England bowler Ollie Robinson, speaking on Sky Sports on his preparations for the Test match: "I've been doing a lot of fitness work with the England backroom staff. Had five or six weeks of vigorous fitness and nutrition. Played a few games in the 50-over competition as well to try and get my loads up and the last week has been trying to get ready for the Test match."

On his accuracy with his lines and lengths on day one: "It’s something that Rooty and Tres spoke to me about before the game just trying to set the tone for the other guys. When I was walking out, before I even bowled a ball I was picturing how I was going to bowl to the lefties. Had a bit of success at Lord’s round the wicket so, although it’s not my favoured suit, I decided to go that way yesterday and luckily it paid off first ball."

On dismissing Shan Masood: "The stats to Shan are actually over the wicket. I only stayed round because of how well the first ball went. But when I felt like he was covering it and lining it up really nicely. I thought I’m going to come round and went for a glory ball first ball, just to try and trap him really because I knew he thought everything was going to go away from him. I went for glory and it paid off."

On bowling fuller deliveries: "It's something I’ve worked really hard on the last few years. When I was in the team before I bowled a little bit shorter. Going back into county cricket you have to bowl that fuller length to hit the top of the stumps and I’ve brought that back into the Test side.

"On the pitches we’ve played on recently I think that’s been a massive factor. I think everyone who’s hit the top of the stumps and bowled that little bit fuller has had greater success. It’s just about being brave with your lengths. Trying to get guys driving, setting straighter fields and on these wickets it’s paying off."

I reckon Josh Tongue and Ollie Robinson would be able to get a fair bit of lateral movement with this.

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Ollie Robinson showed off his half of the ball in a media conference and explained: "We were walking off the field.

"Josh said it and I said: 'We actually should do that, it would be quite cool.'

"You don't really have too many halves of a cricket ball, so it would be something that we never forget."

Sounds like they're both giving the other the credit for the idea!

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Right, we've got time on our hands to let's get into one of the more unusual things from day one.

Both Ollie Robinson and Josh Tongue both took five-fors in Pakistan's first innings. That in itself was a rarity, in fact it was the first time since 2006 that two England bowlers had claimed five-wicket hauls in the same innings (Monty Panesar and Steve Harmison, if you're asking).

When a bowler takes five wickets, the tradition is that they take home the match ball. But what happens if two players do it? Who gets the ball?

Well, Robinson and Tongue came up with a smart solution...

"Robbo said we can split the ball in half," Tongue told Test Match Special. "The groundstaff have kindly done that.

"It's the first time I've seen that happen. I'm sure I'll be putting that up somewhere."

Matthew Henry
BBC Sport journalist at Headingley

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There are a few thousand enthusiastic spectators in the ground despite the wet start. Plenty of them are sat patiently in the stands with no rain currently falling.

There is still hope we will get plenty of play but we may have to wait a while.

As you were...published at 11:33 BST 20 August

11:33 BST 20 August

The latest from Headingley is that the covers are still on but the Super Sopper is out there trying to remove the water from the covers.

That suggests the rain has either stopped or at least eased somewhat.

Sadly more heavy rain is forecast for the next couple of hours and, depending on your weather app of choice, it should stop anytime between 14:00 BST and 17:00 BST.

Either way, I think it's safe to say the morning session is a write off.

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Some news to bring you and England all-rounder Sam Curran will miss the rest of the season with a groin injury.

The 28-year-old, who likely would have been involved in England's white-ball series against Sri Lanka next month, will undergo surgery on Friday.

Will Jacks is also missing from the Surrey squad as the County Championship resumes today. He is recovering after a successful operation to remove his appendix and will be assessed ahead of that Sri Lanka series.

We've got a somewhat positive update from Headingley.

It seems the rain has stopped for the moment and the groundstaff are out mopping up the excess water on the covers.

However, before anyone gets their hopes up, another band rain is due to arrive in the next 20 minutes and it could be some time before it stops.

The suggestion is that it could stop around 14:00 BST so, if that's it for the rain today, we could get a couple of hours or so of play this afternoon.

England will be particularly frustrated by the weather in Leeds today after making such a good start to the match.

In Joe Root's first game back as captain, his side dominated day one. Having won the toss, they skittled Pakistan for 171 - with Ollie Robinson and Josh Tongue both taking five-wicket hauls - before moving to 112-2 at the close.

Root himself is still there and (hopefully sometime today) will resume on 37, while Jordan Cox is unbeaten on 23.

As we wait for the rain to stop, you can pass the time by watching the best of the action from day one...

The forecast really does not look good, folks...

I fear we're going to have to get used to this scene at Headingley today.

Yes, welcome to our coverage of day two of this first Test between England and Pakistan - sorry, I can't bring you better news.

But after a very un-British summer, the rain has arrived just in time for the start of an intriguing Test series. Of course, it has.

The covers are firmly in place in Leeds and the chances of play any time soon look slim so settle in and keep your fingers crossed that we manage to get some play today!

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