T he ongoing three-match Test series between Pakistan and England, stands level at 1-1, and the series decider is all set to be played at Rawalpindi, beginning October 24. England

Pakistan won the second Test on a reused spinning pitch and are using windbreaks, industrial-sized fans and patio heaters to present England with a similarly dry surface in Rawalpindi.

Pakistan continued to bake the Rawalpindi pitch with the help of industrial-sized fans, in a bid to hit England with spin in the decisive third Test which starts on Thursday. The hosts levelled the series on a re-used surface in Multan last week,

England spinner Jack Leach says he felt his England career may have been over when he was left out of the team during the home summer.

Leach is the leading wicket-taker in England's series in Pakistan with 14, but had only played two Tests in the 18 months before the tour and failed to complete either due to back and knee injuries. He had returned to full fitness after knee surgery by the time England picked their first Test of the summer in June,

It is his favourite wicket, he says, and no wonder. In the dusk of Rawalpindi two years ago, with time perhaps for one more over in the opening Test, Jack Leach was bowling at Pakistan’s last pair.