England v Pakistan: third Test, day five – live!

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21st over: Pakistan 65-1 (Sami 35, Azhar 27) Perhaps it was Ali’s line outside off stump or the impending lunch interval, but Azhar Ali plays out a maiden. Decent turn from the fifth ball, which grips, too.



WHAT WAS WRONG WITH MEN IN BLACK?! Incidentally, Independence Day was my first 12-rated movie.







20th over: Pakistan 63-1 (Aslam 34, Azhar 26) Michael Holding purrs as Finn targets the ribs of Sami from around the wicket.








19th over: Pakistan 62-1 (Aslam 34, Azhar 25) Moeen Ali into the attack and starts with a long hop. Luckily, it’s so short that Aslam can’t quite get hold of it and only gets two as it plinks into the leg side. Better flight and length for the rest of the over, mind.







18th over: Pakistan 60-1 (Aslam 32, Azhar 25) Much better over from Finn, who cranks up the pace and has Azhar Ali hopping outside off stump.



I’ll tell you what isn’t the greatest film of all time – Suicide Squad. Saw it last night. Good grief. Shot through an Instagram filter, with the content to match. Utter garbage saved, somewhat, by Will Smith.







17th over: Pakistan 59-1 (Aslam 31, Azhar 25) As the ball leaves Woakes’ hand, he thinks about appealing. But Azhar does brilliantly to work the ball, on middle stump, inside fine leg for four. And when Aslam drops and runs, Anderson’s needless throw beats Stuart Broad who’s backing up and goes for four overthrows. England need the interval, which is 15 minutes away.














16th over: Pakistan 40-1 (Aslam 26, Azhar 20) An LBW appeal from Steven Finn speaks volumes: the impact was outside the line and Aslam was playing a shot, but Finn asks like a man who knows he needs something to get him going. It’s not quite, “please sir can I have some more” but “oh come on – just one to take the edge off!”. Still, a maiden. “No doubt Shane Watson was as shocked as Louis every time he reviewed an lbw decision and found it confirmed his dismissal,” writes David Wall.



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15th over: Pakistan 49-1 (Aslam 26, Azhar 20) Azhar ticking, too. The first ball, which tails in a touch, is left outside off stump. The second – fuller and straighter – gets the full face through mid off. Another well struck drive, this time through cover, is stopped well by Stuart Broad, who palms the ball into mid off to save two runs.


Azhar plays a shot.
Azhar plays a shot. Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images

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14th over: Pakistan 43-1 (Aslam 26, Azhar 14) Garbage from Anderson, who cocks up at mid off and allows a drive to him bounce through his arms and away for four. Finn, peeved, puts a bit more on the next delivery, which Aslam works supremely through midwicket for four. Pakistan now need 300 to win from 70 overs…








13th over: Pakistan 34-1 (Aslam 18, Azhar 13) Geez Aslam’s a player: watchful as Woakes comes around the wicket and then drives him powerfully through the covers for four. How on earth Shan Masood kept him out of the first two Tests is a mystery. God bless the OBO and god bless Chris Fowler, who wades into the Casablanca debate: “Nobody ever says ‘Play it again, Sam’ in Casablanca. Rick and Sam have the following exchange:


Rick: “What’s that you’re playing?”

Sam: “Oh, just a little something of my own.”

Rick: “ Well, stop it. You know what I wanna hear.”

Sam: “No, I don’t.”

Rick: “You played it for her, you can play it for me. If she can stand it, I can. Play it!”







12th over: Pakistan 30-1 (Aslam 14, Azhar 13) Steven Finn starts loosely and Aslam drives him very nicely through mid off for four. Still, it’s better to be driven than cut in this situation and that’s backed up by a few that Aslam doesn’t quite time.



Playing both sides? I like it.







11th over: Pakistan 25-1 (Aslam 9, Azhar 13) Woakes angles one into the stumps and Azhar gets it around the corner for four to fine leg. An edge is found into the slips but it’s low and, in the end, well stopped by James Vince diving to his right.







10th over: Pakistan 21-1 (Sami 9, Azhar 9) Good from Azhar Ali, who not only judges well but is punching through into the leg side, with a straight bat, well enough to keep the close catchers out of luck.







9th over: Pakistan 20-1 (Sami 9, Azhar 8) Woakes for his first go of the innings, as he replaces Anderson to start with a solid yet unspectacular maiden.



My girlfriend and I have just had the debate (again) about the actual line – “Play it Sam”/”Play it again Sam”/”How’s your wife and my Sam” – and whether it appears as a standalone quote.







8th over: Pakistan 20-1 (Aslam 9, Azhar 8) Aslam works brought to square leg as Broad angles one in on leg stump, before Azhar Ali gets right behind one on off. Broad has found his radar. He’s got, well, two bat-pads: one close and helmted, the other a bit further back.







7th over: Pakistan 12-1 (Aslam 8, Azhar 5) Glorious from Azhar Ali as h on drives for four, despite the fact that Anderson has a fielder at Hoggard-to-Hayden-mid-on. Another four ends the over, as Sami Aslam guides the ball beyond the slips.



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6th over: Pakistan 6-1 (Sami 3, Azhar 0) The absolute state of it…







WICKET! Hafeez c Woakes b Broad 2 (Pakistan 6-1)



Utterly moronic from Hafeez: Broad goes short and Hafeez hooks to find the one man out at deep square leg. England have one of 10.


