Day three photos Quotes: Tresco upbeat

Pakistan took the honours on day three of the first Test against England even though Younis Khan fell late on to leave them on 125-2, still 19 behind.

Marcus Trescothick made 193 as England were all out for 418, a lead of 144, after starting the day on 253-3.

The stand-in captain was one of Shabbir Ahmed's four victims as only Andrew Flintoff (45) gave him real support.

Steve Harmison removed Shoaib Malik but Salman Butt was unbeaten on 53, recording his second fifty of the game.

Despite that, England were expecting to be in a much stronger position and could still be left with an awkward fourth-innings total to chase.

It looked like being so much better when nightwatchman Matthew Hoggard and Trescothick started the morning comfortably.

But Shoaib Akhtar produced a good-length delivery 30 minutes into the session which Hoggard edged behind and Kevin Pietersen's poor run continued to set England back further.

Pietersen, with no warm-up form to speak of, was undone by a Danish Kaneria googly which he edged to Butt at short-leg and he was out for five.

That brought in Flintoff, whose relative inactivity in the past month showed against the leg-spinner and in his running between the wicket.

He should have been back in the pavilion after making 27, but substitute Rana Naved-ul-Hasan missed with his run-out attempt from cover.

Trescothick continued his superb run of form in Pakistan

At the other end, Trescothick continued his serene progress, bringing up his 150 off 241 balls before lofting Kaneria over long-off for the second six of his innings.

Home skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq was running out of ideas and did not help himself by delaying the new ball for 17 overs, but things started happening for his team 30 minutes before lunch.

Flintoff was out mistiming a drive at a loosener from Shoaib to be caught by Malik at deep square-leg.

England lunched on 371-6, with Trescothick hoping to better his 219 at The Oval against South Africa in 2003 and Ted Dexter's 205 in Karachi in 1962 - the only previous Test double-century by an Englishman in Pakistan.

It was not to be, however, as his 305-ball knock ended when Shabbir got one to move away a touch and wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal pounced.

Geraint Jones quickly moved to 22 with four exquisite cover drives but he was cleaned up by one from Shabbir which nipped back, while Shoaib trapped Shaun Udal lbw with a pacy full-length ball.

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Ashley Giles opened up his arms to collect three boundaries before hammering Shabbir straight to Hasan Raza at cover to bring the innings to an end.

Just as they did the first time around, Shoaib and Butt began confidently until the former pushed at one just outside off-stump and Trescothick held on to continue his purple patch.

But the window of opportunity for England to ram home their advantage closed gradually as Butt and Younis seized on anything short or wide and ran their ones and twos to keep the score ticking along.

There was almost a chance when Butt got into trouble against a short ball from Flintoff, but the ball landed safely on the leg-side, evading the scampering Jones.

The left-hander recovered from that scare to post his second 50 of the game, and his third overall in Tests, off 108 balls.

Near the close another shorter one from Flintoff was guided down to gully where that man Trescothick held on.

Play ended nine overs early because of bad light.