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Pakistan teach England a lesson with the bat to leave hosts with mountain to climb
England have never lost a May Test match at Lord’s but that record is under threat like never before. Pakistan are in control and have the opportunity to inflict a defeat that would hurt England even more than all the winter hammerings in Australia.
In 18 years of playing Test series in May, England have lost only two matches. It is why throughout all the dismal performances during the winter, when they were never really expected to beat Australia without Ben Stokes, there was always the reassuring return of early summer home comforts to restore confidence and faith.
But England look as though they are suffering a post-Ashes stress disorder and have been outplayed by a Pakistan side that had barely set foot in this country before this series. For two days, first with ball then bat, Pakistan have given England a masterclass in how to play on their home patch, batting patiently and with real commitment to the cause to reach 350 for eight, and sit on a 166-run first-innings lead.
England bowled well for periods, and bowlers can only do so much when the side is bowled out for 184, but were inconsistent and five catches were dropped on a ragged day of fielding. Only West Indies, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh have dropped more chances in Test cricket than England over the past 12 months, and they at least have the excuse of being unable to afford an army of backroom staff.
After a year in the job, the honeymoon period is over for Root. Having made an error with the toss on day one, England too quickly chopped and changed tactics with the ball, giving up on bowling the fuller length that Pakistan had so effectively utilised on day one by opting for a short ball around the wicket barrage in the first session of the day that is normally reserved for a flat deck in the UAE.
When they won here two years ago, Pakistan performed press ups in front of the pavilion. If they can pull it off again then it would be an achievement deserving of somersaults and triple salchows given how unfancied they were before this game, having only beaten West Indies in a Test since winning at the Oval two years ago.
Even though he has retired, Pakistan have continued to play in the disciplined fashion of their former captain Misbah ul-Haq and the young players have bought into the modernisation of Pakistani cricket led by coach Mickey Arthur.
Pakistan are expected to play with flamboyance and panache, to entertain but frustrate in equal measure. But here they have been level and calm. Four batsmen have made fifties, including 19-year-old leg spinner Shadab Khan, and their only error across two days of Test cricket has been when captain Sarfraz Ahmed played a horrible pull shot and fell in to Ben Stokes’s leg trap. It opened up the lower order to the second new ball and with a lead of just 43 England were back in the game, but once again unable to push through.
It was the second wicket of a fiery Stokes spell from the Pavilion End and once again the team’s talisman had grabbed the game and bent it to his will. It gave a glimpse of just what Root missed in Australia when matches were drifting out of control and he had nowhere to turn. Stokes took three wickets with short balls, bowled the quickest delivery of the day and forced Babar Azam to retire after another nasty, skiddy bouncer clattered into his left wrist.
But unlike England on day one, Pakistan did not lose wickets in quick succession. New batsmen applied themselves and rebuilt. There was no collapse, just defiance and then an acceleration against the second new ball and tiring England bowlers as the lead mounted up.
Stuart Broad was the pick of the attack, bowling well all day with little reward. James Anderson was inconsistent, struggling with his rhythm from the Pavilion End and when the third session started with the second new ball it was Stokes who was preferred to England’s leading all time wicket-taker.
Mark Wood strained every sinew, dismissed Haris Sohail with a beauty that moved late to find the edge, but bowled too short and could not find the same threatening bounce as Stokes.
Bowlers can only do so much when slips do not take catches. Cook was involved in three missed chances. First he dropped Azam on 10 when he could not get his body down quick enough to a low chance to right. Later he reacted too late to an edge from Faheem Ashraf off Wood and finally grassed a sitter off Shadab. Jos Buttler ducked a half chance at gully off Shafiq and then could not hold on to a cut when the same batsman was on 59.
Anderson was poor when the ball was still relatively hard in the morning and Pakistan were able to settle. Azhar Ali is their key batsman at the top of the order and he looked serene as he made fifty. It was only when Anderson came back at the Nursery End and rediscovered his rhythm that he started to threaten a wicket and removed Azhar lbw.
Shafiq has struggled to attune to the extra responsibility of promotion up the order following the retirements of Misbah and Younus Khan, but this was his best innings in his new middle-order role. He took few risks and Pakistan ran well between the wickets as the slowly chipped away and then went past England’s total.
He swept Dominic Bess into the Tavern Stand as Pakistan looked to take on the young spinner, but was bounced out by Stokes, fending a catch to second slip. Sarfraz pulled a short ball to fine leg where Wood took a well judged catch but Azam played his best Test innings, patiently accumulating, before he retired hurt with a badly bruised wrist.
