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Ladies and gentleman, we have a game on our hands. Pakistan’s double strike in the gloom last night, where they knocked over both of England’s openers, has them on the front foot. But if Baz’s ballers have taught us anything it’s that we should never write them off.

England need a further 261 to win to go along with the 36 runs they already have on a pitch that’s starting to misbehave. That they only managed 221 all-out in the first dig puts the task in context.