LONDON, England (AFP) — Pakistan collapsed spectacularly yet again this series as England closed in on an innings’ victory in the fourth and final Test at Lord’s yesterday.

Pakistan, following-on, were 41-4 in their second innings when rain forced an early close on the third day, having been made to follow-on after they were dismissed for just 74 first time around.

That left them still 331 runs adrift of England’s first-innings 446 as the home team eyed a victory that would give them a 3-1 win in their last series before begin the defence of the Ashes in Australia in November.

Scoreboard

England 1st Innings (overnight: 346-7)

A Strauss b Asif 13

A Cook c K Akmal b Aamer 10

J Trott c K Akmal b Riaz 184

K Pietersen c K Akmal b Aamer 0

P Collingwood lbw b Aamer 0

E Morgan c Hameed b Aamer 0

M Prior c K Akmal b Aamer 22

G Swann c Ali b Aamer 0

S Broad lbw b Ajmal 169

J Anderson c Hameed b Ajmal 6

S Finn not out 0

Extras (b4, lb17, w7, nb14) 42

Total (all out, 1392 overs, 611 mins) 446

Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Strauss), 2-39 (Cook), 3-39 (Pietersen), 4-39 (Collingwood), 5-47 (Morgan), 6-102 (Prior), 7-102 (Swann), 8-434 (Broad), 9-446 (Anderson), 10-446 (Trott)

Bowling: Aamer 28-6-84-6 (4nb, 5w); Asif 29-6-97-1 (2nb); Riaz 272-4-92-1 (8nb, 2w); Ajmal 44-5-126-2; Hameed 1-1-0-0; Farhat 10-1-26-0

Pakistan 1st Innings

Imran Farhat c Prior b Anderson 6

Yasir Hameed c Swann b Broad 2

Salman Butt b Swann 26

Mohammad Yousuf b Broad 0

Azhar Ali c Cook b Swann 10

Umar Akmal b Finn 6

Kamran Akmal c Prior b Finn 13

Mohammad Aamer lbw b Finn 0

Wahab Riaz lbw b Swann 2

Saeed Ajmal not out 4

Mohammad Asif c and b Swann 0

Extras (lb4, nb1) 5

Total (all out, 33 overs, 150 mins) 74

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Hameed), 2-9 (Farhat), 3-10 (Yousuf), 4-46 (Butt), 5-53 (Ali), 6-57 (U Akmal), 7-57 (Aamer), 8-70 (K Akmal), 9-74 (Riaz), 10-74 (Asif)

Bowling: Anderson 10-6-10-1 (1nb); Broad 6-4-10-2; Finn 9-4-38-3; Swann 8-3-12-4

Pakistan 2nd Innings

Imran Farhat c Cook b Broad 5

Yasir Hameed lbw b Anderson 3

Salman Butt lbw b Swann 21

Mohammad Yousuf c Trott b Finn 10

Azhar Ali not out 0

Umar Akmal not out 0

Extras (b1, nb1) 2

Total (4 wkts, 153 overs, 75 mins) 41

To bat: Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Aamer, Wahab Riaz, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Asif

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Farhat), 2-9 (Hameed), 3-41 (Butt), 4-41 (Yousuf)

Bowling: Anderson 5-3-6-1; Broad 4-1-9-1; Finn 33-0-19-1 (1nb); Swann 3-1-6-1

Toss: Pakistan

Match position: Pakistan are 331 runs behind with six second innings wickets standing

Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL) and Tony Hill (NZL)

TV umpire: Steve Davis (AUS)

Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI).