Oval in 1998.

Yasir Shah kisses the ball between deliveries - Lasith Malinga-style - as he attempts to try and prise a wicket. Adil Rashid is picking his fellow leggie though and happily leaves the orthodox leg-breaks.

"Pakistan's desperation is beginning. Just beginning..."

Standby for some fingernail-biting, bum-squeaking cricket.

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Alister, Paris: Hope this typically excessive appealing gets punished with a dodgy decision in the batsman's favour. It's the equivalent of diving in football.

"You can't average 30-odd in county cricket and get 10 hundreds if you're a mug. Rashid is no mug."

An absolute beauty! Big turn and even bigger bounce as Wood pushes forward to Babar - and misses it by some way. Warning: we are now entering the final hour. 15 overs remaining. Squeaky bum time.

"This is only the third time England have had a fifty partnership for the ninth wicket in the fourth innings of a Test."

Adil Rashid picks an Imran Khan slower ball, seeing out the over with minimal fuss. Sixteen to go. Drinks.

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Four runs for Adil Rashid as he punches Imran Khan off the back foot and to the mid-off boundary. That brings up the 50 partnership off 142 balls. Great effort.

But not everyone wants England to hold out for the last hour...

Tim Gibson: I don't need this stress I've had one hours sleep, Mark Wood can you just get yourself out.

"This is wonderful cricket - this is what Test cricket is all about."

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Oliver Gray: Wonder if Misbah is starting to regret batting on so long? #digin

Matt Bodsworth: Is it only me who keeps thinking back to Sri Lanka last year when Jimmy got out on the last ball of the game #pleasenotagain

John Lockett: We need a touch of George Hirst and Wilfred Rhodes - 'we'll get 'em in singles'.

I wonder how Jimmy Anderson's feeling right about now? Shoaib Malik is seen off once again by Mark Wood.

Wow... this is tense.

England will be quite pleased to see Imran Khan bowling - it typically takes a fast bowler around 6-7 minutes to get through his over. A spinner can race through one in 3-4 minutes. Maybe less.

Another big appeal when Khan hits Adil Rashid on the move, but it's clearly going down leg and umpire Paul Reiffel shakes his head.

18 overs left.

steve C lawley: Feign heat exhaustion and sunstroke and demand a glass of water after every ball.

Charles Isere: Barmy Army could win this by using streakers. So few stewards, they could run laps of the pitch. UAE jails not the nicest tho.

Christophe Talbotski: All of a sudden killing time doesn't seem quite so immoral. Dab the crease, little wander after each ball...

Shoaib Malik who, according to Simon Mann, looks like he is bowling in his slippers tip-toes in but Mark Wood's defence remains watertight. Or is it watertight... Mark Wood hits an inside edge on to his pad and the ball is caught at silly mid-off. Pakistan are convinced, the umpire shakes his head. The hosts have no review left though. It sounded out to me.

Actually, it was a good decision. Replays show it missed the bat completely. Well done, Bruce Oxenford.

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"The bowlers start to feel the pressure as much as the batsmen. Right now I'd rather be the batsmen. As soon as it's nine down I'd rather be the bowlers."

England 300-8 (124 overs) - min 20 overs left, victory target 491

Batsmen: Rashid 47*, Wood 17*

Fall of wickets: 9-1 (Moeen 1), 19-2 (Cook 10), 121-3 (Bell 46), 157-4 (Root 71), 163-5 (Bairstow 22), 178-6 (Buttler 7), 193-7 (Stokes 13), 253-8 (Broad 30)

Bowling figures: Imran 12-3-37-2, Riaz 22-3-73-1, Yasir 40-14-87-3, Malik 8-0-37-0, Zulfiqar 42-19-51-2.

Pakistan 378 (Misbah 102, Shafiq 83) & 354-6 dec (Younus 118, Misbah 87, Shafiq 79, Hafeez 51)

England first innings 242 (Root 88, Cook 65, Riaz 4-66, Yasir 4-93)

Pakistan won toss

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Joe Root is sat passing the time on the players' balcony by plaiting his sweaty arm hair. Each to their own.

England's 300 is brought up when Adil Rashid punches Imran Khan through the off side for two. They've seen off Wahab Riaz for now.

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kieran lewin: Starting to think Wood can do an impression of his fellow Geordie, Graham Onions in South Africa.

Yep, Mark Wood is fine. Carry on - Pakistan have a quick drink and we're back under way.

"I thought the ball bounced. The Pakistan fielders didn't look that excited."

Four close catchers and a man under the helmet to keep Mark Wood company. Old Crazy Horse isn't for leaving town just yet though. If he does, England's saloon door will be left hanging by a thread.

Another big appeal when Wood hits into the off side and the ball balloons up after striking a fielder on the foot. It looks like it's bounced but the umpires refer it upstairs. Take your time, lads.

G, London: Phew! Under 200 to go, follow-on avoided. Got to fancy our chances of holding in in the second innings now.

Big, big appeal when Babar thinks he's caught Adil Rashid's outside edge. Not out. It's still on, folks.

Kevin Ticehurst: Wood definitely knows where his off stump is! Great judgement...

Rob Owen: Victory lap around the ground after every dot ball. Worth a go.

JoElle: Surely there must be sightscreens that need adjusting for every ball?

Barry Hainsworth: Bet Pakistan rattle through their overs this session. I'd be walking to square leg after every ball and taking guard very slowly.

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Mark Wood tries to take a leaf out of Adil Rashid's book and plays an extravagant leave to a Yasir Shah leg-break. Except this one is a hamster's toe-nail away from disturbing the timbers. Squeaky bum time. But he's still there.

I love a good, old-fashioned #digin

Daniel Roberts: Why do I get a strange feeling old crazy horse Wood can pull this off?

Charles Isere: Wood showing what a disgrace were the two innings of most of Eng's "batsmen". This pitch does not deserve a result.

Danny Williams: Cook and Root aside, Wood's been the stand-out on this tour. Ace with the ball on tough tracks and shown middle order up today.

Should we put gold post boxes in Ashington and Bradford if Adil Rashid and Mark Wood pull this one off? True northern grit on display.

Wahab Riaz, by the way, is sending down the odd no-ball which isn't being called. That's fine by England - they don't need any extra deliveries to face. Another over down.

"Adil Rashid has shown a a lot of skill today. He has lived a lot of cricket in these two Tests - he must feel like a seasoned Test cricketer."

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James in Dubai: They went off early for bad light on day two. We need heavy clouds around the stadium this evening. Any England fans in UAE with Volkswagens we could borrow?

Yasir Shah continues round the wicket to Adil Rashid who sticks the back pad out. Meanwhile, one of the Pakistan fielders tries to gee up the small number of spectators in the ground. Pakistan worried?

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Rhys: The England opener dilemma rests in hands of Tom Abell of Somerset. Such a talented young player.

Josh Brunsdon: Rory Burns of Surrey can't be too far away from England recognition. Look out for him in 2016.

Grant Kennett: Why is Hildreth of Somerset not getting a mention!? One of the highest run scorers in world cricket this year, yet not a sniff.

