Brydon Carse to Agha Salman, no run, back of a length, Salman defends
The umpires and players stride out to the middle.
Matthew Potts: In terms of difficulty, it was hard work. Had to go to different plans. Good to lead the attack with the Durham boys. It's about seizing moments in the game, that partnership (between Ayub and Ghulam) was difficult to break, genius from Stokes to have seen something. (On England not reviewing a caught-behind call against Ghulam) There was a decent noise, a couple of guys in the covers - Crawley and Stokes - heard something but the keeper and the slips hadn't heard anything. (On the Durham players in the England team) They seem pretty good. Carse, the newest from Durham, a good production line. I see the game in the balance at the moment.
Pitch Report | Nasser Hussain: Cooler and cloudier morning. The sun has had an impact on the cracks. There are cracks all over. Yesterday was much more watchable than the first day of the first Test. There are areas which have started to crumble. Lateral movement with the spin, there was a lot more reverse swing yesterday. When you play on a day seven pitch, it just dies on you. The ball was bouncing 3 or 4 times before going to Jamie Smith. If Pakistan get to 350, they won't be worried about the uneven bounce.
A couple of early wickets will put England in a good position. Can Pakistan's lower order bat long? Will the pitch start to behave differently? They made a plethora of changes coming into this Test and one of them clicked instantly with Ghulam registering a century on debut. Will the others work as well? Let's find out. Action isn't too far away.
09:30 Local Time, 04:30 GMT, 10:00 IST: Hello everyone and a warm welcome to the second day's play of the second Test between Pakistan and England. One could say that this is a seventh day deck as the first Test was also played on the same pitch. When Leach removed Shafique and Masood in the first hour of play, Pakistan would have been under immense pressure. That's when Kamran Ghulam and Saim Ayub forged a crucial partnership to keep the visitors at bay. It was tough work for batters as well as bowlers due to low bounce and slow turn. England didn't offer too many freebies and Stokes's funky field placement ensured that Pakistan couldn't score freely.
Saim Ayub: It was pretty much slow and a turning track, double-paced with the fast bowlers and most of the balls keeping low. It's difficult when you bat on a surface like that, you have to keep watching till the end. Every single run is important. (On not converting his half-century) Even if I had got 100 or 150, it's not enough. It's never enough basically. I always try to do my best. (On his partnership with Kamran Ghulam) When he came in to bat, our plan was to watch the ball and play according to the conditions. It was spinning, it was keeping little bit low, so ultra focus was required that time. All focus was to give our team a good partnership where we can set the base for the upcoming batsmen.
Things could have gone worse for Pakistan but fortune went their way today. Ghulam was dropped on 79 by Duckett off Leach's bowling and Rizwan got a life on 6
17:26 Local Time, 12:26 GMT, 17:56 IST | Stumps, day one:
89.6
Jack Leach to Rizwan, no run, 84.9kph, full on the stumps, dead-batted by Rizwan
89.5
Jack Leach to Rizwan, no run
89.4
Jack Leach to Rizwan, no run, full delivery, driven hard back to the bowler
89.3
Jack Leach to Rizwan, no run, Leach pulls his length back, the ball keeps low and Rizwan chops it to cover
89.2
Jack Leach to Rizwan, FOUR,
89.1
Jack Leach to Rizwan, no run, flighted ball, full on off, Rizwan lunges forward to block
88.6
Bashir to Agha Salman, no run, 91.1kph
88.5
Bashir to Agha Salman, no run, 94.2kph, Salman presses forward to block expecting the ball to spin. It goes on straight to miss the o
88.4
Bashir to Agha Salman, no run
88.3
Bashir to Agha Salman, no run, pushed quicker and fuller on the sticks, played back at the bowler
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