Illustrated Story

Pakistan on top, aided by drops

Adil Rashid was handed his Test debut but Pakistan were without their legspinner after Yasir Shah failed a fitness test  Getty Images
Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat but lost Shan Masood early on when a deflected a bouncer on to his stumps  Getty Images
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James Anderson made the breakthrough, moving level with Wasim Akram on 414 Test wickets  Getty Images
Shoaib Malik helped Pakistan rebuild, though he was given a life when Stuart Broad had him caught off a no-ball  Getty Images
Mohammad Hafeez also had a let-off, when dropped on 7, but otherwise looked in good touch  Getty Images
Hafeez and Malik put on 168 for the second wicket. The former was two runs short of a hundred as tea approached...  AFP
...only to fall lbw to Ben Stokes  Getty Images
Younis Khan was quickly into his stride, going past Javed Miandad to become Pakistan's leading Test run-scorer  Getty Images
Younis and Misbah-ul-Haq fell in quick succession but Malik continued to his third Test ton  Getty Images
England's bowlers had fought hard throughout but another drop - again by Ian Bell off Anderson - in the penultimate over left them frustrated, as Pakistan closed on 286 for 4  Getty Images
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