"A bit of a heart-stopping moment..."

A moment of alarm for Mark Wood when he hooks Wahab Riaz into the leg side but the ball drops short of the fielder. Carry on. Nothing to see here.

"What are you doing? Well played, Adil Rashid, but I'm not sure Mark Wood was on the same wavelength there."

Sean Bean, the Chuckle Brothers, Mel B... all great Yorkies. Add Adil Rashid to that list as he brings up his maiden Test fifty with a risky single into the leg side. Keep going, young un.

"Who needs Twenty20 when you can have a good block?"

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Dot, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot. Words which will bring a smile to all England fans.

Never mind the draw, some of you think England can win from here...

Jed Court: Less than 200 to go now boys, and the rate is back under seven... You can do it!

Stuart Mitchell: Under 200 to win COMON BOYS YOU CAN DO IT!!!

"This England side have got bags of character - they've just got a blunder in them. That massive third day was that blunder."

There's a steely glint in Adil Rashid's eye as he prepares to face up to Wahab Riaz. He deserves a lot of credit for this knock - few players have played the spinners better than him in this Test. When the left-arm quick bowls a slower ball - 74mph - Rashid spots it and tickles it into the leg side for a single. Likewise, Wood turns one round the corner.

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Thomas Moquet: The answer to England's opening dilemma is Browne of Essex. Raw natural young talent. Give him 18 months.

The shadows are lengthening across the outfield as Mark Wood steps back in his crease and creams Yasir Shah through the off side for four. Nice shot. Then solid defence to finish the over. There's hope yet. That glimmer of light is slowly increasing in size.

Ian Bradley: Reckless first-innings collapse leads to brave but ultimately futile second innings and defeat, read this story before.

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Wahab is dangling the carrot outside off stump, and Mark Wood is having a little nibble. No driving, Mark - it'll be the end of you. He chips two from England's nominal victory target with a short-arm pull into the vast spaces of the leg side.

Jonathan Wilson: As much as Pakistan deserve to win this Test, they don't deserve to be ahead in the series. England ran out of light, not overs.

Jacques Oeuf: England's only hope is to convince the Dubai authorities that they forgot to put the clocks back by an hour on Sunday.

Wahab Riaz gets us under way after tea, while Mark Wood jumps up and down on the spot to try and re-energise those legs after a long fortnight in the UAE heat.

Dan Gee: Yes over rates to be improved, but when it comes to time wasting, people seem to forget England and Cardiff 2009.

Rob O'Malley: I'd like to see some gamesmanship from England. Long talks in the middle, new gloves, fake injuries. It worked for Pakistan.

Andrew Dickens: Pakistan saved the first Test by not bothering to bowl. What can England do batting? Feign injury? Run the ball into the corner?

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Here come Adil Rashid and Mark Wood. Take your time on that walk to the middle, lads.

Michael: Cook and Root exempted, England have been struggling with the bat all year. Who is looking forward to the tour of South Africa?

Jay: How long before England experiment with Rashid as an opener?

You ready for the final session then? I don't think many people expected England to still be batting now. Just one more push lads - albeit a herculean push.

ICC head of development Tim Anderson on TMS: "China playing India in women's cricket is only a few years away, though I don't think China would be good enough to beat them there. While the USA is a five to 10-year project, China is more like a 50 to 100-year project. I think the Olympics might help the development of the game outside the traditional market, but it may not be the silver bullet some people hope for. West Indies would be broken up into their individual islands, for instance. But it might help some countries build relationships with their national Olympic committees."

The over-rate issue appears to be bugging a few of you...

Sam, Manchester: Shame that due to the disgraceful time-wasting in the first Test, the third Test won't be a series decider. I'm not just slating Pakistan because any team would do similar, but the ICC really need to do something about it. People are paying to see cricket and get games finished. We regularly see overs lost in a day that are never made up. 50% fine for whole team if overs aren't completed. Somehow I think they may fit them in then…

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Chris Clark: So can the batsmen waste time like the Pakistan bowlers did in the last Test to get to the bad light and see out the draw?

Chris Williams: Suddenly Pakistan over rate is fast. ICC need to fine them from first Test. Rashid tie his laces between each ball.

ICC head of development Tim Anderson on TMS: "Cricket was first played in the USA in 1709. George Washington played cricket, but it's fallen by the wayside since then. They've had a few governance problems since then - the ICC suspended the USA Cricket Association earlier this year - but reviewing its circumstances, we found the community's extremely fractured. There are lots of passionate people there, approximately 15 million cricket fans there, but we need a unified approach.

"T20 will be the best game for Americans. One of the problems will be stadia - there's one ground in Florida, but these upcoming games [featuring Warne and Tendulkar] will be in baseball stadiums. We'll be watching closely."

Richard Wilson: Cook averaged mid-20s for 18 months before he turned it around v India last summer & everyone wanted him out. Stick with Bell.

Andy Clarke: So we drop Ballance averaging 47+ in Tests. But it's OK for everyone else bar Cook & Root to average in the 20s this year?

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ICC head of development Tim Anderson on TMS: "Ireland's performance in the World Cup was excellent, as was Netherlands' win over England in the last World Twenty20. We're trying to get more competitive teams out there. The ICC board made the decision [about reducing the World Cup from 14 teams to 10 teams] a long time ago, but we've expanded the World Twenty20 and given associates the chance to play Test cricket. And full members now have to qualify for the World Cup, which was previously sacrosanct."

"I'm impressed with Rashid. Five wickets in his first Test match and he looks like he might get his first fifty, so he's showing the management that he's got something. If only some of them had showed the same application on the third morning they wouldn't be in this situation."

Mike Ball: Enjoying seeing some fight from England's batsmen. They have lasted far longer today than I thought they would.

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With Afghanistan having recorded a landmark series win over Zimbabwe this week,TMS are taking a look at ICC associate teams during the tea interval - Charles Dagnall has been speaking to ICC's head of development Tim Anderson.

"We all thought at six down it would al be finishing quickly, so all credit to making it last. But it's going to take an almighty effort to take it to the last hour."

Hari in Bristol: There's a lot of 'same old same old' attitude out there, but for me batting (up til now) 110 overs on a day five pitch in the Subcontinent with a relatively inexperienced team, with the middle order out to effectively unplayable deliveries...? I think it bodes well, yes the first innings could've been better but the fight and perseverance we're showing as a team in the face of adversity is promising.

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England 285-8 (113 overs) - min 31 overs left, victory target 491

Batsmen: Rashid 47*, Wood 17*

Fall of wickets: 9-1 (Moeen 1), 19-2 (Cook 10), 121-3 (Bell 46), 157-4 (Root 71), 163-5 (Bairstow 22), 178-6 (Buttler 7), 193-7 (Stokes 13), 253-8 (Broad 30)

Bowling figures: Imran 11-3-35-2, Riaz 18-3-65-1, Yasir 35-10-82-3, Malik 8-0-37-0, Zulfiqar 41-18-51-2.

