England vs Pakistan, 3rd Test Live Score: Half-centuries from Awiaz, Masood give Pakistan strong start as sta

First look at spin, then. With seam not causing much of a trouble, here's Dan Lawrence into the attack to bowl his spooky offies. A slip and a leg slip in place..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 125/2 (29.6 overs) 29.6: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Pitched full on off, angled in, Shan taps it back at the bowler..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 125/2 (29.5 overs) 29.5: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, FOUR! Fluently played! Short of a length, outside the off stump. Shan Masood plays off the back foot and nails the square cut through the point gap and picks up a boundary. Pakistan trail by 195 runs..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 121/2 (29.4 overs) 29.4: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Length ball, on off, dabbed off the back foot to gully..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 121/2 (29.3 overs) 29.3: Gus Atkinson to Azan Awais, Back of a length, on top of off, Azan Awais plays it very late off the back foot. Deliberately opens the bat face and gets it through the gully and second slip gap. Emilio Gay sprints after it from the cordon and manages to haul the ball back in with a slide. Ensures that his right leg is not in contact with the ropes while holding the ball in hand. The replay shows it is a clean save. Three runs taken..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 118/2 (29.2 overs) 29.2: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Had to really hurry there! Bowled full and on middle, Shan Masood flicks it to Ollie Robinson at mid on but skates through for a single. Robinson scores a direct hit to the bowler's end but Shan has made it home before the stumps are hit. .England vs Pakistan Live Score: 117/2 (29.1 overs) 29.1: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Spears it on a length, on off, Shan bunts it firmly to mid on..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 117/2 (28.6 overs) 28.6: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, FOUR! Sumptuous! Tongue serves it full and outside off, Azan Awais does not try to hit it hard, just checks the drive and beats the backward point fielder to his left for a boundary..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 113/2 (28.5 overs) 28.5: Josh Tongue to Shan Masood, Slams it short again, at shoulder height. Masood pulls it to deep backward square leg for a run..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 112/2 (28.4 overs) 28.4: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, Short of a good length, on the leg stump, does not rise up to cause trouble. Azan Awais controls the pull shot through backward square leg for a single..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 111/2 (28.3 overs) 28.3: Josh Tongue to Shan Masood, Angled onto the pads, on a length, Masood clips it to deep backward square leg for a single..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 110/2 (28.2 overs) 28.2: Josh Tongue to Shan Masood, Full and on the stumps, Shan stretches in front and blocks it to the left of the bowler..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 110/2 (28.1 overs) 28.1: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, Full at 135 kph, on off, Azan prods forward and taps it to the right of the cover fielder for a quick single. Pakistan trail by 210 runs!.England vs Pakistan Live Score: 109/2 (27.6 overs) 27.6: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Banged short but way down leg. Left alone once again by Shan..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 109/2 (27.5 overs) 27.5: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Full ball, wide outside the off stump line. Left alone by Masood..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 109/2 (27.4 overs) 27.4: Gus Atkinson to Azan Awais, That will be FIFTY for Azan Awais! It's been a very well-compiled knock and he will now look to turn it into a big knock. This is bowled a bit fuller and wider of the off stump, Awais eases it behind point for a single..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 108/2 (27.3 overs) 27.3: Gus Atkinson to Azan Awais, Hard length from Gus, bowling it a bit straighter. Awais taps it across to the leg side..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 108/2 (27.2 overs) 27.2: Gus Atkinson to Azan Awais, Nicely bowled! Good length, in the channel, seams away late. Azan Awais plays a loose punch, neither going forward or backward and the ball beats the outside edge..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 108/2 (27.1 overs) 27.1: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, A full ball around off, slanted back in. Masood squeezes the drive away past the point fielder and picks up a single.. Drinks Break! A solid resistance from Masood and Awais has shrunk the deficit for Pakistan to 213 runs. It's still a long, long way to go for the tourists, but these to have displayed the determination to battle it out there. Masood has notched his half-century, which was crucial for him after a streak of low scores in this series whereas Azan is just one shy of his own. Whether the pitch is good for batting or these two have really dug in well against a potent attack remains up for debate, but it's good to see a bit of a fight out there. Root has his men gathered in a huddle and is pumping them up with a few words. England would definitely want to break this partnership before Lunch and take at least a couple of wickets. Gus Atkinson (5-0-24-0) will bowl after the hydration break..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 107/2 (26.6 overs) 26.6: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, That's a beauty from Tongue. Full of a length, in and around off, moves away late. Azan Awais plays down the line and the ball zips past the outside edge. There's half an appeal for a caught behind, and nothing more..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 107/2 (26.5 overs) 26.5: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, Good length, attacking the top of off. Awais gets forward to block and the bottom hand comes off the blade in doing so..