England advance lead on weather-hit third day - report
Lawrence hits half-century on tricky Lord's pitch
Abbas (3-48) the pick of the Pakistan bowlers
My word.
Muhammad Abbas gets one to leap up off a length and Harry Brook is squared up, the ball flying past his outside edge.
Poor Rizwan, who is standing up to the stumps, has no chance. He's taken another one to the thumb.
Srinivas Vijaykumar
CricViz analyst
The lateral movement off the pitch in this Test has been unprecedented with ball consistently dominating over the batters. The average seam movement off the seamers in the first three innings of this Test so far has been 0.847°, with England yet to bowl in the last innings.
No surprises that of the 114 Tests hosted in England since the start of 2010, no other Test has had the ball move off the pitch more than his game.
The previous highest was 0.845° in the ENG v WI Test here at Lord's in 2017.
Well, it is jagging more than Jagger on this pitch!
Lead by 304
Don't bowl there.
Harry Brook whips a leg-stump freebie off his pads to the boundary - that'll be four on any pitch.
Image source, Getty ImagesPakistan enquire with the umpires about the state of the ball, but it goes through the measuring thing easily and they're told to get on with it.
It's doing plenty, guys. I think it's fine.
Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on Test Match Special
Image source, Getty ImagesDan Lawrence is doing his reputation no harm here. He's only on 19, but it hasn't been easy. He's looked assured.
Lead by 298
The runs are flowing now.
Dan Lawrence pulls a horrible short ball for four, before driving beautifully down the ground for the same result.
11 off the over as England approach the 300 mark...
Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on Test Match Special
Emilio Gay must be thinking after 100 overs of England batting, he got the one ball that kept low.
Lead by 287
The keeper finally comes up for Harry Brook and it nearly brings the reward, as a streaky drive just evades the stumps off the inside edge.
Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on Test Match Special
If you're Babar Azam you've got to realise what these two are doing. They're not even considering the off side, they're working across their stumps into the on side.
England are getting exactly what they want at the moment, keeper back and gaps on the on side.
Lead by 286
Pakistan are clearly trying to target Dan Lawrence on the pads, but that does come with risk, too. Khurram Shahzad bowls a little too straight, and Lawrence effortlessly whips it away for four.
Lead by 279
Dan Lawrence defends the three remaining balls of Abbas' over.
The way the pitch is playing, and knowing how aggressive Brook and Lawrence like to be, you'd assume that they'll try to kick on quickly now. Get the lead over 300 and get bowling as soon as you can.
Image source, Getty ImagesLet's not even bother thinking about what the forecast might be for later. We'll just see what happens, shall we?
Good news.
We'll be restarting in five minutes' time!
This is so silly.
It's so windy that everything's blown over quite quickly so the umpires are already back out there having a chat, and the sheet covers are gone.
Yeah, it's properly bucketing down.
And based on what we saw in that 38 minutes of play, it certainly feels like England's lead of 279 is enough. It was close to unplayable.
Alison Mitchell
Test Match Special commentator
The rain has come down in a flurry. It is really coming down.
And we're off.
Honestly, how do you bat on this?
Srinivas Vijaykumar
CricViz analyst
Deliveries pitched up by the seamers have caused a lot of trouble for the batters in this Test and across this series.
Of all the Test series (2+ matches) hosted in England in our database (since 2006), this series' 17.8 average is the lowest of all with these fuller-pitched deliveries.
Deliveries fuller than 6m in this series
The global average for deliveries pitched up in England in the last 20 overs is 33.5, almost double of the tally in this series. Just pitch it up and let the conditions do the rest for you!