Pakistan 378 (Misbah 102, Shafiq 83) & 354-6 dec (Younus 118, Misbah 87, Shafiq 79, Hafeez 51)

England first innings 242 (Root 88, Cook 65, Riaz 4-66, Yasir 4-93)

Pakistan won toss

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Adil Rashid pushes two into the off side to move within a boundary of his maiden Test half-century. He deserves to reach the landmark for the manner of his innings. His first knock in this match was frenetic. His second knock has been assured.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is tea. England still in their fighting.

"Anderson and Moeen lasted for 20 overs and one ball for the last wicket against Sri Lanka at Headingley last year - and Anderson was out with one ball to spare."

Last over before tea coming up.

Robbie: England's team of three batsmen, three all-rounders, two keepers and three bowlers is not stable enough. Too many loose overs and collapses.

Tim, Lyme Regis: If Adil Rashid had batted like this in the first innings we could be looking at a comfortable draw at worst. He has played the spinners as well as any England batsman & dealt with the quicker bowlers as well.

We've had a quick look, and the sun sets in Dubai tonight at 17:43 local time, which is 13:43 GMT. Seems a long way away, actually.

Misbah and Yasir have a chat mid-over - last time they did that Jonny Bairstow was bowled by a googly. Mark Wood reads the next delivery - a leg-break - reasonably well and then removes his helmet to wipe the sweat from his brow. And waste a bit of time, of course.

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Never have England fans been so interested in what time the sun sets in Dubai...

Of course, there's another session to go. But will we last until the scheduled cut-off point? Another maiden, this time Rashid seeing off Babar.

Harry O'haye: It's OK, the "Burnley Lara" is still to come. Get it to the last hour... He will take it from there...

Ben Rich: I calculate at this rate that Mark Wood should get England over the line with around 19 overs to spare. #inthebag

Six balls. Six dots.

Six down. 204 (balls) to go.

"In terms of taking the game by the scruff of the neck, Riaz has been head and shoulders above the others. Can Wood or Plunkett do that for England? Is there anyone you can bring in?"

Adil Rashid pops up another difficult chance, this time via a forward defensive. It drops well short of the sprawling silly mid-off. Another over down.

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Huw Rawlings: Served Rio Ferdinand working at Legoland. Wished Rio well for World Cup. Two weeks later he'd done his knee ligaments. Cursed him.

(Spoilers for Eastenders a few years ago follow)

Fenners: I saw Lucy Benjamin in a cafe in Helsinki a few years back. This was after she'd shot Phil of course...

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"I'd give the man-of-the-match award to Wahab Riaz. Five wickets in the match, but he broke the game apart on the third morning. Batsmen often get the award, but for me it's the bowlers here."

Ooops... even 'proper batsmen' pop up a chance every now and again. Adil Rashid cuts Yasir Shah but a top edge flies to the slips and the sharp chance is put down.

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You know what... Trevor Bayliss and Paul Farbrace deserve lots of credit here. Plenty of the England batsmen look like they've had a clear plan in this innings. Dare I say it, Adil Rashid looks like a proper batsman as he guides two into the off side off the back foot.

"That's going down the leg side, or at best clipping leg stump. There's a touch of Stuart Broad about Zulfiqar Babar with the reviews."

"That's the end of Pakistan's reviews."

England have two left.

Not out! The ball was missing leg stump by a country mile and there was no bat involved. Mark Wood survives.

Big, big appeal from Babar when he pushes through a straight one which rushes on to Mark Wood. Lbw? No. Inside edge on to pad and caught by the close fielder? Maybe.

The umpire shakes his head and Pakistan review the decision.

Adil Rashid is slightly less extravagant in this innings, realising the need to make up for his first innings indiscretion. Solid in defence and compact through the off side, he steers a gentle single through the covers.

"They played two two-day games before this series, and there really wasn't enough time to try those skills for these conditions. You go to somewhere like Sri Lanka and you can spend a couple of hours in the nets against a young spinner, I haven't seen much of that here."

Mark Wood is teeing off here... driving uppishly over the infield and belting Wahab for four more. Entertaining and enterprising.

It's a shot a ball now... Mark Wood cutting four through point. Wahab is an angry fast bowler now.

And another pull shot from Mark Wood brings two. Will Wood fall for the same trap which Stuart Broad fell into and be bowled by a fast, full delivery?

Excellent shot from Mark Wood, who lifts his leg and pulls Wahab round the corner for four. Almost Alec Stewart-like, that.

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"In these two Tests, you've seen everything of Adil Rashid, with bat and ball, good and bad. You're never quite sure which one's going to pop out - he still has the odd rush of blood, as we saw in the first innings, but he still has something worth persevering with."

"It's not well known that at home, England players have to take their own kit home and wash it, although it gets washed for you on tour. I used to have to take it to a laundrette in West Bridgford, who called me Mr Dirtypants because of all the green and red stains. My lucky bowling pants were bright pink because one of Tim Bresnan's red socks got into the same wash."

Another over goes safely by. England slowly regrouping. Still seems a tough ask, mind.

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Alex Haworth: I bumped into Ken Doherty in a Sheffield city centre supermarket after the morning session has finished at the Crucible.

NickWolf89: Saw Al Murray in the window seat of a Starbucks in Edinburgh, 2003, then Cat Deeley outside of the Carlton Hotel later that day.

Mark Wood can bat, you know. So can James Anderson. Let's not give up on this just yet.

Wood gets off the mark in impressive fashion as he gets over a lifter and turns a single into the leg side. Rashid then guides another short ball through the vacant gully region for four.

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James, Woolwich: Yes, let's put Root into perspective, Oliver [09:30], he's scored 277 runs in the series so far at an average of 92, second only in runs and average to Cook. The next best is Bell on 118 runs and an average of 39 with the majority of people now calling for his head. No one else has scored over 100 runs or averaged over 22 (Bairstow).

Brian: Bell has been a major player in the team for years with a great record. Maybe soon it will be time to replace him, but a) who with and, more importantly b) who will replace the two or three others who should/could be dropped before Bell.

"If you bowl them that good at the tailenders, there's no criticism of Stuart Broad. He's tried very hard to stick it out but that was a crackerjack yorker. Finished him off - simple."

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"One thing that always used to happen on tour was Alastair Cook would bring his dartboard and hang it on the back of a door. I'd normally sit and watch Jimmy Anderson and Alastair play. One time we had a competition, everyone had nicknames. My nickname was 'The Shoplifter" as I never got near a checkout."

Richard in Hitchin: England haven't lost a wicket since I have stopped listening to the radio coverage. So its text commentary from here until 14:30.

Pakistan bring back Babar for a bowl, and the slow left-armer begins his 37th over with three close catchers around the bat. The more adept Adil Rashid looks as a batsman, the more disappointing his first-innings dismissal looks.

Rashid, by the way, wants to bat at number six for England in the long term. He probably sees that as a way of keeping his place in the team beyond Tests in Asia. So far it's a good audition.

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Simon from Whalley: Norris from Corrie lives down our road and I see him almost every day grumping round the the village.

Darren Grundy: I saw Lee from Steps on a stand in a exhibition for ex-pats at a soulless conference hall in Alicante.

