England vs Pakistan Live Score, 3rd Test, Day 1: Crawley hits fifty to lead England innings

29 overs: England 94/2
* England skipper Joe Root on the strike, and Mohammad Abbas will start the Pakistan attack
WELCOME BACK! A good morning session for the hosts. Pakistan will be looking to take early wickets in the afternoon session. We can expect another good contest between bat and the ball. Good news is that there is no rain since the slight delay in the toss earlier today.
That's lunch on Day 1, England 91/2 in 28 overs (Zak Crawley 53* & Joe Root 10*)
Zak Crawley struck a second successive half-century as England made a positive start to the third and final Test against Pakistan, reaching 91/2 at lunch on the opening day at the Rose Bowl on Friday. Crawley will resume in the afternoon session on 53 along with captain Joe Root (10 not out) after England had won the toss and elected to bat. Crawley also scored 53 in England's only innings in the rain-hit second Test that ended in a draw at the same venue last week. England opener Rory Burns continued his poor run when he was caught at third slip by Shan Masood off the bowling of seamer Shaheen Afridi for six. Burns' opening partner Dom Sibley (22) was leg before wicket to Yasir Shah and he too has battled in the series with a top score of 36.
27.6 overs: FOUR & FIFTY! Zak Crawley hits a four off Shaheen Afridi to bring up his half-century -- 53* off 80 balls, his 4th in Tests.
Crawley hit seven fours to reach the landmark. He slowed down considerably before the lunch break and took 17 balls to reach 50 from 49. Nonetheless a very good innings from the right-hander so far.

England 85/2 after 25 overs (Zak Crawley 49* & Joe Root 8*)
England 76/2 after 20 overs (Zak Crawley 46* & Joe Root 2*)
18.2 overs: OUT! Yasir Shah dismisses Dominic Sibley (22). England 73/2
BIG WICKET! Sibley charged out but was beaten by Shah with the flight and it hit on his pad.Umpire said out LBW, but Sibley decided to review the decision and lost it. The ball was hitting the top half of his middle stump. A good stand came to an end. Sibley added a valuable 61 runs for the second wicket with Zak Crawley.
17.2 overs: FOURS! Zak Crawley (45*) smacks back-to-back fours off pacer Naseem Shah. England 73/1
* 50-run partnership, off 67 balls, between Dominic Sibley (21*) & Zak Crawley (35*). England 62/1 in 15.4 overs
* 50 comes up for England in 14.2 overs -- 51/1. (Dominic Sibley 18* & Zak Crawley 27*)
* Drinks are on the field. England 48/1 after 13 overs
12.4 overs: FOUR! Zak Crawley (26*) hits a four, his third of the innings, off Yasir Shah. England 46/1
A loose delivery from Shah and Crawley pounced on it and hit it wide of short extra cover for a boundary.
* First bowling change of the match. Spinner Yasir Shah comes into the attack.
10 overs: England 33/1
Dominic Sibley (11*) and Zak Crawley (16*) steadied the England innings after the early blow as the duo added 21 runs off 33 balls so far.
England 28/1 after 8 overs (Crawley 12* & Sibley 10*)
5 overs: England 20/1
Zak Crawley came in at No. 3 and hit two fours off Shaheen Afridi in his first three balls of the innings.
4.3 overs: OUT! Shaheen Afridi removes Rory Burns (6) early. England 12/1
Early breakthrough for Pakistan. It was a superb delivery from Afridi as the pacer found Burns' outside edge. And Shan Masood took a good low catch at fourth slip.
England 11/0 after 4 overs (Burns 6* & Sibley 5*)
* Mohammad Abbas will share the new ball from the other end
0.3 overs: FOUR! Rory Burns opens the account with a four off Shaheen Afridi. ENG 4/0
HERE WE GO...England openers Rory Burns and Dominic Sibley walk out to start the proceedings. Shaheen Afridi with the ball for Pakistan.
Azhar Ali: "We would've loved to bat first, looks like a very good wicket. But toss is not in our control. We will try to pick up early wickets and utilize the conditions. We are playing with the same side. It's the last Test and important one for us. We are fresh and we will look to give everything. Every batsman likes to score runs and I would want to finish off on a high. It's difficult that we can't go out, but we are happy to be playing cricket."
Joe Root: "We are going to bat first. It looks a bit dry than the previous wicket. It's strange conditions, the winds are quite strong. Hopefully, we can knuckle down and get off to a good start. One change, Sam Curran misses out for Jofra Archer is in. We just want him (Archer) to bowl fast. We don't know when our next game of Test cricket is going to be, so want to make the most of it here."
15:10 IST:TOSS | England skipper Joe Root won the toss and opted to bat against Pakistan in Southampton.
PLAYING XIs:
Pakistan: Shan Masood, Abid Ali, Azhar Ali (c), Babar Azam, Asad Shafiq, Fawad Alam, Mohammad Rizwan (w), Yasir Shah, Mohammad Abbas, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah
England: Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Zak Crawley, Joe Root (c), Ollie Pope, Jos Buttler (w), Chris Woakes, Dominic Bess, Jofra Archer, Stuart Broad, James Anderson
* Toss delayed due to rain in Southampton
* ECB felicitates Stuart Broad
England's Stuart Broad poses with his award for 500 Test wickets before the start of the day's play. (Reuters Photo)
* BAD NEWS! Drizzle started in Southampton. Covers are coming in.
A lot is on the cards in this series finale at Southampton, where Pakistan will look to keep a decade-long record against England intact, while the hosts would want to rewrite it. Welcome once again to Timesofindia.com's coverage of Pakistan's tour of England. And it's the third and final Test of the series, with the hosts leading 1-0.
Pakistan haven't lost a Test series to England in 10 years, but that record faces a threat unless Azhar Ali and his team manage to turn their form around. The visitors will have to win to keep their record intact, but a draw will be enough for England to end Pakistan's run.
The first Test at Manchester ended in a close three-wicket win for England, but rain had that final say in the second Test at Southampton, which happens to be the venue for the third match as well.