Pakistan v England second Test: day two – in pictures

WICKET! Misbah 84 lbw Broad (Pakistan 257-8) The perfect start for England then. Broad has got the one wicket the really wanted in his very first over. The ball nipped back in and beat the inside edge. That's five men bowled and three out LBW in this innings. The one big difference between England's bowling here and in Dubai? They have been targeting the stumps, rather than bowling short or outside off. You can see the hand of bowling coach David Saker in that. Umar Gul, who knows how to slog the ball, is the new man in. England need to wrap this tale up quick sharp. Photograph: Philip Brown/Reuters

WICKET! Ajmal 0 lbw Anderson (Pakistan 257-9) And that's exactly what they are doing. Ajmal goes to the first ball of Anderson's second over, also out lbw to a straighter, fuller ball that slanted back in towards leg stump. A brilliant start this, from England's quick bowlers. Junaid Khan is the new man in. "Only three times before," Nasser tells us, "have all 10 wickets fallen in an innings without a single man being out caught." We're one wicket away from repeating that here. Better yet, as Mike Selvey says: "Only one Test innings where all 10 were no assists ie catches or run outs etc. Australia v India at Adelaide in Jan 1948." Photograph: Paul Childs/Action Images

WICKET! Khan 0 c Swann b Anderson (Pakistan 257) Well, forget that. The last man in is the first man to be caught, after just three deliveries. What a ruthless start by England. "There," adds Selve. "That did the trick." Photograph: Hassan Ammar/AP

WICKET! Strauss 11 c Shafiq b Hafeez (England 27-1) Smyth arrives in the office and Strauss is promptly caught at short leg. Jonah! It was a soft sort of dismissal, Strauss wasn't forward, and he wasn't back, and he just dangled his bat at the ball like it was the rod of Sunday fisherman who was snoozing on the shore. The ball popping off the inside edge and looped up off the pad for a simple catch. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images

43rd over: England 109-1 (in reply to Pakistan's 257; Cook 43, Trott 50) A sharp single off Hafeez brings Trott to a very good half-century. He had one big moment of fortune but has played fluently, reaching his fifty from 95 balls. Can anyone remember what life was like before Jonathan Trott? I'm not sure I want to. "I'd join the Semi-colon Club in a heartbeat," says Sara Torvalds. "In fact, I'd have joined it at age 10, or thereabouts, when I was taught how to use a semi-colon; the beginning of one of those life-long love affairs that never quite seem to take off properly ..." Photograph: Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP/Getty Images

48th over: England 122-1 (in reply to Pakistan's 257; Cook 51, Trott 56) Cook works Ajmal to the midwicket boundary to reach a strong-willed half-century from 133 balls. Then Trott survives an LBW appeal after missing a sweep at a ball that probably hit him outside the line. Ajmal's response is a glorious dipping doosra that snakes past the outside edge. Photograph: Paul Childs/Action Images

WICKET! Trott 74 b Rehman (England 166-2) That's a wonderful ball from Rehman, a plum plucked from this pudding of a pitch. It drifted a little, landed, then broke of the pitch, spinning past the bat and knocking the bail off the top of off-stump. It may have been a little lazy from Trott, who was hanging back in the crease and rather poking at the ball, but it was beautiful bowling all the same. Trott admits as much by pursing his lips and nodding in acknowledgment as he walks off. Photograph: Philip Brown/Reuters

WICKET! Cook 94 lbw Ajmal (England 198-3) I can't quite believe it, but Cook is out six runs short of his century. It was a doosra that did for him. Cook played for the off-break, leaning forward to block it, only for the ball to turn the other way and hit him on the pad in front of middle. As Athers points out, a lot of batsmen would have reviewed that, even though it would have made no difference, and it is a credit to Cook's selflessness that he didn't. Photograph: Paul Childs/Action Images

WICKET! Pietersen 14 c Hafeez b Ajmal (England 203-4) That is a beautiful piece of bowling, and an even better piece of fielding. The ball was flighted up deceptively, and then dipped down and turned in. Pietersen was trying to play it away to leg, but the ball slipped off the inside edge, and shot off the pad. Hafeez then leaped across to his right to take a catch, finishing stretched out on his side. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images

WICKET! Morgan 3 c Hafeez b Ajmal (England 207-5) The penultimate ball of the day brings Ajmal his third wicket. It bit and broke off the pitch, Morgan followed it with his bat and ended up edging straight to slip. Photograph: Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP/Getty Images

So, four wickets in the final session have altogether changed the complexion of this innings. England still trail by fifty runs, and have five wickets left. The day's play ends as it started - with things feeling fascinatingly poised. Photograph: Paul Childs/Action Images