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Stuart Broad has had his problems against the short ball but he's standing up to Wahab here. Well, not literally. He expertly crouches beneath another sizzling bouncer. The next delivery is fast and full and Broad almost pops up a catch to the two short legs. He scampers through for a single and an overthrow goes to the boundary. He could have been out, yet he's now five runs better off. Winner.

Simon: I'm praying the BBC text commentary team don't write that either batsman "look set". You know that's a precursor to a wicket!

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Boloy Boy in the Fens: Coming through Gatwick Airport, I am armed with the trolley and desperately trying not to spill suitcases and BANG whack straight into the back of someone, they turn round and it's Allan Donald, legendary quick bowler. In shock I say "Hi Allan", my wife says "Oh do you know him, small world isn't it, are you going on your hols Allan?" which thankfully kind of calmed the rage in Allan - as that must have hurt - and I shuffled my wife away, explaining under my breath how I "know him".

"This is the first time England have had a fifty partnership for the eighth wicket in Asia."

How many overs can these two bat for? You wouldn't want to leave Mark Wood and Jimmy with much more than five overs if you can help it so they have to bat for 40 overs. Yasir Shah is back to round the wicket and Adil Rashid just sticks out that back pad. When the ball drops short, the right-hander swats four through mid-wicket to bring up the 50 partnership.

Evan Samuel: I know as an Aussie I'm not supposed to like @StuartBroad8 but I do - a fighter. On a hiding to nothing here though.

That is an absolute ripper of a delivery. Wahab bowls a short ball to Stuart Broad, which whistles past the batsman's grille at 90mph. Considering this is a pudding of a pitch and Stuart Broad is 6ft 7ins, that's some delivery. Another bouncer has Broad ducking. He survives and nods to Adil Rashid at the end of the over.

Dermot Gilvary, Oakham, Rutland: When I looked after the Under-13 cricket team at Oakham School in 1999, Stuart Broad was the captain and an opening batsman who also opened the bowling at medium pace... but then he was no more than average height for his age. His terrific growth spurt came at about age 15/16.

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Wahab Riaz continues after drinks, with a short leg fielder, two slips and a leg slip keeping Adil Rashid company. Not that the batsman is too bothered as he turns a single round the corner. Excellent batting.

Can England somehow do this? As Geoffrey says, the chances are slim... but let us know the little superstitions you are employing to ensure no more wickets go down?

Send us pictures of you keeping your fingers crossed. In fact, anything which might help England. Let's do this.

"It's a nice effort since lunch by these two. Rashid has done well - he's come out and got his head straight and tried to do what you have to do - save the game. It's highly improbable - anyone with any brains will tell you the chance of England surviving are very slim - but they've got to try."

"Normally we right-handed batsmen are pretty jealous of lefties, and think they have it good - but not on day five when it's spinning out of the rough."

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England 237-7 (98 overs) - min 45 overs left, victory target 491

Batsmen: Rashid 27*, Broad 22*

Fall of wickets: 9-1 (Moeen 1), 19-2 (Cook 10), 121-3 (Bell 46), 157-4 (Root 71), 163-5 (Bairstow 22), 178-6 (Buttler 7), 193-7 (Stokes 13)

Bowling figures: Imran 11-3-35-2, Riaz 14-3-36-0, Yasir 31-8-74-3, Malik 7-0-33-0, Zulfiqar 36-15-47-2.

Pakistan 378 (Misbah 102, Shafiq 83) & 354-6 dec (Younus 118, Misbah 87, Shafiq 79, Hafeez 51)

England first innings 242 (Root 88, Cook 65, Riaz 4-66, Yasir 4-93)

Pakistan won toss

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Ian Douglas: In response to Dan Hedley's spot (09.00) of 'H' from Steps; Lisa Scott-Lee (another member of Steps) runs a dance studio about two miles from your location in Dubai and I see her every week.

Two members of Steps down. Three to go.

The sweat glistens on Stuart Broad's arms as he pushes Yasir Shah into the off side and scampers a quick single. That puts Adil Rashid on strike, and the Yorkie right-hander seems to be reading his fellow leggie quite well. Plenty of leaves, let's hope he spots the googly. Drinks.

"I think Stuart Broad's changed his batting for the better. He's crouching slightly lower, he looks more balanced and seems to play the short ball better. One thing he's never had any trouble with is timing the ball if it's in his half.

"We used to egg each other on when we batted together. He once hit Stuart Clark for 19 in an over in 2009, and then I had to do better off the next over against Peter Siddle."

Dave Simmons: At last - Broad and Rashid are the only pair who are taking the required run rate seriously. England back on track!

Since England's coaches told their batsmen to put the drive away against Wahab, the fast bowler has gone wicketless. The moment I write that, however, Adil Rashid chases one outside off stump. It started off very wide and swung even further, so Adil could get nowhere near it. Fortunately.

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If you were chairman of selectors, who would be in your team for Sharjah?

"James Taylor comes in at three, Alex Hales comes in as opener for Moeen Ali, who moves down the order with Jonny Bairstow taking the gloves. But I don't think they will drop Bell, they seem reluctant to pick Taylor, which is strange as I think he's definitely one of our best six batsmen."

Some concerning news reaching us from Pakistan. Our colleagues at BBC News are reporting that a strong earthquake has hit northern Pakistan, with tremors felt as widely as northern India and Afghanistan. More on that story here.

Two more from Yasir Shah's latest over.

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Mike in Worcester: Ben Stokes has been telephone batting for ages now! In all forms of the game! Why isn't he under the same scrutiny as Buttler for his poor form?

Pakistan bring on Wahab to try and finish this England resistance and when he bowls a rank short and wide delivery, Stuart Broad gets over the ball and belts it through point for four.

Oliver, from Knaresborough: Just to put Root into perspective, and perhaps to relieve some of the pressure of expectation on him, he's had three good starts in this series and he's got out before any of them became a match-winning or match-saving innings. The only innings of match-affecting importance by an English player so far is Cook's 263.

Raymond: I think England were seven wickets down when Broad made a century against Pakistan.

Of course, Stuart Broad once scored 169 against Pakistan. Just imagine...

Nope, I'm being silly. Carry on.

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"I remember going for an indoor net at Leicester and seeing lots of Under-19 records displayed in glass frames. Stuart Broad was a record-breaking junior with the bat, he had the highest first-wicket and second-wicket partnerships.

"Quite a lot of great bowlers weren't overbowled in their teens - having taken up fast bowling later, like Broad did."

"That's one of the things I like about Stuart Broad - as soon as the bowler overpitches, he looks for the four."

Stuart Broad is always good when he's on the back foot and taking advantage of his natural stroke-making abilities. He's quick on to a bouncer from Imran Khan, pulling it for four through square leg. The he repeats the dose, this time driving four off the back foot through extra cover. Classy.

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Some news from Old Trafford - James Anderson, currently donning his pads in Dubai, has signed a new two-year contract with Lancashire.

Anderson - whose England central contract means the Lancashire fans only get the occasional glimpse of him - said: "I consider it an honour and a privilege every time I wear the Red Rose and I am delighted to sign a new deal with the county I grew up supporting."

