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Steven Bloor

Pakistan v England, day three – in pictures

England Pakistan day 3: England fans cheer as Stuart Broad takes the wicket of Pakistan's Umar Gul
WICKET! Gul 0 c Morgan b Broad (Pakistan 289-8) The Barmy Army bursts into life as Gul slices a drive straight to point. Gul lasted all of seven balls before he played a loose shot, throwing his bat at a wide delivery, giving Morgan the easiest of catches Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP
England Pakistan day 3: Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal leaves the field of play after losing his wicket
WICKET! Ajmal 12 c Cook b Swann (Pakistan 319-9) Ajmal is out, but only because the DRS couldn't provide any conclusive evidence to over-rule the umpire's decision. Ajmal took such a big stride that he was out of shot for the hot-spot camera, so the TV umpire couldn't use that at all. The slow-mo replays suggested that the ball hadn't actually hit his glove, so shouldn't necessarily have been out, but that doesn't count as concrete proof that Bowden got it wrong Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP
England Pakistan day 3: Pakistan's Adnan Akmal (R) is stumped by England's Matt Prior for 61 runs
WICKET! Akmal 61 st Prior b Swann (Pakistan 338) And just in the nick of time, England get Akmal out. His marvellous, potentially match-winning, innings comes to an end as he charges at Swann, misses the ball (which faded down the leg side) and is stumped.
So Pakistan have an intimidatingly sized lead of 146. And yet, still, some of Sky's pundits (Marcus Trescothick and Bob Willis) seem to think England are in with a good chance of winning this match. How curious. I wonder what they're taking with their coffee and cream in the studio these days? Something strong, by the sound of what they are saying
Photograph: Philip Brown/Reuters
England Pakistan day 3: Pakistan's Akmal & Gul appeal for the dismissal of England captain Strauss
WICKET! Strauss 6 c Akmal b Gul (England 6-1) Strauss has gone! Or has he? Has he been caught down the leg side! He's disgusted, and is now reviewing it. Hotspot is showing nothing, but the stump mic seems to be picking up a noise as the ball passes the bat. It's all a little confusing.
Strauss isn't happy about it, but he has to go. Umpire Bowden gave him out, and the third umpire didn't feel able to overturn it on the evidence available. Hotspot suggested that he hadn't hit it, but that's obviously not enough proof for the umpire's liking
Photograph: Philip Brown/Reuters
England Pakistan day 3: Alastair Cook leaves the field after being dismissed by Pakistan's Umar Gul
WICKET! England 25-2 (Cook LBW b Gul 5) For the third time in the match, a top-order England batsman is strangled down the leg side. Gul switched back over the wicket and dug in a short ball that Cook instinctively shaped to pull. He couldn't really free his arms, however, and ended up playing a slightly tame dab-pull. The ball brushed the glove on its way to the wicketkeeper Adnan Akmal. Billy Bowden raised the finger, and Cook walked straight off without considering a review. Those are two huge bonuses for Pakistan – not just in the manner of the dismissals, but the fact they came pre-Ajmal Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images
England Pakistan day 3: Kevin Pietersen reacts is caught out by Pakistan's Abdur Rehman
WICKET! England 25-3 (Pietersen c Rehman b Gul 0) Oh Kevin. Oh Kevin. Pietersen has gone for a duck in miserable circumstances, hooking Gul straight to deep backward square leg. Pakistan celebrate wildly, barely able to fathom that the sucker has fallen into the trap. Still, these things happen; if he'd got off the mark with a hooked six we'd have been salivating. Never mind those brilliant averages against spin, England are falling apart against Umar Gul Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP
England Pakistan day 3: Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal bowls against England
WICKET! England 35-4 (Bell LBW b Ajmal 4) Oh yes yes yes. This is magical bowling! Bell is pinned in front by a quite wonderful doosra from Ajmal – but he has decided to review the decision. It's a stupid review, because he is absolutely plumb. He was squared up and hit on the back pad. That means that England have no reviews left, and Ian Bell, probably the best batsman in the world last year, has been hoodwinked twice by the doosra Photograph: Paul Childs/Action Images
