Cook, Bell score tons as Pak face huge deficit

Pakistan, needing 342 to make England bat again, survived the final four overs of the day to get to 12 without loss. Steve Harmison had taken six for 19 on Thursday to skittle Pakistan for 119.

The left-handed Cook batted for five hours and 40 minutes, facing 260 balls and hitting 18 fours. Bell needed just 127 as he went on the attack in the final throes of the innings.

Brief scores: Pakistan 119 and 12-0 vs England 461-9 decl (A Cook 127, P Collingwood 48, A Strauss 42, I Bell n.o. 106, Umar Gul 3-96, Abdul Razzaq 2-72)

–Tony Lawrence