Another four for Adil Rashid, this time a short-arm jab through mid-wicket when Yasir Shah drops one into the middle of the pitch.

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Rob MacAlister: We often see Nasty Nick of Eastenders fame wandering about in Richmond. Most excitingly he always seems to be in character!

George Stanworth: I saw Toadfish from Neighbours in a pub in Waterloo around 10 years ago. Totally underwhelmed!

Adil Rashid is incredibly easy on the eye through the off side, giving himself room to cut Yasir Shah for four through extra cover. Have I mentioned yet that he's scored 10 first-class hundreds?

"The one thing today has been the gulf in class between Joe Root and everyone else. Jonny Bairstow even seemed empowered by osmosis when Joe was out there. Once he was out, the other batsmen looked less good against the same bowlers."

Pakistan are itching to get on with celebrating now but England continue to hold them up - their lower order showing some character at least, Stuart Broad playing a nice cover drive for four off Imran Khan moments after edging behind towards the slips but watching the ball die on the fielder.

Peter Eastwood: Bairstow, Stokes and Buttler all look at least a place too high at the moment. Has to be time to give Taylor an extended run.

James Lovegrove: Off to work, when I'm back I'm expecting 2 see an elated England team who defied the odds and held out against Pakistan. #Believe

Broad has made some friends - he has a slip, leg slip, two short legs and a short mid-wicket for company as Babar whirls away. He gets off strike with a single, allowing Rashid to collect a couple either side of the wicket. No alarms there.

"That was a proper grubber. No chance at all for Broad."

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It's been quite striking how well Pakistan's seamers have bowled in these conditions - Imran Khan has six wickets at 21 in the series and Wahab seven at 34. Imran might secretly be thinking about nipping in with a five-for, but he'd have to get the last three wickets to do so. He's finding some variable bounce and almost sees off Stuart Broad with a pea-roller. England bring up the 200 with a single.

Tommy Butler: When you said "we can still win this" at 08:44 did you mean the race to the breakfast buffet?

Stephen: Cricket Sweepstake time... Guess England's final score. I'll go for 215.

There's four men crouched around the bat on the off side, plus the wicketkeeper and a short leg, as Adil Rashid pushes Babar for two into the cover region. The Yorkie leggie is getting down low and looks solid in defence. England then reach the cusp of bringing up the team 200 courtesy of four byes.

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Dan Hedley: H from Steps was once on my flight to Tenerife. Think it was only me that recognised him.

"Stokes nearly took his leg off, he smashed his bat so hard on his pad after that wicket. His reaction was interesting because this England side think they can beat this Pakistan side. They've got one more Test in Sharjah to prove them wrong."

Stuart Broad is the next England batsman tasked with keeping a rampant Pakistan at bay and he's almost sent packing straight away when Imran seams another majestic delivery past the left-hander's outside edge.

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"Stokes was caught on the crease a little bit - he didn't know whether to go first or back. Imran has gone under the radar with Wahab and the spinners, but he has been doing a fantastic job. He's a good foil for the more explosive bowlers."

Jon Rhodes: I once saw Gary Bushell on a horse and cart in Blackpool.

One of my mates was sent to interview Paddy McGuiness about a year ago. He asked him what he does these days.

"I'm on prime time Saturday night TV," came the reply. Sometimes it's best to research your subject.

Babar continues to deliver hissing, ripping deliveries but England survive another set of six. Two from the over.

Phil Lowe: I used to see Paddy McGuiness regularly in my local supermarket.

Ben Stokes gets us under way after lunch by squirting Imran Khan for four through gully. We can still win this.

Ready for more cricket? Of course you are...

Play.

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Now then... here at MediaCity, there's a rumour doing the rounds that Peter Andre is here. Not the best celeb spot, I know... so what's your least impressive celebrity spot? And where?

Spinner Rangana Herath - one of the most under-rated bowlers in world cricket - finishes with 4-56 as Sri Lanka beat West Indies by 72 runs in the second Test in Colombo. They win the series 2-0.

The Independent's cricket correspondent Stephen Brenkley: "I'd like to think Bell has got three years left. He hasn't made a hundred since the West Indies and he has been out for single-figures scores 14 times in 19 innings. It's not good enough."

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Daily Mirror cricket correspondent Dean Wilson: "If Ian Bell was to retire at any stage over the next six months, two weeks, I wouldn't be at all surprised."

Does anybody hold any hope of England saving this game now? Or should we do a sweep on the exact time (GMT, of course) that Pakistan win the game?

Rachel T: Tell @JonTattz (07:59) I'll write his essay for him if it means I don't have to watch the last two sessions of this disaster.

Stephen Brenkley (the Independent's cricket correspondent) on TMS: "I'm told Buttler's ball drifted in three degrees and turned nine degrees. I think he needs a rest, but to make three changes smacks of panic. Selecting Moeen Ali as opener was always a hunch and it didn't pay off. He's never even opened in county cricket."

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Rob McMenamin: Don't forget we've also lost both tosses... been a tough start to both Tests.

Mike Selvey (the Guardian's cricket correspondent) on TMS: "You've got to keep Moeen opening the batting, they need the experience of Ian Bell. So Cook, Moeen, Bell, Root, Taylor, Bairstow, Stokes, Plunkett, Broad, Wood, Anderson. That team might not lose - Pakistan are seeing the seamers off and going after the spinners at the moment."

Simon Mann adds: "Heaven help the over-rate with that side!"

Mike Selvey (the Guardian's cricket correspondent) on TMS: "The most successful overseas bowlers here are James Anderson and Stuart Broad, then Dale Steyn, then Shaminda Eranga... the only visiting spinners who've had any success here are Rangana Herath, Shane Warne, Monty Panesar, Mark Craig and Graeme Swann. At the moment, Rashid has seven wickets at 59, Moeen has six at 52."

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What will England do with their team in Sharjah?

Dean Wilson (Daily Mirror cricket correspondent) on TMS: "Do you pick horses for courses - Ben Stokes who might not be at home in these conditions, or Samit Patel who might be more successful in these conditions? In Stokes you're trying to develop a player for all conditions, so how do you learn unless you keep playing him? I think James Taylor looks far more comfortable against spin, he's played a lot of Lions cricket, and I think Jos Buttler might be taken out of the firing line."

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What will England do with their team in Sharjah?

Mike Selvey (the Guardian's cricket correspondent) on TMS: "I'm starting to think we've approached this series from the wrong direction. We came here last time with a world-class bowling attack and got beaten because we didn't bat well. We don't have a world-class bowling attack, and we've been trying to force a template of two spinners.. Seamers take more wickets here and keep the runs down. There's a case for going into the last match with five seamers, plus Moeen and Joe Root. Play to your strengths."

Mike Selvey (the Guardian's cricket correspondent) on TMS: "When Ben Stokes came in, he kept lunging forward but then he suddenly started playing back, and looked a lot more comfortable."

Stephen Brenkley (the Independent's cricket correspondent) on TMS: "This is a young England team. Despite winning the Ashes, I didn't expect much of them here against Pakistan, who have never lost in the UAE. And they weren't far away from winning the first Test."

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Dean Wilson (Daily Mirror cricket correspondent) on TMS: "Of course they rely on Cook and Root, they've relied on them all year, but the other players are in that learning process. They haven't played much cricket in the subcontinent, but maybe they're a little further down that road as the ECB have made a lot of effort in getting players in the Lions and Performance squads to get experience in the subcontinent."

England lost three wickets on the final morning as they slipped closer towards defeat against Pakistan in the second Test in Dubai.

Chasing a notional 491 to win or needing to bat out the day to secure a draw, the tourists struggled to lunch on 187-6.

They scored only 57 runs in 32 overs as Joe Root - 59 not out overnight - fell for 71, Jonny Bairstow 22 and Jos Buttler seven.

Leg-spinner Yasir Shah claimed two wickets and Zulfiqar Babar one as Pakistan's spinners prospered on a dry, turning surface.

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Stephen Brenkley (the Independent's cricket correspondent) on TMS: "As it's been for England for 18 months, it's Root or nothing. Same old, same old for England in Asia."

On TMS during this lunch interval, Simon Mann has convened a journalists' panel consisting of Dean Wilson (Daily Mirror), Mike Selvey (the Guardian) and Stephen Brenkley (the Independent).

"We had 32 overs in that session. Bravo - now we know they can do it if they want to."

"You know Rashid's got the ability, he looked in full control against the spinner. He's just got to learn how to control situations."

Mark Hefter: Sad that West Indies cricket remains more Collapso than Calypso, looks like they beat England in the 'who can lose first' race.

"This isn't the time to judge - the time to judge was that collapse on the third morning. when they lost seven wickets for 36. They should have scored a lot more runs in the first innings."

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It's not just England who are enduring a trial by spin - Sri Lanka are on the verge of victory over West Indies in the second Test in Colombo. The Windies are 140-9 chasing 244 to win, with 48 overs left in the day.

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"The 57 balls Ben Stokes has faced are probably as hard a 57 balls as he has had to face in Test cricket. This requires a lot of skill. Your technique has got to be spot on, you've got to positive and controlled. It's a learning curve for a lot of the young players."

Christophe Talbotski: Re: Cook's notepad [07:58]. Buttler may not want to look at the notes for the 3rd Test - he might not see his name there!

"Pakistan have completely dominated the last three days. Applause for their team as they walk off - and they deserve it."

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England 187-6 (86 overs) - min 58 overs left, victory target 491

Batsmen: Stokes 9*, Rashid 8*

Fall of wickets: 9-1 (Moeen 1), 19-2 (Cook 10), 121-3 (Bell 46), 157-4 (Root 71), 163-5 (Bairstow 22), 178-6 (Buttler 7)

Bowling figures: Imran 6-2-16-1, Riaz 12-3-27-0, Yasir 28-8-63-3, Malik 7-0-33-0, Zulfiqar 33-15-38-2.

Pakistan 378 (Misbah 102, Shafiq 83) & 354-6 dec (Younus 118, Misbah 87, Shafiq 79, Hafeez 51)

England first innings 242 (Root 88, Cook 65, Riaz 4-66, Yasir 4-93)

Pakistan won toss

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That's a little, very insignificant, victory just before lunch - Adil Rashid playing a sumptuous cover drive and whacking Babar for four.

"He has hit it and it hasn't straightened enough. That didn't get to ball-tracking - it was given not out on the inside edge."

Nah, what a waste of a review. Adil Rashid got a little edge on it. Carry on.

"It didn't look out to me."

Oh dear. The first ball which Babar sends down with the new cherry rips past Adil Rashid's outside edge, the second one hits the batsman in front. Not out... but Pakistan review. Going down leg, surely.

Pakistan take the new ball in the final over before lunch. Zulfiqar is entrusted with it.

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Tattz: A week of essay writing. Want to get it done by Thursday. At least in about 1 hours time the cricket won't be a distraction.

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There's a break in play while Ben Stokes wipes sun-cream out of his eyes. Ouch!

Meanwhile, up on the players' balcony, Alastair Cook has his notebook out. Jos Buttler sits beside him. "Go on skip, let me see the team for the next Test."

Adil Rashid takes a bye from the final ball of Yasir's latest over - but runs are irrelevant now. England ain't gunna get another 308 of them.

Bill Bows: No disgrace being bowled out by spin on turning pitch. Problem is middle order losing wickets to pace on flat track in 1st inns.

Misbah stands tinkering with his field like a man in total control. He precipitated the collapse by suggesting Yasir bowl a googly to Jonny Bairstow and you imagine he'll have something else up the sleeve of his pristine white shirt if Ben Stokes and Adil Rashid stick around for any length of time.

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Richard Pettinger: Dear everyone. On the vote for England's most important player, the answer is: all of them - if you don't have 11 on the field then you don't have a team. Cook and Root need people at the other end otherwise they cannot bat, and Anderson needs people in the field to take catches and keep the runs down. All the best.

Adil Rashid, chewing gum and looking like he's wearing his dad's pads, is off the mark with a gentle clip for one into the leg side.

"That's five catches in the match for Younus Khan. He has four in the innings, which equals the record for Pakistan."

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It's getting hot in the kitchen now. The ball is spitting like hot oil in a pan and Ben Stokes somehow survives another probing, excitable over from Babar.

"That was a superb delivery, very similar to Joe Root's dismissal against Babar. It was a ball Shane Warne would have been proud of. Jos Buttler might have been in great nick and he would still have edged that one."

"That's the way cricket goes when you're really struggling for runs. That's a ripper - it pitched outside leg stump. He's a quality spinner."

Shaun McCann: England's most important player? Anyone who can make it rain.

Ben Stokes, like Jonny Bairstow before him, is finally looking more assured out there. Yasir Shah is trying to bowl fizzing spinning tops from round the wicket but Stokes rides the bounce well and angles a single backward of square on the leg side.

"Shoaib Malik is like a man who bowls in his slippers, he comes in so daintily."

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Shoaib Malik is given a twirl but Jos Buttler easily gets back and across to tip a single. The new ball is now due.

Jay: I'm actually enjoying this. This is real Test cricket. Would be a massive boost for this England side if they can survive today.

Dom Blampied: Would be one of England's greatest ever escapes if a draw comes from this.

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"That was the end of a 21-over spell from Zulfiqar Babar. He bowled nine last night and 12 this morning and took 2-21 in those 21 overs."

Should Jos Buttler's place be under threat? He averages 25 in Test cricket in the calendar year. I'm putting it out there that he's such a special talent, England should persevere. I realise others won't agree with that assessment. He and Ben Stokes takes a single from Yasir Shah's latest over - the leggie is on in place of Babar.

"Buttler's position is under threat. He needs some runs; he needs to play in a controlled fashion; he needs to bat a bit of time. He's got to send some confidence through the coaches and the captain. It's a big innings for him."

"The new ball is available in two overs so Wahab might have a go with the old one and the new one."

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Pakistan bring back Wahab - I imagine Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler will be pretty pleased about that, even though the latter was out playing an awful drive on the move to the quick left-armer in the first innings. Maiden over.

"It's not easy out there for the left-hander in particular, Ben Stokes. He's had two or three lives but you need a little bit of luck. It will get easier if you can stay out there."

Jack Allum: Does anyone seriously think we will survive by blocking everything? If so, I suggest seeing a doctor, today.

"Don't make him angry," quipped the Pakistan fielders when Ben Stokes arrived at the crease. Is that a "mind the windows, Tino" type of sledge? Stokes is playing within himself for now and has taken 40 balls to score seven runs.

"Stokes uses his arms rather than his wrists. He wants to feel the ball - he goes hard at the ball."

"The dive from Imran to try and stop the four was like one of those blocks of flats that come down bit by bit by bit."

Some light relief for England when Yasir Shah pitches up and Ben Stokes plays an elegant cover drive for four.

Joe Marshall: Bell has the third highest average for England in this series at just shy of 40. Is that dropping form or improving from the summer?

What will be the team instructions now? England always talk about being positive but will that help Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler in this situation? Surely they will get hammered if they play a rash shot. Just a single from the latest set of six - Stokes getting back and across and guiding the ball behind square.

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Television cameras have picked out Misbah telling Yasir Shah to bowl the googly which got rid of Jonny Bairstow. Excellent planning and execution. Maiden over, this time Jos Buttler surviving against Yasir.

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"Yasir Shah has now taken 67 Test wickets, the most by a spinner in his first 11 Tests and the third most by any bowler. Pace bowlers Charlie 'Terror' Turner (above) and Tom Richardson took 72 wickets in their first 11 Tests in the 19th century."

Ben Stokes is looking about as comfortable as Annie Lennox walking on broken glass at the moment. He gets another inside edge on to his pad and the catch carries to the short-leg fielder but a difficult opportunity is grassed.

Robert Allen: So Cook does have an injury after all? Why was the ECB just saying he had a "sore back" last night? Why lie?

"Waqar Younis took the bowlers out today and they had a dressing-down session because he felt they were flat yesterday."

Yasir Shah is getting them to pitch outside leg and zero in on off quite regularly to the left-handed Ben Stokes. I like to think Stokes was on the phone to his Durham leg-spinning mate Scott Borthwick last night, getting some tips. Jos Buttler is off the mark with a low-travelling outside edge for four.

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"That was the first time Bairstow had been a fraction tentative with this foot movement. He walks off the field, head bowed."

"He probably read but the feet didn't move at all. It wasn't a big-spinning wrong 'un but it was beautifully pitched. He left a gap between bat and pad. This is a massive strike for Pakistan because Bairstow was putting up a solid fight."

Liam Poss: How have we reached the point where we only have confidence in two of our batters?

Does anyone else remember Babar the Elephant or is it just me? I used to love the cartoon version. Babar the cricketer is causing England all sorts of problems here on this wearing, fifth day pitch. Maiden over.

"It takes a lot of effort to survive on this track."

"It has been an absorbing first hour of play."

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England 161-4 (70 overs) - min 74 overs left, victory target 491

Batsmen: Bairstow 21*, Stokes 1*

Fall of wickets: 9-1 (Moeen 1), 19-2 (Cook 10), 121-3 (Bell 46), 157-4 (Root 71)

Bowling figures: Imran 6-2-16-1, Riaz 11-2-27-0, Yasir 21-6-46-1, Malik 6-0-32-0, Zulfiqar 26-11-32-2.

Pakistan 378 (Misbah 102, Shafiq 83) & 354-6 dec (Younus 118, Misbah 87, Shafiq 79, Hafeez 51)

England first innings 242 (Root 88, Cook 65, Riaz 4-66, Yasir 4-93)

Pakistan won toss

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It's turning round corners now - Yasir Shah ragging one across Ben Stokes's body and then bamboozling the left-hander when he tries to get to the pitch of the next ball. Suddenly Jonny Bairstow's technique looks sound and it's Stokes who is the worry. Drinks.

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They're also into the fifth day in Colombo where West Indies have reached 112-4 at lunch against Sri Lanka, chasing a target of 244 to win the second Test and square the series at 1-1.

Darren Bravo looks to be the Windies' best hope, he's 55 not out from 109 balls. Follow the latest scorecard here.

Television cameras picked out Zulfiqar having his hair rearranged following the fall of Joe Root. Mohammed Hafeez and Shoaib Malik were trying to spike the 36-year-old's hair. Nice.

Mortgage Adviser: That's that then, when's the third Test start?!?!

So, a partnership spanning 22 overs and 36 runs is broken. What has Ben Stokes got in his locker? If he and Jos Buttler go cheaply, it could be an early cut for the players. Stokes begins by getting an inside edge which flies past short leg. Nervy times.

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"That was a pretty much blameless dismissal."

"It's a good ball - it turned. There is no shame in that - no embarrassment. He's an innocuous spinner but then he bowls you a good one. Sometimes you've got to put your hand up when people defeat you."

Root is in distinguished company...

Yasir Shah is now round the wicket to Jonny Bairstow with three catchers on the off side and a man under the helmet. The batsman just sticks out his back pad and kicks it away, hiding his bat as he does so. Again, it's another example of clarity from the right-hander. Have Trevor Bayliss and Paul Farbrace been hammering away at him this morning?

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"I don't agree with people who say you've got to have this tempo. Sometimes you have to adapt to the situation. Block it for a session. Put the shots away."

Batsmen will tell you they don't care about their averages and that it's about the team winning, but they are telling fibs. It's about both. It's like when a football manager tells you they don't read the papers. Trust me - I know from experience that they do. And they pore over every word.

Anyway, the point of this entry is that it's a good opportunity for Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow to swell their stats. So far so good, with another two runs coming off Babar.

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Jon Hare: I can see England getting to 25 runs short of the 491 and coming off for bad light.

Jonny Bairstow is doing OK for now, playing a neat forward defensive to leg-spinner Yasir Shah when required and recognising when the ball is pitching on off and turning away by leaving. When the ball is pitched up, Bairstow punches four through the covers. We've criticised Jonny before now, but he seems to have a clear plan today.

"There are no terrors in the pitch. The new ball is due just before lunch. Joe Root is important to give confidence to the lesser quality. If they can just hang around..."

Local schoolchildren have been invited to the ground today - excellent from the organisers. The kids will remember this little outing more than anything they'll learn in double maths. I think.

One young lady pouts as she takes a couple of selfies on her tablet. If my PE teacher had mentioned the words selfie and cricket when I was younger, I'd think he meant I had to make my own way there. How the world has changed.

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Alby Stevens: Who is most valuable to England? Cook or Root?

"I thought England had about a one-in-10 chance this morning, but Andrew Samson's stats suggest a one-in-four."

Pakistan introduce Yasir Shah for the first time this morning - Joe Root, in particular, has picked the leg-spinner quite well in this match. Jonny Bairstow is a different kettle of fish mind, and Yasir realises this by coming over the wicket. Solid defence for now though, just one from the over.

