Saud cuts Bashir very nicely for four. He's a real threat to England today, an outstanding player of spin, and I half expected Gus Atkinson to start at Leach's end because of that.
The one advantage of batting second on a wearing pitch is that you can learn from the opposition's first innings. England lost five wickets before they twigged that the sweep is a high-risk shot.
Shan looks less comfortable against Bashir and edges short of Stokes at slip. He pushed with hard hands and the ball still landed well short.
There's a brilliant passage in Kevin Pietersen's book, On Cricket, about how Warne worked over both the batters and the umpires.
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