
Pakistan celebrates Ian Bell's dismissal
Broad (4-36) and Anderson (3-35) produced the devastating marathons with sharp movement and bounce to bundle out Pakistan for 99, their sixth lowest ever total against England.
Left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman (3-23) then struck thrice in the final session to resurrect Pakistan.
Leading from front under the shattering circumstances with an ultra-cautious approach, England skipper scored an unbeaten 41 off 120 and will resume the proceedings with Anderson (3 not out) on Saturday.
Thanks to the early strikes by seamer Umar Gul (2-28), England were wobbling at 19-2 at tea but Strauss put on 57 runs alongside Kevin Pietersen (32) for third wicket put England in a strong position.
Gul edged Alastair Cook (1) behind the stumps and trapped Jonathan Trott (2) leg-before in successive overs.
Strauss-Pietersen association spilt with the dismissal of latter, who snared off Rehman in front of stumps.
Ian Bell, with a defensive approach, crawled to 5 off 28 balls before getting stumped by gloveman Adnan Akmal off series’ highest wicket-taker Saeed Ajmal.
Rehman banged again to eliminate Eoin Morgan (10) Matt Prior (6) in quick succession.
Earlier, Asad Shafiq was the only man who showed the real resistance with an enterprising 78-ball 45 as six of Pakistan batsmen failed to advance into double-figures.
Broad perished Azhar Ali (1), Younis Khan (4), Mohammad Hafeez (13) and Adnan Akmal (6) in the morning session.
Pakistan were lurching at 53 for 7 at lunch but after interval Shafiq and Saeed Ajmal temporarily stopped the toppling wickets with a sporadic rotation of strike.
The pair put on 34 runs for eighth wickets before snaring leg-before to Panesar, who finished with 2-25.
Gul made 13 before Anderson bowled him to wrap up the innings.
Pakistan have already clinched an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series with colossal victories at the same venue and Abu Dhabi and are aiming to record their first whitewash of England.
Pakistan VS England 3rd Test Scorecard
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