John Davidson, India: We have too many sloggers in the team for the kind of cricket required today. Only Cook, Bell and Root seem to have the staying power of the attritional batting needed to save the day. Mind you, if we got through to the last hour with only 75 runs needed for victory and a few wickets in hand, sloggers would be what we need. Moeen Ali needs to be back at number eight. I'd give Michael Carberry or Sam Robson another whirl. Hales is another slogger. And James Taylor for Bell... hmmm, what's he like when it's time to knuckle down?

Jonny Bairstow might have been caught at short leg in the last over, and he offers another chance in the same area - this time off the spin of Babar. A little poke into the leg side but the man under the helmet drops a relatively easy chance. Jonny would have caught that if the roles were reversed.

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"This England team have got bags of character. This England team have got it in them to do something special. We were out there today and the guys are very relaxed. They know they've got it in them."

Is Paul Farbrace the nicest man in cricket? He always comes across that way - and he talks sense too. The England assistant coach said last night that England's players should be OK against Wahab provided they don't start driving. Solid advice.

The pace is there now, from the left-arm quick who is going round the wicket, and Jonny Bairstow fends off a single into the leg side. It would have been a catch if there was a short-leg in place. Root just continues on his merry way with a gentle push into the on-side which brings him another two runs. Then the bowler pitches it up and Root caresses four through the covers.

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How will left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar be looking to attack England?

"Changes of pace, looking to get people playing through the off side. As a left-arm spinner, I used to have a short leg on the first day, but as the game wears on, you'd usually have someone on the off side."

That's going to get Pakistan excited - Babar getting one to pitch, turn and straighten and Joe Root is all at sea with a groping outside edge. A third maiden in a row.

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Wahab is a curious bowler in that it takes him a couple of overs to go through the gears - Jonny Bairstow ducking beneath a bouncer which clocks 81mph. It's perhaps more dangerous for a batsman because they don't know when he's going to find that extra 10mph whereas the likes of Mitchell Johnson don't get out of bed for deliveries less than 89mph. Even their looseners are rapid. Another maiden over.

"Alastair Cook doesn't normally get muscle injuries, but he's clearly got a niggle - he didn't take part in the football they play as a warm-up, so why not admit it? I'd say a 50% fit Alastair Cook would still play in Sharjah, as he's a damn sight better than what else they've got."

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How many Test runs will Joe Root score? Will he end up with more than Alastair Cook one day? What about the man at the top of the pile - Sachin Tendulkar?

He's a phenomenal talent, and is the second-youngest England batsman to reach 3,000 Test runs. He has, however, done it in 62 innings which is 11 fewer than the man above him on the age list: Cook.

vic anderson: Any chance of rain... Sandstorms... Plague of locusts... Herds of wildebeest migrating across the square?

Wahab Riaz takes the old ball at the other end, ready to crank it up through the gears. I wonder if Wahab has studied footage of that Mitchell Johnson delivery to Bairstow at Edgbaston when the young Yorkie was caught behind following a searing bouncer? The angles are all in place, as is the pace. Wahab will be touching 90mph within an over or two.

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And we have our first landmark of the day... Joe Root scores the two runs he needed to reach 3,000 Test runs. At an average of 57.69. Special.

"Good morning Great Britain, we've got a Test match to save! England need energy, application, determination and skill, all rolled into one."

Both Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow are going to have plenty of company around the bat today - they begin with a single apiece.

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Younus Khan, speaking to Sky Sports at the close of play last night: "I'm a happy Pakistani at the moment. For the rest of my life, I will be happy that I am on a list with Sachin, Steve Waugh and Brian Lara. My motivation are the people back home. I have realised that if I push myself a little bit more, I can get 10,000 Test runs. I will be in England next summer.

"This pitch is slow and England are capable of bouncing back. It won't be easy for us.

"Joe Root is a great player, especially the way he plays against the spinners. He's impressed me and I love to watch him."

"It'll be a learning day for Alastair Cook in the dressing-room - he'll be studying how players like Jos Buttler prepare. It's going to be a really difficult innings for Buttler as he's out of form and his natural game is to go out and score a quick 40 or 50, but he's going to have to find a technique to survive at the crease. This is Test match cricket, you can't have it all your way. If he loses his place, he's young enough to come back."

Right then, it's time to play some cricket. Zulfiqar will kick us off with some left-arm spin to Joe Root.

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England's James Anderson, speaking to Sky Sports: "You can go through times when it's a tough learning curve. I think we've played well for nine days in this series so far and one bad session has cost us in this match."

On his seam bowling partners Ben Stokes and Mark Wood...

"Ben Stokes has shown he can be destructive with the bat and can do the same with the ball. I thought he was fantastic the day before when he bowled nine overs in this heat and was reversing it.

"Mark Wood too, he's quick, and has got the skills to be around for a long time."

"Alastair Cook, we know, could bat for 50 hours but he's in the shed. Joe Root has it in him to bat a long time - the rest of them like Bairstow, Stokes, Buttler and Rashid like to go out in third or fourth gear. It's about mental toughness - doing what you don't like to do. Can Bairstow or Stokes come in and score 10 off 60 balls, a different way to they normally play?"

"If Root goes quickly, it's game over. I'd be trying to frustrate the bowlers, make sure you're there at lunch, then tea."

Can Bairstow do that?

"He's normally an attacking player. It will help him if Joe's still there, as Stokes and Buttler are out of form."

Jon Hare: 120 runs per session. ENG win. Can there be any other result?

That's the spirit, Jon.

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England 130-3 (54 overs) - victory target 491

Batsmen: Root 59*, Bairstow 6*

Fall of wickets: 9-1 (Moeen 1), 19-2 (Cook 10), 121-3 (Bell 46)

Bowling figures: Imran 6-2-16-1, Riaz 8-1-15-0, Yasir 16-5-37-1, Malik 6-0-32-0, Zulfiqar 18-7-24-1.

Pakistan 378 (Misbah 102, Shafiq 83) & 354-6 dec (Younus 118, Misbah 87, Shafiq 79, Hafeez 51)

England first innings 242 (Root 88, Cook 65, Riaz 4-66, Yasir 4-93)

Pakistan won toss

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"England batted well yesterday, making it look easy - and the longer they bat today, the more they will believe. Just don't throw your wickets away - today, as a spinner, the pressure is on you to win the game."

"I thought the pitch would look a lot worse on day five than it does. There are some rough patches, but no depth to the follow-throughs. The right-hander facing off-spin has more to look at than the left-hander facing leg-spin, but losing seven for 36 the other morning will be in their memory bank.

"Can England get out of it? They need the Yorkshire pair, Root and Bairstow, to get them through to lunch, at least. It will take an almighty effort to get anything from this game."

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Morning all... it's not looking good for England is it? At least Lewis Hamilton is champion of the world.

The task facing England's cricketers today is simple: bat for 90 overs or score another 361 runs. Pakistan just need seven wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the series with one to play.

It's still to be confirmed if Elton John will be interviewing Alastair Cook should England somehow save this game.

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In Joe Root, England must trust.