England v Pakistan third Test: day one as it happened ENG 98/6 (Strauss 40* Anderson 0*) England protect their No 8, Stuart Broad, by sending out Jimmy Anderson. Could be a utterly rueful decison... especially on this minefest of a pitch (in England's eyes at least)! Anyhow, England draw level with the Pakistani fans adding to this late drama thanks to some thunderous support. The tourists then force a lead thanks to a wide one from Ajmal, which spins way down the leg for a bye. Prior b Rehman 6. Not a vast amount of turn but it ends up being a beauty as Rehman clean bowls Prior. England's 'keeper angles his bat as if to fend off any lbw decision but that one did nothing of the sort! ENG 97/5 (Strauss 38* Prior 6*) England dealing in singles as the close looms. A single apiece before Prior swipes a KP-like drive to mid-off but can't find the gap. He then tries to slog sweep, too quick for an English fan's liking, as it loops into the leg side. ENG 95/5 (Strauss 37* Prior 5*) England four runs behind with eight overs remaining today. Three singles. ENG 92/5 (Strauss 36* Prior 3*) Ajmal to Prior. One apiece for the English pair. ENG 90/5 (Strauss 35* Prior 2*) An amazing day of Test cricket continues to baffle. Fifteen wickets and Prior, unsurisingly, produces a tentative opening with an edged couple. Morgan lbw Rehman 10. Taufel crosses the arms, raises the finger and DRS comes to the fore. It's a straight one really - dead straight - Morgan shuffles and tries to play across the line and a huge appeal ensues. Only surprise was that the umps didn't give that one out first time. ENG 88/4 (Strauss 35* Morgan 10*) Mighty Intent. Morgan hits Ajmal for a tumultuous SIX down the ground. ENG 78/4 (Strauss 35* Morgan 1*) Single and a leg bye off Rehman. Another moment of danger though, unbeknown to Pakistan. Strauss is hit on the pads from a sweep. No appeal but the replays show he would have been on his way! ENG 77/4 Ajmal, lots of flight, to Morgan. Maiden. Bell mark II. "I wasn't far off," writes Andrew Holgate. Pakistan out for under 100 and we were 19/2 at tea. Can no-one get a bat on the ball consistently? ENG 75/4 (Strauss 34* Morgan 0*) Two off Rehman's latest offering. A single and leg bye apiece. The only blemish comes for Pakistan as they waste a referral from one that lands outside the line and then goes over the top. Morgan survives. ENG 75/4 (Strauss 34* Morgan 0*) Morgan to the crease. Stick around if I were you. He's in after Bell's dismissal, yet again, to Ajmal. The stats now read (Ajmal to Bell): 32 balls faced, 12 runs and out four times doosra'ed. Bell st Akmal b Ajmal 5. After 27 balls of an indecisive Bell innings, he is given out - but only after several minutes' delay as the inept third umpire makes up his mind. Bell is forward, misses and the ball falls onto the bails off Akmal's pads. Trouble for the tourists. ENG 72/3 (Strauss 33* Bell 3*) Andy Bell missives a lengthy reposte to the KP dismissal. In reply to an angered Will Hornby - Surely if the ball was only clipping the stumps by 2.2 mm there must be an element of doubt about the decision so how can that be a waste. In reply to you Rod, if it's 2.2mm then it's not exactly proof that the umpire was right. Umpire's call - if the umpire had given it not out it would have stayed at not out. In other words it's inconclusive. A not-out decision would not have been overturned. Proof that you're wrong, Rod. Andy, all I can say is, unfortunately, the ball was still clipping, so it's conclusive. For the time being, Rehmann to Bell sees yet another maiden. No dancing yet. ENG 72/3 (Strauss 33* Bell 3*) Ajmal to Strauss this time. A completely differing over, one where Strauss had very little idea as to Ajmal's mindset. Third maiden in succession. Who know's what's in store for these remaining overs? Right now, Bell is stuck with Rehman and certainly doesn't want to face Ajmal while Strauss can't off strike himself. ENG 72/3 (Strauss 33* Bell 3*) Rehman to Bell. ENG 72/3 (Strauss 33* Bell 3*) No danger for Strauss, not even from Ajmal's last ball which brings a terrific