Steps into a length ball from Tom Hartley, and deposits him high over long-on for the third six of a mighty innings. He’s been supreme all innings long, his control percentage at close to 90% confirming the inevitability of this, his second Test hundred and first on home soil.
England are beginning to lose the grip on the scoring rate that had been a feature of the first hour after lunch, but Shoaib Bashir is persevering with his offbreaks, settling into Test cricket in a lengthy spell, much as Hartley did in the first innings at Hyderabad. Rehan Ahmed has been spotted warming up in the outfield though. Could be time for some legspin soon.