Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad set the tone Saturday with a record eighth-wicket partnership of 332 to take England to 446 all out shortly after lunch. Pakistan then closed on 41-4 after slumping to 74 all out in its first innings.
Pakistan had fought back in the series by winning the third test at The Oval but, after a day in which Trott reached 184, Broad made 169 and 17 wickets fell, is hugely unlikely to get the win it needs to draw level at 2-2.
“At 102-7 yesterday, we were staring down the barrel,” England offspinner Graeme Swann said. “But credit to Trotty and Broady for the way they batted. That partnership accounted for a few of their wickets because it kept them out in the field for three or four hours more than they would have expected.” “When a No. 9 gets 170, it has a disheartening effect on a team.” Azhar Ali was not out and yet to score for Pakistan when play was called off half an hour early because of heavy rain, which forced the players from the field just as Mohammed Yousuf fell to a catch by Trott at deep midwicket off the bowling off Steven Finn.
Openers Imran Farhat and Yasir Hameed were dismissed for single-figure scores for the second time in the day - Farhat caught at mid-on for 5 pulling a delivery from Broad and Hameed lbw to James Anderson for 3 - before Salman Butt was trapped lbw by Swann.
The whole day was about England consolidating its advantage from overnight and building confidence in its last Test before the Ashes start in Australia on Nov. 25.
England's batsmen dominated on a flat pitch in sunny weather, completely unlike the gloomy, swinging conditions they encountered when coming together at 102-7 on Friday afternoon. Trott's 383-ball innings spanned more than nine hours over two days and included 19 boundaries, sparing his team after four batsmen failed to score a run Friday.
Trott and Broad beat the eighth-wicket world record of 313 set by Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq in 1996 and also created a new high for any wicket for England in 56 years of competition against Pakistan, far surpassing the 267 by Graham Thorpe and Michael Vaughan in 2001.
Broad, who set a new high for an England No.9 batsman Friday, narrowly fell short of the world mark — 173 by New Zealand's Ian Smith — when he was leg-before-wicket to offspinner Saeed Ajmal.
New Zealand umpire Billy Bowden overturned his initial not out decision following an appeal by Pakistan after replays showed Broad's missed sweep would have left the ball striking middle stump. Broad was at the crease for 297 balls over more than six hours, hitting 18 fours and a six as he added 44 to his overnight total.
It was Broad who had the honor of taking their partnership to a world-record 317 with a crunching cover drive.
A more personal accolade for Broad came when he passed 162, the best managed in tests by father Chris, who played 25 times for England as an opener in the 1980s.
Trott resumed the day on 149 and looked as untroubled and patient as he had the previous evening. Trott was again watchful and cautious, simply punishing anything wayward.
But Broad and Anderson fell after lunch before Trott's was the last wicket to fall. He was caught behind off Wahab Riaz to miss out on a second double century at Lord's this season, having made 226 against Bangladesh in May.
Swann then led a rout of Pakistan with 4-12 from eight overs, while Finn claimed 3-38 and Broad 2-10. Pakistan's first innings fell apart after tea with the loss of it last seven wickets for just 28 runs.
Butt was leading scorer with just 26 as Pakistan went down to its second lowest total ever against England. It was the third time Pakistan had been dismissed for under 100 in the series after its 80 at Trent Bridge and all-time low 72 at Edgbaston.
No batsman came out with any credit and even its third-highest runs scorer Yousuf failed to put up any kind of fight. He was beaten by a Broad delivery that swerved past his outside edge to bowl him.