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England close in on defendable lead

ESPNcricinfo staff
Alastair Cook fell early on the fourth morning to Sohail Khan  Getty Images
... before Alex Hales edged Mohammad Amir one over later ...  Getty Images
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... to be caught at second slip by Younis Khan  Stu Forster / Getty Images
Hales had added four runs to his overnight 50  Getty Images
James Vince bedded in for his longest England innings to date  Getty Images
... while Joe Root survived a chance to slip ...  Getty Images
... to bring up an important half-century  Getty Images
However, Yasir Shah made the breakthrough when Root top-edged a sweep  Getty Images
Root trooped off for 62, frustrating at giving it away  AFP
Vince, too, fell when well set, edging Amir to slip for 42  Getty Images
At first, Jonny Bairstow was made to battle for his runs  Getty Images
As was Gary Ballance, who made 28 ...  Getty Images
... before being caught at leg slip off Shah  Getty Images
But Bairstow upped the ante with a fluent half-century  Getty Images
... adding 132 for the sixth wicket with Moeen Ali, as England closed with a lead of 132  Getty Images
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