Young pace bowler Sajid Mahmood delivers the first over from the Football Stand End as England look for an early wicket At the other end, Steve Harmison searches for his first scalp of the match after a frustrating time on Saturday A six off his bowling, however, allows Mohammad Yousuf to complete his century and perform his customary prostration Monty Panesar joins the attack and sees his lbw appeal against Yousuf turned down as England's frustration grows Having played his part in breaking the ground record of 229 for the third wicket, Younis Khan completes his century Fielding for England is both frustrating and painful - Alastair Cook crashes into the hoardings after vainly chasing a four With Pakistan 331-2 at lunch, captain Andrew Strauss and his England team will need to regroup and assess their options The tourists continue to pile on the runs after the interval with Yousuf extending his score well past the 150 mark Younis also gets to raise his bat for a third time as the almost unbreakable partnership passes 350 The breakthrough finally comes in the 99th over when Yousuf faintly gloves Harmison's ball to Chris Read for 192 Younis and captain Inzamam-ul-Haq threaten to forge another high-scoring pairing until the former is run out by Mahmood Paul Collingwood claims his first Test wicket almost immediately after when he traps Faisal Iqbal lbw for a duck Inzamam departs in embarrassing fashion after tumbling over his own stumps while unsuccessfully trying to pull Panesar The spinner claims two more of the remaining wickets to finish with 3-127 as Pakistan total 538, a lead of 23 England see out two overs before the close to finish the day on 3-0, some 20 runs behind their opponents
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