WICKET! Strauss 19 b Ajmal He's gone! Never mind listing, England are sinking. That was a disgusting shot from England's captain, swiping a pull shot across the line of a ball that kept low and spat on off the pitch. On the commentary Ramiz Raja reckons that was, indeed, the teesra. If he's right, that's brilliant. After all the scorn and scepticism of the English players and press. Strauss thought the ball was going to be shorter than it was, but it drifted up fuller and fuller still, than skidded on into his stumpsPhotograph: Paul Childs/Action ImagesWICKET! Bell c Akmal b Ajmal (England 42-4) Oh my, oh my. A golden duck for Bell. That's wonderful bowling from Ajmal. Ian Bell is bamboozled by a doosra. It breaks past the outside edge and Akmal whips off the bails before Bell has even finished blinking at the space where the ball was. So, Morgan joins Pietersen in the middle. The game is afootPhotograph: Kamran Jebreili/APWICKET! Pietersen 2 lbw Ajmal (England 43-5) Have pity on a poor OBO writer. I can't keep up with this. And nor can England. Pietersen has gone, lbw on referral. Ajmal now has two wickets in four balls, and three for one off 10 balls. Pietersen's two runs came off 29 balls. He was out playing across the line of the ballPhotograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images
WICKET! England 82-6 (Morgan lbw b Ajmal 24) Morgan has been given out lbw. He missed a slog-sweep at a fullish, straight delivery from Ajmal. I reckon this will be out. In fact it hit him on the back leg, so this will be out. Yes, it was hitting middle stump halfway up. Morgan has gone, and that's a frustratingly soft end to a promising innings. He's the third England batsman to fall after misjudging the lengthPhotograph: Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP/Getty ImagesWICKET! England 94-7 (Broad lbw b Ajmal 8) England have used their last review. Broad misses a premeditated paddle sweep at the inevitable Ajmal and is given out lbw by Bruce Oxenford. The only issue is whether he got outside the line – he didn't, and that was plumb. That's a poor review from Broad, and it wasn't an award-winning shot either. More importantly, the wonderful Ajmal has a five-for. When was the last time a spinner took a five-for before tea on the first day?Photograph: Philip Brown/ReutersWICKET! Tremlett 1 lbw Ajmal (England 168-9) Having seen Tremlett survive six balls in Ajmal's last over, Prior decides to invest a little more faith in his partner and takes a single off the second ball. Seconds later, Tremlett is trudging off the pitch, out lbw to a doosraPhotograph: Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP/Getty ImagesWICKET! Anderson lbw Ajmal (England 192 all out) It's all over now. Saeed Ajmal has taken a seven-four, finishing with an lbw against Anderson. These are the best figures of his career (24.3-7-55-7)Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images8th over: Pakistan 26-0 (Hafeez 16 Taufeeq 8) Stuart Broad is on after three distinctly underwhelming overs from Tremlett, which cost his side 13 runs. Strauss knows how precious these new ball overs are - England can't afford to waste them - and so he doesn't think twice about yanking Tremlett from the attack. Soon the shine will be off the ball, and then England really will be up against it ..... Closing score at the end of play: Pakistan are 42 for 0 (leaving them 150 runs behind England)Photograph: Philip Brown/Reuters
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