Ya sir who Woakes them up

The fight is between the skills of England allrounder Chris Woakes who remained not out on 35 at their inning and also bagged a match haul of eleven wickets so far and Pakistan Yasir Shah who remained not out on 30 besides his first inning haul of 6 wickets.

Pakistan were 214 for eight in their second innings, a lead of 281 runs, at the close of the third day of the first Test against England at Lord's yesterday.

Now, England face a difficult fourth-innings run chase in the first Test against Pakistan after a hard-fought third day.

With a 67-run first-innings deficit to try to turn around at Lord's, the hosts reduced Pakistan to 60-4.

However, some stout resistance from the tourists' lower order frustrated England despite Chris Woakes taking his second five-wicket haul in the match.

Pakistan closed the day with a lead of 281, knowing England have only once scored more runs to win a Test at this venue.

England will feel they let their advantage slip, especially after Stuart Broad dropped a difficult chance to dismiss Yasir Shah at mid-off and then wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow spilled what was more of a regulation catch to end a punchy innings from Sarfraz Ahmed.

They may also rue the moment Younus Khan, who put on 69 with Shafiq for the fifth wicket, had a leg-before dismissal reversed following a review with the score at 75-4. Reasons to be cheerful Woakes - playing as an absent James Anderson continued his recovery from injury by playing for Lancashire on Saturday - was head and shoulders above the rest of his team-mates with the ball.

The Warwickshire all-rounder started the day hoping to push England closer to Pakistan's first innings total of 339 all out. However, he was let down by his batting partners as England's last three wickets fell for 19 runs - leaving Woakes unbeaten on a well-constructed 35.

He then shone with the ball, recording what are currently the second-best match figures (11-101) by an England bowler this decade.

His expert line and length, which is delivered at a livelier pace than when he made his debut in 2013, saw him snare opener Shan Masood via a catch at first slip and helped him to pin Azhar Ali in front.

He returned later in the day to bowl the obdurate Asad Shafiq for 49 and have both Sarfraz and Wahab Riaz caught behind with an outswinger and attempted bouncer respectively. A. Cook b Mohammad Amir A. Hales c Azhar Ali b Rahat Ali J. Root c Hafeez b Yasir Shah J. Vince lbw b Yasir Shah G. Ballance lbw b Yasir Shah J. Bairstow b Yasir Shah M. Ali lbw b Yasir Shah C. Woakes not out S. Broad b Wahab Riaz S. Finn lbw b Yasir Shah J. Ball run out (Shan Masood/Wahab Riaz)

(nb2) (all out, 79.1 overs, 358 mins)

1-8 (Hales), 2-118 (Root), 3-139 (Vince), 4-147 (Ballance), 5-173 (Cook), 6-193 (Bairstow), 7-232 (Ali), 8-260 (Broad), 9-267 (Finn), 10-272 (Ball)

Amir 18-2-65-1; Rahat Ali 14-1-68-1; Riaz 18.1-0-67-1 (2nb); Shah 29-6-72-6

Pakistan 2nd Innings

81

6 48 16

6 29 23 35 17 5 4 2

Now, England face a difficult fourth-innings run chase in the first Test against Pakistan after a hard-fought third day. With a 67-run first-innings deficit to try to turn around at Lord's, the hosts reduced Pakistan to 60-4.

Mohammad Hafeez c Root b Broad Shan Masood c Cook b Woakes Azhar Ali lbw b Woakes Younis Khan b Ali Misbah-ul-Haq c Hales b Ali Asad Shafiq b Woakes Sarfraz Ahmed c Bairstow b Woakes Yasir Shah not out Wahab Riaz c Bairstow b Woakes Mohamad Amir not out

(b6, lb11, nb1) (8 wkts, 77 overs, 343 mins) Rahat Ali

1-2 (Hafeez), 2-44 (Masood), 3-59 (Azhar) 4-60 (Misbah), 5-129 (Younis), 6-168 (Shafiq), 7-208 (Ahmed), 8-214 (Riaz)

Broad 18-6-38-1; Ball 16-7-37-0; Finn 13-4-42-0; Woakes 17-6-31-5; Ali 13-3-49-2 (1nb) 0 24 23 25

0 49 45 30 0 0 18