Rain delays the start of play in the fourth Test and an early lunch is taken before the weather improves enough for play to get under way at 1340 BST - both sides are unchanged for final match of the series
Pakistan. who trail 2-1 in the series, win the toss and Mohammad Amir almost takes an early wicket but third slip Umar Akmal drops the easiest of chances after Alastair Cook edges a seaming delivery
Amir, the preciously talented teenager, thinks he has Cook caught behind by wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal but the batsman survives after the referral shows his bat hit his pad and not the ball
Mohammad Asif makes the breakthrough, finding the gap between Andrew Strauss' bat and pad with a wicked delivery, and England are 31-1 and struggling in the gloomy conditions
The skipper makes the long walk back to the dressing room - he has plenty to think about after enduring a run of low scores against the impressive Pakistan seam attack
The floodlights are on but the sky seems to get darker and darker and it's not long before the players come off, with England 39-1, and shortly afterwards the rain returns and the prospects of any further play look remote
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