appeal from Akmal, who whips off the bails as the England skip stretches his front foot forward. It briefly sees his backfoot stray, but it's clearly in as Akmal points to square leg gleefully. ENG 72/3 (Strauss 33* Bell 3*) Three around the bat, two off Rehman's over after the resumption. ENG 70/3 (Strauss 33* Bell 1*) Ahhh, sumptuous drive from Strauss. More timing than the shipping forecast as Strauss finds four more welcome runs. Five blocks ensue as England close in on an innings lead. Strauss 33 off 72 now. That's drinks with 20 overs left in the day. ENG 66/3 (Strauss 29* Bell 1*) Now Bell's on strike to the Rehman threat. The Warwicks man tucks neatly into the legside to get off the mark. Strauss then darts down the track - 22 overs in and Strauss has a gameplan - for a clipped single through midwicket. Two off the over. ENG 64/3 (Strauss 28* Bell 0*) Bell - 0, 4, 29, 3 so far this series (I refer you to OVER 1 as to why he needs a score) - sees Strauss pull off a maiden to Ajmal. "Not only does Pietersen fall again," writes an angered Will Hornby, "but his arrogance that no one can get him out means he always stands and we waste a referral again." ENG 64/3 (Strauss 28* Bell 0*) Bell sees out the over. KP's lbw dismissal was the eighth today from 14 - de rigeur in 2012. In this series, 34 lbws in eight days Test cricket. Pietersen lbw Rehman 32. Same old. KP's caught on the crease, misses, it's referred, review says it's clipping, he walks. DRS confirms the ball is clipping by 2.2 mm. Umpire is proved right! ENG 64/2 (Strauss 28* Pietersen 32*) Here's Elaine Simpson-Long with a perfectly reasonable missive in the scheme of things. Please don't say 'England are looking good' as this will mean fall of wickets within five minutes! Praying that both Strauss and KP come good. KP - who will surely launch one off Ajmal, sorry Elaine - looks good coming forward and ekes a single. ENG 63/2 (Strauss 28* Pietersen 30*) Strauss offers the first chance since tea. He's back in his crease to Rehman, looking to cut and nearly edges. Ah, better Straussy! This time he's got a stride in - thank heavens! - and pushes for a single in the offside. ENG 61/2 (Strauss 27* Pietersen 30*) Three off the over, all to Strauss. KP is right behind Ajmal's last of the over. ENG 58/2 (Strauss 24* Pietersen 30*) A late-to-the-game Hina Maqbool is cock-a-hoop: "Yippie! The Pakistanis got beyond 72! Has there ever been a two-day Test?? This one won't go two days on this evidence. KP looks utterly intent on scoring the series' first ton, he moves 70 short with an aggressive sweep for four. 50 p'ship off 71 balls. Ominous? ENG 52/2 (Strauss 23* Pietersen 25*) Okay, so Ajmal replaces Gul and we have two spinners in tandem. Key spell. But England look good here, 45-run partnership in the bank as Strauss paddle dabs for a couple. Misbah needs a wicket. ENG 50/2 (Strauss 21* Pietersen 25*) Rehman replaces Ajmal. Fifty up for England - halfway into Pakistan's total - before KP has his turn with some left-arm tweakers for the first time today. He's watchful. ENG 49/2 (Strauss 20* Pietersen 25*) Gul in and there's that cut again and a comfortable backfoot four from Strauss. He can play those all day while I rockback myself, dreaming of a hammock and mojito. Next up, he's driving down the ground for a couple. KP keeps in line with his skipper with a dance and a drilled drive down the ground - this time for four. Gul's hapless over - he'll be out of the attack now - finishes with a swivel pull for successive fours. ENG 34/2 (Strauss 13* Pietersen 17*) True to my word, here's Ajmal. A skiddy one first up before KP dances twice down the track for a single to long on. Strauss' first ball is heart-in-mouth. Back in his stumps, he dabs it down. Miss and he was plumb. KP ends the over with a punched two through the covers. ENG 30/2 (Strauss 12* Pietersen 14*) The spin threat to KP may be imminent, but the Surrey man is intent on keeping on top of the seamers for now. With his latest thrash of authority, he pulls Gul with a controlled stroke for a single. No further dangers. ENG 