Shadab continued Pakistan’s dominance until he gloved another Stokes bouncer for the ninth wicket. It is not over yet though, Azam is expected to bat again tomorrow morning before England face another examination of mettle and technique they have to pass.
Pakistan lead by 166 runs
It has been another good day for the tourists. England plugged away admirably, but Pakistan stuck to their task and have earned a healthy lead that will likely prove crucial. England face a tough task tomorrow.
CLOSE OF PLAY: Pakistan 350/8 (Amir 19 Abbas 0)
And it will be young Dominic Bess to bowl the final over before close. How he would love to take his first Test wicket. Amir is untroubled though, cutting the quicker ball hard past point for four. And that is that.
OVER 109: Pakistan 346/8 (Amir 15 Abbas 0)
Can England finish this off tonight then? Probably time for two more overs and this will be Stokes' last crack. Amir tucks a single to leave Abbas two balls to face... which he does so safely.
OVER 108: Pakistan 345/8 (Amir 14 Abbas 0)
Amir edges through the slips and Pakistan's lead is increased by four more runs. Then he drives through mid-off and Root dives on the boundary to prevent the four. Anderson, frustratingly, can't find a way through, even with his single ball to Abbas.
OVER 107: Pakistan 338/8 (Amir 7 Abbas 0)
Stokes draws a single from Amir and gets Abbas on strike. A slower ball nearly catches him out but Abbas digs it out well.
Babar has just been shown on screen holding his arm in the pavilion and doesn't look like he'll be coming back on.
OVER 106: Pakistan 337/8 (Amir 6 Abbas 0)
Mohammad Amir shows us what he can do with a push away off his pads that is timed beautifully and races away for four.
Next ball he edges towards first slip but it doesn't reach Cook.
WICKET! Hasan c Buttler b Anderson 0 Anderson gets Hasan on strike and gets him first ball. A huge bounce catches Hasan out and it flies high to gully off his edge where Buttler takes it safely. Fow 337/8
It still remains to be seen whether Babar will come back out having earlier retired.
OVER 105: Pakistan 332/7 (Amir 1 Hasan 0)
Missed chance! Shadab gets to 50 and he's so chuffed, in no small part because he just spooned a hook right up in the air which Bairstow went charging after but just couldn't get to. It went so high that they came back for two. Lovely knock from Shadab and that's the fourth 50 of the innings.
WICKET! Shadab c Bairstow b Stokes 52 But Shadab lastonly only another three balls, going for a pull shot, he gloves through to the keeper, who takes it down the leg side. Fow 332/7
OVER 104: Pakistan 328/6 (Amir 1 Shadab 48)
Anderson gets his chance to bowl at Amir, and there's a muted lbw appeal that gets a stern 'not out' from the umpire. Amir does well enough, one play-and-miss aside.
OVER 103: Pakistan 327/6 (Amir 1 Shadab 47)
Stokes comes back into the attack, just about England's most effective bowler in this innings.
Amir gets off the mark, and Shadab adds another single.
OVER 102: Pakistan 325/6 (Amir 0 Shadab 46)
Shadab takes one in the nether regions that nips back in from Anderson, who will probably be disappointed that he didn't get the chance to bowl at Amir with any of his six balls.
OVER 101: Pakistan 323/6 (Amir 0 Shadab 44)
Stoneman makes an error at fine leg, sliding down by the boundary but he mis-fields and allows the four. A single puts Amir on strike and Wood could have a few chances at him, two slips, a gully and a short leg come in.
Amir pokes unconvincingly at every ball and England will fancy their chances of another wicket soon enough.
OVER 100: Pakistan 318/6 (Amir 0 Shadab 39)
Big appeal first ball to Amir with another one nipping back but the umpire's having none of it. Must have been too high.
WICKET! Faheem b Anderson 37
As we move into the 100th over England really feel like they need a wicket and Anderson delivers. Faheem shapes to cut one away but it moves back in and he inside edges onto his own stumps. Fow 318/6
OVER 99: Pakistan 318/5 (Faheem 37 Shadab 39)
Shadab plays an unorthodox shot to survive first ball, and the ball nearly ricochets down onto the stumps. He then hooks away for two runs, and pushes another away off the back foot through mid-off for four.
This doesn't look great for an ageing Cook:
OVER 98: Pakistan 309/5 (Faheem 37 Shadab 31)
And another! This one is right down Cook's throat at first slip but he puts it down and that's another chance gone begging and Shadab survives. The groan that greets the replay on the big screen at Lord's speaks for itself.
And Root doesn't look happy at all.
