By Jonathan Agnew BBC cricket correspondent

Mohammad Yousuf's unbeaten 185 helps Pakistan reach 409-7, 119 behind England, at stumps on day three at Lord's.

Yousuf mixed excellent defence with typically elegant strokeplay

Mohammad Yousuf is not flashy or flamboyant but, being a short man, he is wonderfully adept at picking the ball off his pads and driving wristily through the off-side.

He scored a painstaking 223 in the final Test between these two teams in the winter and, with Pakistan on the defensive at the start of the day, he set out to occupy the crease.

Only once did he play an adventurous stroke - he jumped out of his crease and hit Monty Panesar over his head for six - but otherwise his patience and determination frustrated England.

He has an excellent reputation of scoring big hundreds, and this innings is his sixth of 150 or more.

Inzamam looked immovable as he relished the excellent batting conditions.

His preparation for this test consisted of only one game in which he scored just 20 runs, so he started off quietly in search of some form.

Having reached 69 out of a partnership of 173 with Yousuf, he then appeared to lose sight of a delivery from Liam Plunkett from the Pavilion End.

Moving to cover his off stump, he left his leg stump completely exposed and he was bowled behind his legs without offering the bat.

It was a strange end to a typically languid, unhurried innings.

Hoggard was among the bowlers guilty of bowling too short

Geoff Boycott and I do not always agree, but we were united in our criticism of the manner in which England bowled at Inzamam when he first came out to bat.

Rather than preying on his uncertainty and lack of recent form by probing away at the off-stump, it seemed that the pace bowlers went on an all-out bouncer attack, which did not bother him one bit.

This gave Inzamam the chance to weigh up the pace of the pitch and rediscover his footwork, rather than be forced to decide whether to move forward or back, or to play or leave.

If Pakistan get to level terms on the fourth day, England will face quite an examination in their second innings.

Danish Kaneria spun the ball sharply as early as the first day and is sure to find more assistance now.