Live updates from the match at Old TraffordCricket coming home? Live return to BBC TV will not be like the 90sDrop Tim an email | Tweet @TimdeLisle 2.52pm BST 8th over: Pakistan 66-0 (Babar Azam 35, Fakhar Zaman 30) Time for England’s sixth bowler, Lewis Gregory, a fine cricketer for Somerset but a novice at this level. His first ball goes for four as Babar chips him over mid-off. He keeps calm and carries on, restricting the batsmen to four singles off five balls, which is almost a triumph. “I caught the Tony Lewis expletive live too,” says Mark Hooper. “A live summary from a rooftop as I remember. After he got his words muddled, he kept a fixed smile for a few seconds and then unleashed ‘Oh FFS!’ (but not in initials). When they went back to him a few minutes later he calmly said, ‘And I must apologise for my uncontrolled outburst earlier.’ And that was that.” 2.48pm BST 7th over: Pakistan 58-0 (Babar Azam 29, Fakhar Zaman 28) Here, as usual at the end of the powerplay, is Adil Rashid. He starts with an LBW appeal against Babar, but it’s sliding down the leg side. Then he beats Babar with a ripper! Shades of Shane Warne to Mike Gatting, but pitching on off stump rather than leg. Babar reasserts himself with a ferocious pull, whipped past Sam Billings in cow corner. Continue reading…
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