Rampant England pushed its first check in Pakistan in 17 years to an thrilling last-day end after setting a courageous goal of 343 runs for the house workforce on Sunday.
Pakistan ended the fourth day at 80-2, needing an additional 263 runs in a most of 90 overs left within the first check of the three-match collection.
First innings centurion Imam-ul-Haq was not out on 43 off 60 balls whereas considered one of 4 Pakistan debutants, Saud Shakeel, was fortunate to be there on 24 after Keaton Jennings couldn’t maintain on to a two-handed catch near the wicket within the penultimate over of the day.
Ben Stokes’ plan to begin with a barrage of short-pitched balls paid dividends for England within the ultimate session after the vacationers declared their second innings at 264-7 at tea for an total lead of 342.
Abdullah Shafique (6), one of many three Pakistan first innings century-makers, fell into England’s lure and pulled to Ollie Robinson within the deep earlier than Azhar Ali was struck on his proper index finger in the identical over and left the sector in ache.
Stokes, who shared the brand new ball with Robinson, obtained the faint inside fringe of Babar Azam off one other quick pitch ball to scale back Pakistan to 25-2 earlier than the 2 left-handers — Imam and Shakeel — batted confidently to supply a 55-run stand till Jennings’ missed alternative.
In its first innings, Pakistan’s decrease order dug in to scale back England’s lead earlier than getting dismissed for 579.
However England didn’t sit again on a wicket nonetheless conducive to batting and pushed its bid for victory with yet one more electrifying show with the bat from the highest order within the second session.
Joe Root smashed 73 and Harry Brook adopted his belligerent century within the first innings with 87 off 65 balls earlier than getting bowled by quick bowler Naseem Shah (2-66).
England added a brisk 218 runs within the second session to complete the innings with a speedy run price of seven.4 an over, which matched its first-innings aggression that noticed the guests rack up an electrifying whole of 657.
Regardless of shedding first-innings century-makers Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope, England underlined its plan of establishing a goal for Pakistan in reaching 46-2 in seven overs earlier than lunch.
Pakistan’s inexperienced bowling assets have been additional diminished when debutant quick bowler Haris Rauf couldn’t recuperate from his strained proper quad and was unable to bowl within the second innings.
Root survived a scare shortly after finishing his half-century when Naseem couldn’t maintain on to a reverse sweep within the covers earlier than legspinner Zahid Mahmood (2-84) dismissed him after which Stokes for a duck in a single over.
Earlier, offspinner Will Jacks, who was given his check debut on the final minute after Ben Foakes needed to sit out as a result of a viral an infection, picked up 6-161 on a wicket doing the bowlers few favors earlier than Pakistan was finally bowled out.
Pakistan’s tailenders pissed off England for almost 1.5 hours with Agha Salman scoring 53 off 67 balls after the house workforce resumed on 499-7.
Salman shared a 57-run stand with Mahmood (17), who didn’t play a false shot regardless of being surrounded by no less than six England fielders near the bat for a lot of his time on the crease.
Salman efficiently overturned on-field umpire Joe Wilson’s leg earlier than resolution via a tv referral simply earlier than reaching his half-century.
TV replays steered Jacks had pitched the ball exterior the road of leg stump when the batter tried a reverse sweep however missed the road of the ball and was struck on the entrance pad.
Salman reached his second check half-century by chipping leftarm spinner Jack Leach over covers earlier than edging Jacks to the lone slip. Leach bowled the majority of the overs with Jacks and completed with 2-190.
Injured Rauf (12) hung in with Mahmood and added an additional 22 runs earlier than Jacks lastly wrapped up the innings by dismissing each batters.