England Under-19s build a 149-run lead at Arundel after Lumsden's five-wicket haul

Pakistan's lower order kept them within 28 runs of England's first-innings total, and then an unbroken second-wicket stand of 107 put the youth Test beyond their reach

England Under-19s closed the third day at Arundel Castle 121 for 1, a lead of 149 with nine second-innings wickets in hand and one day left.

Pakistan had been bowled out for 305, 28 short of England's 333, after a rearguard through the middle and lower order that took most of the day and very nearly earned them the first-innings lead.

The match is the only four-day fixture of the tour, and England chose to bat when they won the toss on the opening morning.

Pakistan's resistance

Hasnain Abbas Dar was the innings' anchor, making 57 from 166 balls across 187 minutes with five fours. He put on 54 for the seventh wicket with Mohammad Sayyam, who made 21 from 93 deliveries and hit one boundary.

Abdul Qadir had top-scored earlier with 66, and Ahmed Hussain added 35. Between them the three innings account for more than half of Pakistan's total.

It was slow, deliberate batting on a ground where the ball had not misbehaved. Pakistan faced 89.5 overs, almost three more than England had needed for their own first innings, and scored 28 fewer runs for it.

Lumsden and Albert finish it

Manny Lumsden took 5 for 52 to end the innings, the standout return of the match so far. Captain Ralphie Albert took 3 for 58, and between them they accounted for eight of the ten wickets.

The length of the innings says more about the surface than about the bowling. Nothing at Arundel has offered seam movement of the kind that produced the collapses seen in the county game this week, and wickets have had to be earned over long spells.

That England found a five-wicket haul in those conditions, from a bowler operating into the third day, is the difference between the two attacks so far.

England pull clear

Abdul Subhan gave Pakistan an early opening in the second innings by dismissing Bertie Michael, who had made a century in the first, for seven.

Nothing came after it. Leo Selvey-Clinton was unbeaten on 68 from 121 balls at the close and Isaac Mohammed on 46 from 55, the pair adding 107 without being separated.

Mohammed's was the quicker of the two innings, reaching 46 in 55 balls while Selvey-Clinton took 121 for his 68. Between them they turned a 28-run advantage into 149 in 33 overs without giving England's declaration plans a scare.

What the final day needs

England will bat on to a declaration and then need ten wickets in whatever time they leave themselves. A lead of 149 with nine wickets standing gives them room to set that up on their own terms.

Pakistan's task is the harder one. They batted for 89.5 overs in the first innings and will need something similar again, this time without a total of their own to bowl at afterwards.

On the evidence of three days, a draw is the likelier outcome than a Pakistan win, and the question is whether England can force the pace enough to make the fourth result possible.

Scorecard: England Under-19s 333 and 121 for 1; Pakistan Under-19s 305. England lead by 149 runs at stumps on day three.

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