Jordan c Finch b Faulkner 10 (England 225-9) Well, that was second time lucky for Faulkner, who was slogged through mid-wicket for a boundary the ball before but drew Jordan into slapping the next one straight down the throat of Finch at deep square leg.
As Moeen Ali's place in England's Test XI appears to be under constant scrutiny, they're numbers that will have caught the selectors' attention – but they will also note an economy rate of above four an over, the boundary balls still too frequent.
For once, bowlers who have strewn boundary balls like rose petals at the feet of emperors discovered the joys of parsimony and gained some reward on an excellent batting pitch.
Dewes took strike and got off the mark from Lindwall when he aimed a hook shot and was credited with a boundary when the ball came off his shoulder.
In fact for that third hour, Carberry was not overly impressive, scratching out 12 runs before he reached a 140-ball 50 with a boundary off the last ball before drinks.
13th over: Pakistan 99-3 (Younis 7, Misbah 0) Pakistan haven't hit a boundary for 26 balls now, which is a helluva long time in Twenty20.
He was on 66 and had not hit a boundary for 46 balls; Yasir was bowling to him with six men on the off-side and a gaping hole at midwicket.
He took match figures of 2/65, his first wicket being Jack Hobbs, and in his first Test innings as a batsman, he hit the first ball for a boundary but was dismissed off the next ball, before scoring 49 in the second innings as Australia chased 428 for victory.
The final day started poorly for England; after failing to hit a leg stump full toss for a boundary from the first ball of the day, Compton edged Johnston to a diving Miller at second slip from the second ball of the morning.
The game is over when a member of either Town or Country crosses a parish boundary with ball in hand, but for entertainment's sake players keep it in the town for at least an hour.
