Having taken a sensible first-innings lead Pakistan ought to have possessed the capacity to combine it further to a sizeable one to attempt to get close to the triumphant post.
Nonetheless, their maladroit, protective and conflicting batting — which time and again has given them a chance to down in the past — at the end of the day put them on the back foot here at Lord's on Saturday.
Poor begin once more by Mohammad Hafeez and Shan Masood implied substantially more application to manufacture the lead yet wickets tumbled under weight and through too much defensive methodology received by visiting batsmen, especially from Azhar Ali (23 off 75 balls), as England bowlers acquired their group back the diversion.
Hafeez and Shan were frustrating. Just if Hafeez knew the earnestness of the circumstance or Shan knew his off stump from his leg, they could have given Pakistan a tremendously required strong begin.
They in this way fizzled, not by any stretch of the imagination permitting the last batsmen to play with required certainty as the wickets fell at general interims giving Alastair Cook's men the edge.
Fanciful batting additionally did not help.
Misbah, the principal innings century creator, clouted one uppishly to be gotten in the profound and that did not look good for their innings as wandered along in any expectation of securing a respectable score.
Much was along these lines left for Younis Khan and Asad Shafiq to handle and get over into the amusement for Pakistan to post a nice aggregate from where their bowlers could unleash their pace and turn to release England for the second time.
Yasir Shah, who got six wickets in the primary innings to be on the distinctions leading group of Lord's, is the thing that Pakistan now would need to depend on when England bat once more.
Yasir plays on the psyches of English batsmen having officially taken 21 wickets in the three Tests, including the progressing amusement here, against them.
For the leg-spinner to have a go at them for the second time in this match he would require a sizeable score to protect and that could just have been conceivable if Pakistan proceeded for a great second-innings score.
Younis and Asad had settled down for an imperative organization which undoubtedly at last would have mattered.
Once notwithstanding, Younis withdrew it appeared to be hopeless at the end of the day for Misbah's unit.
Asad, who batted splendidly in the main innings, kept on playing impeccable shots all round for his all around created 49 under great weight, driving, slicing with relish to keep the innings going giving Pakistan trusts and a possibility of reviving the unstable innings.
His release after tea to a wonderful Chris Woakes conveyance further marked Pakistan.
A great deal will now rely on upon the tailenders to extend Pakistan's lead to a respectable one for a battle against the hosts — who are as much frantic to limit the travelers to a base — at the diversion's most prestigious venue.
Nonetheless, their maladroit, protective and conflicting batting — which time and again has given them a chance to down in the past — at the end of the day put them on the back foot here at Lord's on Saturday.
Poor begin once more by Mohammad Hafeez and Shan Masood implied substantially more application to manufacture the lead yet wickets tumbled under weight and through too much defensive methodology received by visiting batsmen, especially from Azhar Ali (23 off 75 balls), as England bowlers acquired their group back the diversion.
Hafeez and Shan were frustrating. Just if Hafeez knew the earnestness of the circumstance or Shan knew his off stump from his leg, they could have given Pakistan a tremendously required strong begin.
They in this way fizzled, not by any stretch of the imagination permitting the last batsmen to play with required certainty as the wickets fell at general interims giving Alastair Cook's men the edge.
Fanciful batting additionally did not help.
Misbah, the principal innings century creator, clouted one uppishly to be gotten in the profound and that did not look good for their innings as wandered along in any expectation of securing a respectable score.
Much was along these lines left for Younis Khan and Asad Shafiq to handle and get over into the amusement for Pakistan to post a nice aggregate from where their bowlers could unleash their pace and turn to release England for the second time.
Yasir Shah, who got six wickets in the primary innings to be on the distinctions leading group of Lord's, is the thing that Pakistan now would need to depend on when England bat once more.
Yasir plays on the psyches of English batsmen having officially taken 21 wickets in the three Tests, including the progressing amusement here, against them.
For the leg-spinner to have a go at them for the second time in this match he would require a sizeable score to protect and that could just have been conceivable if Pakistan proceeded for a great second-innings score.
Younis and Asad had settled down for an imperative organization which undoubtedly at last would have mattered.
Once notwithstanding, Younis withdrew it appeared to be hopeless at the end of the day for Misbah's unit.
Asad, who batted splendidly in the main innings, kept on playing impeccable shots all round for his all around created 49 under great weight, driving, slicing with relish to keep the innings going giving Pakistan trusts and a possibility of reviving the unstable innings.
His release after tea to a wonderful Chris Woakes conveyance further marked Pakistan.
A great deal will now rely on upon the tailenders to extend Pakistan's lead to a respectable one for a battle against the hosts — who are as much frantic to limit the travelers to a base — at the diversion's most prestigious venue.
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