Pakistan vs England: Men's first cricket test, day two – live | cricket

97th over: Pakistan 360-4 (Saud 51, Naseem 14) Naseem Shah comes out of his bunker to overwhelm Bashir for long six. That's a really good shot, especially since he's been stroke-free for almost an hour.

Saud Shakeel then sweeps his first boundary of the day, reaching a composed, confident fifty from 96 balls. Really well played. After scoring 21 runs from the first ten overs of the day, Pakistan scored 11 from the 11th.

96th over: Pakistan 349-4 (Saud 47, Naseem 7) Naseem is able to keep going and when Atkinson takes a shot, he cuts a big drive over the lone slip for a single. It bounced well in front of the fly slip. Naseem has seven from 40 balls, and the 40 is probably worth more than the seven.

95.2 overs: Pakistan 348-4 (Saud 47, Naseem 6) Atkinson moved the second slip to the fly slip for Naseem, who ducks into a bouncer and gets hit on the back of the helmet. He looks good, but this will mean a stoppage in play and a concussion test.

95th over: Pakistan 348-4 (Saud 47, Naseem 6) Shoaib Bashir replaces Chris Woakes, who bowled a forensic spell of 6-2-9-1 last night and this morning. England's arms rise as Saud fires a swing down the field and away for a single.

Naseem steals a leg-bye on the offside. There was still only one boundary this morning and that was a strong edge from Naseem Shah. There were 20 runs in nine overs and, crucially, no wickets.

94th over: Pakistan 346-4 (Saud 46, Naseem 6) It might be time to try out Brydon Carse's extra pace against Naseem. At the moment it is Atkinson who must carry on, with two slips and a leg slip awaiting him Godot an edge.

Naseem is hit through successive deliveries, the second one being a full-length beauty. Atkinson's impressive poker face is put to the test; Naseem was hit at least seven times this morning. But he did a great job for his team by hanging in there.

93rd over: Pakistan 346-4 (Saud 46, Naseem 6) Saud Shakeel fumbles Woakes and now bowls around the wicket, over the ground and through the barrier for a couple. This is his 13th Test and he has an average of 59. That includes a poor series in Australia a year ago, which means the record in Asia is spectacular: 1078 runs at 77. And not all of those pitches were as flat as this .

Woakes, continuing to bowl skillfully with the second new ball, almost catches him with a well-aimed bouncer that beats the attempted hook.

92nd over: Pakistan 344-4 (Saud 44, Naseem 6) Naseem softens his hands just enough to keep an Atkinson advantage behind the second slip. Atkinson is the first to attempt a bouncer of the day, but it is too high and is called wide.

England's disappointment grows when Naseem catches a thick lead between slip and gully for four. There is an appeal for being behind on the last ball of the over, but no review. I think his bat touched his boot; It certainly didn't touch the little red thing.

91st over: Pakistan 339-4 (Saud 44, Naseem 2) Pakistan started slowly, especially Naseem (2 off 21 balls). But as Phil said above, it makes sense under the circumstances. Every dot ball puts meters in the legs of the English sailors, who probably had to bathe in WD40 this morning.

Naseem's batting stats are quite interesting. No, really. In his short Test career he had a strike rate of 28 runs per 100 balls, yet 75 percent of his runs came from boundaries, including 23 percent from sixes. That means a whole lot of dot balls.

90th over: Pakistan 337-4 (Saud 43, Naseem 1) Atkinson has a strangled LBW shout against Saud after holding one back from around the wicket. Bowled nicely, but too high.

“We've just had a lovely storm here in 'sunny' Queensland,” says Phil Withall. “The positive thing about it is that I no longer have to cut the grass. I believe the water lawn mower has yet to be invented. The negative is that I can concentrate on cricket now. There is no need for Pakistan to rush, which will make England's opening hour much more stressful. One can only hope…”

Great next 10 minutes! I still expect Pakistan to get at least 500; Saud is largely in control and there will still be much to beat. England could easily overcome this; A lot will depend on how they fare against the pace of Shaheen Shah Afridi and especially Naseem Shah. All results are on the table, according to our taste.

89th over: Pakistan 334-4 (Saud 40, Naseem 1) While Atkinson went around the wicket to the left-hand saud, Woakes bowled with two slips and two men on the drive over the wicket – one at short extra, one at short mid-off.

When he takes a single off the first ball, the outside edge flirtation continues. Naseem is hit by a Jaffa and nods respectfully across the pitch. Woakes bowled really well with the second new ball: his numbers were 4-2-5-1.

88th over: Pakistan 333-4 (Saud 39, Naseem 1) Saud Shakeel played excellent coverage on each of Gus Atkinson's first two attacks. The first is brilliantly stopped by Zak Crawley; The second beats him and goes to three. A few singles round off the relaxed over.

“Rob,” says Neil Waterfield. “For the first time I'm one of the annoying people at the OBO who asks about an international connection to TMS. From Multan, but not from the stadium (which is a completely different story!).”

Oh, text comments with tired eyes are no longer good enough for you? (Please.)

87th over: Pakistan 328-4 (Saud 35, Naseem 0) Nightwatchman Naseem is hit twice by Woakes in the first over and a beauty in the second. “Wasted on a tailender,” says Rameez Raja on commentary.

A virgin to start with. England want to get rid of Naseem as soon as possible so that the seamers are fresh when they bowl Mohammad Rizwan. He's such a cheeky hitter, definitely not the type of guy you want to play against when you can barely feel your legs.

Chris Woakes will open the bowling for Naseem Shahwith three slips and a gully. The first 10 minutes are just around the corner.

Before we begin, let's wish the youngest Invincible a very happy birthday.

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The sight of an employee in the back room Doing the post-play interview usually means a very bad day at the office. Yesterday was more nuanced, with spin bowling coach Jeetan Patel praising England in a hugely entertaining interview.

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Nowadays England has its own electric fast bowlers. The problem is that one of them, Mark Wood, is just starting his recovery from injury and the other, Jofra Archer, is just coming to the end of it. They also have a nasty spinner, but Adil Rashid is so passionate about Test cricket that while England were working in Multan, he (no joke) took part in an Instagram live stream to promote the company that runs his hair replacement therapy. They had one of those brilliant sailors too, but Jimmy Anderson was finishing up his participation in a pro-am golf before flying over to do a bit of training because he was being forced into retirement.

Read Simon Burnton's report from day one

Shan Masood's position as captain and in the team has become a matter of debate in recent months and it has been more than four years and 26 innings since he last scored a Test ton, with his average in that time a miserable 20, 69 lay. But it quickly became clear that there were no demons in this area and none in his head either.

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