Dunno if my clocks are wrong, but I'm sure we've started 2 minutes early ?

Moeen going for 3 figures...

Cook bats on and I predict the match will end in a draw with Pakistan about 6 down.

I hope I am wrong.

20 from the 1st over

Built in batty bint contingency?

Good way to stop the flow

Successful review the delivery that gets rid of Bairstow

No declaration....

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Anyone know what kind of surface we might get at the Oval ?

Recent years, it seems to resemble a sub-continent pitch which may favour the tourists ?

Please declare at the end of this over, this is enough now.

Batted on 2 overs too long

Hope we don't regret it come 6 o'clock

20 off the first over then 11 off the next three

Wont know till close of play whether it was the right thing to do

343 to win with the 2nd new ball due with 4 overs left should we need it

Kallis batted in the top 4, Stokes bats at 7 one didn't want to bowl one loves bowling there's a difference

Crazy Shot from Hafeez

What a dreadful shot

Oh dear

Trying to bat out time and caught on the boundary

Oh dear Hafeez what a horrendous shot to play

We have got to hope that all the Pakistanis bat like Hafeez.

Just let Sami block it out and get everyone else out

Saad Fahim ‏@saadfahim
Dear ICC!
Please ban Hafeez's batting action as well.

Very good

He's not had the best of Tests with no runs, no wickets and dropped catches

Looks like the way we will get wickets will be mistakes by the batsmen

Pitch offeriing nothing to the bowlers

Looking like a draw at the moment with Pakistan 69 for 1 at lunch.

Personally I would have batted on another half hour and bulked up that lead on a wicket as flat as this.

I think Cook needs to stick to his guns when it comes to declarations. I hope he isn't allowing a few criticisms of conservatism sway him from his normal line of thinking.

A disappointing morning and the game is heading towards a draw. We need a wicket every seven overs this afternoon.