BIRMINGHAM: England declared at 445/6 four overs into their innings on the final day of the third Test at Edgbaston, setting Pakistan 343 to win off 84 overs.
Moeen Ali was not out at 86 and Chris Woakes had just come in after Jonny Bairstow was trapped lbw off a Sohail Khan delivery at 83 when Captain Alastair Cook sent the signal.
At stumps on Saturday, England were 414 for five in their second innings, a lead of 311 runs.
Bairstow was 82 not out and Ali 60 not out.
England's sixth-wicket duo had added an unbroken 132 runs inside 27 overs ahead of Monday´s final day.
Pakistan will now have to set a new record for the Birmingham ground if they are to go 2-1 up in the four-match series, as the most any side have made in the fourth innings to win a Test at Edgbaston is South Africa’s 283 for five in 2008.
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