29/2 (Strauss 12* Pietersen 13*) Zain Khan missives: "Is there a precedence for a team winning after scoring say under 100 in the 1st innings in a test match?" Not much of one but I think it's 105 years ago - England v South Africa - but will have to check! Meanwhile, KP drives on the rise, feet to the ball, and drives for four off Cheema to the cover boundary. KP then flicks off his legs for a single. What's the worry? ENG 24/2 (Strauss 12* Pietersen 8*) Three singles to start - KP eager as ever to get off the mark - before Strauss cuts away through the covers off the backfoot, a shot that has been the making of him at Test level. We said time and again over the first two Tests, but can we, for once, see a partnership develop? 11.00 Resuming after tea, shadows lengthening. ENG 19/2 (Strauss 9* Pietersen 6*) Saeed Ajmal, naturally, comes on for the last over before tea. Who else to KP? There's no sign of early spin for Pakistan's top tweaker. So the English pair both counter with two fine, confident-induced strokes before the break. First, KP's back in his crease and drives serenely through the covers for three. Then it's Strauss's turn: a short one from Ajmal, wide of off stump and the skip cuts belligerently for four. Really. If we didn't have two clueless batting sides out there, we should be witnessing 165-2, let alone 12 wickets at tea. Martin Cooke emails in, typing as quick as Pakistan were dismissed. Well guys, now we know why the england team go off and on the pitch all the time - they keep getting out too quickly!! hahahaha. apparently andy flower has said to all of them that this is the last time, the very last time, the very very very very last time you get picked, so there!!! Upon the news that Kate Middleton may become the patron of England cricket, Pring tweets: ENG 12/2 (Strauss 5* Pietersen 3*) Gul to Strauss. One over before tea. "Ah I see the plan," writes Chris Alton in Essex. Our two best batsmen get out cheaply allowing the others enough time to score big and book their places on the Sri Lanka tour. Yes, a Morgan double ton thereafter. ENG 12/2 (Strauss 5* Pietersen 3*) England 87 behind (which now feels like 300). So what does KP do. He plays a shot like he's just come off Dubai's indoor ski slope blindfolded. He attempts a whipped drive down the ground but is caught in his crease and misses. Horrible. ENG 9/2 (Strauss 5* Pietersen 1*) What is certain here is that there will not be a ton scored in this series. Unless. Unless, KP can see off this new ball and instill some confidence to this battered batting line-up. KP - twitching, skipping, turning the head, swinging the arm - is off the mark with a - phew! - single down the ground. Couldn't bear three overs with KP trying to get off the mark. Trott lbw Gul 2 ENG 7/2 Trottski goes across the line. Remarkable! So out of the ordinary for the series' rock. It was full and searingly straight and England's best player is plumb. Umpire Davis has no hesitation. Yet, the review says it's going down the leg. Swings and roundabouts for the review system, what! In comes KP. At least it's not spin. ENG 7/1 (Strauss 4* Trott 2*) Strauss continues to work out how he's going to play this. Trott, meanwhile, is in defensive mode. No danger for Cheema. Again we can recount Alan's 05.50 comment: "Looks like a good deck for a hit, to me." Time for England to dig in. ENG 6/1 (Strauss 4* Trott 1*) Trott, who has been the batsman to make my heart rate drop in this series, sees out the over. If the Warwicks man goes here, the England dressing room will be all at sea. The main thing here for the English mindset is that this is certainly not a pitch for 11 wickets down for a smidge over 100. Cook c Akmal b Gul 1 ENG 5/1 As nervy a tentative plod you'll likely to see as Cook edges and Akmal leaps across first slip. Gul celebrates with typical Panesar vigour, arms outstretched (far better than Shoaib Akhtar in his pomp). Five day game? Over in two at this rate. ENG 5/0 (Strauss 4* Cook 1*) Cheema, the only Pakistani change for Junaid Khan, strikes Cook's pads first thing! Big appeal. Skiddy delivery that but it's surely outside the line of leg. Essex man survives. ENG 4/0 (Strauss 4* Cook 0*) Straussy sees off the first five balls in classic, watchful style. Gul then strays down the leg and the England skip simply guides it down to the fine leg boundary for the first runs. Four of them. Meanwhile, we can hear Telegraph columnist Geoff Boycott on the warpath... Ian Botham, Jardine, Cowdrey, even myself, eight Tests in India and Pakistan and averaged 58. Yes, England's wobbly batting on the sub-continent. 