We’ll be back on Day 4 with an early start that will in all likelihood be entirely unnecessary. That’s 10am local time, for the overs lost to rain yesterday. Pakistan 82 ahead and three wickets in hand to increase that lead.
Jonathan Howcroft will have the first half of the day, and if required I’ll take the second. It could be done by lunch though, especially with that long first session. Tune in early!
For now, here is the wrap of a stunning day three of the third Test:
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Stumps - Day 3, Pakistan 68 for 7, lead by 82 runs in the third innings
What a crazy couple of sessions of Test cricket. Not quite Cape Town, but how on earth did Pakistan get wrecked like that? Some really poor shots, a couple of brilliant deliveries, and from a first-innings lead they’re clinging on in this match. It isn’t over, we saw Rizwan and Jamal bat really well in the first innings, but it will take a lot of gumption and fortune to repeat that on the fourth day. They will have an evening to settle themselves and come up with a plan, but they will be up against it.
Hazlewood with three in his over, plus the captain’s wicket earlier, has 4 for 9. Starc a wicket with a sizzler, Lyon with one that crawled along the carpet, and Head picked up a bonus. All that after Jamal took 6 for 69 in an effort that should have set up the match for his side.
Goodness me.
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