England on verge of series win

England swept the feeble Pakistan batting aside on Saturday to move within sight of a series victory after a spirited comeback in the fourth and final Test at Lords.

At the close of the third day,Pakistan following on after they had collapsed to 74 all out,were 41 for four in their second innings,still trailing England by 331.

England,102 for seven at one stage in their first innings on Friday,reached 446 all out after a world-record eighth-wicket partnership of 322 between Jonathan Trott (184) and Stuart Broad (169). Trott,his monumental concentration never faltering in more than nine hours at the crease,reached his 150 from the first ball he faced after play resumed on a crisp,sunny morning before a capacity crowd.

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Broad stood tall to drive the ball with a full follow-through and took two boundaries in an over from Mohammad Asif as the pair moved serenely past the previous eighth-wicket record of 313 set by Pakistans Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq against Zimbabwe in 1996. They looked like taking their team through to lunch without further loss when Broad was dismissed lbw missing a sweep against off-spinner Saeed Ajmal. He had batted for 6-1/2 hours in the third-highest innings recorded by an England left-hander at Lords.

Brief scores: England 446 (J Trott 184,S Broad 169; M Amir 6/84) Pakistan 74 ((Salman Butt 26; G Swann 4/12,S Finn 3/38,S Broad 2/10) & 41/4 (Salman Butt 21)

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