England stretch lead after dismissing Pakistan for 579
Will Jacks bagged a six-fer on debut in the first innings
England have dismissed Pakistan for 579 in the first innings with spinner Will Jacks, who is making his debut, taking a six-wicket haul in Rawalpindi.
The visitors have stretched their lead to 124 after reaching 46-2 at lunch on day four.
Ben Duckett was dismissed for a golden duck by Naseem Shah, meanwhile Mohammad Ali sent Ollie Pope packing after scoring 15 runs.
Earlier, resuming their first innings at 499-7 on day four, Pakistan were dismissed after adding 80 runs to their overnight score.
Agha Salman scored 53 run in 67 balls, meanwhile Zahid Mehmood and Haris Rauf added 17 and 12 runs respectively.
Jacks bagged figures of 6-161 in 40.3 overs, which included the prized scalp of Pakistan captain Babar Azam on day three. Before Jacks, the last England spinner to achieve the same feat was Peter Such in 1993.
Earlier, on a see-saw day three, Pakistan were lifted by centuries from skipper Babar Azam (136), and openers Imam-ul-Haq (121) and Abdullah Shafique (114) after England´s mammoth first innings total of 657.
But England took three wickets in the first session, none in the second and three again before the close to put themselves in a better position.
Saturday´s final session belonged to home skipper Azam, who hit 19 boundaries and a six for his first Test hundred against England.
He cracked a boundary towards cover off opposition skipper Ben Stokes to reach his eighth career Test century, this coming off 126 balls and studded with 13 boundaries.
The centuries by Shafique and Haq meant for the first time in 146 years of Test cricket the openers of both teams reached three figures in the first innings.
Their 225-run opening stand — a Pakistan record against England — is also the first time in Test history that two 200-plus opening partnerships were made, following Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett´s 233-run partnership for the visitors.
England are on their first Test tour of Pakistan in 17 years, having stayed away in the interim because of security fears
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