James Anderson triggered a batting collapse soon after Lunch with the wicket of Pakistan's batting mainstay Misbah-ul-Haq (56). While Sarfraz Ahmed held one end together, wickets kept tumbling at the other end and he was left stranded on 46 as Pakistan folded after adding 143 runs to their overnight score of 257 for 3.
Anderson struck in his third over after the Lunch break to end the Pakistan skipper's stay, picking up his first wicket of the day in the process. Misbah walked back disappointed, shortly after raising his 34th half-century, after dragging an inside edge onto his stumps that ricocheted off his thigh pad.
Yasir Shah survived after reviewing a leg before decision in Anderson's next over. Third umpire Kumar Dharmasena overturned the on-field umpire's call after concluding that the impact was outside the off-stump. The leg spinner, however, failed to make the most of his reprieve as Chris Woakes sent in a sharp throw to the keeper, Jonny Bairstow, who took the bails off in a flash to catch Yasir short of his crease while attempting to complete a tough second run.
A smart use of DRS review, on Woakes's demand, got England their next wicket in quick succession - that of Mohammad Amir for 1. Bruce Oxenford was asked to reverse his original call of not-out after Dharmasena found Amir to have been trapped plumb in front.
Meanwhile, Anderson, twice warned yesterday for his follow through, was taken off the attack after another repeat offence, shortly before drinks in the second session.
In no time, the visitors slipped to 386 for 9 after Stuart Broad caught Sohail Khan in front for just 7. Rahat Ali, along with Sarfraz, kept England waiting with a brief stand for the final wicket, before the former edged one straight to Joe Root at second slip that brought an end to Pakistan's first innings.
Earlier in the day, Pakistan added 79 runs to their overnight score at Lunch, but lost the wickets of Younis Khan and Asad Shafiq early in the process. Woakes got the hosts their first breakthrough after half an hour of cautions batting by the two senior pros. Younis's wicket evoked a sense of deja vu. Similar to his dismissal at Old Trafford, the veteran Pakistan batsman went for a flick down the leg side, only to get a faint edge to Bairstow behind the stumps.
While Misbah picked up pace after his partner's departure, new man in the middle Asad Shafiq struggled to get going. Stuart Broad, who had been hit for 14 runs by the Pakistan skipper in a space of two overs, finally registered a wicket against his name as he got rid of Shafiq for an 18-ball duck, with an inswinger. The right-handed batsman was a tad late in his attempt to block and left a gap wide enough between the bat and the pad for the ball to sneak past and knock off his off-stump, that gave Broad his first wicket in the game.
Steven Finn was extremely unlucky to not get Misbah in the same spell, shortly after Pakistan squeezed the lead. The skipper, then on 25, got a thick edge towards the slip cordon but the ball flew past Joe Root, stationed at a shortish third slip, for a lucky boundary. Sarfraz went on the offensive with a couple of consecutive sweeps off Moeen Ali in the final over before Lunch and was lucky to pick up a boundary on both occasions as Pakistan stretched the lead to 39 at Lunch.
Brief scores: Pakistan 400 (Azhar Ali 139, Sami Aslam 82, Misbah-ul-Haq 56; Chris Woakes 3-79, Stuart Broad 3-83) lead England 297 all out by 103 runs.
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