So with the groundstaff playing the hokey-cokey with the covers, we're back on a holding pattern.

Hopefully we'll get news of another inspection soon.

We'll keep you updated with any news from Lord's but are going to wind back our other posts for a while.

Here's some highlights from yesterday to keep you going in the meantime.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport cricket correspondent at Lord's

The 1400 start has been delayed, but the covers are coming back off and the players are still out there warming up.

Daniel Norcross
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

Some umbrellas have appeared and the hover cover is back on. It doesn't look like heavy rain but it is enough rain.

My word, we'll have play!

I'll be honest, when I saw the forecast for today I didn't think we'd have any chance of play at all on day three.

But the umpires say we're good to go, so after a bit more mopping up from the groundstaff we'll be under way in just under half an hour.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport cricket correspondent at Lord's

England's coaching staff have emerged, Pakistan's players are out kicking a football around. Encouraging. Just as I say that, a start time is announced.

Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on Test Match Special

I said last night that this Pakistan batting line-up is not one to judge your bowlers against, but when you look at the team, you can only beat what's in front of you and they're dominating this series.

Jonathan Agnew
BBC Chief Cricket Commentator on Test Match Special

Things are happening. I am not saying it is the end of the rain because it isn't but we might get lucky.

Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on Test Match Special

I think the key to the four pace bowlers is the opening bowler, Ollie Robinson, because you look back to the winter and we were crying out for a tone setter.

Brydon Carse is a great all-rounder but Australia were getting off to a flying start with him. Consistency, whether you're going out with an opening batting pair or bowling pair that can get you off to a flyer.

I look at Ollie Robinson and I trust that first over will be a decent first over just to get into the Test match.

Jonathan Agnew
BBC Chief Cricket Commentator on Test Match Special

Some of the covers have been removed. It is looking clearer in the west in that we can now see the buildings.

I must say, there's a heartening number of people in the stands at Lord's given the forecast - a good few more than when these photos were taken.

I am actually just watching one of the outer covers being rolled back - that's because we've just heard there will be a pitch inspection at 13:15 BST.

Hope, faint hope.

Image source, Reuters

Image source, Getty Images

England fielding coach Sarah Taylor, speaking on Test Match Special on how she's finding her role with the men's team: "I've absolutely loved it. It came as a bit of a shock but absolutely jumped at the chance as soon as I was asked. It's just a great experience and I'm learning a lot. I'm still young in my coaching career but it's been a pretty good summer."

On working with Jamie Smith standing up to the stumps: "I don't think he has done it that much previously, so this was a little bit of a shock this summer where the surfaces almost told him to go and stand on the stumps but we've worked extremely hard. Every training session he's been doing keeping. The standing up has been a bit more prevalent now. In terms of technical stuff, he's an extremely good keeper, he's got an excellent pair of hands and it was a case of enhancing what he had and keeping him more still than what he used to.

"The direction of which he faces was slightly open and now we've gone down the wicket. There's a couple of things we've tinkered with and more consistency in what he's doing. Just that push to try and do some form of standing up very single session that we do and again he's the one that pushed it. He's working extremely hard and reaping all the benefits out there."

Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on Test Match Special

On whether Joe Root will end his season after this Test series to go on work on his game:

No, he'll be playing one-day cricket. He loves playing cricket. It's worked for him for many years, so I can't imagine he won't want to play. He'll work it out.

He'll have plenty of time to go and work. It'll be a mental problem as much as a technical problem.

Phil Tufnell
Former England spinner on Test Match Special

I think the whole style of seam bowlers has changed because he's used to the channel where it swings away. I think now the seamers are looking to blow the pads off with DRS and all this kind of stuff.

With Joe Root as well, I know it might sound silly, but it rushes into his pad. It thuds into that front pad, not just like, 'oh, he just missed it', it's on him almost a bit too quick.

Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on Test Match Special

On Joe Root's form this summer:

He's been a great problem-solver during his time in cricket you don't play for the time he's played and score the amount of runs he's had without going through tricky periods.

I remember Josh Hazlewood used to get him out a lot with that nip back. He's had this area of his game challenged before.

I do think the keeper stood up tactic has probably thrown a spanner in the works that he's probably thought for the first time, 'I've got a problem that I don't have an answer too'. He will go away and he will work on it to make sure he does have an answer to that, I trust in that.