Pakistan v England 3rd Test, Sharjah, Nov 1-5

[Arthur Crabtree]

Batting again the next day after a long innings. Or even batting for so long, aren't things Taylor will be that used to in the CC. Plus the unfamiliar conditions. He has some big scores on his CV though.

Zulfiqar bowling with the new ball. JT has scored most of his runs off the spinners.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Taylor out. Good catch. That was coming.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Another returning batter comes in, Samit at seven, ahead of Stokes.

[hopeforthebest]

Taylor goes to a typical one day shot, trying to run a single down to third man. A rather hectic start from the two of them lacking a settling in period.

[Arthur Crabtree]

He looked a bit surprised by the bounce, which has been inconsistent this morning. Taylor has 98* to Hazlewood and Mitch1&2 in Australia, and a ton otherwise against Mitch2, Cummins and Pattinson, in ODIs, so I'm not expecting him to have a weakness v pace.

Some nice shots from Samit. England are ahead with five wickets in play.

Good spell from Rahat.

[hopeforthebest]

Bairstow gone, not surprised he's not looked comfortable this morning. Too much urgency to score from both he and Taylor.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Vakuable, nuggety runs from Bairstow. Out playing the cut shot again.

Yasir comes on with the lower order in.

[Aidan11]

This is not a good start.

[Aidan11]

Bairstow could have taken us to a big lead.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Cricinfo are saying that Sky are saying that Stokes will bat. Now I'm saying it.

[hopeforthebest]

Vakuable, nuggety runs from Bairstow. Out playing the cut shot again.

Yasir comes on with the lower order in.

Sadly though his nuggety runs were yesterday.

[Aidan11]

The spin twins batting.

[Arthur Crabtree]

The spin twins batting.

Probably going to be their last Tests for a while. Nice knock from Sam.

[Aidan11]

Shot, Samit.

[hopeforthebest]

If England are going to win this game a lot depends on these two, first with the bat and later with the ball.