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Even contest as Pakistan chip out Root and Vince
- Updated: August 6, 2016
Tea England 297 and 262 for 4 (Ballance 21, Bairstow 2*) lead Pakistan 400 by 80 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Neither side could claim a decisive advantage during the first two sessions of the fourth day at Edgbaston, with Pakistan chipping away often enough to keep their hopes alive while England nudged the lead to 159 at tea.
Pakistan made the early moves in the morning session, removing Alastair Cook and Alex Hales within the opening five overs, before Joe Root and James Vince added 95 in 35 overs as Pakistan preyed on their patience. A crucial moment came in the morning session when Root had 25, amid a period when the scoring dried up, and was dropped low at first slip by Mohammad Hafeez: at that point, England’s lead was 63.
There was a brief surge in the scoring shortly after lunch as Root went to his fifty from 108 balls, and his eagerness to try and increase the tempo may have played a part in his dismissal when he top-edged a sweep against Yasir with the legspinner operating round the wicket.
Vince had produced his sturdiest Test innings to date, resisting, ball after ball, from chasing deliveries outside off stump as Pakistan’s quicks hung the ball wide. He …
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