The chances have at least galvanised a tiring crowd. They are up on their feet for Anderson's final two balls.
The first nearly ends in a mix-up between the batsman, but Stokes' direct hit does not run Faheem out, and the deflection off the stumps allows a free run.
OVER 97: Pakistan 308/5 (Faheem 37 Shadab 30)
Wood again and a mistimed pull from Shadab brings up Pakistan's 300, as they continue to plod away, slowly but surely extending their lead well past 100.
Then next ball Faheem dangles a bat at one he should leave and an edge flies right between keeper Bairstow and Cook at first slip and away to the rope. The look of bemusement between the two tells a story. Why has neither taken charge of that situation and gone for it?
Faheem punishes them by hooking the next ball away for four more.
Is Broad getting faster?
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OVER 96: Pakistan 299/5 (Faheem 29 Shadab 29)
Just one leg bye off Anderson's next over.
OVER 95: Pakistan 298/5 (Faheem 29 Shadab 29)
Decent appeal from the second ball of Mark Wood's next over, but it stinks of desperation, as Shadab looks to glance one down leg, but misses it and there's a noise as it reaches Bairstow's gloves. No review from Root because it was all thigh pad.
Faheem absolutely nails the final ball of the over with a perfect pull shot that races away for four.
OVER 94: Pakistan 291/5 (Faheem 25 Shadab 26)
Anderson again. Not an inexpensive over with four runs scored, and very little in the way of positives for England.
Time for some drinks.
OVER 93: Pakistan 287/5 (Faheem 24 Shadab 23)
Mark Wood comes back on. Shadab takes two off the final ball with a wholly unconvincing shot that finds a leading edge that he completely didn't mean.
OVER 92: Pakistan 285/5 (Faheem 24 Shadab 21)
Faheem goes for a huge pull, gloves it up in the air, down to safety and away for four. Pakistan's lead passes 100.
Babar has reemerged on the Pakistan balcony, by the way. Apparently he will be monitored by the team medical staff to see if he can come back on. Positive signs at least that he hasn't gone to hospital.
OVER 91: Pakistan 280/5 (Faheem 20 Shadab 20)
Seconds after I mention the form of these two batsmen, Anderson steams in with a bouncer that Faheem thinks about pulling but swipes and misses.
OVER 90: Pakistan 276/5 (Faheem 17 Shadab 19)
Broad again. Shadab sense an opportunity with a slightly wide one and duly taking it. Four more runs. These two look in great nick, and are dealing really, really well with the new ball.
OVER 89: Pakistan 272/5 (Faheem 17 Shadab 15)
Jimmy Anderson comes back on, with the ball just eight overs old.
But Faheem looks equal to what Anderson is throwing at him. His timing has been spot on so far, and he swats away for another four.
OVER 88: Pakistan 268/5 (Faheem 13 Shadab 15)
After the Pakistan batsman who was bedded-in retired AND England took the new ball, this isn't how Root will have wanted - or expected - this session to go. Another four, this time off Shadab's pads.
Broad then gets a beauty to move away from the bat but no breakthrough.
OVER 87: Pakistan 264/5 (Faheem 13 Shadab 15)
Stokes flits between over and round the wicket, Faheem takes four from each, and another two to finish it off.
OVER 86: Pakistan 254/5 (Faheem 3 Shadab 15)
Lovely punch of a shot from Shadab away through extra cover. Root gives chase but the quick outfield beats him despite a pretty comical lunge right at the rope in vain.
REVIEW!
Broad thinks he has trapped Khan lbw. The umpire gives it but Shadab reviews immediately. It looks like height might be an issue, but that isn't Broad's downfall - the third umpire finds the tiniest of inside edges. And Shadab still stands.
OVER 85: Pakistan 250/5 (Faheem 3 Shadab 11)
The atmosphere is a little subdued around Lord's for the moment. It doesn't really feel in the spirit of cricket to put loads of pressure on the new man - Faheem Ashraf - when he's replaced someone who has retired through injury.
Faheem gets off to a decent start with three off his first ball.
What a shame
Babar is indeed coming off. He is really grimacing and looks in a lot of pain. He misjudged Stokes' ball really, really poorly, but that's not the way his 68* deserved to end.
Babar is in trouble
Stokes catches Babar with a nasty one that the batsman thinks he can duck out of but it keeps really low and gets him right on the wrist. There's a stoppage in play while he has treatment.
It's not looking good at all, and he may have to come off.
OVER 84: Pakistan 245/5 (Babar 68 Shadab 9)
Lovely stuff from Broad, who is bowling full and tempting Babar into playing. He so, so nearly gets an edge but Babar survives.