It's very, very grey and gloomy now. A few umbrellas are going up.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Duckett,leg before wicket, bowled Abbas Duckett, leg before wicket, bowled Abbas | 17 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 85.00 |
Gay,caught Rizwan, bowled Abbas Gay, caught Rizwan, bowled Abbas | 8 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 47.06 |
Cox,caught substitute, bowled Khurram Cox, caught substitute, bowled Khurram | 55 | 105 | 79 | 7 | 0 | 215 | 52.38 |
Root,leg before wicket, bowled Abbas Root, leg before wicket, bowled Abbas | 4 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 30.77 |
Brook,bowled Ali Brook, bowled Ali | 15 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 57.69 |
Lawrence,run out Shan Lawrence, run out Shan | 17 | 41 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 41.46 |
Smith,bowled Ali Smith, bowled Ali | 61 | 80 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 96 | 76.25 |
Atkinson,caught Ali, bowled Usman Atkinson, caught Ali, bowled Usman | 45 | 46 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 102 | 97.83 |
Robinson,bowled Ali Robinson, bowled Ali | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
Archer,bowled Abbas Archer, bowled Abbas | 14 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 107.69 |
Tongue,not out Tongue, not out | 30 | 48 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 59 | 62.50 |
Extras, no balls 11, wides 0, byes 2, leg byes 11, total 24 Extras, no balls 11, wides 0, byes 2, leg byes 11, total 24 | |||||||
Total,290 all out 66.4 overs Total,290 all out 66.4 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abbas | 20.0 | 3 | 73 | 4 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3.65 |
Khurram | 15.0 | 0 | 79 | 1 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.26 |
Ali | 22.0 | 2 | 86 | 3 | 97 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3.90 |
Usman | 9.4 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4.03 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
21 for 1 (4.6 overs) | Gay |
26 for 2 (6.4 overs) | Duckett |
36 for 3 (10.3 overs) | Root |
77 for 4 (17.1 overs) | Brook |
120 for 5 (31.2 overs) | Lawrence |
187 for 6 (47.1 overs) | Cox |
222 for 7 (52.2 overs) | Smith |
222 for 8 (52.4 overs) | Robinson |
243 for 9 (55.3 overs) | Archer |
290 for 10 (66.4 overs) | Atkinson |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shan,caught Smith, bowled Archer Shan, caught Smith, bowled Archer | 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 9.09 |
Azan,caught Gay, bowled Robinson Azan, caught Gay, bowled Robinson | 46 | 102 | 81 | 7 | 0 | 172 | 45.10 |
Shafique,caught Smith, bowled Tongue Shafique, caught Smith, bowled Tongue | 5 | 32 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 15.63 |
Babar,caught Cox, bowled Tongue Babar, caught Cox, bowled Tongue | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 80.00 |
Saud,leg before wicket, bowled Robinson Saud, leg before wicket, bowled Robinson | 16 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 100.00 |
Rizwan,leg before wicket, bowled Robinson Rizwan, leg before wicket, bowled Robinson | 7 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 35.00 |
Usman,bowled Archer Usman, bowled Archer | 1 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.69 |
Khurram,caught Brook, bowled Robinson Khurram, caught Brook, bowled Robinson | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20.00 |
Abbas,bowled Archer Abbas, bowled Archer | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 22.22 |
Ali,not out Ali, not out | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 37.50 |
Extras, no balls 2, wides 5, byes 12, leg byes 1, total 20 Extras, no balls 2, wides 5, byes 12, leg byes 1, total 20 | |||||||
Total,110 all out 37.2 overs Total,110 all out 37.2 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Robinson | 13.0 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.84 |
Archer | 11.2 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.29 |
Tongue | 6.0 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4.50 |
Atkinson | 7.0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4.71 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
5 for 1 (3.4 overs) | Shan |
16 for 2 (14.1 overs) | Shafique |
30 for 3 (16.6 overs) | Babar |
63 for 4 (22.1 overs) | Saud |
91 for 5 (30.1 overs) | Rizwan |
104 for 6 (33.1 overs) | Usman |
105 for 7 (34.2 overs) | Khurram |
106 for 8 (34.4 overs) | Azan |
