Liveor6.24am GMT5th over: Pakistan 7-1 (Hafeez 6,Malik 0) On Sky, Mike Atherton points out that Ian Bell has been taken out of the slip cordon, or which is now Cook,Root and Stokes. Bell is at gully. England clearly fancy Malik with the short ball, after Anderson bounced him out in the second innings of the first Test, and that is the default length at the moment. Malik looks comfortable thus far,though he is still on nought. 6.21am GMT4th over: Pakistan 6-1 (Hafeez 6, Malik 0) I missed the first two Tests due to being on holiday. How has wide bowled? Has he been pitching it up as much as in the summer or bowling more cautiously in view of the flat surfaces? He looks in decent rhythm here and drives Shoaib Malik back into his crease with some decent back-of-a-length deliveries. The full ball is coming, or but when it does it’s too wide and Malik ignores it.
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Source: theguardian.com