For the second consecutive day the initiative gained by England's excellent effort was lost in the final stages

A day that promised much for England during the first two sessions of play, slowly drifted away a little by stumps with Pakistan on 243 for five

With no play having been possible on the second day owing to wet ground conditions, there was little likelihood of a result in this three-day match at the Bagh-e-Jinnah ground in Lahore

England took a comfortable first-innings lead of 120 having declared on 237 for seven, a little over an hour after lunch on the third day

England's last match before the second Test, ended as a draw with another fine bowling performance led once again by Matthew Hoggard

Heavy overnight rain has left the Bagh-e-Jinnah ground in Lahore saturated, causing a delay to the start of play on the second day of England's match against the Pakistan Cricket Board XI

Overnight rain put paid to the second day of England's match against a PCB XI in Lahore

In their last match before the second Test next week, England ended the first day's play at the picturesque Bagh-e-Jinnah ground in Lahore on 76 for two, with Marcus Trescothick 28 not out and Alec Stewart on 12

Honours were shared in the drawn first Test between Pakistan and England as the game petered out shortly after tea on the fifth day

A draw appears to be the inevitable outcome of the First Test, which enters its final day tomorrow on the slow, lifeless wicket at Lahore

Bad light deprived England of the opportunity to apply further pressure to Pakistan on the third day of the first Test in Lahore

Resolute batting by England on the second day has put them in complete command of the first Test in Lahore

LAHORE: England's retreat from a position of absolute dominance, allowed Pakistan to even the honours by close of play on the first day of the Test series in Lahore

England will go into the first Test in Lahore next week with their morale high, having achieved two comfortable, consecutive first-class victories

Controversy appears to have been averted with the match referee Farooq Zaman saying that he is not taking any action against Andy Caddick for his altercation with umpire Sajjad Asghar, after his appeal for a catch behind had been turned down

England needed just over an hour to claim the remaining four Governor's XI wickets, with the injured Wajahatullah Wasti unable to bat

An excellent innings by Marcus Trescothick, which ended just seven short of a century, went a long way in guiding England to 241 for 5 by close of play in Peshawar

Having put the Governor's XI into bat, England did well in taking five wickets for 113 until an unbroken sixth wicket stand of 60 revived the innings in the last session of the day

England are in command of their match against the Pakistan Cricket Board Patron's X1 in Rawalpindi

England emerged victorious by an innings and 27 runs from their four-day match against Pakistan Cricket Board Patron's XI in Rawalpindi