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England have been left hunting a Multan miracle with a record chase needed to beat Pakistan in the second Test, but Sky Sports pundits Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain insist the team have a chance with the scenario "made for" captain Ben Stokes.

Friday's day four, live on Sky Sports Cricket from 5.50am (first ball 6am), is likely to see a thrilling finale to an epic Test, which Pakistan took control of on Thursday by setting an error-prone England 297 to win in their fourth innings and then dismissing both openers.

England will resume on 36-2, still 261 runs short of what would be, by some distance, their record chase in Asia - and on an unpredictable pitch that continues to crack and provide endless spin on its eighth day of service.

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A successful chase, therefore, would be one of the biggest achievements of the revolutionary Bazball era that has already provided so much. England couldn't - could they?

"Pakistan have manoeuvred themselves into a very strong position," said Atherton on Sky Sports Cricket as the hosts look to tie the three-Test series.

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"England will need their highest-ever run chase in Asia, and will need more runs than any side has ever managed in a fourth innings in Pakistan, apart from a very strong Australian side.

"That's a measure of the task in front of England. They showed by not sending out a nightwatchman and that final shot from Joe Root (a reverse sweep for four) that they're going to have a crack at it, and you wouldn't expect anything less from a side led by Ben Stokes.