Pakistan ruled the morning consultation after they bowled out England for 275 however their 355-run goal intended they had to pull off a report chase on house soil to stage the sequence.
They appeared up for the duty too however England’s seamers conjured up 3 magical deliveries after the lunch spoil to wrest again the initiative.
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The see-saw contest modified complexion within the ultimate consultation once more following a 108-run partnership between Imam, who fell simply earlier than the shut for 60, and Saud.
Saud was once unbeaten on 54 with Faheem Ashraf on 3 at stumps.
Pakistan, who completed day 3 on 198-4, are nonetheless 157 runs brief in their goal.
Earlier, England added 73 runs to their in a single day ranking of 202-5 on day 3 on the Multan Cricket Stadium.
Ben Stokes (41) wanted 43 balls to attain his first boundary and was once the primary to fall, holing out within the deep to cause a cave in.
Spinner Abrar Ahmed picked up his eleventh wicket in his debut Test through bowling Ollie Robinson during the gate.
Overnight batsman Harry Brook (108) reached his 2nd hundred of the sequence earlier than leg-spinner Zahid Mahmood (3-52) polished off the English tail.
Pakistan spinners claimed 18 of the 20 English wickets – the opposite two being run outs.
The hosts needed to rejig their opening pair following a hamstring niggle to Imam.
They promoted the suffering Mohammad Rizwan, who hit a flurry of limitations early in his knock to switch the drive again on England.
James Anderson got rid of Rizwan for 30 right away after lunch with a peach of a supply that angled in and beat the out of doors edge to hit off stump.
Robinson produced an similarly surprising ball to disregard Pakistan captain Babar Azam for one.
Babar shouldered fingers to a supply pitching out of doors off-stump however jagged again to rattle his stumps.
Abdullah Shafique made 45 however may just now not give protection to his off-stump from the tempo and motion of Mark Wood.
Imam got here in at quantity 5 and revived Pakistan’s chase with Saud.
It would had been Pakistan’s consultation however spinner Jack Leach in any case had Imam stuck within the slips to wreck the partnership.