10.00 Morning all. Umar Gul to bowl first up. Pakistan were just missing the flake with their first innings total. Continents away, chief rivals India have mopped up Australia 5-12 in the latest T20. The hosts have it all to do. 09.52 A splendid effort from England's bowlers. Four for Broad and three for Anderson, who were both superb, and excellent support from Monty who chipped in with two. Just one over from Swann, a wicket maiden. To bowl a side out for 99 after losing the toss on what everyone said was a good pitch for batting... well, it doesn't get much better than that. But, as we know only too well, it's not been the bowling that's been England's problem on this tour. I'm going to hand you over to Mr Rod Gilmour to talk you through England's reply. Cheers! Umar Gul b Anderson 13 Yep, and that's all she wrote. First ball of the Anderson over, full and straight and that's the end of Umar Gul, clean bowled. Few handy runs at the end from the pacer. FOW 99 all out OVER 44: PAK 99/9 (Umar Gul 13* Aizaz Cheema 0*) Maiden from Monty. OVER 43: PAK 99/9 (Umar Gul 13* Aizaz Cheema 0*) Jimmy Anderson, never more than a few minutes away from a grump, won't be cheered up by Umar delicately leg-glancing him for four. Gul does well to dig out a yorker in a good over. Drinks Pakistan are in tatters at 95/9. My collague Mike Norrish, a very bad man indeed, reminds me of my comment earlier in the day: "05.50 Looks like a good deck for a hit, to me." OVER 42: PAK 95/9 (Umar Gul 9* Aizaz Cheema 0*) Ooh yeah. Go Umar! He smashes Panesar back over his head for a massive six. Monty should give the ball loads of air now, dare him to do it again. But no, he covers up on the ropes with some quick flat ones. Come on Monty, show us some cojones. That's drinks. Andrew writes: "What should happen - Pakistan all out for under 100 and the England openers to wipe that out without losing their wickets finishing the day 150-0, day two we move on to 400+ and have a good go at getting them out on day three. What will happen - England will be 30-4 at tea. OVER 41: PAK 85/9 (Umar Gul 0* Aizaz Cheema 0*) Anderson hits Umar Gul on the pad, the ball is probably sliding down leg, and Umpire Davis says not out. England review, bit of a punt in my opinion, but they've got two reviews left so why not. Ball would have clipped leg but that's not enough to overturn, and England lose a review. England might be bowling their opponents out for a hundred or so, but Martin Alastair Cooke is still as mad as all hell. Once again we are treated to Ravi Bopara being the 'headless chicken' of the England cricket team - not selected, of course, but on and off the field as regular as clockwork as England players go off for a fag or a wee or a rest or whatever, maybe tweeting mates, who knows? What is it about this lot that they can go on and off the pitch when they like? This should be banned! Go on Martin, get stuck in lad! Nice picture of Broad walking off for lunch OVER 40: PAK 85/9 (Umar Gul 0*) That wicket came off the last ball of the over, so that's a wicket maiden. Asad Shafiq lbw Panesar 45 That's the end of a good little knock as Asad backs away to try and cut. The ball just hurries straight on and hits him right in front. No question about that one, Monty has his third, and Pakistan are on the brink. Andrew Holgate writes: "From that graphic, only Anderson can say he has done his job with the bat by trying to add a few more runs on the tail end of the innings. If KP was an animal, we'd have put him down and sent the carcass to the glue factory by now. OVER 