Pakistan v England: Second Test is '50-50', says Marcus Trescothick

The home team closed day three 198-4, 157 drift runs of a 355 win target in Multan.

"We go into tomorrow with two possible outcomes. It's going to be an exciting time," Trescothick told Test Match Special.

"We'll find out around lunchtime how bad it's gonna be. We are very confident of what we will achieve."

England took a crucial wicket late third day, with Jack Leach having Imam-ul-Haq caught sliding for 60.

This ended the fourth Imam -wicket of 108 with Saud Shakeel, who remains on 54.

"When you are gone long period and they have a partnership together, you just want something to bring life back to life,” said former England flyhalf Trescothick.

"It's important to get into the end of the day game to make it a little easier tomorrow."

England started the day on 202-5, leading by 281. After Harry Brook completed his second hundred in as many Tests, captain Ben Stokes fell for 41 to spark a reckless England collapse of five wickets for 19 carries.

"We probably wanted and expected a few more runs, but the style of play that we use, there will be that element of risk," said Trescothick, who has played in 76 tests.

"We wanted to keep pushing the game forward. We lost a few wickets, but we still put ourselves in a very good position to win this mat ch.

"You always want more runs and being aggressive is our style to try to do that. There's still a lot of shopping to do. We are still in a very good position."

England, who won a thrilling first Test, are looking to seal their first series win over Pakistan outside the UK in 22 years.

"It looks even," said Pakistani batting coach Mohammad Yousuf: "We will approach tomorrow in a positive way and obviously we are looking to win. Hopefully we get it."

Pakistan fly-half Abdullah Shafique and Mohammad Rizwan added 66 for the first wicket before home were secured by a trio of stunning deliveries from England pacemakers James Anderson, Ollie Robinson and Mark Wood.

Rizwan was knocked down by Anderson, captain Babar Azam shouldered arms to suffer the same fate as Robinson and Wood broke through Shafique's defense to leave Pakistan 83-3.

Imam and Shakeel could have been caught while in position, while England failed to determine when Imam should have been arrested on the side of the leg, before Leach's late strike.

"We have to play the same than during the last partner iat, let's not rush," said legendary Pakistani hitter Yousuf.

"We need a positive approach and play according to the situation, according to the ball. If you get a ball in your slot, hit it. If you get a good ball, take it easy."