4:11pm Welcome back. We have a minimum of seven overs left this evening after the break. But 50 minutes left on the schedule. Dockrell will open. Slip and short leg.

Jamiat Karim Za: "Surprised to see how Irrish last wicket stood in both innings but impressed..."

Adam hamdule: "And this is the 3rd time when Ireland was getting good partnership and i opened cricinfo and the wicket gone, sorry Ireland."

Mark: "Do Ireland need 2 wickets tonight to set up tomorrow? Or is this a lost cause? Can Saint Patrick's Day inspire the men in green to make a game of this?"

Nayyar Raza Kha: "Following cricinfo for this test in Iran, where no channel broadcasting any kind of cricket. My friends laughing at me because they don't know what is cricket craze. "

So what's a lesson James Anderson and co can take out of this when they play Ireland at Lord's in July? Well, whoever their No. 11 pairing is, they're not going to go down without a fight. In the first innings, the last pair of Dockrell and Murtagh added 87. Here, Murtagh and Cameron-Down have added 58 to lift Afghanistan from the pits to give them a chunky target to defend.