BIRMINGHAM: Pakistan led England by 39 runs at lunch on the third day of the third Test at Edgbaston on Friday, in reply to England's first innings of 297.
Pakistan were 336 for five at lunch, with skipper Misbah-ul-Haq at 44 not out and Sarfraz Ahmed at 20 not out.
Pakistan started the day at 257 for 3, after Azhar Ali’s 139 and Sami Aslam’s 82 on the second day of the Test saw the tourists put themselves firmly in command against the hosts.
However, the team lost Younis Khan early in the session as he edged thinly down the leg-side at 31.
Next to go was Asad Shafiq, who was yet to score a single run before getting bowled out by Stuart Broad.
Azhar Ali’s century was the highlight of the second day before he was out to the final ball of the evening session.
Azhar’s more than six-hour 139 ended when all-rounder Chris Woakes, on his Warwickshire home ground, struck with the new ball to have him edging to England captain Alastair Cook at first slip.
Aslam, a 20-year-old left-handed opener recalled in place of Shan Masood, fell shy of a well-deserved maiden Test hundred when he was run out responding to Azhar’s poor call earlier.
Aslam’s innings comfortably surpassed his previous Test-best of 20 against Bangladesh in Khulna last year.
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