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 107/2 (26.4 overs) 26.4: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, FOUR! There are a couple of fielders in the deep for that shot, but Awais doesn't worry about it much. Dug in shorter around off, Awais swivels to the off side and nails the pull wide to the right of deep square leg for a boundary. He is now on 49..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 103/2 (26.3 overs) 26.3: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, Shorter in length, Azan Awais hangs back and gets the hands out in front, hitting it on top of the bounce and through mid-wicket for a couple of runs..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 101/2 (26.2 overs) 26.2: Josh Tongue to Shan Masood, Good running once again. Length ball on middle, eased away wide of mid on for a quick single..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 100/2 (26.1 overs) 26.1: Josh Tongue to Shan Masood, Pitched up a bit fuller and on off, Masood gets halfway forward and nudges it into the leg side..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 100/2 (25.6 overs) 25.6: Gus Atkinson to Azan Awais, Fuller in length, on off, Azan leans forward and blocks it to the off side..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 100/2 (25.5 overs) 25.5: Gus Atkinson to Azan Awais, Fullish and outside off, Awais confidently defends it to point..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 100/2 (25.4 overs) 25.4: Gus Atkinson to Azan Awais, Geez, that really flew off the pitch. Steep bounce from a shorter length, on off, angling in. Azan looks to defend, but gets flummoxed by the lift and fends it off the gloves. The ball bobbles up and falls safely in the square leg region..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 100/2 (25.3 overs) 25.3: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, FIFTY FOR SHAN MASOOD! A courageous knock so far from him to get to his 15th Test half-century. His first fifty this tour. Fuller one, on middle, Masood clips it wide of mid on for a quick single. This also brings up the 100 for Pakistan!.England vs Pakistan Live Score: 99/2 (25.2 overs) 25.2: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, FOUR! Not in control but through the gap! It could have gone anywhere. Full from Gus, outside off, Shan Masood looks to drive it through covers, but gets a thick outside edge and the ball gets sliced a bit uppishly, but between gully and backward point for a boundary..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 95/2 (25.1 overs) 25.1: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Good length, on off, Shan hops off and taps it gently to backward point..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 95/2 (24.6 overs) 24.6: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, Fullish ball, on the pads, Azan Awais flicks it down to mid on..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 95/2 (24.5 overs) 24.5: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, Around off on a length, Masood presses forward and defends it into covers..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 95/2 (24.4 overs) 24.4: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, Shortens the length, on top of off, Awais stands up on the toes and bunts it down with soft hands..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 95/2 (24.3 overs) 24.3: Josh Tongue to Shan Masood, On a fuller length, angling in. Masood whisks it to deep square leg for a single..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 94/2 (24.2 overs) 24.2: Josh Tongue to Shan Masood, Back of a length, down leg, Masood misses the tickle and the ball bounces back to the keeper..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 94/2 (24.1 overs) 24.1: Josh Tongue to Shan Masood, DROPPED AND FOUR! A genuine chance goes down. Masood dropped on 40. On a fuller length, outside the off stump. Masood cannot control his off drive and slices it uppishly, to the right of backward point. The sub fielder there, Theo Wylie, gets his hands on the ball to catch at thigh height, but it just bursts through and races away to the fence. Perhaps Theo was a fraction late to react as the ball rifled quickly toward him. But it should have been taken nonetheless. Good to see Root running up to Wylie, and putting his arm round him and having a quick chat..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 90/2 (23.6 overs) 23.6: Gus Atkinson to Azan Awais, Nice and full, clocking 140 kph, on off, Awais opens the bat face and steers it to backward point..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 90/2 (23.5 overs) 23.5: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Slightly full and just outside off. A good-looking cover drive from Masood, but Archer from mid off swoops to his right and makes a half-stop. Duckett converges to pick the ball and throw to the keeper. One run taken. Pakistan trail by 230 runs!.England vs Pakistan Live Score: 89/2 (23.4 overs) 23.4: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Hits the length hard, on top of middle, 133 kph, Masood nudges it off the back foot to short mid-wicket..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 89/2 (23.3 overs) 23.3: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Full and angling from middle to off, Shan defends it straight with a vertical bat..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 89/2 (23.2 overs) 23.2: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, From over the wicket now. Attacks the pads, on a length. Masood comfortably tucks it to short mid-wicket..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 89/2 (23.1 overs) 23.1: Gus Atkinson to Shan Masood, Two is the call from Shan and they will get it. A touch full from around the stumps, Shan Masood lets the ball angle into him and flicks it to the right of deep square leg for a couple of runs.. Gus Atkinson (3-0-16-0) to bowl for the first time on Day 3..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 87/2 (22.6 overs) 22.6: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, On a fuller length, 140 kph, Azan plants the front foot across and clips it to mid on. 10 runs from this over..England vs Pakistan Live Score: 87/2 (22.5 overs) 22.5: Josh Tongue to Azan Awais, Serves it full on middle, Awais presents straight bat face and blocks it straight back at the bowler.