Phil Tufnell
Former England spinner on Test Match Special

I think the whole style of seam bowlers has changed because he's used to the channel where it swings away. I think now the seamers are looking to blow the pads off with DRS and all this kind of stuff.

With Joe Root as well, I know it might sound silly, but it rushes into his pad. It thuds into that front pad, not just like, 'oh, he just missed it', it's on him almost a bit too quick.

Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on Test Match Special

On Joe Root's form this summer:

He's been a great problem-solver during his time in cricket you don't play for the time he's played and score the amount of runs he's had without going through tricky periods.

I remember Josh Hazlewood used to get him out a lot with that nip back. He's had this area of his game challenged before.

I do think the keeper stood up tactic has probably thrown a spanner in the works that he's probably thought for the first time, 'I've got a problem that I don't have an answer too'. He will go away and he will work on it to make sure he does have an answer to that, I trust in that.

Andy Zaltzman
Test Match Special statistician

Over his whole career up until his current run, Joe Root had 25 lbws to seamers in 161 Tests, so you would expect it once every six and a half Test matches, so about once a summer.

He's had seven this summer which ties the all-time record for lbws in an international season.

Michael Vaughan
Former England captain on Test Match Special

On Joe Root's form this summer:

He's always going to have balls that nip and you miss them, it's cricket. He needs to find a technique where the front foot is a bit more balanced and that will allow his bat to get out in front of his pad and have a real mindset to hit that ball.

He's not going out there to miss the ball but if you look at some of his dismissals this summer, he's missing the ball by a few inches which for Joe Root is a big miss.

Well, I'm not sure I have the requisite level of celebrity to make these wishes notable, Tom, but happy birthday nonetheless from both me and my colleagues dotted around the office in Salford.

Anyway, still no updates from Lord's as yet and I wouldn't necessarily expect any.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport cricket correspondent at Lord's

A mate of mine is a tennis coach and he once managed to swing tickets for the Wimbledon men's final. I turned it down to play in a cup quarter-final. We won, so I think it was justified.

When my son was born, my other half went into hospital more than two days before the actual delivery. I was due to play a game of indoor cricket and she said I could play. I turned it down, but Freddie didn't arrive until 24 hours later. A missed opportunity to be able to say I played cricket while she was in labour.

We might not have much chance of play today, but no harm in reminding ourselves of the current match situation.

England closed yesterday with an overnight lead of 261, sitting on 81-3 from 22 overs.

They were bowled out for 290 in their first innings and then rolled Pakistan for 110 in 37.2 overs.

You can take a read of Stephan Shemilt's report from day two for an in-depth read on how everything played out.

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While we wait for news from Lord's, I think we need to discuss this story.

Peter Melhuish, from Guildford in Surrey, is due to play at Lord's on 6 September for his club Blackheath after they made it to the final of the Cawston Press Village Cup.

But the team captain is marrying his fiancée, Izzy Upton, in North Wales less than 24 hours earlier.

The couple, both 32, planned their wedding for the Saturday after Blackheath's local league fixtures finished for the season.

However, they did not factor in the club's success in the Village Cup, a nationwide tournament played on Sundays by local teams across the UK.

Now, Melhuish's clubmates are trying to raise around £9,000 so the pair can make the one-hour flight from North Wales to London by the game's 11:00 BST start.

So, I have to ask... have you ever gone to great lengths to attend a cricket match?

Perhaps we can beat a helicopter - maybe one of you compromised the UK's nuclear deterrent and hitched a ride on a submarine.

Let us know!

Daniel Norcross
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

I'm gazing out at a bank of low clouds, I'm afraid. There's rain in the air. There's covers out on the pitch and we kind of knew this might happen.

You never know, the clouds might shift and we might get some play. I know that's what England will be hoping for and Pakistan will probably hope for three days of rain.

Yes, I'm afraid the forecast for day three at Lord's is pretty dismal.

The BBC weather forecast has the chance of rain at 78% or above for every hour through to 18:00 BST, so our chances of getting on seem to be pretty minimal.

For now the start of play is delayed with no time set for an inspection.

Still, hang around and we'll see what fun we can have.

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