Good to see Monty picked, and justified by picking up an early wicket.

Big morning tomorrow, need that tail polished off pronto & then Engload to bat well against seam & spin. A strong Day 2 and we'll be in the driving seat, I still think that it'll be hard to get them out a second time so time in the game will be vital.

Fingers crossed it goes well and we head to a decider.

Monty bowled better than the bare stats showed today, Broad was magnificent.

Pleased to see Jimmy get two this morning. Really good bowling display, could have been less than 200 had we held our catches.

Reasonable start with the bat, as soon as the spinners come on the momentum switches but 48-1 at lunch is a solid enough start.

207-5 at the close, Pietersen and Morgan looking like fish out of water again...

Bit of a mini collapse towards the end of the day there. Morgan is never a test player, and KP yet again fails. The game itself though is shaping up well.

This is the first time I've seen Ajmal bowl, and I must admit that action seems a little dodgy.

good work from Broad with the bat again, Pakistan 36-2

60/4

Looking good in the Pakistan second innings, we've got them 4 down still in deficit.

A good trait in this current England test side has been the ability we have to bounce back when we suffer a rare defeat.

great catch - in the tennis https://apps.facebook.com/theguardian/s ... atch-video And Rodney Hogg makes a of himself on twitter www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/hog ... 1qix9.html

great catch - in the tennis https://apps.facebook.com/theguardian/s ... atch-video And Rodney Hogg makes a of himself on twitter www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/hog ... 1qix9.html

Chasing anything more than 200 and Pakistan will be favourites.....160-200 target and its an even money game.

We need to be batting by midway through the afternoon session to give ourselves a favourites chance.

Just looking at Broad's stats, averaging close to 30 with the bat and maturing with the ball, very good 'all round' player now, always there to take the fight to the oppo when it's not all going England's way www.espncricinfo.com/england/con ... 10617.html

Just looking at Broad's stats, averaging close to 30 with the bat and maturing with the ball, very good 'all round' player now, always there to take the fight to the oppo when it's not all going England's way www.espncricinfo.com/england/con ... 10617.html

6 for for Monty

145 to win

Ffs

Our approach to this run chase has been appalling, seems we were just hoping to play very defensively and pick off the runs little by little, which has led to us inviting pressure and letting Pakistan get their tails up.

Oh dear oh dear oh dear.