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He actually looked gutted.

Amazing

Sorry :-/

Brook going at nearly a run a ball. That’s pretty impressive for a century innings but to keep that up for 300 balls is mind blowing.
Roots scoring rate (262 off 375) looks a bit pedestrian by comparison but lightning compared to Gowers’s 51/100 balls

Pakistan should at least have the decency to take the catches and let England do their collapse thing.

Fascinating tactics required here.

The number says that this has been a draw since yesterday morning.

But the idea is to completely kill the psyche of the opposition so that you can destroy them with the ball.

Such a civilised brutality.

Honestly I think the pitch makes this an impossibility to win, so England just keep on batting and claiming records/destroying the stats for every Pakistani bowler in the team.

I've never seen a four figure test innings score.

Also ... this! Bonkers.

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To think that when Duckett knackered his thumb I was worried about our batting prospects.

I've never seen a four figure test innings score.

Nobody has.

Brook into top 20 scores of all time. Passed McCullum 20 mins back - wonder if he was tempted to declare before he got overhauled...

Graham Gooch must be secretly happy...

No doubt someone, somewhere is lamenting Root's woeful inability to convert triple century opportunities.

Yeah, that Essex (cricket) mafia still have a couple of records.

Draw is definitely the big favourite but Pakistan have been in the field a long old time, you can play some silly shots when you're fucked.

Pakistan have had a terrible run of second innings collapses this season.

Here we go

Declaration purely down to time, rather than runs ahead?

Also the psychology of the two batters sprinting off the pitch there...

Holy SHIT!

Woakes!

He's got to take those

Thought Woakes had to take his too...

Masood gone as well. Pakistan are shot to pieces at the moment.

England would love them to be 4 down (or more!) by the end of today.

Well that's three.

Make that four.

Ahem.

Could be all over today if Pakistan carry on like this.