OVER 83: Pakistan 245/5 (Babar 68 Shadab 9)
Some real bounce and movement off the surface for Stokes here, but Shadab responds with a push through the covers and a flick off his thigh for two boundaries in two balls as Stokes strays from his previous line and length.
OVER 82: Pakistan 237/5 (Babar 68 Shadab 1)
Broad to bowl at Shadab with a ball just one over old. Khan defends well enough and then steals a single. In an optimistic attempt to run Khan out Bess looks to have hurt his shoulder a little.
An edge from Babar on the final ball is too thick and too low for Stokes to get near in the widest slip position.
OVER 81: Pakistan 232/5 (Babar 64 Shadab 0)
Stokes will get the first go with the new ball but it is Babar rather than Shadab he will face.
Babar prods at a straight one and it fizzes away off his leading edge away for four
OVER 80: Pakistan 228/5 (Babar 60 Shadab 0)
Bess will bowl the final over before the new ball is due, and after a single for Babar Bess will get up to four balls at new man Shadab Khan - and four balls to convince captain Root not to take the new ball just yet.
Bess only gets minimal turn and Root asks for the new ball.
Tea
Time for a break for the players, and time for me to hand back over to Ali Tweedale.
OVER 79: Pakistan 227/5 (Babar 59 Sarfraz 4)
Joe Root positions himself at short leg once again as Stokes begins his 14th over. It proves to be inspired captaincy as Sarfraz flicks a ball off his pads straight into Root's shins - much to the amusement of England's fielders.
WICKET! Sarfraz 9 c Wood b Stokes
Stokes strikes again! Dreadful shot from the Pakistan captain, who top-edges Stokes' bumper straight up in the air and right down Mark Wood's throat.
That wicket prompts the umpires to call an early tea with Pakistan leading by 43 runs.
OVER 78: Pakistan 227/4 (Babar 59 Sarfraz 9)
Pakistan going on the attack against Bess, here. Sarfraz sees Bess chuck up a well-flighted delivery before dancing down the wicket to clip the 20-year-old debutant for four.
Confused smiles all round as Sarfraz backs away, taking stance two feet outside leg stump just as Bess was about to bowl. Bairstow is so bemused he fails to take a relatively routine delivery.
OVER 77: Pakistan 222/4 (Babar 59 Sarfraz 3)
Stokes runs in for his 13th over of the innings and immediately sees his first ball clipped away into the leg side for a single. That brings Babar Azam on who strike, who classily cuts Stokes for another boundary through the vacant backward point area.
OVER 76: Pakistan 215/4 (Babar 52 Sarfraz 2)
Bess heads around the wicket for the start of his 14th over, while Alastair Cook comes into leg slip. Babar Azam paddles a sloppy short ball down to fine leg for a leisurely two. Bess sticking to this leg stump line, for now, but it's hard to see how it's going to yield a wicket.
Two off the over, Pakistan's lead up to 31 runs.
OVER 75: Pakistan 213/4 (Babar 52 Sarfraz 2)
Stokes resumes with three slips in place and new batsman Sarfraz on strike. After a tidy start to the over his third delivery leaps off the middle of the Lord's pitch and only an acrobatic dive from Bairstow prevents the ball from flying away for four byes.
Maiden over for Stokes with the second new ball available in five overs times.
OVER 74: Pakistan 213/4 (Babar 52 Sarfraz 2
Bess resumes. "He needs to learn how to bowl on really flat pitches," says Nasser Hussain, who reckons the Somerset spinner needs to refrain from the temptation of firing the ball in.
Babar Azam cuts a short and wide delivery away through backward point to bring up his 6th Test half century. Loose from Bess who hasn't really been able to maintain a consistent line and length.
OVER 73: Pakistan 209/4 (Babar 48 Sarfraz 2)
Ben Stokes has woken up the Lord's crowd with that fiery, wicket-taking first over at the Pavilion End and he charges back in with Babar Azam on strike.
Ooof! Stokes' fourth ball of the over starts out wide before darting in and narrowly missing Azam's off-stump. Superb bowling here from the all-rounder as he follows the in-swinger with one that nicks away, beating Azam all ends up.
Pakistan 25 in front.
OVER 72: Pakistan 208/4 (Babar 47 Sarfraz 2)
Bess into his 12th over at the Nursery End. Sarfraz flicks the first ball off his pads to hand the strike back to the more settled Babar Azam.
Pakistan four down, but leading by 24 runs.
OVER 71: Pakistan 204/4 (Babar 44 Sarfraz 1)
Joe Root makes a change, with Ben Stokes replacing Mark Wood at the Pavilion End.
