LONDON - Pakistan finished the third day of the first Test in a strong position after Yasir Shah took six wickets as England was dismissed for 272 then the visitors reached 214 for eight in their second innings for a lead of 281.
Wickets fell regularly at a sunny Lord's as Pakistan looked to maximize its first-innings lead of 67 but Sarfraz Ahmed (45) and Asad Shafiq (49) kept the scoreboard ticking with valuable contributions.
Chris Woakes took 5-31 as England tried to limit the damage of losing its last three wickets for 12 runs in the morning session when it added only 19 runs to its overnight score.
He removed Sarfraz, caught behind by Jonny Bairstow, having earlier bowled Shafiq. Shortly before the close he had Wahab Riaz caught behind for a duck to give England a glimmer of hope Sunday.
Moeen Ali also took two wickets.
Woakes has 11 wickets for 101 runs in the match — the second best match figures of an England player in this decade.
It could all be in vain though as Pakistan is in the driving seat, albeit still a few runs short of the total it would ideally have posted second time around.
England had resumed on 253 for seven in reply to Pakistan's 339 all out but Yasir's leg spin outfoxed the host.
His figures of 6-72 were the best recorded by a visiting spinner against England at Lord's since Sid Pegler's 7-65 for South Africa 104 years ago.
Stuart Broad only managed to add six runs to his overnight total before he fell to a full inswinger from Wahab.
The 30-year-old Yasir then trapped Steve Finn leg before for five and, with no reviews left, he had no choice but to walk.
Debutant Jake Ball was run out by Shan Masood as he looked for a second run to keep Woakes on strike but was short by some distance as Pakistan wrapped up the England tail.
Ball had sliced his second ball behind square leg with an outside edge to record his first four Test runs.
Woakes was unbeaten on 35.
Scoreboard
Pakistan (1st innings) 339
England (1st innings)
A. Cook b Amir 81
A. Hales c A. Ali b R. Ali 06
J. Root c Hafeez b Y. Shah 48
J. Vince lbw b Y. Shah 16
G. Ballance lbw b Y. Shah 06
J. Bairstow b Y. Shah 29
M. Ali lbw b Y. Shah 23
C. Woakes not out 35
S. Broad b W. Riaz 17
S. Finn lbw b Y. Shah 5
J. Ball run out 04
Extras (nb2) 02
Total (all out, 79.1 overs) 272
Falls: 1-8 (Hales), 2-118 (Root), 3-139 (Vince), 4-147 (Ballance), 5-173 (Cook), 6-193 (Bairstow), 7-232 (Ali), 8-260 (Broad), 9-267 (Finn), 10-272 (Ball).
Bowling: Amir 18-2-65-1; Rahat Ali 14-1-68-1; Riaz 18.1-0-67-1 (2nb); Shah 29-6-72-6.
Pakistan (2nd innings)
Mohammad Hafeez c Root b Broad 00
S. Masood c Cook b Woakes 24
A. Ali lbw b Woakes 23
Younus b Ali 25
Misbah c Hales b Ali 00
A. Shafiq b Woakes 49
S. Ahmed c Bairstow b Woakes 45
Y. Shah not out 30
W. Riaz c Bairstow b Woakes 00
M. Amir not out 00
Extras (b6, lb11, nb1) 18
Total (8 wkts, 77 overs) 214
To bat: Rahat Ali.
Falls: 1-2 (Hafeez), 2-44 (Masood), 3-59 (Azhar) 4-60 (Misbah), 5-129 (Younis), 6-168 (Shafiq), 7-208 (Ahmed), 8-214 (Riaz).
Bowling: Broad 18-6-38-1; Ball 16-7-37-0; Finn 13-4-42-0; Woakes 17-6-31-5; Ali 13-3-49-2 (1nb).
