Chris Woakes became the first England bowler since Ian Botham to take five wickets in both innings of Test match at Lord\'s, to keep alive the hosts\' chances of claiming victory over Pakistan.
England had begun the day 253/7, still some way short of Pakistan's first innings total of 339 all out, but Woakes' unbeaten 35 helped the home side to 272 all out before the Warwickshire all-rounder produced another fine spell of bowling to reduce the tourists to 214/8 at the close.
It was an intruiging day of Test cricket, where the ascendency swung back and forth, but Woakes' 5/31 – which included the prize scalps of Asad Shafiq for 49 and Sarfraz Ahmed for 45 late in the day – brought England back in touch.
Pakistan now lead by 281 runs going into Day Four at the home of cricket.
Stuart Broad was Woakes' partner overnight, but the Notts bowler was cleaned up by Wahab Riaz for 17, before Yasir Shah snared his sixth wicket pinning Steven Finn LBW.
Jake Ball was then run out by Shan Masood to bring the England innings to an end with the score 272. It was an under-par batting effort from Alastair Cook's men but Broad got them off to the best possible start with the ball when he forced Mohammad Hafeez to carve straight to Joe Root at third slip, 2/1.
Pakistan escaped unscathed to lunch at 40/1 thanks to Masood and Azhar Ali. But Woakes got his first straight after the interval when Masood nicked to captain Cook at first grab. The Warwickshire man got another when Azhar was given out LBW despite calling for a review.
Younus Khan never looked comfortable during his knock of 25 from 95 balls and his vigil was eventually brought to an end by Moeen Ali. The off-spinner endured a torrid time in the Pakistan first innings but bounced back in perfect fashion, when Younus dragged onto his stumps and Misbah-ul-Haq followed his first innings century with a duck. Alex Hales took a smart running catch on the boundary to send the Pakistan skipper back to the pavilion.
Shafiq and Sarfraz frustrated England in the evening session, rapidly enhancing Pakistan's lead. Ball and Finn had close calls but it was Woakes who broke the deadlock with an in-ducker that castled Shafiq. Sarfraz soon followed, edging behind to Jonny Bairstow.
And Woakes wasn't quite finished. Wahab Riaz was the last man to fall, gloving a rising delivery to Bairstow behind the stumps to leave the match finely balanced.
Pakistan will start Day Four on 214/8, with a valuable lead of 281. If they can move that along to 300, England might be facing an upill struggle.
The First Test at Lord's resumes tomorrow morning at 11am.
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