Pakistan 74/10 & 147/10 (15.3 ov) England 446/10 England beat Pakistan by an innings and 225 runsEngland swept the feeble Pakistan batting aside on Saturday to claim a series victory after a spirited comeback in the fourth and final test at Lord's. Earlier at the close of the third day, Pakistan following on after they had collapsed to 74 all out, were 41 for four in their second innings, still trailing England by 331. England lead the series 2-1. England, 102 for seven at one stage in their first innings on Friday, reached 446 all out after a world-record eighth-wicket partnership of 322 between Jonathan Trott (184) and Stuart Broad (169). Trott, his monumental concentration never faltering in more than nine hours at the crease, reached his 150 from the first ball he faced after play resumed on a crisp, sunny morning before a capacity crowd. Broad stood tall to drive the ball with a full follow-through and took two boundaries in an over from Mohammad Asif as the pair moved serenely past the previous eighth-wicket record of 313 set by Pakistan's Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq against Zimbabwe in 1996. They looked like taking their team through to lunch without further loss when Broad was dismissed lbw missing a sweep against off-spinner Saeed Ajmal. He had batted for 6-1/2 hours in the third-highest innings recorded by an England left-hander at Lord's. Trott, who drove firmly through the off-side and clipped the ball neatly off his legs, followed soon after the break when he was caught behind to give Wahab Riaz his first wicket of the match.
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