39: PAK 85/8 (Asad Shafiq 45* Umar Gul 0*) Anderson squares Shafiq up and the ball flies to where third slip would be if England were a bit more attacking. They are EIGHT down, after all. Nice square drive gives Asad Shafiq three. England's aerobics sessions were going well OVER 38: PAK 80/8 (Asad Shafiq 40* Umar Gul 0*) Monty gets a whole over at Umar, but does not tempt him with a looper. Flat and quick. I've found my lost over! It was bowled by Monty and one came off it. No, it wasn't very memorable. OVER 37: PAK 80/8 (Asad Shafiq 40* Umar Gul 0*) Broad goes off the field, maybe to stick pins in an Eoin Morgan voodoo doll. Anderson bowling. A couple to Shafiq down to third man - productive area for him, that. Good over, gets him playing and missing. OVER 36: PAK 78/8 (Asad Shafiq 38* Umar Gul 0*) The fast bowler Umar Gul comes in. Will he have a go, or try and support the impressive Shafiq by hanging around? Saeed Ajmal lbw Panesar 12 Ooh yeah. Good ball from Monty, bang on the pad, bang in front and Ajmal hardly waits for the finger. The ball straightened a touch. OVER 35: PAK 77/7 (Asad Shafiq 37* Saeed Ajmal 12*) Broad fumes after a misfield by Morgan, and his mood doesn't improve when Shafiq smashes a pull away for four. I seem to have lost an over somewhere, but suffice to say that this pair have been plugging away quite nicely. OVER 34: PAK 70/7 (Asad Shafiq 31* Saeed Ajmal 11*) Just one off Monty's over as this pair continue to add some patina of respectability over this ghastly start. OVER 33: PAK 69/7 (Asad Shafiq 30* Saeed Ajmal 11*) Good cricket from Ajmal. Broad brings square leg up but Ajmal pulls, all along the ground, for four. OVER 32: PAK 64/7 (Asad Shafiq 29* Saeed Ajmal 7*) Three off Monty's over. Slightly iffy fielding from Swann down the ground but he just stops the boundary after Ajmal spanks Monty down the ground.This partnership is worth 20 off 64 balls, making it both the most vaulable and the longest of the innings by some way. OVER 31: PAK 61/7 (Asad Shafiq 28* Saeed Ajmal 5*) Broad continues to work Ajmal, although this over he is concentrating on the area just outside off stump, rather than poor Saeed's, ahem, personal middle stump. To be honest it looks like a matter of time, Ajmal's swishing and poking wildly. He hooks unconvincingly and the ball lands safe. OVER 30: PAK 59/7 (Asad Shafiq 28* Saeed Ajmal 3*) One off Monty OVER 29: PAK 58/7 (Asad Shafiq 28* Saeed Ajmal 2*) Pow! One in the babymaker! Yuk, poor Saeed Ajmal is in all sorts as Broad nips one back and hits Saeed right in the place that no man wants to be hit. Quite a lengthy delay for treatment. Just a single off the over. Thanks to the mighty Mike Norrish, I have an awesome graphic to bust out. Are you ready? Here it come now, above this little block of text... As Mike says, "Pakistan may have already got too many..." OVER 28: PAK 57/7 (Asad Shafiq 28* Saeed Ajmal 1*) Bold move from Strauss to continue with Monty. The breeze across the ground should help him drift it in. Poor short ball, though, gets the treatment and gives the quietly impressive Shafiq four through the covers. Another short ball next up, and Monty's lucky that it's swatted straight to Strauss in the covers. OVER 27: PAK 53/7 (Asad Shafiq 24* Saeed Ajmal 1*) Broad is right back on it. His first ball cuts Ajmal in half as it nips back. Super delivery. The next one is full an tempting and Ajmal goes after it like Pepe Le Pew after that pretty lady skunk. He's lucky to miss. 08.42 We're ready to get underway. Broad will bowl to Ajmal. England were brilliant this morning. Can they keep it up? 08.38 Seeing a bit more of that KP interview on Sky; he reckons that DRS has totally changed that game for batsmen. And it's true that bowlers who aim at the stumps are seeing huge benefits. KP reckons it was the dismissal of Tendulkar by Panesar that "changed cricket." 