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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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James Wallace (earlier) and Tim de Lisle (later)

England v Pakistan: second men’s cricket Test, day three – as it happened

England's Dan Lawrence plays a shot for four runs off a ball bowled by Pakistan's Khurram Shahzad.
Dan Lawrence hits Khurram Shahzad for four on his way to a fluent half-century. Photograph: Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images

So England close on 177-7, sitting pretty with a lead of 357. Poor old Pakistan have made only 416 from three innings in the series. Tomorrow, when the forecast is a bit better, I suspect Joe Root will bat on long enough to see if Dan Lawrence can get a hundred, though he may decide that England need to get on with sealing the series.

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