"This is the sort of pitch where you can bowl people out. When it starts to go for Broad and Anderson they are capable of bowling them out by tea," says Telegraph Sport columnist Geoffrey Boycott, who is of course on commentary duty for TMS.
Ohhh, another drop - this time it's Buttler at gully! It would have been an amazing catch, in all honesty. Ben Stokes bangs in the ball in short and Shafiq edges the ball towards Jos Buttler whose valiant dive is in vain..
WICKET! Shafiq 59 c Malan b Stokes!
Got him this time! In a carbon copy of the previous ball Shafiq fends off another short-pitched delivery, this time Dawid Malan is on hand to snaffle the catch in the slips.
OVER 70: Pakistan 203/3 (Babar 44 Shafiq 59)
Babar is back on strike to face Bess' 11th over. In a pre-emptive move he gets down on one knee and sweeps Bess' first delivery down to fine leg before scampering through for a well-run two. Pakistan milking Bess with, here, rotating the strike and frustrating England's bowlers. Pakistan now lead by 19.
OVER 69: Pakistan 198/3 (Babar 43 Shafiq 56)
Wood begins his 17th over with another 88mph short-pitched delivery aimed at Babar's hips. Babar Azam turns the next delivery around the corner to bring Shafiq on strike. Wood aims an effort ball into the middle of the pitch but the ball sails safely over Shafiq's head and through to an out-stretched Bairstow. Babar Azam finds himself back on strike and rides another Wood bouncer, pulling the ball straight past square leg for four.
OVER 68: Pakistan 192/3 (Babar 38 Shafiq 54)
With little action in the middle, David 'Bumble' Lloyd has now resorted to discussing the most efficient way of opening a champagne bottle: "The key is not to shake it too much - corks are littered all around the edge of the boundary!"
Bess leaks three runs, who is now through 10 overs for the match and yet to pick up his first Test wicket.
OVER 67: Pakistan 189/3 (Babar 35 Shafiq 54)
That boundary last over takes Pakistan two runs ahead of England's score with just under 14 overs to go until the new ball.
Wood again goes around the wicket, looks like England have resorted to roughing up both batsman with wickets hard to come by today. This bodyline approach will really test Mark Wood's fitness with the Durham seamer still relatively fresh back from injury.
Two off the over. Pakistan lead by four.
OVER 66: Pakistan 187/3 (Babar 34 Shafiq 53)
Pakistan's partnership now up to 63. Both players have batted with a real mixture of grit and skill today and England seem to be running out of answers at the moment.
Bess retains the ball with Pakistan two runs behind. First ball is a rank full-toss which Shafiq can only clip to Jos Buttler at short midwicket. Shafiq is served up another full bunger and clips it down the ground for a single. Babar goes on the attack, dancing down the wicket before punching Bess straight back down the ground for four. Bess responds well to the boundary with a nicely flighted dot ball to end the over.
OVER 65: Pakistan 182/3 (Babar 30 Shafiq 52)
Pakistan just six runs as Woods starts his third over of this spell. Babar drags his length far too short again allowing Babar to hang back and cut the ball through the vacant point position for four, reducing the deficit to two runs.
Wood responds by switching around the wicket before ordering Root to bring a short leg into play. Root is the man to take the lid again, a move that infuriated Mike Atherton earlier in the day: "What can a captain see from there? Only the batsman's backside, that's all."
Four off the over and that's drinks.
OVER 64: Pakistan 178/3 (Babar 26 Shafiq 52)
Bess resumes at the Nursery End. His first of the over is the one that goes the other way, narrowly beating Babar's outside edge, drawing a cheeky smile from Bess. Babar drives the next delivery into the offside to bring Shafiq back on strike. One from the over.
Prime Minister Theresa May is taking tea in the stands...
OVER 63: Pakistan 177/3 (Babar 25 Shafiq 52)
Mark Wood resumes from the Pavilion End with Pakistan now just 11 runs behind England's paltry first innings score. Shafiq rocks back and punches a short delivery straight to short cover, he's two runs short of his half century. And there it is! Another short-pitched climbs quickly on him but he's able to loft the ball over the slip cordon to bring up his 20th Test match 50.
OVER 62: Pakistan 173/3 (Babar 25 Shafiq 48)
Spin time as Bess is chucked the ball. Dot ball, dot ball, dot ball, dot ball, a two punched through cover and..... dot ball. Decent over.
OVER 61: Pakistan 171/3 (Babar 23 Shafiq 48)
Wood is brought into the attack to offer some more pace. There's certainly very little swing.
