Yousuf was dropped on 16 by Flintoff

Pakistan lost captain Inzamam-ul-Haq through injury to leave the third Test against England evenly poised at the end of the second day's play in Lahore.

At the close, the home side were 185-4 in reply to England's 288 all out.

Mohammad Yousuf, dropped on 16 by Andrew Flintoff, made England pay and was 84 not out on his home ground.

England all-rounder Paul Collingwood missed out on his maiden Test century when he fell for 96 hooking a bouncer by Shoaib Akhtar to Danish Kaneria.

Pakistan had got off to a shaky reply in the 20 minutes they had to bat before lunch when opener Shoaib Malik was out for a duck, spooning a Matthew Hoggard delivery to Liam Plunkett.

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Hoggard made it 12-2 at the interval when Asim Kamal was plumb lbw for five.

But Yousuf and Salman Butt went about restoring Pakistan's innings, although Yousuf had a huge let-off when the normally reliable Flintoff dropped him in the slips.

They put on 56 for the third wicket before Butt became Plunkett's first Test victim.

The Durham pace bowler had looked nervous and did not seem to be bowling any wicket-taking deliveries.

But Butt played a poor shot, attempting a cover drive but edging the ball to wicket-keeper Geraint Jones after making 28.

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Plunkett, whose wicket came with just his 11th ball in Test cricket, was soon brought off after bowling three overs at a cost of 19 runs.

That brought Inzamam to the crease and, together with Yousuf, he frustrated the England attack as Pakistan accumulated runs quickly to cut down the deficit.

The Pakistan captain had to leave the field injured when he was hit on the forearm by a rising Steve Harmison delivery just after the tea interval.

That brought the inexperienced Hasan Raza to the crease, but he went about his business confidently, smacking Plunkett for an early boundary.

Raza eventually went for 21 when Flintoff held onto a low catch from Harmison.

Hoggard claimed two early wickets for England

England resumed on 248-6 but lost their last four wickets for 40 runs.

Shaun Udal was dismissed facing his first ball of the day, thick-edging spinner Kaneria to Asim Kamal at short leg.

Plunkett batted competently for nearly 90 minutes, providing great support to Collingwood at the other end.

Collingwood was fortunate on 92 when an appeal for a catch behind was turned down by umpire Darrell Hair.

But the reprieve was short-lived, the Durham star top-edging an attempted hook straight down the throat of Kaneria just four runs short of a ton.

Plunkett had been roughed up by Shoaib, taking one ball on the arm, but he remained focused and faced 51 balls before he let one through the gate and was bowled for nine.

Harmison did not hang around, edging Sami to wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal for a first-ball duck.