Hosts Pakistan need 86 runs and England five wickets in the final session Monday as the first Test heads for an exciting finish on the fifth day in Rawlpindi.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
At tea, Pakistan were 257-5 in pursuit of a 343-run target, with Azhar Ali and Agha Salman at the crease on 37 and 30 respectively.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Salman was given out leg before Pakistan umpire Ahsan Raza in the penultimate over before tea, but the decision was reversed after a review by the home team.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the next over wicketkeeper Ollie Pope failed to catch Azhar down the leg-side off pacer Ollie Robinson, much to the chagrin of his teammates.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
A total of 1,236 runs were scored by the two teams in their first innings -- England 657 and Pakistan 579 -- before the visitors set the Test alight by declaring their second innings at 264-7 on Sunday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
England's hope now will be the second new ball due in three overs after tea, as none of their spinners could extract adequate turn from a last day pitch that has been severely criticised for being flat and slow.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pakistan batted with caution in the first session as they progressed from an overnight total of 80-2 to 169-3, losing opener Imam-ul-Haq for 48 to pacer James Anderson.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mohammad Rizwan was one of two wickets to fall in the second session for 46, putting a fighting 87-run stand for the fourth wicket with Saud Shakeel, who scored 76.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the fourth over after lunch, Anderson had Rizwan caught behind while Robinson dismissed Shakeel to an excellent catch by substitute Keaton Jennings at short cover.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Shakeel, playing his first Test knocked 12 boundaries while Rizwan hit six boundaries and two sixes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Anderson has figures of 2-35 and Robinson 2-47.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But since then Azhar and Salman added 59 runs for the unbroken sixth wicket stand, much to the delight of the 13,000-strong crowd.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
England are on their first Test tour of Pakistan since 2005, having declined to visit in the interim years on security grounds.<\/p>\r\n\r\n