England win toss and bowl first at overcast Headingley - line-ups
Hosts field four seamers - Atkinson, Archer, Tongue & Robinson
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Thanks Sam! Hello all.
The cover situation has definitely improved at Headingley - we've dispensed with one of the big sheets covering the pitches and as I type, the groundstaff are peeling away the covers over the run-ups.
Fingers crossed!
In the meantime, let's have a reminder of what happened earlier on.
Sam Drury
BBC Sport
We're less than 10 minutes away from the earliest possible restart after an early lunch was taken.
We've heard nothing definitive either way so far but the rain has stopped and the groundstaff are working hard to get the playing area in a fit state.
Fingers crossed we'll have good news soon, here to bring it to you is Elizabeth Botcherby.
Thanks for the note of caution, Al, wouldn't want too much positivity knocking around these parts.
I take your point about needing to prove his fitness over a longer period of time but, while he is far from a flawless bowler, Ollie Robinson has taken 85 Test wickets at 21.54.
He's also taken 21 wickets at 26.9 against Australia so it's not like he's completely flopped in the Ashes either.
Bowl like he has done this morning - and at Lord's - and he can be a huge asset for this England side.
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Talking about Ollie Robinson like he is some sort of saviour. Will break down with injury again, or will let his fitness go. Decent bowler, but this isn't Australia we are playing against here. Lets take a minute here everyone.
Al, Manchester
Image source, Getty ImagesWe've got a bit more news to bring you - good time while the rain falls - as Pakistan have just announced the details of their fixtures this autumn.
They will host Sri Lanka for a three-match T20 series in October, with a couple of Tests to follow in November.
In between the two, there will be an ODI tri-series between Pakistan, Sri Lanka and England. So get these dates in your diaries, cricket fans...
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Hard to look at Robinson and think anything other than he should have played dozens of Tests and taken hundreds of wickets by now. A sad series of events handled poorly by all involved because what a skilled bowler he is - second only to the Broad/Anderson duo for England.
Charlie in Soton
Things are looking much better at Headingley. The main covers are still in place but a couple of the outer ones have been removed and the clean-up operation appears to be under way.
Conditions are much improved from this a littler earlier...
Image source, Getty ImagesAnd it is significantly lighter than it was just before they came off!
Image source, Getty ImagesA bit of news from the England camp and those players not selected for this Test will all be released to their counties for the County Championship round starting tomorrow.
So Shoaib Bashir (Derbyshire), Brydon Carse (Durham), Sam Cook (Essex), Matthew Fisher (Surrey) and Ollie Pope (Surrey) will get to play some red-ball cricket this week after all.
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I'll tell you what - Muhammad Abbas is going to be an absolute nightmare if conditions stay the same. Hope the pitch flattens out/conditions get brighter when England come to bat!
Arjun in Kent
Rufus Bullough
CricViz analyst
This summer, Ollie Robinson has bowled 38 balls that would have hit the stumps - conceded nine runs and taken nine wickets.
His on the stumps bowling average of 1.00 is the lowest for any global seamer across a season in the ball tracking era (since 2006).
Good news from Headingley, where the rain has stopped.
However, the less good news is that the covers are staying on for now as another band of rain is expected.
As a result, an early lunch will be taken at 12:30 BST. Hopefully that provides enough time for a prompt restart at 13:10.
With every run proving difficult to come by for Pakistan, Ollie Robinson kept the pressure on and claimed his second wicket in the fifth over of the morning.
After a change of angle, Robinson produced a fantastic in-swinger to trap Shan Masood plumb lbw - it really was as plumb as it gets - and leave Pakistan 7-2.
Robinson relentless as he gets his second
Alex Hartley
Former England bowler on Test Match Special
Ollie Robinson's such a good bowler with that new ball, he gets it to talk. The wobble balls are absolutely phenomenal.
Pakistan were just starting to build a partnership but this delay means the batters will have to go back out and get settled again.
It was the best possible start for England and Ollie Robinson as the seamer, who took three wickets in the first over of his Test comeback at Lord's earlier this summer, struck first ball.
A full delivery, nipping back in to Azan Awais and there was little the left-hander could do. Up went the umpire's finger and the Pakistan opener, after an unsuccessful review, was on his way...
'Out first ball!' - Robinson strikes with first ball of the morning
Image source, Getty ImagesThere were two balls shy of 10 overs possible before the rain arrived at Headingley - and England will be thrilled with how they went.
That, in large part, is down to another superb spell from Ollie Robinson.
We can only hope that this is just a passing shower but the rain is coming down pretty heavily at the moment.
Full covers in place and it looks pretty grim in Leeds.
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Test cricket is back. There is rain in England. All is well in the world.
Os in Hampshire
Pak 23-2
And that's it for the time being!
As that review was taking place, the heavens have opened and the covers are coming on.
Good start for England, albeit having lost two reviews, but they'll have to wait to continue it.
Aatif Nawaz
Test Match Special commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
That's an excellent decision by the umpire. It looked like a really good appeal.
Pak 19-2
No bat involved, the ball flicked the back leg of Abdullah Shafique.
England were convinced by the noise but it was an excellent on-field decision. They did check for lbw as well but the ball was going well over the top.
Another review lost.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Azan,leg before wicket, bowled Robinson Azan, leg before wicket, bowled Robinson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
batting,Imam,not out batting, Imam, not out | 5 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 27.78 |
Shan,leg before wicket, bowled Robinson Shan, leg before wicket, bowled Robinson | 5 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 25.00 |
batting,Shafique,not out batting, Shafique, not out | 12 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 63.16 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 1 Extras, no balls 0, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 1, total 1 | |||||||
Total,23 for 2 9.4 overs Total,23 for 2 9.4 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Robinson | 5.0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.40 |
Archer | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Atkinson, bowling | 2.4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.75 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
0 for 1(0.1 overs) | Azan |
6 for 2(4.5 overs) | Shan |
