England already have to equal their highest run chase at Lord’s to secure victory, but will doubtless need to improve on that 282 that secured a win over New Zealand in 2004.
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Pakistan become Lord of Lord’s of flooring England at the Home of Cricket after 20 years.
England, set 283 for victory, were bowled out for 207 after tea on the fourth day.
It was therefore over to Jonny Bairstow, batting stoically against type, and Chris Woakes – England’s hero with the ball in this match – to try to keep hope alive. Woakes (5-31) had Shan Masood (24) caught in the slips.
Englands Joe Root leans into a cover drive during the fourth day of the 1st Test at Lords against Pakistan on Sunday.
England captain Alastair Cook, asked for his views on Pakistan’s unusual post-match celebrations, said: “You don’t take any offence, but certainly at that emotive time it’s not pleasant viewing”.
“I thought we were okay on the first day, and then on the second day to allow Yasir [Shah] to take six wickets when the ball wasn’t turning – he bowled beautifully – but that hurt us”.
All-rounder Stokes missed the first of the four-match series due to a knee problem, while Anderson – England’s all-time leading Test wicket taker – was left out to continue his recovery from a shoulder injury.
Jake Ball was last out when he was just short of his ground trying to get back for a Woakes two to the first ball of a Wahab over.
This was the first of four test matches that Pakistan will play against England. It was also the 82nd wicket of his short Test career – the most by any player after 13 matches.
Shah’s twin strikes then saw England further slip to 139-6 when Gary Ballance (43) and Moeen Ali (2) fell in quick succession before Bairstow and Woakes delayed the inevitable with their defiance. Cook could only score eight runs.
Cooks opening partner Alex Hales made a brisk 16 before carelessly chasing a wide ball from Rahat outside off stump, with Mohammad Hafeez holding a good catch at first slip. And he made it five fours in six balls when an edge over point and a more authoritative cut off Yasir took him to 39.
Earlier, Pakistan added just one run to its overnight 214 for 8 as Stuart Broad cleaned up the tail.
The 25-year-old batsman picked up pace and hit Wahab Riaz for three consecutive boundaries and followed it up with two more off Yasir in the next over to go past his previous best individual score of 35.
Amir finished with 1-65 but showed that he still has the ability to bowl over and round the wicket and, with strong fingers and wrist, coax the ball either way in the air.
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Shah finally broke the partnership, which yielded 56 runs off 190 balls, when the resilient Bairstow seemingly had a slight lapse of concentration and was bowled by one that kept a fraction low.
