Pakistan 202 (Babar 75, Shakeel 63, Leach 4-98) and 64 for 0 (Shafique 34*, Rizwan 28*) want one other 291 runs to beat England 281 (Duckett 63, Pope 60, Abrar 7-114) and 275 (Brook 108, Abrar 4-120)
Wood did suppose he’d made the breakthrough in his first over, too, however on 25, Rizwan efficiently reviewed an on-field lbw after inside-edging a pull onto his pads.
It was the continuation of a free-flowing morning of batting, on a pitch that – to evaluate by England’s earlier efforts – had slowed up over the course of the match, with much less extravagant spin than on the primary days particularly. As at Rawalpindi, the place Ben Stokes’ declaration of 342 had stored Pakistan within the hunt and so aided England’s quest for wickets, England’s strategy was a sign that they believed their lead was ample to drive the win.
After resuming on 202 for five, a lead of 281, England added 73 runs in 15.5 overs, and simply over an hour’s play, with Brook changing his in a single day 74 to his second hundred in 4 innings on this journey. By the time he holed out to deep sq. leg for 108, Brook had racked up 14 fours and a six in his 149-ball keep, replete with highly effective strokeplay and spectacular judgement of size, significantly in opposition to the spin of Abrar Ahmed, who was as soon as once more Pakistan’s most threatening bowler, as he completed with 4 for 120, and an 11-wicket match haul on debut.
Before he might convert that begin into something extra significant, nevertheless, Stokes acquired beneath a heave to leg, the place Ali on the midwicket boundary ran spherical for a well-judged catch. Ollie Robinson did not grasp round, lacking a slog to leg as Abrar skidded a googly by means of his gate for his eleventh wicket, earlier than Wood poked a quick legbreak from Zahid Mahmood to slide.
Brook, by now, had cracked Mohammad Nawaz by means of midwicket to achieve his hundred, however he holed out quickly afterwards, earlier than James Anderson missed a reverse sweep to wrap up the innings.