08.35 So a little bit of news from Nick there; and just to remind you, there are four ODIs and three Twenty20s coming up after this. Rod and I cannot remember off-hand England having three T20s... Anyone? Bueller? LUNCH Pakistan 53/7 (Asad Shafiq 24* Saeed Ajmal 1*) Brilliant morning from England. Four for Broad, two for Jimmy, one for Swann in his solitary over. One excellent use of technology - when the TV umpire overturned Taufel's not out decision and sent Ali back to the hutch caught behind. One terrible use of technology - when the TV umpire overturned Taufel's entirely reasonable view that an inside edge had saved Hafeez from an lbw. The batsman might well be in hot water for dissent., by the way. Pakistan utterly dreadful, England very good. Those of us who thought this series would be a boring run-fest look pretty silly. Given England's poor batting against spin, this could already be a commanding first innings total from Pakistan though. Breakfast for me, then we'll see if England can knock the remaining three wickets over smartish. OVER 26: PAK 53/7 (Asad Shafiq 24* Saeed Ajmal 1*) Anderson will bowl the last over before lunch, Ajmal singles. And then the final ball before the interval, bit short from Anderson and Shafiq cuts that away like a rocket for four. A rare moment to cheer for Pakistan in what has been a truly horrible morning. That's lunch. OVER 25: PAK 48/7 (Asad Shafiq 20* Saeed Ajmal 0*) Broad beats Shafiq a couple of times. He misses with a big drive and is beaten by one that hold his line as he stays flat footed on the crease. England are rattling through these last few overs before lunch; as well they might with this over-rate. But I don't think that Broad will get a chance that five... Just two slips and a gully, plus a short leg. You could never accuse Straussy of being over-attacking. OVER 24: PAK 46/7 (Asad Shafiq 18* Saeed Ajmal 0*) Anderson returns to the attack, and Ajmal's not good enough to get an edge. OVER 23: PAK 45/7 (Asad Shafiq 17* Saeed Ajmal 0*) Broad continues to hunt that five-fer. I believe the last Englishman to take five-fer before lunch on day one was SF Barnes in 1913, v South Africa at the Old Wanderers. Not in this over for Broady, though. Shafiq, who has looked by far the most comfortable Pakistan batsman, ducks a bouncer, sees a cover drive find the fielder and then clips a single to leg. Referring to next man in Umar Gul, Simon Hughes says: "Last thing an opening bowler expects when his captain wins the toss and bats is to have his pads on before lunch!" OVER 22: PAK 44/7 (Asad Shafiq 16* Saeed Ajmal 0*) So the procession continues. Only two teams have been all out before lunch on the first day of a Test: Australia (53) at Lord's in 1896; and India (76) at Ahmedabad v South Africa in 2008. Wicket maiden from Swann. Rehman c Pietersen b Swann 1 Left-hander in, means Swann on, and that often means a wicket in the first over. And indeed it does! Rehman goes for a wild and brainless heave, doesn't get much of it, and KP takes the steepler, making a bit of a fuss as he does so about the sun. OVER 21: PAK 44/6 (Asad Shafiq 16* Abdur Rehman 1*) The pathetic Broad utterly fails to deliver a wicket in that over. Disgraceful. OVER 20: PAK 42/6 (Asad Shafiq 15* Abdur Rehman 0*) Monty keeps it tight, although Shafiq gets three off the outside edge. OVER 19: PAK 39/6 (Asad Shafiq 12*) Brilliant from Broad, setting Adnan up with the leg-cutters and then cleaning him up with the inswinger. It's a wicket maiden. And if there is one downside to this superb morning from England it's that Broad would have bowled England into a series-winning position - were it not for the horrific collapse in the Abu Dhabi second innings. Does that sound stupid? I suppose it does a bit. I just mean: although Pakistan have bowled beautifully in this series, their batting has been pretty flaky, and England should have done better. Akmal lbw Broad 6 There's no stopping Broad today! He squares Akmal up and beats him outside off, and then pins him on the pad with the last ball of the over, a delivery that shapes back in. Given out. After a few seconds deliberation with his partner, Akmal asks for a half-hearted review. Nah, that's hitting leg stump pal. Umpire Davis' decision is upheld, Pakistan burn a review, and that is that.