England vs Pakistan, 3rd Test, Day 1: As it happened

Live Cricket Updates: England vs Pakistan

# WICKET! Amir gets his first wicket as England eight down. Azhar takes it above his head at third slip as Broad walks back after scoring 13

# WICKET! Woakes departs as Rahat Ali gets another wicket, Some work for keeper Sarfraz and he grabs it comfortably.

# FOUR! Moeen crunches it through the covers and takes the score to 242/6

# FOUR! Woakes’ comes out from his crease and smashes it through the gap.

# FOUR! Woakes onto the front foot and pounds it through the covers

# Chris Woakes walks into the middle as England 227/6 after 69 overs

# WICKET! Yasir with a big turner from outside off gets a thick inside edge, and a easy catch for Sarfraz. Ballance walks back after scoring 70.

# FOUR! Inside edge for Moeen Ali as he goes for a late attempt and places it for a four through fine leg.

# FOUR!THis time Moeen Ali on the back foot, drives it through cover for a four

# FOUR! Ballance manages it to place it through long-off and with that he brings 200 on the scorecard for England

# Another maiden over for Yasir Shah. England one short of 200 mark

# FOUR! Yasir with a flighted delivery and Ballance hits it far with a cover-drive for four more runs

# Ballance drives it through cover for three runs, England 194/5

# Gary Ballance hits it to deep midwicket and he raises his bat for his seventh seventh half-century.

# FOUR! Moeen Ali crunchs it through the covers off the back foot for a boundary, Eng – 188/5

# WICKET! Can you believe it. Sohail once again. He has a four-for now. Brilliant bowling from him. He bowls it wide and short and it take the edge. Bairstow is gone

# Jonny Bairstow and Ballance in the middle for England. The regular wickets have hurt them and Pakistan will not this chance go away

# WICKET! Sohail Khan again! He is making life tough for England batsmen. Vince has edged it to second slip. Excellent bowling

# England with a quick flow of runs in the second session. Vince and Ballance have not gone into a shell and have done well so far

# Players are back after the 40-minute break in Edgbaston. England need to rebuild. They are already three down with only 100 runs on the board

# Lunch in Birmingham! England have managed to reach 100 runs in the first session but Pakistan will be more happy with the three wickets they have managed to take!

# James Vince have done a good job so far to control one edn but Pakistan have been able to pick wickets at the other. Gary Ballance needs to stay long if England want to put a good total

# WICKET! Alastair Cook is gone. An excellent ball from Rahat that came back into Cook and hit him on the pads. Umpire says out but Cook reviews. It is umpire’s call and Cook has to go

# WICKET! Big one for Pakistan! Joe Root sends one straight to slips. Hafeez takes the catch. What a moment in the match. Sohail having an impact

# WICKET! Alex Hales has finally to the trap. Tight line from Pakistan and Hales has edged Sohail Khan to Sarfraz

# England have made a good start in Edgbaston as Alex Hales and Alastiar Cook have been steady and watchful. England are 28/0 after eight overs

# We have the players out in the middle. Mohammed Amir will bowl to Alex Hales. All set for the third Test

# The covers are on in Edgbaston, we have a cloud cover and a possible delayed start

1511 hrs IST: Here is the playing XI for Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez, Sami Aslam, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq (c), Asad Shafiq, Sarfraz Ahmed (w), Yasir Shah, Sohail Khan, Mohammad Amir, Rahat Ali

1510 hrs IST: Here is the playing XI for England: Alastair Cook (c), Alex Hales, Joe Root, James Vince, Gary Ballance, Jonny Bairstow (w), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad, Steven Finn, James Anderson

1450 hrs IST: Pakistan have won the toss and elected to bowl against England

1445 hrs IST: Welcome to the coverage of third Test between Pakistan and England from Birmingham

We really need to go big in third Test, says Misbah-ul-Haq

Mibah-ul-Haq inspired Pakistan to victory in first Test with a century. (Source: Reuters)

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has urged his top order “to go big” in the third Test against England at Edgbaston starting on Wednesday.

There is lot of negative propaganda about me in media, says Mohammad Hafeez

Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez talks with Head Coach Mickey Arthur during nets. (Source: Reuters)

Experienced Pakistani opener, Mohammad Hafeez is livid at what he terms as negative propaganda about him in the Pakistani media.