England vs Pakistan LIVE: Second Test, day three, Lord's

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Well, I'm not sure I have the requisite level of celebrity to make these wishes notable, Tom, but happy birthday nonetheless from both me and my colleagues dotted around the office in Salford.

Anyway, still no updates from Lord's as yet and I wouldn't necessarily expect any.

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Stephan Shemilt

BBC Sport cricket correspondent at Lord's

A mate of mine is a tennis coach and he once managed to swing tickets for the Wimbledon men's final. I turned it down to play in a cup quarter-final. We won, so I think it was justified.

When my son was born, my other half went into hospital more than two days before the actual delivery. I was due to play a game of indoor cricket and she said I could play. I turned it down, but Freddie didn't arrive until 24 hours later. A missed opportunity to be able to say I played cricket while she was in labour.

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We might not have much chance of play today, but no harm in reminding ourselves of the current match situation.

England closed yesterday with an overnight lead of 261, sitting on 81-3 from 22 overs.

They were bowled out for 290 in their first innings and then rolled Pakistan for 110 in 37.2 overs.

You can take a read of Stephan Shemilt's report from day two for an in-depth read on how everything played out.

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While we wait for news from Lord's, I think we need to discuss this story.

Peter Melhuish, from Guildford in Surrey, is due to play at Lord's on 6 September for his club Blackheath after they made it to the final of the Cawston Press Village Cup.

But the team captain is marrying his fiancée, Izzy Upton, in North Wales less than 24 hours earlier.

The couple, both 32, planned their wedding for the Saturday after Blackheath's local league fixtures finished for the season.

However, they did not factor in the club's success in the Village Cup, a nationwide tournament played on Sundays by local teams across the UK.

Now, Melhuish's clubmates are trying to raise around £9,000 so the pair can make the one-hour flight from North Wales to London by the game's 11:00 BST start.

So, I have to ask... have you ever gone to great lengths to attend a cricket match?

Perhaps we can beat a helicopter - maybe one of you compromised the UK's nuclear deterrent and hitched a ride on a submarine.

Let us know!

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