They added just 19 more runs Saturday, with Woakes 35 not out as he emphasised his all-round credentials.
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Earlier, leg-spinner Yasir Shah took six wickets as England were bowled out for 272 – 67 runs behind on first innings. Handy contributions from Pakistan’s lower middle order comprising of Asad Shafiq, Sarfraz Ahmed and Yasir Shah helped Pakistan recover from 60 for 4.
But at stumps he was shaking hands with Chris Woakes after the Warwickshire all-rounder had taken five for 31 to follow the lively paceman’s Test-best haul of six for 70 in Pakistan’s first innings 339. It is also the second best by a Pakistan spinner in England after Abdul Qadir’s 7 for 96 at the Oval in 1987. Steven Finn was lbw – giving Yasir his sixth wicket – and Jake Ball was run out trying to get Woakes back on strike. The ones prior to him are Basil D’Oliveira (1966), John Hampshire (1969) and Andrew Strauss (2004).
11 Number of times three left-arm seamers have taken at least a wicket each in the same innings of a Test.
There was no boundary for 14 overs, until a misfield at point got new batsman Asad Shafiq off the mark.
Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur branded Woakes “undroppable” after his second five-wicket haul in the match, with England team-mate Moeen Ali echoing the sentiment.
Sarfraz Ahmed (45) and Shah frustrated England in a seventh-wicket stand of 40.
403 Wickets taken by Chris Woakes in first-class cricket. His second wicket was a bit lucky as Azhar Ali leg-before call could have gone either way. It was his 115 match and 201st innings.
When Pakistan were 60 for 4 during the afternoon England had visions of inducing a complete collapse but a odd, staccato innings from Younis Khan nevertheless managed to hold things together. The only time he batted slower than this was on his debut, in Rawalpindi against Sri Lanka in 2000 when he made a 55-ball 12.
MISBAH OUT FOR A DUCK Later on, Pakistan captain Misbah-ul- Haq followed his first-innings hundred with a duck as England tried to put up a fight after conceeding the lead. The last two skippers to do it against England were Garfield Sobers (0 & 113* at Kingston in 1968) and Don Bradman (138 & 0 at Trent Bridge in 1948).
1 Balls taken by Moeen Ali to dismiss Misbah in the second innings.
What worked in his first innings century, however, backfired as he fell for a second-ball duck as he was well caught by Alex Hales on the deep midwicket boundary. It was also the 82nd wicket of his short Test career – the most by any player after 13 matches.
“But we come to the wrist spinner – if England play as poorly as the first innings, then it’s bye bye”. He went past Imran Khan’s 118 at the Oval in 1987. But he’s improved massively over the a year ago. Tom Richardson, Sydney Barnes, Gubby Allen, Brian Statham, Fred Trueman and Ian Botham are the ones to do it before Woakes in the ongoing Test.
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With this Woakes picked his 11th wicket of the match, and now has figures of 11 for 101.
