England closed in on victory on day three of the second test on Sunday, having reduced Pakistan to 94-5 at lunch.
Graeme Swann took 3-12, leaving Pakistan needing another 85 runs to make England bat again at Edgbaston, with five second-inning wickets remaining.
Pakistan began the day on 19-1, needing another 161 runs to avoid an innings defeat but it was an embarrassing start to the session for England’s Stuart Broad, who celebrated as if he’d taken Azhar Ali’s wicket in his first over.
Without appealing to the umpire Broad high-fived his teammates, but England didn’t ask for a review when Ali was subsequently given not out. Replays showed the ball had clearly missed Ali’s bat.
Imran Farhat then nicked a James Anderson delivery to third slip, but he was dropped by Paul Collingwood and then hit on the helmet by a Broad delivery.
Pakistan resisted for 54 minutes, but the breakthrough came when Graeme Swann, who hadn’t bowled in the first innings, replaced Anderson for the 30th over.
Swann’s third ball turned sharply to bowl Farhat for 29 and in his next over the spinner bowled Ali for 19.
Shoaib Malik didn’t ask for a review when he was given out, caught behind to Finn off his glove in the 39th over, even though replays proved inconclusive.
In the next over Umar Akmal was lbw to Swann for 20, this time after an unsuccessful review.
Zulqarnain Haider, who was on a king pair after making a first-ball duck in the first innings, was given out lbw to the next ball, but this time the review showed Swann’s delivery was missing leg stump.
Haider on one and Umar Amin on 12 survived to lunch, but Pakistan is facing another heavy defeat inside three days.