Loud appeals as England think they have Shafiq caught behind. There was certainly a noise. The umpire is unmoved. Root reviews, though. And replays show it hit the elbow, not the bat.
OVER 60: Pakistan 170/3 (Babar 22 Shafiq 48)
More Jimmy... and more runs for Shafiq as the ball veers down leg and the batsman helps it round the corner for four.
The fifty partnership comes up after Shafiq blocks one through cover for two.
OVER 59: Pakistan 163/3 (Babar 21 Shafiq 42)
Broad continues and there's a half-chance for a run-out as Shafiq calls for a quick single and Bess swoops in, but his throw bounces over the wicket. The batsman was probably safe anyway.
OVER 58: Pakistan 161/3 (Babar 20 Shafiq 41)
CHANCE! Shafiq plays loose and hard at a wide one from Anderson and it flies over the slips. That was unlucky for Jimmy, it could have gone anywhere.... but it raced away for four. Not sure why Buttler was ducking at gully, looks like he didn't pick up where the ball was.
More frustration for Anderson as he squares Babar up with a bit of nip off the seam, but still no luck yet... the ball squirts out to cover off a leading edge.
Even more frustration for Anderson when Babar then rocks back and pumps him for four through cover.
OVER 57: Pakistan 152/3 (Babar 16 Shafiq 36)
The substitute fielder is on, Cook has popped off. Probably chipped a fingernail dropping that catch in the previous over.
Broad draws a few "Ooooooos" from the slop cordon as he gets one to dart in to Shafiq that the batsman was not expecting. Bizarrely, he follows it up with two identical deliveries that the batsman this time was expecting.
OVER 56: Pakistan 151/3 (Babar 16 Shafiq 35)
DROPPED! First ball of Anderson's over, it's full and Babar edges but it goes low to Cook's right and he drops it. It was a tough chance but should have been taken... and to rub salt into wounds two runs are conceded.
Babar then makes Anderson feel a whole lot more grumpy with a fine back-foot punch through cover for four.
OVER 55: Pakistan 145/3 (Babar 10 Shafiq 35)
Dot ball (left), dot ball (left) - easy leaves too - and then Broad drifts one onto Babar's pads and he clips to left for a single. Shafiq plays a similar shot as Broad's line goes awry, and good running earns the batsman two.
OVER 54: Pakistan 142/3 (Babar 9 Shafiq 33)
A couple of singles from the over. Nothing to worry the batsmen.
OVER 53: Pakistan 140/3 (Babar 8 Shafiq 32)
Broad continues at the other end... but once again there's very little pace to trouble the batsmen. Babar is watchful and is able to leave the ball comfortably with very little movement off the pitch. However, the last ball of the over is bang on line and the length troubles Babar as he plays and misses. Almost an edge. Maiden over.
OVER 52: Pakistan 140/3 (Babar 8 Shafiq 32)
We're back underway, and it's Anderson to resume at the Nursery End. First ball is on the money, a bit of shape on offer, but very little pace. The overcast conditions should suit Jimmy and he almost bags a caught behind as Shafiq edges but it bounces in front of Malan at second slip.
The over finishes with a boundary as a punch off the back foot by Shafiq races away for four behind square.
Lunch - a good session for Pakistan
That's the end of the first session on day two at Lord's. Pakistan have had the better morning, but two crucial wickets - one each for Wood and Anderson - have kept England in the contest.
England's lead has been cut to just 48 runs, and the tourists still have seven first innings wickets remaining. Joe Root's men have a lot to do this afternoon.
I'm taking a break, too. Giles Mole will be with you for the resumption.
OVER 51: Pakistan 136/3 (Babar 8 Shafiq 28)
Dominic Bess to bowl the final over before lunch.
Shafiq goes after the first ball, a huge slog flying well over the rope for the first six of the innings. Wonderful shot and a fine end to the session.
OVER 50: Pakistan 129/3 (Babar 8 Shafiq 21)
Anderson should get a run at the new man Babar, but a cheap single gets him off strike. England will squeeze in one more over before lunch.
OVER 49: Pakistan 127/3 (Babar 7 Shafiq 20)
Bess again, he strays a little short and the man Root wanted in the deep (that Bess brought up) is not there to stop Babar getting off the mark with a boundary. And another one, which Wood stops near the rope but Babar has added another three.
OVER 48: Pakistan 120/3 (Babar 0 Shafiq 20)
Anderson continues from the Pavilion End - where he is most effective. Shafiq keeps him at bay comfortably enough, but the last ball just beats the outside edge. Well bowled. Maiden over.
