After a number of records were broken by England, Joe Root, and Brook, the visiting pace bowlers looked unstoppable as they stormed to an apparent first-Test triumph.
With a score of 317, Brook becomes the sixth player from England to surpass 300, and his 454-run stand with Root (who hit 262) was the fourth-highest wicket partnership in the history of the game.
The declared total of 823-7 is also England’s biggest since 1938 and the fourth-highest ever.
This meant that England had a 267 lead, an almost inconceivable lead given that Pakistan had scored 556 in their opening.
With the opening delivery of Pakistan’s second innings, Chris Woakes removed Abdullah Shafique’s off stump despite the onslaught of runs on the flat ground.
Pakistan was weak, England rife. After tea, the hosts collapsed, going from 152-6 to a humiliating defeat, still 115 runs shy of forcing England to bat once more.
A team has never trailed by an innings after scoring so many runs in the first Test inning.
