England face a fight to keep
away from defeat on the final day of the second Test as Pakistan continued
their supremacy.
Set
a Test record 491 to win after Pakistan declared on 354-6, the tourists reached
130-3 by the close of day four in Dubai.
Joe
Root was unbeaten on 59, having seen Ian Bell fall for 46 after tea.
Earlier,
Younis Khan went to 118 - his 31st Test century - and Asad Shafiq
made 79 as Pakistan added 132 to their overnight total.
England
will keep some hope of saving the game while the accomplished Root leftovers at
the crease.
However,
with leg-spinner Yasir Shah and slow left-armer Zulfiqar Babar judgment escalating
turn on a wearing pitch, Pakistan can logically expect to wrap up victory and
take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.