OVER 47: Pakistan 120/3 (Babar 0 Shafiq 20)
Babar Azam is the new man in, and Bess will have the first chance to test him, but Babatr survives.
OVER 46: Pakistan 119/3 (Babar 0 Shafiq 19)
Jimmy Anderson comes back on from the Pavilion End.
He draws a leading edge from Shafiq with a ball that straightens up and Shafiq has no idea where it's gone, but manages a single.
WICKET! Azhar Ali lbw b Anderson 50
And then a similar ball beats Ali all ends up. It's full, straight and moving, and hits him halfway up the front pad right in front of the stumps. Ali makes a good decision not to review.
OVER 45: Pakistan 118/2 (Ali 50 Shafiq 18)
Bess again, playing with a smile on his face, and I'm already warming to this guy.
Azhar Ali takes a single to move to one of the most calm and patient 50s you'll see, doing exactly what England did not yesterday. He's taken 133 balls and 207 minutes to get there.
Shafiq goes after the next one but doesn't even nearly get hold of it. He just gets a single.
OVER 44: Pakistan 116/2 (Ali 49 Shafiq 17)
Stokes carries on. He's bowling very wide and he strays a little straight, allowing Shafiq to guide it away for four.
OVER 43: Pakistan 112/2 (Ali 49 Shafiq 13)
Time for another change: Dominic Bess brings some offspin to the attack.
Ali comes down the pitch almost straight away and he immediately looks far less comfortable against the spin.
Then so nearly a chance! Ali tries to dab a ball down leg, Stokes comes charging around from slip, only for Ali to edge it up in the air and over towards the space Stokes has just vacated!
OVER 42: Pakistan 110/2 (Ali 48 Shafiq 12)
Stokes bowls too wide to Ali, and he laps it up, thwacking away for the easiest four of the day.
But Ben mixes it up nicely to Shafiq, with a shorter ball that jerks back in, followed by a couple of fuller deliveries that move away. The final ball just misses the edge.
OVER 41: Pakistan 105/2 (Ali 43 Shafiq 12)
Mark Wood continues, and is pushing 87mph. Nothing to show for it, though.
OVER 40: Pakistan 101/2 (Ali 42 Shafiq 9)
Stokes again. Shafiq pushes one and just uses the pace to guide it past the slip cordon and for four past third man. He then drives a wide-ish ball through the covers which is just about stopped on the rope and Pakistan have the 100 up after 40 overs.
OVER 39: Pakistan 94/2 (Ali 42 Shafiq 2)
Wood at the new man Asad Shafiq, a couple of slips, Root and Stokes remain in their leg side positions close in. Athers on Sky Sports cannot believe Root has put himself at short leg, he reckons you can't see enough of the game there. Personally I don't really see the issue.
Pakistan nick a few singles, all of which look comfortable enough, but Bess is on his toes for the final one, and JUST misses the stumps with a direct hit that would have run Azhar Ali out. Close call for Ali.
OVER 38: Pakistan 91/2 (Ali 41 Shafiq 0)
Stokes doesn't get a chance to bowl to the new man, Azhar Ali more than equal to everything thrown at him. One is a bit short and a bit wide, and Ali slaps it away through the covers for four.
WICKET! Haris c Bairstow b Wood 39
Wood again. Around the wicket at Ali, again. Short of a length, again. And after making no progress he swiftly moves to bowling over the wicket.
He pushes Ali back onto his heels, and the batsman tries to clip one away from his hips through the leg side. He only edges it though, and is saved by his thigh pad as the ball deflects away from Stokes in that same leg slip position, and they take a single.
And then with the final ball before a drinks break with Haris on strike, Wood makes the breakthrough! A full ball sees a bit of movement away from the batsman and nicks an edge through to the keeper. Well bowled. Fow 87/2
And it's time for a drink.
OVER 36: Pakistan 84/1 (Ali 34 Haris 39)
Ben Stokes comes into the attack, and he produces some positive movement right away, the ball swinging in at Haris. Stokes finds a leading edge but it doesn't travel to a fielder. A third maiden in a row.
OVER 35: Pakistan 84/1 (Ali 34 Haris 39)
A change of tack midway through Wood's next over, as Root signals a move away pitching it up by bringing helmets onto the field and moving himself in to short leg and Stokes to a kind of close leg slip position.
Wood responds with a couple of shorter straight balls, the second of which Ali nudges towards Stokes but it falls short.
