3rd Test: England v Pakistan at Edgbaston

I don't think that there's any doubt that Pakistan have taken control of the match, even at this stage and maybe England might be looking at the damage control and playing for the draw?

Anything can happen of course, but with Pakistan setup the way they are I do think it will take something very special now for England to go on and win this one, and a draw might be the best outcome we can expect.

Go for the win if we can, but just try and make sure we don't lose it at the same time.

It is no doubt that the Pakistanis are ahead...well ahead at this stage but I do not think England will be thinking od a draw at the start of day 3, especially being 1-1 in the series.

They will be ruing the poor shots selection but will be aiming to get at least 4 wickets by lunch and into  along Pakistani tail.

Jimmy also would have his two formal warnings at the back of his mind and his behaviour yesterday was totally unnecessary and hope he felt an absolute prat having seen the TV replay.

Good fightback from England today, though Pakistan still adding to their lead, close to 100 now. Sarfraz is playing some terrific shots - charging and sweeping Broad in back-to-back overs. Steven Finn's wicketless woes continue. Interesting to hear Warne's comments on Finn, believing that he needs to forget about the technical aspect of his delivery and just run in and bowl as fast as he can. I hope someone (Ottis) can fix him, because he looks broken.

Full credit to Sarfraz. He has done a good job of marshaling the tail and farming the strike. Lead up to 98.

Lead now 100 !

and now a dropped catch by the Skipper !

dont think about that 100 lead, pay attention !  :-[

Lovely stat from Athers courtesy of Benedict on Sky: Teams with a 100+ run lead after the first innings have only ever lost 3% of those matches.

Its all over on a 1st innings score of 400 at the stroke of TEA 

Day 3.

India's low scoring rate was one of the reasons they could not win in Kingston. I fear same for Pakistan. England back in game.

65 after 18

Cook 37  SR 87