England on course for victory in fourth Test

After being subject to a marathon fightback from the tail-enders, Pakistan's batsmen collapse and are following on badly.

Stuard Broad not only scored 169, coming in at No 9, he took three wickets out of 14 that Pakistan lost in a day.

LONDON // England look to be on course for victory over Pakistan in the decisive fourth Test after forcing the visitors to follow on and finishing a one-sided third day at Lord's with a 331-run lead. Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad set the tone yesterday with a record eighth-wicket partnership of 332 to take England to 446 all out shortly after lunch. Pakistan then closed on 41 for four after slumping to 74 all out in their first innings. Pakistan had fought back in the series by winning the third Test at The Oval but, after a day in which Trott reached 184, Broad made 169 and 17 wickets fell, they are simply not going to draw level at 2-2. "At 102 for seven yesterday, we were staring down the barrel," said Graeme Swann, the England off-spinner. "But credit to Trotty and Broady for the way they batted. When a No 9 gets [almost] 170, it has a disheartening effect on a team." Azhar Ali was not out and yet to score for Pakistan when play was called off half an hour early because of rain just as Mohammed Yousuf fell to a catch off the bowling of Steven Finn.

Openers Imran Farhat and Yasir Hameed were dismissed for single-figure scores for the second time in the day - Farhat caught at mid-on for five pulling Broad and Hameed lbw to James Anderson for three - before Salman Butt was trapped lbw by Swann. The whole day was about England consolidating their advantage from overnight and building confidence before the Ashes series in Australia. Trott and Broad beat the eighth-wicket world record of 313 set by Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq in 1996 and also created a new high for any wicket for England in 56 years of competition against Pakistan, far surpassing the 267 by Graham Thorpe and Michael Vaughan in 2001. Broad, who set a new high for an England No 9 batsman, fell short of the world mark - 173 by New Zealand's Ian Smith - when he was leg-before to Saeed Ajmal. Swann then led a rout of Pakistan with four for 12 from eight overs, while Finn claimed three for 38 and Broad two for 10. Pakistan's first innings fell apart with the loss of seven wickets for 28 runs. * AP

England (first innings, overnight 346-7): A Strauss b Mohammad Asif 13 A Cook c Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Amir 10 J Trott c Kamran Akmal b Wahab Riaz 184 K Pietersen c Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Amir 0 P Collingwood lbw b Mohammad Amir 0 E Morgan c Yasir Hameed b Mohammad Amir 0 M Prior c Kamran Akmal b Mohammad Amir 22 G Swann c Azhar Ali b Mohammad Amir 0 S Broad lbw b Saeed Ajmal 169 J Anderson c Yasir Hameed b Saeed Ajmal 6 S Finn not out 0 Extras (b-4 lb-17 w-7 nb-14) 42 Total (all out, 1392 overs) 446 Fall of wickets: 1-31, 2-39, 3-39, 4-39, 5-47, 6-102, 7-102, 8-434, 9-446 Bowling: Mohammad Amir 28-6-84-6 (4nb, 1w), Mohammad Asif 29-6-97-1 (2nb), Wahab Riaz 272-4-92-1 (8nb, 2w), Saeed Ajmal 44-5-126-2, Yasir Hameed 1-1-0-0, Imran Farhat 10-1-26-0

Pakistan (first innings): Imran Farhat c Prior b Anderson 6 Yasir Hameed c Swann b Broad 2 Salman Butt b Swann 26 Mohammad Yousuf b Broad 0 Azhar Ali c Cook b Swann 10 Umar Akmal b Finn 6 Kamran Akmal c Prior b Finn 13 Mohammad Amir lbw b Finn 0 Wahab Riaz lbw b Swann 2 Saeed Ajmal not out 4 Mohammad Asif c & b Swann 0 Extras (lb-4, nb-1) 5 Total (all out, 33 overs) 74 Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-9, 3-10, 4-46, 5-53, 6-57, 7-57, 8-70, 9-74, 10-74 Bowling: Anderson 10-6-10-1 (1nb), Broad 6-4-10-2, Finn 9-4-38-3, Swann 8-3-12-4 Pakistan (second innings): Imran Farhat c Cook b Broad 5 Yasir Hameed lbw b Anderson 3 Salman Butt lbw b Swann 21 Mohammad Yousuf c Trott b Finn 10 Azhar Ali not out 0 Extras: (b-1, nb-1) 2 Total: (four wickets; 15.3 overs) 41 Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-9, 3-41, 4-41 Bowling: Anderson 5-3-6-1, Broad 4-1-9-1, Finn 3.3-0-19-1(1nb), Swann 3-1-6-1