Ben Stokes conjures up fightback with the ball to provide England preventing probability in first Check towards Pakistan

A flurry of wickets within the last session of day three pulled England again into rivalry within the first Check towards Pakistan.

The vacationers have been in a wholesome place having bowled the house aspect out for 219 to provide themselves a primary innings lead of 107 at Outdated Trafford.

Stuart Broad, Chris Woakes and Ben Stokes every took two wickets to depart Pakistan 137 for eight on the shut of play, a lead of 244.

It should nonetheless be an uphill battle for Joe Root’s aspect however they’ve been given a preventing probability.

England resumed on 92 for 4, with Ollie Pope and Jos Buttler seeking to reprise the rescue job they’d began the earlier night.

Pope rapidly turned his 46 not out right into a a half-century however the first hour was gradual with simply 9 runs scored off the bat.

Buttler edged the third ball of Naseem Shah’s spell simply in need of second slip however after that it was a litany of performs and misses because the bowlers weaved away tirelessly.

Naseem upped his recreation after the drinks break to see off Pope for 62, with a size ball which kicked and flew to gully.

Buttler and Woakes steered the rating to 159 for 5 on the lunch break.

Buttler scrapped laborious for his 38 however fell to his second ball after lunch. Yasir Shah was his downfall, sneaking one between bat and pad to clip the highest of off.

Yasir made quick work of Dom Bess, ousting him with flip and bounce earlier than taking his fourth of the innings when Woakes heaved in direction of leg and hit contemporary air.

England have been in hassle at 170 for eight however had Broad to thank for 2 tail-end stands which added 49 to the whole earlier than Shadab Khan intervened on each. He completed unbeaten on 29, with three boundaries in a row off Shaheen Afridi and a slog-swept six off Yasir below his belt.

There have been 9 overs earlier than tea for England to strike again and Broad did so virtually immediately, with Buttler catching Shan Masood down leg aspect for a duck for a deflating follow-up to his epic 156.

James Anderson created a second probability when Abid Ali edged an away-swinger however Stokes went throughout Joe Root and fumbled. It was not a expensive miss, with the opener reaching 20 earlier than hacking Bess to deep midwicket.

Woakes held the catch safely however had a fair better job to do with the ball. He was the fifth bowler used however made a serious influence, rousing England with the 2 huge middle-order wickets.

First was Babar Azam for 5, feeling exterior off stump and giving Stokes the possibility to make up for his error, and subsequent got here skipper Azhar Ali, pinned lbw full on center stump.

Dom Sibley rushed in from level to expire Shafiq after a poor name from Mohammad Rizwan, and Stokes put issues over his quad grievance apart to volunteer for his first bowl of the match.

He struck together with his eighth try, forcing Rizwan again and incomes a decent lbw, and when Broad picked up Shadab by way of DRS the tail was effectively and actually open. Stokes bounced out Shaheen within the last over of the day, leaving all the things to play for.