Broad celebrates with team mates after taking Hafeez for two.
Broad celebrates with team mates after taking Hafeez for two. Photograph: Paul Childs/Reuters

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5th over: Pakistan 6-0 (Hafeez 2, Aslam 3) Really good finish from Anderson, who has planted a seed of indecision in Sami Aslam’s head, who plays for the inswinger as the ball leaves him.



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4th over: Pakistan 5-0 (Hafeez 1, Aslam 3) An LBW appeal from Broad, around the wicket to Aslam, has a touch of height and a lot of bat to it. Is it Woakes Time yet?







3rd over: Pakistan 5-0 (Hafeez 1, Aslam 3) First run off the bat, as Hafeez nudges behind square on the leg side to get him off his pair. Anderson temps Aslam with a fuller ball which is played and missed outside the off stump. Hafeez ends the over with a peculiar waft to a short wide delivery, after he’s brought on strike but a nice square drive from Aslam.







2nd over: Pakistan 1-0 (Hafeez 0, Aslam 0) Stuart Broad starts with a no ball that replays show was a bit harsh. Sami Aslam goes to leave the first legitimate delivery of the innings but isn’t able to get the bat out of the way early enough and ends up guiding the ball low into the cordon off the face of his bat. Broad, having allowed the left hander a few leaves, finishes the over around the wicket and at the stumps.








1st over: Pakistan 0-0 (Hafeez 0, Aslam 0) New nut, Jimmy – let’s go. Three slips, gully and a bit of away movement. Hafeez looks like he’s playing at the last ball before letting it pass by, raising his bat to his shoulders, at the last moment. Maiden.







ENGLAND DECLARE! Pakistan need 343 to win in 84 overs



129th over: England 445-6 declare (Moeen 86, Woakes 3) And there it is. Alastair Cook calls the innings to a halt, with 41 added in four overs. Fair dos.


Cook declares.
Cook declares. Photograph: Fosker/BPI/REX/Shutterstock


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128th over: England 441-6 (Ali 84, Woakes 2) Amir replaces Yasir and is much harder to get away. Just two from theo over. “Morning Vish. An hour, you say?” asks Simon McMahon. “I was thinking 15 minutes. 100 for Bairstow (now Ali), Pakistan chasing 360, few overs with the second new ball at end of day if required.” Oh an hour is far too much batting on, I agree.







127th over: England 439-6 (Ali 83, Woakes 1) Bairstow goes, looking to move the game along. A drive off Woakes brings Ali on strike and, after a few missed pulls, he hooks around the corner and nutmegs Rahat Ali at fine leg for four. “The current round of Test series is serving the same function as last season’s final episode of Game of Thrones. It will establish the possibilities of who may emerge as top dog in the next series. When the dust settles on the current round of test matches, there may be four teams within three ranking points of each other, any one of whom could be perched triumphantly on top of the ICC’s iron rankings throne in a few months’ time.” Much like Game Of Thrones, you never quite know who the bad guys are.






WICKET! Bairstow LBW Khan 83 (England 434-6)



Not sure how that wasn’t out first time around… Bairstow moves across to off stump and is struck in front of middle and off. The ball races away for four leg byes, Misbah reviews and it’s plummers.


Bairstow walks for 83.
Bairstow walks for 83. Photograph: Paul Childs/Reuters

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126th over: England 434-5 (Bairstow 83, Ali 79) Yasir Shah starts the bowling this morning and, first ball, Moeen Ali skips down and finds a single to mid off. Once he gets back the strike, he skips down once more to hit the first six of the innings! Sent over midwicket, with aplomb. And then he goes again! Even bigger! Shah changes to come over the wicket… and Moeen goes again! Not quite out of the screws, but wide of the man put out for the shot for four. That’s the 150 partnership (170 balls), too. And a pinched two through extra cover makes that 20 off the over. Is Mo going to get to his hundred before Jonny??







“Morning Vish, morning all!” Morning, Dean Kinsella. “A little over a year ago, during the thrilling series between NZ and England, a new and adventurous dawn appeared to be breaking in English cricket. ‘Let’s go for the win’ was the attitude and it was a breath of fresh air, not to mention successful! This excellent Test match deserves a proper denouement in keeping with that spirit. No more than an hour at the crease please Cookie!” Yep, can’t see any reason for them to be out there for any more than an hour, especially if Jonny Baistow (82*) and Moeen Ali (60*) score as briskly as they did last night.



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More from Cook on batting on: “There’s something about putting pressure on a side who know they can’t win. It’s a slow wicket so we’re going to have to fight to take 10-wickets.”







There you go then…








Whenever Edgbaston 2005 comes up, as well as evoking joy, it reminds me of Daniel Harris, from these here pages (and this excellent book)…




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On the subject of thrilling final days, it’s 11-years to the day since *that* day at Edgbaston. Relive those terrifying moments…



“Jones….BOWDEN!”





Morning everyone. Fascinating day’s play in store that could be scuppered by a lack of declaration or impetus. An overnight pulling out would be really quite something but the whispers (i.e. people speculating on Twitter with words like “think”, “hearing” and indeed “whispers”) give the impression that England will bat on. And to bat on will be to accrue enough runs to feel totally safe. That last bit is crucial: the pitch is still very good for batting, as indicated by the fact that the scores have got bigger with each innings. The 311-run lead is a big one but, bearing in mind Pakistan have chased down 302 (won by five wickets) and 377 (won by seven) since 2014, on pitches similar to this, and with another Test around the corner, it’s probably worth saving the pitchforks for another day.







Vish will be here shortly. Until then, here’s Vic Marks’ report on an intriguing fourth day’s play.



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