England Pakistan day 3: Pakistan's Abdul Rehman celebrates after dismissing England's Eoin Morgan
WICKET! England 74-5 (Morgan c Akmal b Rehman 14) What a beauty from Abdur Rehman! The ball had been turning into Morgan out of the rough, but that one skidded on with the arm and found the thinnest of edges as Morgan pushed defensively off the back foot. Adnan Akmal took a smart catch standing up. It might have been just a delivery that didn't turn as much as it should have done, although I suspect it was the arm ball. It was certainly another English misjudgement of length; the ball was fairly full and Morgan should have been forward Photograph: Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP/Getty Images
Pakistan England day 3: Jonathan Trott reacts after he was dismissed by Pakistan's Umar Gul
WICKET! Trott 49 c Akmal b Gul (England 87-6) That is an awful way to get out. Trott swings wildly at a wide delivery and slices a catch off the top-edge through to the 'keeper. What a way to go after batting with such determination for 111 balls. Photograph: Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP/Getty Images
Pakistan versus England: Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal celebrates after taking the wicket of Matt Prior
WICKET! Prior 4 lbw Ajmal (England 87-7) Prior is bamboozled by an off-break that beats the bat and hits him flush in front of middle stump. Like so many of his teammates, he totally failed to pick the length, and went back to a delivery that was a lot fuller than he thought. "Ooo, it's looking pretty ominous at the moment, isn't it?" utters Marcus Trescothick. Bless him. Ominous is one word you could use for it, yes. Photograph: Hassan Ammar/AP
Pakistan England day 3: England's Stuart Broad avoids a bouncer off Pakistan's cricketer Umar Gul
WICKET! Broad 17 c Shafiq b Rehman (England 135-8) Broad is caught in the deep. Photograph: Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP/Getty Images
Pakistan v England day 3: Pakistan's Abdur Rehman after taking the wicket of England's Chris Tremlett
WICKET! Tremlett c Hafeez b Rehman (England 135-9) A golden duck for Tremlett completes a pretty sorry match for him. He was well caught at slip here, Hafeez pouncing on a sharp chance off the edge. Rehman is a lovely bowler, and he and Ajmal make quite a pair as an offie and a slow-left-armer. Photograph: Paul Childs/Action Images
Pakistan v England day 3: Saeed Ajmal walks off the field after taking England's final wicket
WICKET! Swann 39 c Shafiq b Ajmal (England 160) Ajmal has his tenth wicket in the match, he collapses to the ground and kisses the floor in celebration. Pakistan need 15 runs to win, and they're already celebrating. Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP
Pakistan versus England: Mohammad Hafeez and Taufeeq Umar of Pakistan celebrate victory over England
4th over: Pakistan 11-0 (Hafeez 11 Taufeeq 0) need 15 runs to win Hafeez steers four through the off side and, two balls later hits four more through mid-wicket. Pakistan have won the match by ten wickets, and lead the series 1-0. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images
Pakistan versus England: England cricketers walk to the dressing room after losing to Pakistan
Well, that was a drubbing. Whichever way you cut it, England were utterly outplayed in every aspect of the game: out-bowled, out-batted, out-thought and out-fought. Well played Pakistan.
Saeed Ajmal is the man of the match. And after a quick word from him, here comes Andy Strauss: "We're disappointed with the way we played, losing five wickets in the first session put us on the back foot and then we were always behind in the game. But we're not going to press the panic button ... I thought our bowlers did a pretty good job, I wouldn't fault them at all. But in both innings our batsmen needed to do better ... we just didn't react well enough to the conditions here .. all credit to Pakistan yadda yadda no excuses yadda."
Photograph: Philip Brown/Reuters
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