They did not get anywhere near as Woakes, James Anderson and Moeen Ali each claimed three wickets to dismiss them for 234.
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England’s Joe Root, promoted to number three for this series, was named man of the match after scoring 254 in the first innings and an unbeaten 71 off 48 balls in the second.
The touring side, replying to England’s 589 for eight declared, resumed on 57 for four and James Anderson soon had Shan Masood caught at second slip by Joe Root for 39.
When Ben Stokes went down clutching his right calf shortly after lunch on the fourth and final day of this second Test against Pakistan, there was a collective intake of breath at Old Trafford.
Pakistan, on the other hand, looked completely hapless as neither batsmen nor bowlers could produce any inspiring performance.
Misbah having made a patient 52 in Pakistan’s meagre first innings 198, was unlucky to fall when, on 35, he dragged a Chris Woakes full toss onto his stumps.
Pakistan play a two-day tour game against Worcestershire at New Road starting on Friday before the third Test at Edgbaston gets under way on 3 August.
Cook was quickly into his stride, driving his first ball of the morning from Rahat Ali for four to notch his fastest Test 50 off 55 balls – the 50th half-century of his career on the occasion of his 50th Test as England captain. England declared on 173 for one leaving Pakistan 565 runs to win.
“The Pakistan team and especially these guys are strong and I think they can come back really strongly and under the conditions that we had at Edgbaston normally, the pitch is slow there”.
“The way we batted in the first innings, we could have scored more than 350-400 (but) we were thrown out of the game”. Misbah-ul-Haq yet again stood defiant for Pakistan.
Mohammad Amir delayed the inevitable with several fine shots before he holed out off Woakes.
Bowling: Anderson 16-2-41-3; Broad 14-3-37-0; Stokes 5.2-0-21-0 (1w); Ali 18.4-1-88-3 (1nb); Woakes 15.3-2-41-3; Root 1-1-0-1.
Cook came under severe criticism on Sunday for not enforcing the follow-on on Pakistan team despite 391-run lead. The 30-year-old leg-spinner, who claimed a match-winning 10-wicket haul at Lord’s, managed only one wicket after conceding 213 runs in the first innings in Manchester.
“It will be a little bit of a gut feel and if there’s someone else that warrants a place to replace a player like that, I’m sure it will be discussed”.
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“Luckily Mark Wood is coming back – he bowled really well for the Lions, and we have got Steven Finn and Jake Ball”.
