BIRMINGHAM: Pakistan were 257 for 3 at the end of the 2^nd day of the third test at Edgbaston, on Thursday. Pakistan is still 40 runs behind to complete the trail.

England 1st Innings 297 (G Ballance 70, M Ali 63; Sohail Khan 5-96)

Pakistan 1st Innings

Mohammad Hafeez c Ballance b Anderson        0

Sami Aslam run out (Vince)                                   82

Azhar Ali c Cook b Woakes                                 139

Younis Khan not out                                                21

Extras (b2, lb12, nb1)                                              15

Total (3 wkts, 90 overs, 387 mins)                       257

To bat: Misbah-ul-Haq, Asad Shafiq, Sarfraz Ahmed, Sohail Khan, Mohammad Amir, Yasir Shah, Rahat Ali

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Hafeez), 2-181 (Aslam), 3-257 (Azhar)

Bowling: Anderson 19-6-32-1; Broad 19-3-49-0 (1nb); Finn 16-3-44-0; Woakes 19-3-52-1; Ali 15-2-63-0; Vince 1-0-2-0; Root 1-0-1-0

Match position: Pakistan are 40 runs behind with seven first-innings wickets standing.