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Spin and reverse swing does England in

Pakistan needed their tail to wag on the fourth morning, but even Yasir Shah, who provided hardy support to Sarfraz Ahmed on the third evening, couldn't survive the first over  PA Photos
Stuart Broad was the wicket-taker, his 350th in Tests and added Mohammad Amir to his bag to bowl Pakistan out for 215  Getty Images
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England were set 283 to win and came out with the pedal to the metal. Pakistan were a touch rattled by it, until a peach from Rahat Ali had Alastair Cook nicking behind  Getty Images
Alex Hales flashed at a wide delivery to be caught at first slip...  Getty Images
But that didn't quite deter the England batsman from playing their strokes...  Getty Images
...And Pakistan exploited that. When Root top-edged a pull to Yasir Shah at deep square leg, the hosts slipped to 47 for 3  Getty Images
James Vince directed his intent towards staying in the middle, instead of hitting out, and took his team to lunch without any further damage  Getty Images
Vince fell shortly after lunch when he drove at a wide revere-swinging delivery from Wahab Riaz  Getty Images
Gary Ballance was looking reasonably solid against pace and spin to offer England some hope...  Getty Images
...until Yasir Shah pulled out a ripping delivery which spun from the footmarks to bowl him around his legs  Getty Images
Moeen Ali will not want to see a replay of his shot against Yasir as he charged down the pitch and missed  Getty Images
Jonny Bairstow was far more of a challenge for the Pakistan bowlers, and with Chris Woakes, who finished with 11 wickets in the match, in tow held all of England's hopes  PA Photos
Things took a grim turn for the hosts as Wahab Riaz unleashed a fiery spell of reverse swing bowling after tea  AFP
Yasir capitalised on that pressure to remove Bairstow and Woakes to finish with 10 wickets in the match, the first legspinner ever to do so at Lord's  Getty Images
The limelight then fell on Mohammad Amir, who at the very ground where he had played a role in spot-fixing in 2010, sealed Pakistan's 75-run victory  Getty Images
Pakistan last won at Lord's in 1996, so it called for a special celebration  Getty Images
And the whole squad lined up to do press-ups in front of an appreciative crowd that had been enthralled by four days of brilliant cricket  Getty Images
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