By Jonathan Agnew BBC cricket correspondent at Edgbaston

Haider transformed the match with a superb innings of 88

Pakistan have given England plenty to think about and set up an intriguing finale at Edgbaston.

From nowhere, the second Test has gone from a three-day innings defeat to a very interesting half day of cricket on Monday and I'm looking forward to it.

England still need to get this last pair out and then all sorts of possibilities emerge. It will be a big test for Salman Butt's captaincy but also a major challenge for England's batting.

I don't think Alastair Cook will relish the opportunity of another knock on what is a very tricky pitch now. It really is spinning sharply and no-one picks Saeed Ajmal's doosra very well.

Umar Gul can throw the bat as we know and Mohammad Asif is not an absolute rabbit, so if they can add another 40 runs, who knows what might happen?

You'd still back England to win it but they have managed to make it a bit more difficult for themselves than it should have been.

Zulqarnain Haider could have completed a king pair in his first Test match, had it not been for technology, and he went on to compile an extraordinary innings.

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He's quite a comical character and he really wound up the fielders and the bowlers with some of his antics, but he played some brilliant shots as well.

It was a terrific little cameo, but a very obdurate and stubborn cameo at the same time, exactly what the top order should have provided.

The point at which it started to go wrong for England was when Stuart Broad lost his temper.

The Broad family has been under a lot of stress recently following his stepmother's death and it has not been an easy time.

But to throw the ball at a batsman and hit him is unforgiveable. There is absolutely no excuse at all to throw a ball at a batsman who hasn't left his ground. That is one of the great no-nos in cricket.

Broad has been treading a thin line for some time. In throwing the ball at the batsman he clearly overstepped it.

A bad day for Broad rubbed off on the rest of the England team as they lost their control and discipline, something they cannot afford to do in Australia.

It is very unusual to see a coach come to the boundary edge and talk to the players but that is exactly what David Saker did. He was clearly trying to restore order and discipline and get things back on track again.

Graeme Swann bowled beautifully. His delivery to Imran Farhat was unplayable and would have sent a real tremor through the Pakistan dressing room.

He went over an hour without conceding a run in the afternoon and that is astonishing.

He's an old-fashioned spinner who tosses the ball up and his delivery to bowl Azhar Ali through the gate was another classic.

And it is exactly that kind of dismissal that will get Pakistan believing they have a chance on Monday.

If Ajmal can get a ball or two to behave like that early on, a score of 150 to win is not going to be terribly easy.

Jonathan Agnew was speaking to BBC Sport's Sam Sheringham

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