Summary

  • England will need 130 to win third Test and complete 3-0 series clean sweep

  • Debutant Razaullah comes in at nine and hits brilliant 81 to set target

  • Razaullah and number 10 Abbas put on 121 for ninth wicket

  • Masood makes 95 and Babar 76 as tourists pass 200 for first time in series

  • Third Test, day three, Edgbaston

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  1. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    Razaullah's innings is already the second highest for Pakistan by someone on debut batting at number nine or lower. Rashid Khan, who played a few Tests in the early 80s, made 59 batting at 10 on his debut against Sri Lanka.

  2. You're worried, aren't you?

  3. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

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    It's been thrilling batting from Razaullah. He's got there in only 43 balls and that was his fifth six. It's been wonderful hitting and great entertainment for this crowd. He's kept Pakistan afloat here, they're still going.

  4. Pak 400-8

    Lead by 80

    Jofra Archer, hands on knees, bends double in the middle of the pitch as the last ball bounces an inch or two over the stumps. Razaullah is beating his bat, I think annoyed he hasn't hit it into the stands.

  5. 6 runs

    Pak 400-8

    Back-to-back. 400 up. Jofra Archer looks furious.

  6. 6 runs

    50 for Razaullah

    This might be the biggest six of the lot! Edgbaston stands for Razaullah.

  7. Ramiz Raja
    Former Pakistan captain on Test Match Special

    Pakistan continue to frustrate England. Razaullah is some find. I like his attitude. He can be such a good mood-lifter because he's a tail-ender you can see fighting and putting the ball out to the boundary consistently. Four sixes on his debut shows that he's got the right temperament. He can play this game at the top level.

  8. Sir Alastair Cook
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

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    England look a bit shell-shocked in the field

  9. Pak 386-8

    Lead by 68

    Muhammad Abbas. Back over the bowler's head. For four.

    Yes, you're reading that right.

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    It does rather feel like this much-vaunted fab four ought to be able to skittle a debutant 10 who swings big at everything...

    Tom, Ealing

  11. Pak 382-8

    Lead by 62

    Maybe Razaullah will beat Gilbert Jessop's 76-ball ton. Another four takes him to 43 from 39 balls.

    It was a good shot. Archer was looking for the yorker.

  12. How's stat?!

    Andy Zaltzman
    Test Match Special statistician

    Pakistan's Mohammad Abbas in actionReuters

    Muhammad Abbas is in the form of his life with the bat. 13 not out at the second innings at Lord's. 21 and 20 not out here. So he's reached 20 in both innings of this match. He'd only done so twice in his entire Test career in 32 games. His career average has gone up to 8, it was 6.8 at the start of this series.

  13. Pak 376-8

    Jofra's time in the field hasn't improved his mood. He still looks thoroughly unimpressed as Razaullah swings and misses again.

  14. How's stat?!

    Josh Tongue bowled only three deliveries projected to hit the stumps across his five-over spell.

  15. Jofra's back. Can he finish this off?

  16. Eng 376-8

    Joe Root has his serious face on. This partnership is now worth 56.

  17. 6 runs

    Eng 376-8

    Muhammad Abbas is hitting sixes now! This is the problem with bowling at the stumps. It's right in the tailender's arc.

  18. Ramiz Raja
    Former Pakistan captain on Test Match Special

    It often happens in cricket when you're desperate for a wicket, it doesn't come your way. Especially when the tail-enders dig in and get lucky, the frustration increases.

  19. Pa 369-8

    Four more to Razaullah. There's nothing lucky about this. It's a classy back-foot punch.

    Those cheers you can hear are from Andy in Surrey, who got in touch yesterday about his day four birthday tickets.

  20. Aatif Nawaz
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    More frustration for Josh Tongue and England, there's some hands on heads right now. Jofra Archer's got his hand over his face giggling a bit, even Joe Root's stifling a little smile. It's a short, hostile delivery and Abbas just gets it over the slips.