110 for 9 (37.2 overs) | Abbas |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Duckett,caught Babar, bowled Khurram Duckett, caught Babar, bowled Khurram | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16.67 |
Gay,leg before wicket, bowled Abbas Gay, leg before wicket, bowled Abbas | 31 | 74 | 63 | 6 | 0 | 128 | 41.89 |
Cox,leg before wicket, bowled Khurram Cox, leg before wicket, bowled Khurram | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 122.22 |
Root,leg before wicket, bowled Ali Root, leg before wicket, bowled Ali | 24 | 37 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 64.86 |
Brook,caught Rizwan, bowled Abbas Brook, caught Rizwan, bowled Abbas | 34 | 56 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 99 | 60.71 |
Lawrence,bowled Abbas Lawrence, bowled Abbas | 54 | 70 | 50 | 7 | 2 | 130 | 77.14 |
Smith,caught Shan, bowled Abbas Smith, caught Shan, bowled Abbas | 7 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 53.85 |
Atkinson,leg before wicket, bowled Ali Atkinson, leg before wicket, bowled Ali | 7 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 33.33 |
Robinson,caught Rizwan, bowled Abbas Robinson, caught Rizwan, bowled Abbas | 8 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 53.33 |
Archer,not out Archer, not out | 2 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 14.29 |
Tongue,run out Babar Tongue, run out Babar | 12 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 80.00 |
Extras, no balls 4, wides 5, byes 4, leg byes 4, total 17 Extras, no balls 4, wides 5, byes 4, leg byes 4, total 17 | |||||||
Total,208 all out 54.2 overs Total,208 all out 54.2 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abbas | 22.0 | 3 | 57 | 5 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2.59 |
Khurram | 14.0 | 3 | 56 | 2 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.00 |
Ali | 16.2 | 1 | 70 | 2 | 76 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4.28 |
Usman | 2.0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8.50 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
1 for 1 (1.3 overs) | Duckett |
13 for 2 (3.1 overs) | Cox |
60 for 3 (16.3 overs) | Root |
83 for 4 (23.4 overs) | Gay |
128 for 5 (35.5 overs) | Brook |
149 for 6 (39.6 overs) | Smith |
162 for 7 (44.6 overs) | Atkinson |
186 for 8 (49.2 overs) | Lawrence |
187 for 9 (51.1 overs) | Robinson |
208 for 10 (54.2 overs) | Tongue |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shan,leg before wicket, bowled Robinson Shan, leg before wicket, bowled Robinson | 26 | 72 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 150 | 36.11 |
Azan,leg before wicket, bowled Robinson Azan, leg before wicket, bowled Robinson | 6 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 42.86 |
Shafique,bowled Robinson Shafique, bowled Robinson | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 |
Babar,caught Cox, bowled Archer Babar, caught Cox, bowled Archer | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 75.00 |
Saud,caught Brook, bowled Tongue Saud, caught Brook, bowled Tongue | 97 | 122 | 83 | 13 | 2 | 192 | 79.51 |
Rizwan,leg before wicket, bowled Robinson Rizwan, leg before wicket, bowled Robinson | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11.11 |
Usman,bowled Archer Usman, bowled Archer | 16 | 44 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 36.36 |
Khurram,bowled Tongue Khurram, bowled Tongue | 9 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 69.23 |
Abbas,not out Abbas, not out | 13 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 81.25 |
Ali,caught Brook, bowled Tongue Ali, caught Brook, bowled Tongue | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 160.00 |
Extras, no balls 1, wides 1, byes 4, leg byes 6, total 12 Extras, no balls 1, wides 1, byes 4, leg byes 6, total 12 | |||||||
Total,194 all out 50.5 overs Total,194 all out 50.5 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Robinson | 14.0 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.71 |
Archer | 15.0 | 1 | 73 | 2 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4.86 |
Tongue | 8.5 | 1 | 46 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5.20 |
Atkinson | 11.0 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3.72 |
Lawrence | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
7 for 1 (4.3 overs) | Azan |
7 for 2 (4.6 overs) | Shafique |
14 for 3 (7.1 overs) | Babar |
111 for 4 (30.1 overs) | Shan |
115 for 5 (32.5 overs) | Rizwan |
146 for 6 (43.4 overs) | Usman |
169 for 7 (46.1 overs) | Saud |
176 for 8 (48.3 overs) | Khurram |
194 for 9 (50.5 overs) | Ali |