OVER 34: Pakistan 84/1 (Ali 34 Haris 39)
First sign of a little wobble from Haris, as he considers cutting a short ball and half pulls out of it. It still comes off the centre of his bat but that's less than convincing considering how solid he has been this morning. He regains his composure quickly, though and sees out a maiden over.
OVER 33: Pakistan 84/1 (Ali 34 Haris 39)
Wood again, round the wicket at the lefthanded Haris. Nothing doing. Pakistan move to within 100 of England's total, with nine wickets in hand.
OVER 32: Pakistan 83/1 (Ali 34 Haris 38)
Broad stays on, in an indication that Root has noticed he has been the better bowler this morning. A thick edge goes down to third man, and Bess prevents a four on the rope.
OVER 31: Pakistan 80/1 (Ali 34 Haris 35)
Mark Wood comes on for Anderson, and quickly has the biggest appeal of the morning, when there's a noise as the ball goes through Ali to Bairstow, but it's bat on pad.
But what a response from the Pakistani opener, who produces the most textbook of cover drives for another four. Lovely stuff.
OVER 30: Pakistan 75/1 (Ali 30 Haris 34)
Pitched up again by Broad but this one is a little too wide and Ali dispatches another boundary. But for every four England's two legendary bowlers have a response, Broad this time beaten Ali all ends up as one seams away and past the bat.
Bairstow, who took a knock on the finger earlier and has taken a couple of tablets for the pain, looks a bit shaky at keeper now. A bit of movement beats him as well as the batsman.
OVER 29: Pakistan 69/1 (Ali 24 Haris 34)
50 partnership is up with a lovely cover drive from Haris off the first ball of the over, and Anderson reacts by moving to bowling over the wicket.
But Haris responds with a straight drive right back past Anderson, who has pitched two balls up is punished twice for overpitching. Eight runs off the first two balls, here.
Anderson follows up with a shorter ball into Haris's ribs, and then a better length that just beats the outside of the bat. Pakistan are winning the battle this morning, but only just.
OVER 28: Pakistan 61/1 (Ali 24 Haris 26)
Broad is getting some really noticeable movement away from the righthander, but Ali is doing really well with deciding what to play at and what to leave. One nips back in but he leaves it with some style and Broad is disappointed to see the ball fly over off stump. A nice battle developing there. Maiden over.
OVER 27: Pakistan 61/1 (Ali 24 Haris 26)
Anderson, round the wicket, is pushed away off the thigh pad by Haris for the first boundary of the day. Jimmy starts to stray down leg a little too much, and when he does find a better line and pitches it up slightly, Haris is more than equal to it.
OVER 26: Pakistan 57/1 (Ali 24 Haris 22)
Consistent stuff again from Broad, patiently prodding away outside off. He'll get a reward eventually. Two runs shipped.
OVER 25: Pakistan 55/1 (Ali 22 Haris 22)
Jimmy Anderson could still become the player second to Muttiah Muralitharan in the list of most wickets on a single ground if he does well in this Test. He has 90 at Lord's, and needs five to overtake Rangana Herath's 94 in Galle, and there is still plenty of time (and 19 wickets to battle for), but the evidence of his first over isn't the best.
Anderson doesn't concede a run but also doesn't get a single ball full enough for the England hierarchy's liking. Must do better.
OVER 24: Pakistan 55/1 (Ali 22 Haris 22)
Broad it is, round the wicket to the lefthander Haris, four slips in place, and he has taken on the advice of his coach. It's full, and consistently so. The second and third both move away and tempt the batsman into a drive, but both times it beats the edge.
Haris takes a single, Azhar Ali nicks a couple of twos off the final two balls.
The players are out on the field...
...and play will start shortly. Broad is up first for England.
Day one analysis from CricViz
Ben Stokes's thoughts on the Test so far
"It was Pakistan's day yesterday. We weren't happy with our total but credit to Pakistan, they got through a difficult period last night in the conditions.
"Were we too attacking with the bat? They were very consistent, and didn't give us much with their bowling, so we thought we had to take what they gave us and attack when we could."
In the meantime...
I recommend reading Tim Wigmore's analysis of yesterday's play, which you can find here.
Good morning!
Hello there, and welcome to our coverage of day two of the first Test between England and Pakistan at Lord's.
It was a day to forget for England yesterday, as they fell to their lowest home first innings total in nine year, even after Joe Root had talked up a new and fresh start following an immensely disappointing winter in Australia and New Zealand.
Root might have made a mistake in opting to bat first, but there's no point dwelling on that. He'll be hoping for a much better time of things today, and the conditions (which are similar to yesterday) could suit Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad.
Play resumes at 11am this morning, with Pakistan 134 runs behind.
